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1/29/2015 13D.01-2014 Minnesota Statutes 2014 Minnesota Statutes Authenticate 13D.01 MEETINGS MUST BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; EXCEPTIONS. Subdivision 1. In executive branch,local government. All meetings,including executive sessions,must be open to the public (a) of a state (1) agency, (2)board, (3) commission,or (4) department, when required or permitted by law to transact public business in a meeting; (b) of the governing body of a (1) school district however organized, (2)unorganized territory, (3) county, (4) statutory or home rule charter city, (5)town, or (6) other public body; (c) of any (1) committee, (2) subcommittee, (3)board, (4) department, or (5) commission, of a public body, and (d) of the governing body or a committee of: (1) a statewide public pension plan defined in section 356A.01, subdivision 24;or (2) a local public pension plan governed by sections 424A.091 to 424A,096,or chapter 354A, or Laws 2013, chapter 111, article 5, sections 31 to 42. Subd. 2. Exceptions. This chapter does not apply (1)to meetings of the commissioner of corrections; (2)to a state agency,board, or commission when it is exercising quasi-judicial functions involving disciplinary proceedings;or (3) as otherwise expressly provided by statute. Subd. 3. Subject of and grounds for closed meeting. Before closing a meeting,a public body shall state on the record the specific grounds permitting the meeting to be closed and describe the subject to be discussed. Subd.4. Votes to be kept in journal. (a)The votes of the members of the state agency,board, commission, or department;or of the governing body, committee, subcommittee,board, department,or commission on an action taken in a meeting required by this section to be open to the public must be recorded in a journal kept for that purpose. https:/Am w.revisor.rm.grn/statutes/?id=13D.01 114 1n