Open Meetings and Local Governments in North Carolina details the provisions of North Carolina's open meetings law in a question-and-answer format and contains the text of the law. This edition includes new content regarding meetings, hearings, and public comment periods, as well as a quick reference guide to closed sessions and a list of statutorily required public hearings. Intended for lawyers, members of local governing boards, local government administrators, reporters, citizens, and others who deal on a recurring basis with the state's open meetings statute, the book covers the most commonly asked questions. A free PDF download of the table of contents is available (https: //www.sog.unc.edu/publications/books/open-meetings-and-local-governments-north-carolina-some-questions-and-answers-eighth-edition-2017 /details).

This third edition text discusses North Carolina s Open Meetings Law. The text of the law as of 1986 is included.

This book reviews and explains the principal public records statutes applicable to records held by North Carolina local governments and examines the public's right of access to those records. It expands the coverage of the first edition and its cumulative supplement and also includes developments in the law since 2004. Although the book focuses on records held by local governments, state government officials also will find it useful.

"Chapter 160D of the North Carolina General Statutes is the first major recodification and modernization of city and county development regulations since 1905. The endeavor was initiated by the Zoning and Land Use Section of the N.C. Bar Association in 2013 and emanated from the section's rewrite of the city and county board of adjustments statute earlier that year. This bill summary and its many footnotes are intended to help citizens and local governments understand and navigate these changes."--Page vii.

A revision of the 1981 edition, this book presents recommended procedures for conducting city council meetings