Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency v. Boyne

OPINION

GILBERT, Justice.

This case raises the issue of whether appellant Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA), a municipal power agency incorporated pursuant to Minn.Stat. *363§§ 453.51-62 (1996), is subject to the Minnesota Open Meeting Law, Minn.Stat. § 471.705 (1996), and the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn.Stat. §§ 13.01-99 (1996). SMMPA contends it is not subject to either the Open Meeting Law or the Data Practices Act because the legislature granted it the authority to conduct its affairs as a private corporation, which includes the authority to hold closed…