HOUSE BILL No. 4522

 

April 28, 2015, Introduced by Reps. McBroom and Howrylak and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Ethics.

 

     A bill to amend 1952 PA 46, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the inspection by committees of the

legislature of the records and files of state departments, boards,

institutions and agencies,"

 

by amending section 1 (MCL 4.541).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the

 

contrary, any standing or select committee of the senate or the

 

house of representatives, and any joint select committee of the

 

senate and house of representatives, shall be authorized to may

 

subpoena and have produced before any such that committee, or

 

inspect the records and files of any state department, board,

 

institution, or agency ; and it shall be the duty of any or any

 

department, board, institution, or agency of a local unit of

 

government. The state or local department, board, institution, or

 

agency to shall produce the records and files before the committee


 

as required by the subpoena, or permit the members of any such that

 

committee to inspect its the records and files. Such A committee

 

shall subpoena, examine, or use records and files shall be

 

subpoenaed, examined or used under this section only in connection

 

with the jurisdiction and purposes for which the committee was

 

created.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "local unit of government" means

 

a county, city, village, township, school district, intermediate

 

school district, community college district, or local authority.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.