As Amended
SEC. 69-21-139. Board shall comply with Open Meetings Act, Public Records Act, and Administrative Procedures Law.
(1) The board shall conduct all meetings, including meetings regarding enforcement matters, under the Mississippi Open Meetings Act, Section 25-41-1 et seq.
(2) The board shall keep minutes of its meetings, including all orders, rules and regulations promulgated, in a record book, or books, especially prepared for that purpose. All minutes of board meetings and hearings and all rules, regulations and orders made by the board shall be in writing and shall be filed in full by the board in a book for such purposes, to be kept by the board, which shall be a public record and open to inspection by the public at all times during reasonable hours. The board shall compile and publish annually the rules and regulations promulgated by the board in current consolidated version. The board shall provide the consolidated compilation of the rules and regulations to the public for a cost sufficient to cover printing and postage and administrative expenses, including the cost of any contractual services necessary to compile and publish such rules and regulations on an annual basis. A copy of any rule, minutes, regulation or order certified by the board shall be received in evidence in all courts of this state with the same effect as the original. The board shall compile and index on a current date basis all orders of the board in a book for such purposes that shall be available for inspection and copying by the public. All responsibilities of the board under this section may be delegated by the board to its staff.
(3) The board shall maintain its records and make its records available to the public upon request in accordance with the Mississippi Public Records Act, Section 25-61-1 et seq.
(4) The board shall be subject to the provisions of the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, Section 25-43-1 et seq.
SOURCES: Laws, 2002, ch. 301, § 17, HB 866, eff from and after passage (approved Jan. 31, 2002.).