Does the act cover meetings of committees and subcommittees?
Yes. When committees and subcommittees are created to perform delegated functions of the public body or to advise the public body, they must also follow FOIA’s rules. Where it gets tricky is when members of the public body are also members of the committee. FOIA would allow two members of a board to meet together without it being considered a meeting, but if those two members are two-thirds of a three-member subcommittee, then they would have to follow FOIA.
