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CAW OFFICES <br /> COLEMAN, GLEDHILL &HARGRAVE <br /> A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br /> 129 E TRYON STREET <br /> P.O.DRAWER 1529 <br /> HILLSRORODUM,NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br /> 919.732.2196 FROM THE OE:x OF <br /> PAX 919.732.7997 GEOFFREY L GLEDHIU <br /> WOSITE S,MAIL:gdfi ffl*d1 G.wmmdhrom <br /> September 24, 2002 <br /> VIA FACSIMILE <br /> Dr. Rosemary Summers <br /> Orange County Health Director <br /> Post Office Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> RE: Open Meetings Laws and Public Records Laves <br /> Applicability to the Orange County Animal Protection <br /> Society <br /> Dear Rosie: <br /> This letter responds to questions that have been asked <br /> concerning the applicability of North Carolina' s Open Meetings <br /> Law and Public Records Law to the Animal Protection Society of <br /> Orange County, Inc. (APS) . This question arises because Orange <br /> County contracts with the APS for the operation of the County <br /> animal shelter. <br /> The facts necessary for my opinion on these questions are <br /> assumed and contained in the answer to the questions. <br /> 1 . The North Carolina Open Meetings Law is actually <br /> titled "Meetings of Public Bodies. " As the title of the law <br /> suggests, only "public bodies" are subject to the requirement <br /> that the meetings of public bodies be open to the public. A <br /> public body means "any elected or appointed authority, board, <br /> commission, committee, council or other body of the state, or of <br /> one or more counties, cities, school administrative units, <br /> constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina, or <br /> other political subdivisions or public corporations in the <br />