Who enforces the Open Meeting Law?
Any citizen affected by a violation of the Open Meeting Law is entitled to bring a lawsuit in the magistrates’ division of the county in which the public agency normally meets for the purpose of requiring compliance with the provisions of the Open Meeting Law. The lawsuit would ask the court to declare any improper actions void and to enjoin the governing body from violating the Open Meeting Law in the future. Such a lawsuit must be commenced within thirty (30) days of the time of the violations or the alleged violation of the provisions of the Open Meeting Law. Any other lawsuit must be commenced within one hundred eighty (180) days of the time of the violation. Idaho Code § 67-2347(4). Section 67-2347(3) obligates the Attorney General to enforce the Open Meeting Law in relation to the public agencies of state government, and the prosecuting attorneys of the various counties to enforce the Open Meeting Law in relation to the local public agencies within their respective jurisdictions.
