Ch. 40                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b)  (1) The following terms, whenever used or , referred to
in this title, shall have the following meanings respectively,
unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.

(2)  "Meeting or meetings" means the meetings, when
sitting as a body or entity, or as an informal assemblage of the
constituent membership, with or without minutes being taken,
whether or not votes are cast, of any authority, board, bureau,
commission, district or agency of Charles County or of any
political subdivision of Charles County, the governing bodies of
the county, school boards and planning commissions; and other
organizations, corporations or agencies in the county, supported
wholly or principally by Charles County public funds. Nothing in
this title shall be construed as to define a meeting as a chance
meeting of two or more members of a public body, or as an
informal assemblage of the constituent membership at which
matters relating to the exercise of official functions are not
discussed.

(3)  "Official records" means the records pertaining
to completed actions or transactions which the groups, agencies
or organizations, enumerated in paragraph (2) of this subsection,
are required by statute to keep and maintain, or reports paid for
by public funds.

(4)  "Executive meeting" or "closed meeting" means a
meeting from which the public is excluded.

(5)  "Open meeting" or "public meeting" means a
meeting at which the public may be present.

(6)  "Public body" means any of the groups, agencies
or organizations enumerated in paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(c)  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all
Charles County official records shall be open to inspection and
copying by any citizens having a personal or legal interest in
specified records during the regular office hours of the
custodian of the records. Access to the records shall not be
denied to any citizen nor to representatives of newspapers and
representatives of radio and television stations. The following
records are excluded from the provisions of this title:

(1)  Memoranda, correspondence, evidence and
complaints related to criminal investigations, and reports
submitted to the State Police in confidence;

(2)  Income tax returns, medical and mental records,
scholastic records, welfare records, adoption records,
illegitimate births and personnel records;

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