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SEPACs no longer have to comply with the MA Public Records Law, but SEPACs can follow best practices, ie., posting meeting notices or agendas and maintaining minutes to inform members.
The Massachusetts Public Records Law provides that every person has a right to access to public information. This right of access includes the right to inspect, copy or have copies of records provided upon the payment of a reasonable fee. Massachusetts law broadly defines “public records” to include “all books, papers, maps, photographs, recorded tapes, financial statements, statistical tabulations, or other documentary materials or data, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by any officer or employee” of any Massachusetts governmental entity.
The MA Division of Public Records has published a Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law and has made available a Checklist for Creating and Approving Meeting Minutes.
