ACP ADVISORY COUNCIL OPEN MTG EXEMPTION                                              S.B. 1172:

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Bill 1172 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Senator Rick Jones

Committee:  Judiciary

 


CONTENT

 

The bill would amend the Open Meeting Act to specify that the Act would not apply to a meeting of the Address Confidentiality Program Advisory Council.

 

The Act requires all meetings of a public body to be open to the public. Subject to certain exceptions, all deliberations of a public body constituting a quorum of its members must take place at a meeting open to the public. In addition, all decisions of a public body must be made at a meeting open to the public.

 

The Act does not apply to various public bodies or individuals when they are deliberating the merits of a case.  

 

Under the bill, the Act also would not apply to a meeting of the Address Confidentiality Program Advisory Council established under the Address Confidentiality Program Act, which Senate Bill 655 would create.[1]

 

The bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 655.

 

MCL 15.263                                                            Legislative Analyst:  Stephen Jackson

 

FISCAL IMPACT

 

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

 

Date Completed:  11-28-18                                                  Fiscal Analyst:  Joe Carrasco

                                                                                                          Abbey Frazier

 

 

 

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.

 



[1] For a more detailed analysis of Senate Bill 655, see the Senate Fiscal Agency's Analysis as Passed by the Senate, available at https://www.legislature.mi.gov.