sunshine law

sunshine law definition - business

sunshine law

A legal guarantee of public access to meetings, records, votes, and deliberations of public governmental bodies unless otherwise provided by law. Sunshine laws are designed to open government decision making to public scrutiny.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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