HOUSE BILL No. 4889

September 22, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Goike, Runestad, Santana, Chatfield, Outman, Robinson, Hooker, Heise, Dianda, Inman, Lauwers and Yanez and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     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:

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (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 of an art institute services provider that has


 

entered into a contract with an art institute authority to provide

 

art institute services as those terms are defined in section 3 of

 

the art institute authorities act, 2010 PA 296, MCL 123.1203.

 

     (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 of an art institute services provider that is a public

 

body.

 

     (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.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.