HOUSE BILL No. 5198

 

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.