New Jersey Attorney General Opinions
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When a New Jersey town council, school board, or other public body goes into closed (executive) session, do they have to take minutes of what was discussed?
Yes. The Open Public Meetings Act requires reasonably comprehensible minutes of 'all' meetings, and that includes closed/executive sessions, not just the public portions. The minutes don't have to be …
When a New Jersey city council, board, or state commission has empty seats, do you count those vacant seats when figuring out whether you have a quorum to hold a meeting?
It depends on how the enabling statute is worded. If the statute sets a specific number ('5 directors of a 9-member board') or says quorum is 'a majority of all the members' / 'all the authorized memb…
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Attorney general opinions in New Jersey are written by the New Jersey Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.