Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 25-311

A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all regularly

scheduled, continued or reconvened, special or emergency meetings of

public bodies shall be preceded by public notice as follows:

1. All public bodies shall give notice in writing by December

15 of each calendar year of the schedule showing the date, time and

place of the regularly scheduled meetings of such public bodies for

the following calendar year;

2. All state public bodies including, but not limited to,

public trusts and other bodies with the state as beneficiary, shall

give such notice to the Secretary of State;

3. All county public bodies including, but not limited to,

public trusts and any other bodies with the county as beneficiary,

shall give such notice to the county clerk of the county wherein

they are principally located;

4. All municipal public bodies including, but not limited to,

public trusts and any other bodies with the municipality as

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beneficiary, shall give such notice to the municipal clerk of the

municipality wherein they are principally located;

5. All multicounty, regional, areawide or district public

bodies including, but not limited to, district boards of education,

shall give such notice to the county clerk of the county wherein

they are principally located, or if no office exists, to the county

clerk of the county or counties served by such public body;

6. All governing boards of state institutions of higher

education, and committees and subcommittees thereof, shall give such

notice to the Secretary of State. All other public bodies covered

by the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act which exist under

the auspices of a state institution of higher education, but a

majority of whose members are not members of the institution's

governing board, shall give such notice to the county clerk of the

county wherein the institution is principally located;

7. The Secretary of State and each county clerk or municipal

clerk shall keep a record of all notices received in a register open

to the public for inspection during regular office hours, and, in

addition, shall make known upon any request of any person the

contents of the register;

8. If any change is to be made of the date, time or place of

regularly scheduled meetings of public bodies, then notice in

writing shall be given to the Secretary of State or county clerk or

municipal clerk, as required herein, not less than ten (10) days

prior to the implementation of any such change;

9. a. In addition to the advance public notice in writing

required to be filed for regularly scheduled meetings,

described in paragraph 1 of this subsection, all

public bodies shall, at least twenty-four (24) hours

prior to such regularly scheduled meetings, display

public notice of the meeting by at least one of the

following methods:

(1) by posting information that includes date, time,

place and agenda for the meeting in prominent

public view at the principal office of the public

body or at the location of the meeting if no

office exists, or
all

public bodies shall, at least twenty-four (24) hours

prior to such regularly scheduled meetings, display

public notice of the meeting by at least one of the

following methods:

(1) by posting information that includes date, time,

place and agenda for the meeting in prominent

public view at the principal office of the public

body or at the location of the meeting if no

office exists, or

(2) by posting on the public body's Internet website

the date, time, place and agenda for the meeting

in accordance with Section 3106.2 of Title 74 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. Additionally, the public

body shall offer and consistently maintain an

email distribution system for distribution of

such notice of a public meeting required by this

subsection, and any person may request to be

included without charge, and their request shall

be accepted. The emailed notice of a public

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meeting required by this subsection shall include

in the body of the email or as an attachment to

the email the date, time, place and agenda for

the meeting and it shall be sent no less than

twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting.

Additionally, the public body shall make the

notice of a public meeting required by this

subsection available to the public in the

principal office of the public body or at the

location of the meeting during normal business

hours at least twenty–four (24) hours prior to

the meeting.

b. In addition to the notice requirements of this

section, all state public bodies, as defined in

paragraph 2 of this subsection, shall, at least

twenty-four (24) hours prior to regularly scheduled

meetings, display public notice of the meeting by:

(1) posting information that includes date, time,

place and agenda for the meeting in prominent

public view at the principal office of the public

body or at the location of the meeting if no

office exists, and

(2) posting on the public body's Internet website the

date, time, place and agenda for the meeting in

accordance with Section 3106.2 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

10. The twenty-four (24) hours required in paragraph 9 of this

subsection shall exclude Saturdays, Sundays and holidays legally

declared by the State of Oklahoma. The posting or distribution of a

notice of a public meeting as described in paragraph 9 of this

subsection shall not preclude a public body from considering at its

regularly scheduled meeting any new business. "New business", as

used herein, shall mean any matter not known about or which could

not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of the posting;

11. In the event any meeting is to be continued or reconvened,

public notice of such action including date, time and place of the

continued meeting, shall be given by announcement at the original

meeting. Only matters appearing on the agenda of the meeting which

is continued may be discussed at the continued or reconvened

meeting;

12. Special meetings of public bodies shall not be held without

public notice being given at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to

the meetings. Such public notice of date, time and place shall be

given in writing, in person or by telephonic means to the Secretary

of State or to the county clerk or to the municipal clerk by public

bodies in the manner set forth in paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of

this subsection. The public body also shall cause written notice of

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the date, time and place of the meeting to be mailed or delivered to

each person, newspaper, wire service, radio station and television

station that has filed a written request for notice of meetings of

the public body with the clerk or secretary of the public body or

with some other person designated by the public body. Such written

notice shall be mailed or delivered at least forty-eight (48) hours
, time and place of the meeting to be mailed or delivered to

each person, newspaper, wire service, radio station and television

station that has filed a written request for notice of meetings of

the public body with the clerk or secretary of the public body or

with some other person designated by the public body. Such written

notice shall be mailed or delivered at least forty-eight (48) hours

prior to the special meeting. The public body may charge a fee of

up to Eighteen Dollars ($18.00) per year to persons or entities

filing a written request for notice of meetings, and may require

such persons or entities to renew the request for notice annually.

In addition, all public bodies shall, at least twenty-four (24)

hours prior to such special meetings, display public notice of the

meeting, setting forth thereon the date, time, place and agenda for

the meeting. Only matters appearing on the posted agenda may be

considered at the special meeting. Such public notice shall be

posted in prominent public view at the principal office of the

public body or at the location of the meeting if no office exists.

Twenty-four (24) hours prior public posting shall exclude Saturdays,

Sundays and holidays legally declared by the State of Oklahoma. In

lieu of the public posting requirements of this paragraph, a public

body may elect to follow the requirements found in division (2) of

subparagraph a of paragraph 9 of this subsection, provided that

forty-eight-hour notice is required for special meetings and that

the forty-eight-hour requirement shall exclude Saturdays, Sundays

and holidays legally declared by the State of Oklahoma;

13. In the event of an emergency, an emergency meeting of a

public body may be held without the public notice heretofore

required. Should an emergency meeting of a public body be

necessary, the person calling such a meeting shall give as much

advance public notice as is reasonable and possible under the

circumstances existing, in person or by telephonic or electronic

means; and

14. A public body that gives public notice of a meeting for

which there will be a videoconference option in accordance with

Section 307.1 of this title shall not modify the method of meeting

described in the notice prior to the meeting and shall conduct the

meeting according to the methods described in the notice. If a code

or password is required to access the videoconference meeting, the

code or password shall be included in the public notice.

B. 1. All agendas required pursuant to the provisions of this

section shall identify all items of business to be transacted by a

public body at a meeting including, but not limited to, any proposed

executive session for the purpose of engaging in deliberations or

rendering a final or intermediate decision in an individual

proceeding prescribed by the Administrative Procedures Act.

2. If a public body proposes to conduct an executive session,

the agenda shall:

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a. contain sufficient information for the public to

ascertain that an executive session will be proposed,

b. identify the items of business and purposes of the

executive session, and

c. state specifically the provision of Section 307 of

this title authorizing the executive session.