{"id":"DUT-ND-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (Open Records and Meetings Opinion under N.D.C.C. 44-04-21.1), issued to the County of Steele","authority":"N.D.C.C. 44-04-19, 44-04-21.1","instrument":"Open Records and Meetings Opinion 2021-O-01","title":"Whether the County of Steele violated N.D.C.C. 44-04-19 by denying access to a public meeting held under the county\u0027s COVID-19 access and screening policy (special meeting of Sept. 15, 2020)","dateIssued":"2021-02-24","effective":"2021-02-24 (facts of Sept. 15, 2020)","end":"n/a (opinion)","startDate":"2021-02-24","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q3","2021Q1"],"types":["EMP","CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["governmental bodies (Steele County); members of the public attending a public meeting"],"clause":"Pursuant to Steele County\u0027s Covid policy, the doors to the Steele County Courthouse were locked at the time of the meeting. All access doors had a public notice with a number provided for building access and Covid screening.... The required health screening takes approximately 30 seconds to answer 3 questions and do a forehead temperature scan.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":[],"notes":"Records, as the State\u0027s chief legal officer found the facts, that a North Dakota county in September 2020 conditioned entry to its courthouse and to a public meeting on a COVID-19 health screening (three questions and a forehead temperature scan) under a written county policy, and concludes that \u0027The Steele County Commission did not violate N.D.C.C. 44-04-19 at its September 15, 2020, special meeting,\u0027 the screened entry having satisfied the open-meetings guarantee of public access. Character as recorded: agency_interpretation (Attorney General opinion; order_operating_condition layer).","sourceUrl":"https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2021-O-01.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":54699,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_interpretation","description":"","collection":"DUT-ND","url":"/library/DUT-ND-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-ND-013","citation":"Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (Open Records and Meetings Opinion under N.D.C.C. 44-04-21.1), issued to the County of Steele, Open Records and Meetings Opinion 2021-O-01 (Feb. 24, 2021) (Ex. DUT-ND-013)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":[]}