§ 33.001 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   MEETING. All regular, special, or called meetings, formal or informal, of a public body for the purposes of briefing, discussion of public business, formation of tentative policy, or the taking of any action.

   PUBLIC BODY.

      (1)   (a)   The City Council;

         (b)   All independent boards, commissions, bureaus, committees, councils, subunits, or any other bodies created by the Constitution of Nebraska, statute, ordinance, or otherwise pursuant to law; and

         (c)   Advisory committees of the bodies listed above.

      (2)   PUBLIC BODY does not include subcommittees of such bodies unless a quorum of the public body attends a subcommittee meeting or unless the subcommittees are holding hearings, making policy, or taking formal action on behalf of their parent body.

(Neb. RS 84-1409)