Bill Text: MI SB0824 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Civil rights: open meetings; certain art institute service providers; subject to the open meetings act. Amends sec. 2 of 1976 PA 267 (MCL 15.262).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-10 - Referred To Committee On Oversight [SB0824 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0824-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 824
March 10, 2020, Introduced by Senator RUNESTAD
and referred to the Committee on Oversight.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 267, entitled
"Open meetings act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 15.262), as amended by 2001 PA 38.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
(a) "Public
body" means any state or local legislative or governing body, including a
board, commission, committee, subcommittee, authority, or council, that is
empowered by state constitution, statute, charter, ordinance, resolution, or
rule to exercise governmental or proprietary authority or perform a
governmental or proprietary function; a lessee of such a body performing an
essential public purpose and function pursuant to the lease agreement; or the board of a
nonprofit corporation formed by a city under section 4o of the home rule city
act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.4o; or the board or
other governing body of an art institute services provider that receives
proceeds of a tax levied under the art institute authorities act, 2010 PA 296,
MCL 123.1201 to 123.1229.
(b) "Meeting"
means the convening of a public body at which a quorum is present for the
purpose of deliberating toward or rendering a decision on a public policy, or any meeting of the
board of a nonprofit corporation formed by a city under section 4o of the home
rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.4o, or any meeting of the board or other governing body of an art
institute services provider that receives proceeds of a tax levied under the
art institute authorities act, 2010 PA 296, MCL 123.1201 to 123.1229.
(c) "Closed
session" means a meeting or part of a meeting of a public body that is
closed to the public.
(d) "Decision" means a determination, action, vote, or disposition upon a motion, proposal, recommendation, resolution, order, ordinance, bill, or measure on which a vote by members of a public body is required and by which a public body effectuates or formulates public policy.
