Meetings and Hearings; Frequency, Location and Exemption from the Mississippi Open

Meetings and Hearings; Frequency, Location and Exemption from the Mississippi Open Meetings Act A. The Board shall meet at least one (1) day a month. The date, time and location of the meetings of the Board shall be set by the Board. B. Once a meeting of the Board is called to order, the Board shall be considered to be in continuous session from day to day until the meeting is formally adjourned on motion and majority vote of the members present. C. That portion of any meeting or hearing of the Board held in regard to an administrative appeal filed under Miss. Code Ann. § 27-77-5, § 27-77-9, § 27-77-11 or § 27-77-12, which are appeals from orders of the Review Board and from orders of administrative hearing officers, shall be closed to the public and is exempt from the requirements of the Mississippi Open Meetings Law, Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-1 et seq. That portion of any meeting or hearing of the Board regarding all other administrative appeals, including, but not limited to, appeals under Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-72 regarding ABC matters, appeals regarding the denial of an objection by a Board of Supervisors to the Department’s rejection of an homestead exemption application under Miss. Code Ann. § 27-33-41, appeals regarding ad valorem assessments under Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-309, § 27-35-311, § 27-35-325, § 27-35- 517 or § 27-35-703 and appeals by a county from the decision of the Department in regard to its examination of recapitulations of the ad valorem rolls of that county under Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-113, shall be open to the public and subject to the requirements of the Mississippi Open Meetings Law, Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-1 et seq. When an administrative appeal filed under Miss. Code Ann. § 27-77-5, § 27-77- 9, § 27-77-11 or § 27-77-12 is to be heard or discussed, the presiding board member may order the removal of any person not directly involved in the administrative appeal being heard or who is not necessary for the Board’s deliberation on such an appeal.