May 14, 2014, Introduced by Reps. MacMaster, Franz and Somerville and referred to the Committee on Oversight.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 267, entitled
"Open meetings act,"
by amending section 9 (MCL 15.269), as amended by 2004 PA 305.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
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, all
matters considered by the public body, and the purpose or purposes
for which a closed session is held. The minutes shall include all
roll call votes taken at the meeting and, if a decision on any
matter of policy is not unanimous, how each member voted. If the
public body does not retain a tape recording or other electronic
record of the meeting, the minutes shall include the main points of
the discussion supporting and in opposition to each measure under
consideration and shall include the name, the subject matter, and a
summary of the remarks for each person who addresses the public
body. 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.