October 22, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Nofs, Moolenaar, Garfield, Gaffney, Ward, DeRossett, Casperson, Taub, LaJoy, Drolet, Stahl, Stakoe, Steil, Meisner, Elkins, Wojno, Sheen, Hune, Farhat, Shackleton, Bieda, Van Regenmorter, Palsrok and Brandenburg and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 267, entitled
"Open meetings act,"
by amending section 9 (MCL 15.269), as amended by 1982 PA 130.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 9. (1) Each public body shall keep minutes of each
2 meeting showing the date, time, place, members present, members
3 absent, any decisions made at a meeting open to the public, and
4 the purpose or purposes for which a closed session is held. The
5 minutes shall include all roll call votes taken at the meeting.
6 Corrections The public body shall make any corrections in
the
7 minutes shall be made
not later than before the next meeting
8 after the meeting to
which the minutes refer. Corrected The
9 public body shall make corrected minutes shall be available no
10 later than before the next subsequent meeting after
correction.
11 The corrected minutes shall show both the original entry and the
1 correction.
2 (2) Minutes shall
be are public records open to public
3 inspection, and a
public body shall be make the minutes
4 available at the address designated on posted public notices
5 pursuant to section 4. Copies
The public body shall make
6 copies of the minutes shall
be available to the public at the
7 reasonable estimated cost for printing and copying.
8 (3) Proposed A
public body shall make proposed minutes
9 shall be available for public inspection not more than within
10 8 business days after the meeting to which the minutes refer.
11 Approved The public body shall make approved minutes shall
be
12 available available for
public inspection not later than within
13 5 business days after the meeting at which the minutes are
14 approved by the public body.
15 (4) A public body shall not include in or with its minutes
16 information that, if released, would prevent the public body from
17 complying with section 444 of subpart 4 of part C of the general
18 education provisions act, 20 USC 1232g, commonly referred to as
19 the family educational rights and privacy act of 1974.