Thursday, December 16, 2010
Open Meetings In Budget Process?
KENTUCKY...
A Democratic lawmaker is pushing a proposal that would bar legislative leaders from retreating into closed-door meetings to draft the state budget.
State Rep. Rick Nelson of Middlesboro said he intends to file legislation in the upcoming legislative session that would require all budget meetings to be open.
Standard operating procedure in the Kentucky legislature is for legislative leaders from the House and Senate to negotiate the final draft of the budget privately in rooms guarded by state police troopers.
Nelson's proposal would simply tweak the state's open meetings law, basically adding one paragraph that would open the state budget process.
A Democratic lawmaker is pushing a proposal that would bar legislative leaders from retreating into closed-door meetings to draft the state budget.
State Rep. Rick Nelson of Middlesboro said he intends to file legislation in the upcoming legislative session that would require all budget meetings to be open.
Standard operating procedure in the Kentucky legislature is for legislative leaders from the House and Senate to negotiate the final draft of the budget privately in rooms guarded by state police troopers.
Nelson's proposal would simply tweak the state's open meetings law, basically adding one paragraph that would open the state budget process.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:25 PM 
