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MI Comp L § 15.241 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 442 of 1976 - Freedom of Information Act (15.231 - 15.246)|Section 15.241 - Matters Required to Be Published and Made Available by State Agency; Form of Publications; Effect of Matter Not Published and Made Available; Exception; Action to Compel Compliance by State Agency; Order; Attorneys' Fees, Costs, and Disbursements; Jurisdiction; Definitions.

15.241 Matters required to be published and made available by state agency; form of publications; effect of matter not published and made available; exception; action to compel compliance by state agency; order; attorneys' fees, costs, and disbursements; jurisdiction; definitions.Sec. 11.  (1) A state agency shall publish and make available to the public all of the following:  (a) Final orders or decisions in contested cases and the records on which they were made.  (b) Promulgated rules.  (c) Other written statements that implement or interpret laws, rules, or policy, including but not limited to guidelines, manuals, and forms with instructions, adopted or used by the agency in the discharge of its functions.  (2) Publications may be in electronic format or in pamphlet, loose-leaf, or other appropriate form in printed, mimeographed, or other written matter.  (3) Except to the extent that a person has actual and timely notice of the terms thereof, a person is not required to resort to, and shall not be adversely affected by, a matter required to be published and made available, if the matter is not so published and made available.  (4) This section does not apply to public records that are exempt from disclosure under section 13.   (5) A person may commence an action in the court of claims to compel a state agency to comply with this section. If the court determines that the state agency has failed to comply, the court shall order the state agency to comply and shall award reasonable attorneys' fees, costs, and disbursements to the person commencing the action. The court of claims has exclusive jurisdiction to issue the order.  (6) As used in this section, "state agency", "contested case", and "rule" mean "agency", "contested case", and "rule" as those terms are defined in the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. History: 1976, Act 442, Eff. Apr. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 563, Eff. July 1, 2015 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 2020 Popular Name: Act 442Popular Name: FOIA
MI Comp L § 15.243a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 442 of 1976 - Freedom of Information Act (15.231 - 15.246)|Section 15.243a - Salary Records of Employee or Other Official of Institution of Higher Education, School District, Intermediate School District, or Community College Available to Public on Request.

15.243a Salary records of employee or other official of institution of higher education, school district, intermediate school district, or community college available to public on request. Sec. 13a.  Notwithstanding section 13, an institution of higher education established under section 5, 6, or 7 of article 8 of the state constitution of 1963; a school district as defined in section 6 of Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 380.6 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; an intermediate school district as defined in section 4 of Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 380.4 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; or a community college established under Act No. 331 of the Public Acts of 1966, as amended, being sections 389.1 to 389.195 of the Michigan Compiled Laws shall upon request make available to the public the salary records of an employee or other official of the institution of higher education, school district, intermediate school district, or community college. History: Add. 1979, Act 130, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 1979 Popular Name: Act 442Popular Name: FOIA
MI Comp L § 15.244 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 442 of 1976 - Freedom of Information Act (15.231 - 15.246)|Section 15.244 - Separation of Exempt and Nonexempt Material; Design of Public Record; Description of Material Exempted.

15.244 Separation of exempt and nonexempt material; design of public record; description of material exempted. Sec. 14.  (1) If a public record contains material which is not exempt under section 13, as well as material which is exempt from disclosure under section 13, the public body shall separate the exempt and nonexempt material and make the nonexempt material available for examination and copying.   (2) When designing a public record, a public body shall, to the extent practicable, facilitate a separation of exempt from nonexempt information. If the separation is readily apparent to a person requesting to inspect or receive copies of the form, the public body shall generally describe the material exempted unless that description would reveal the contents of the exempt information and thus defeat the purpose of the exemption. History: 1976, Act 442, Eff. Apr. 13, 1977 Popular Name: Act 442Popular Name: FOIA
MI Comp L § 15.245 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 442 of 1976 - Freedom of Information Act (15.231 - 15.246)|Section 15.245 - Repeal of MCL 24.221, 24.222, and 24.223.

15.245 Repeal of MCL 24.221, 24.222, and 24.223. Sec. 15.  Sections 21, 22 and 23 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.221, 24.222 and 24.223 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, are repealed. History: 1976, Act 442, Eff. Apr. 13, 1977 Popular Name: Act 442Popular Name: FOIA
MI Comp L § 15.246 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 442 of 1976 - Freedom of Information Act (15.231 - 15.246)|Section 15.246 - Effective Date.

15.246 Effective date. Sec. 16.  This act shall take effect 90 days after being signed by the governor. History: 1976, Act 442, Eff. Apr. 13, 1977 Popular Name: Act 442Popular Name: FOIA
MI Comp L § 15.261 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.261 - Short Title; Effect of Act on Certain Charter Provisions, Ordinances, or Resolutions.

15.261 Short title; effect of act on certain charter provisions, ordinances, or resolutions. Sec. 1.  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Open meetings act".   (2) This act shall supersede all local charter provisions, ordinances, or resolutions which relate to requirements for meetings of local public bodies to be open to the public.  (3) After the effective date of this act, nothing in this act shall prohibit a public body from adopting an ordinance, resolution, rule, or charter provision which would require a greater degree of openness relative to meetings of public bodies than the standards provided for in this act. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 15.262 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.262 - Definitions.

15.262 Definitions. Sec. 2.  As used in this act:  (a) "Public body" means any state or local legislative or governing body, including a board, commission, committee, subcommittee, authority, or council, that is empowered by state constitution, statute, charter, ordinance, resolution, or rule to exercise governmental or proprietary authority or perform a governmental or proprietary function; a lessee of such a body performing an essential public purpose and function pursuant to the lease agreement; or the board of a nonprofit corporation formed by a city under section 4o of the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.4o.  (b) "Meeting" means the convening of a public body at which a quorum is present for the purpose of deliberating toward or rendering a decision on a public policy, or any meeting of the board of a nonprofit corporation formed by a city under section 4o of the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.4o.  (c) "Closed session" means a meeting or part of a meeting of a public body that is closed to the public.  (d) "Decision" means a determination, action, vote, or disposition upon a motion, proposal, recommendation, resolution, order, ordinance, bill, or measure on which a vote by members of a public body is required and by which a public body effectuates or formulates public policy. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 38, Imd. Eff. July 11, 2001
MI Comp L § 15.264 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.264 - Public Notice of Meetings Generally; Contents; Places of Posting.

15.264 Public notice of meetings generally; contents; places of posting. Sec. 4.  The following provisions shall apply with respect to public notice of meetings:   (a) A public notice shall always contain the name of the public body to which the notice applies, its telephone number if one exists, and its address.  (b) A public notice for a public body shall always be posted at its principal office and any other locations considered appropriate by the public body. Cable television may also be utilized for purposes of posting public notice.   (c) If a public body is a part of a state department, part of the legislative or judicial branch of state government, part of an institution of higher education, or part of a political subdivision or school district, a public notice shall also be posted in the respective principal office of the state department, the institution of higher education, clerk of the house of representatives, secretary of the state senate, clerk of the supreme court, or political subdivision or school district.  (d) If a public body does not have a principal office, the required public notice for a local public body shall be posted in the office of the county clerk in which the public body serves and the required public notice for a state public body shall be posted in the office of the secretary of state. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1984
MI Comp L § 15.266 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.266 - Providing Copies of Public Notice on Written Request; Fee.

15.266 Providing copies of public notice on written request; fee. Sec. 6.  (1) Upon the written request of an individual, organization, firm, or corporation, and upon the requesting party's payment of a yearly fee of not more than the reasonable estimated cost for printing and postage of such notices, a public body shall send to the requesting party by first class mail a copy of any notice required to be posted pursuant to section 5(2) to (5).  (2) Upon written request, a public body, at the same time a public notice of a meeting is posted pursuant to section 5, shall provide a copy of the public notice of that meeting to any newspaper published in the state and to any radio and television station located in the state, free of charge. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 15.267 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.267 - Closed Sessions; Roll Call Vote; Separate Set of Minutes.

15.267 Closed sessions; roll call vote; separate set of minutes.  Sec. 7.  (1) A 2/3 roll call vote of members elected or appointed and serving is required to call a closed session, except for the closed sessions permitted under section 8(a), (b), (c), (g), (i), and (j). The roll call vote and the purpose or purposes for calling the closed session shall be entered into the minutes of the meeting at which the vote is taken.  (2) A separate set of minutes shall be taken by the clerk or the designated secretary of the public body at the closed session. These minutes shall be retained by the clerk of the public body, are not available to the public, and shall only be disclosed if required by a civil action filed under section 10, 11, or 13. These minutes may be destroyed 1 year and 1 day after approval of the minutes of the regular meeting at which the closed session was approved. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 81, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 464, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1996
MI Comp L § 15.269 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.269 - Minutes.

15.269 Minutes. Sec. 9.  (1) Each public body shall keep minutes of each meeting showing the date, time, place, members present, members absent, any decisions made at a meeting open to the public, and the purpose or purposes for which a closed session is held. The minutes shall include all roll call votes taken at the meeting. The public body shall make any corrections in the minutes at the next meeting after the meeting to which the minutes refer. The public body shall make corrected minutes available at or before the next subsequent meeting after correction. The corrected minutes shall show both the original entry and the correction.  (2) Minutes are public records open to public inspection, and a public body shall make the minutes available at the address designated on posted public notices pursuant to section 4. The public body shall make copies of the minutes available to the public at the reasonable estimated cost for printing and copying.  (3) A public body shall make proposed minutes available for public inspection within 8 business days after the meeting to which the minutes refer. The public body shall make approved minutes available for public inspection within 5 business days after the meeting at which the minutes are approved by the public body.  (4) A public body shall not include in or with its minutes any personally identifiable information that, if released, would prevent the public body from complying with section 444 of subpart 4 of part C of the general education provisions act, 20 USC 1232g, commonly referred to as the family educational rights and privacy act of 1974. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 130, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1982 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 305, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 2004
MI Comp L § 15.270 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.270 - Decisions of Public Body; Presumption; Civil Action to Invalidate; Jurisdiction; Venue; Reenactment of Disputed Decision.

15.270 Decisions of public body; presumption; civil action to invalidate; jurisdiction; venue; reenactment of disputed decision. Sec. 10.  (1) Decisions of a public body shall be presumed to have been adopted in compliance with the requirements of this act. The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the public body serves, or any person may commence a civil action in the circuit court to challenge the validity of a decision of a public body made in violation of this act.  (2) A decision made by a public body may be invalidated if the public body has not complied with the requirements of section 3(1), (2), and (3) in making the decision or if failure to give notice in accordance with section 5 has interfered with substantial compliance with section 3(1), (2), and (3) and the court finds that the noncompliance or failure has impaired the rights of the public under this act.  (3) The circuit court shall not have jurisdiction to invalidate a decision of a public body for a violation of this act unless an action is commenced pursuant to this section within the following specified period of time:  (a) Within 60 days after the approved minutes are made available to the public by the public body except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b).  (b) If the decision involves the approval of contracts, the receipt or acceptance of bids, the making of assessments, the procedures pertaining to the issuance of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, or the submission of a borrowing proposal to the electors, within 30 days after the approved minutes are made available to the public pursuant to that decision.  (4) Venue for an action under this section shall be any county in which a local public body serves or, if the decision of a state public body is at issue, in Ingham county.  (5) In any case where an action has been initiated to invalidate a decision of a public body on the ground that it was not taken in conformity with the requirements of this act, the public body may, without being deemed to make any admission contrary to its interest, reenact the disputed decision in conformity with this act. A decision reenacted in this manner shall be effective from the date of reenactment and shall not be declared invalid by reason of a deficiency in the procedure used for its initial enactment. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 15.271 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.271 - Civil Action to Compel Compliance or Enjoin Noncompliance; Commencement; Venue; Security Not Required; Commencement of Action for Mandamus; Court Costs and Attorney Fees.

15.271 Civil action to compel compliance or enjoin noncompliance; commencement; venue; security not required; commencement of action for mandamus; court costs and attorney fees. Sec. 11.  (1) If a public body is not complying with this act, the attorney general, prosecuting attorney of the county in which the public body serves, or a person may commence a civil action to compel compliance or to enjoin further noncompliance with this act.  (2) An action for injunctive relief against a local public body shall be commenced in the circuit court, and venue is proper in any county in which the public body serves. An action for an injunction against a state public body shall be commenced in the circuit court and venue is proper in any county in which the public body has its principal office, or in Ingham county. If a person commences an action for injunctive relief, that person shall not be required to post security as a condition for obtaining a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order.  (3) An action for mandamus against a public body under this act shall be commenced in the court of appeals.  (4) If a public body is not complying with this act, and a person commences a civil action against the public body for injunctive relief to compel compliance or to enjoin further noncompliance with the act and succeeds in obtaining relief in the action, the person shall recover court costs and actual attorney fees for the action. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 15.272 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.272 - Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty.

15.272 Violation as misdemeanor; penalty.  Sec. 12.  (1) A public official who intentionally violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00.   (2) A public official who is convicted of intentionally violating a provision of this act for a second time within the same term shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $2,000.00, or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 15.273 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.273 - Violation; Liability.

15.273 Violation; liability. Sec. 13.  (1) A public official who intentionally violates this act shall be personally liable in a civil action for actual and exemplary damages of not more than $500.00 total, plus court costs and actual attorney fees to a person or group of persons bringing the action.   (2) Not more than 1 action under this section shall be brought against a public official for a single meeting. An action under this section shall be commenced within 180 days after the date of the violation which gives rise to the cause of action.  (3) An action for damages under this section may be joined with an action for injunctive or exemplary relief under section 11.  History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 15.273a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.273a - Selection of President by Governing Board of Higher Education Institution; Violation; Civil Fine.

15.273a Selection of president by governing board of higher education institution; violation; civil fine. Sec. 13a.  If the governing board of an institution of higher education established under section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 violates this act with respect to the process of selecting a president of the institution at any time after the recommendation of final candidates to the governing board, as described in section 8(j), the institution is responsible for the payment of a civil fine of not more than $500,000.00. This civil fine is in addition to any other remedy or penalty under this act. To the extent possible, any payment of fines imposed under this section shall be paid from funds allocated by the institution of higher education to pay for the travel and expenses of the members of the governing board. History: Add. 1996, Act 464, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1996
MI Comp L § 15.274 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.274 - Repeal of MCL 15.251 to 15.253.

15.274 Repeal of MCL 15.251 to 15.253. Sec. 14.  Act No. 261 of the Public Acts of 1968, being sections 15.251 to 15.253 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.  History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 15.275 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 267 of 1976 - Open Meetings Act (15.261 - 15.275)|Section 15.275 - Effective Date.

15.275 Effective date. Sec. 15.  This act shall take effect January 1, 1977. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 15.301 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 318 of 1968 - Conflict of Interest (15.301 - 15.310)|Section 15.301 - Conflict of Interest; Purpose.

15.301 Conflict of interest; purpose. Sec. 1.  This statute is enacted for the purpose of implementing the provisions of section 10 of article 4 of the constitution. Therefore, this act shall be taken into consideration in determining the construction and effect to be given the constitutional section, insofar as the same is constitutionally possible. History: 1968, Act 318, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968 Compiler's Notes: Section 191 of Act 227 of the Public Acts of 1975 repealed MCL 4.401 to 4.410, 168.901 to 168.929, 15.321 to 15.330, 15.301 to 15.310, and 15.341 to 15.348. The Michigan Supreme Court, however, in Advisory Opinion on Constitutionality of 1975 PA 227, 396 Mich. 123, 240 N.W.2d 193 (1976), held Act 227 of the Public Acts of 1975 unconstitutional for being in violation of Mich. Const., Art. 4, § 24.