Bill Text: MI SB0835 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Civil rights: other; separation of material exempt from disclosure; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.231 - 15.246) by adding secs. 29e & 29f.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - Referred To Committee On Oversight [SB0835 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0835-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 835
March 12, 2020, Introduced by Senators MOSS,
MCBROOM, LUCIDO, BULLOCK, BAYER, POLEHANKI, MCMORROW, IRWIN, GEISS, BRINKS,
MCCANN, RUNESTAD, WOJNO, BARRETT, HERTEL and HOLLIER and referred to the
Committee on Oversight.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 442, entitled
"Freedom of information act,"
(MCL 15.231 to 15.246) by adding sections 29e and 29f.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 29e. (1) If a public record contains material that is not
exempt under section 29d, as well as material that is exempt from disclosure
under section 29d, the public body shall separate the exempt and nonexempt
material and make the nonexempt material available for examination and copying.
(2) When
designing a public record, a public body shall, to the extent practicable,
facilitate a separation of exempt from nonexempt information. If the separation
is readily apparent to a person requesting to inspect or receive copies of the
form, the public body shall generally describe the material exempted unless
that description would reveal the contents of the exempt information and thus
defeat the purpose of the exemption.
Sec. 29f. The attorney general shall counsel and advise a public
body on the administration of this part upon request.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January 1, 2021.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 837 of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.