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Our Door is Open

The Hoosier Lottery is subject to The Open Door Law, also known as Indiana Code 5-14-1.5-1. This law states that government agencies must hold official meetings of a majority of their governing body, such as council or board meetings, publicly.

As a citizen, you have the right to attend and record these meetings.

Learn more about the Open Door Law on indy.gov.

Executive Sessions

Under the Open Door Law, some meetings are closed to the public. Meetings closed to the public are called executive sessions.

• Executive sessions generally fall into one of these categories:
• Discussion of collective bargaining, litigation, or security system strategies
• Session to receive information about and interview prospective employees
• Discussion of records classified as confidential by state or federal law
• Discussion of job performance or discipline of individual employees
• When an agency holds an executive session, any vote on a motion, proposal, resolution, or ordinance must take place in a public meeting. The state does not allow secret ballots.¹

Contact us for more information on attending one of our meetings.

¹Source: https://www.indy.gov/activity/open-door-law