[nfbmi-talk] a useful excerpt from pa260

[Joe Sontag]

I thought I'd pass this along to help everyone get on the same page, so to
speak.  Act 267 is the Open Meetings Act, Act 442 is, you guessed it, the
Freedom of Information Act or FOIA.  It all seems very clear to me, even as 
the Board and staff are only now being educated on these things.

393.365 Conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of
writings to
public
.
Sec. 15.(1) The business which the commission or any committee appointed
under this
act may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission or
committee
held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being
sections 15.261
to 15,275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date,
and place
of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the
Public
Acts of 1976.
(2) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by
the commission
in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the
public
in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections
15.231
to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.