Bill Text: MI SB0838 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Public employees and officers: state; designation of legislative open records act (LORA) coordinator; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.231 - 15.246) by adding secs. 26, 27, 28 & 29. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0837'20
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - Referred To Committee On Oversight [SB0838 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0838-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 838
March 12, 2020, Introduced by Senators 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 26, 27, 28, and 29.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 26. Subject to sections 27 and 28, the council administrator shall designate an individual as the LORA coordinator for all public bodies.
Sec. 27. The house of representatives may designate an individual as the LORA coordinator for the house of representatives.
Sec. 28. The senate may designate an individual as the LORA coordinator for the senate.
Sec. 29. A LORA coordinator may designate another individual to act on his or her behalf in accepting and processing requests for the public body's public records and in approving a denial under section 25.
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.
