# General Provisions (GGP)

## Title 3. Open Meetings Act

### Subtitle 3. Open Meetings Requirements

#### Section 3-302

(a) Before meeting in a closed or open session, a public body shall give reasonable advance notice of the session.

(b) Whenever reasonable, a notice under this section shall:

  (1) be in writing;

  (2) include the date, time, and place of the session; and

  (3) if appropriate, include a statement that a part or all of a meeting may be conducted in closed session.

(c) A public body may give the notice under this section as follows:

  (1) if the public body is a unit of State government, by publication in the Maryland Register;

  (2) by delivery to representatives of the news media who regularly report on sessions of the public body or the activities of the government of which the public body is a part;

  (3) if the public body previously has given public notice that this method will be used:

    (i) by posting or depositing the notice at a convenient public location at or near the place of the session; or

    (ii) by posting the notice on an Internet website ordinarily used by the public body to provide information to the public; or

  (4) by any other reasonable method.

(d) A public body shall keep a copy of a notice provided under this section for at least 3 years after the date of the session.

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Md. Code Ann., Gen. Prov. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)