HB-5132, As Passed House, June 14, 2006
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5132
A bill to amend 1982 PA 540, entitled
"Library of Michigan act,"
by amending section 9 (MCL 397.19), as amended by 1983 PA 114.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 9. (1) The library shall serve as a depository for each
public document issued by a state official, department, board,
commission,
or agency. Not less than 75 15
copies of each
document or 1 copy in the proper format as determined by the state
librarian which is not issued solely for the use of a state
official, department, board, commission, or agency shall be
furnished to the library. Additional copies of those documents
shall be supplied upon the request of the state librarian. A state
official, department, board, commission, or agency does not have to
file paper copies of a document as required under this subsection
if all of the following apply:
(a) The document is available for free on the state of
Michigan internet website.
(b) The state librarian is given notice of the document's
availability on the state of Michigan internet website.
(c) The notice provided under subdivision (b) includes the
internet website address where the document can be located.
(d) Printed copies of the document are not produced.
(e) The document is in a nonproprietary format.
(2) A publication of a school, college, division, or
department of a state supported college or university that is
available for free over the internet is exempt from the paper copy
depository requirements of subsection (1), except that 2 copies of
each publication not available for free on the school's internet
website shall be deposited in the library.
(3) A publication of a state supported college or university
press, directive for internal administration, an intraoffice or
interoffice memorandum, a state form, or other correspondence is
exempt from the depository requirements of subsection (1).
(4) The state librarian shall provide written notice of
noncompliance to any state official, department, board, commission,
agency, college, or university that has failed to comply with this
section. The state librarian shall inform the governor and the
attorney general if compliance is not achieved by a date specified
in the notice.