MCL - Act 442 of 1976
AN ACT to provide for public access to certain public records of public bodies; to permit certain fees; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain public officers and public bodies; to provide remedies and penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts.
History: 1976, Act 442, Eff. Apr. 13, 1977
Popular Name: Act 442
Popular Name: FOIA
| Document | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Section 15.231 | Section | Short title; public policy. |
| Section 15.232 | Section | Definitions. |
| Section 15.233 | Section | Public records; request requirements; right to inspect, copy, or receive; subscriptions; forwarding requests; file; inspection and examination; memoranda or abstracts; rules; compilation, summary, or report of information; creation of new public record; certified copies. |
| Section 15.234 | Section | Fee; limitation on total fee; labor costs; establishment of procedures and guidelines; creation of written public summary; detailed itemization; availability of information on website; notification to requestor; deposit; failure to respond in timely manner; increased estimated fee deposit; deposit as fee; failure to pay or appeal deposit; request abandoned. |
| Section 15.235 | Section | Request to inspect or receive copy of public record; response to request; failure to respond; damages; contents of notice denying request; signing notice of denial; notice extending period of response; action by requesting person; law enforcement records management system; alternate responses. |
| Section 15.236 | Section | FOIA coordinator. |
| Section 15.240 | Section | Options by requesting person; appeal; actions by public body; receipt of written appeal; judicial review; civil action; venue; de novo proceeding; burden of proof; private view of public record; contempt; assignment of action or appeal for hearing, trial, or argument; attorneys' fees, costs, and disbursements; assessment of award; damages. |
| Section 15.240a | Section | Fee in excess of amount permitted under procedures and guidelines or MCL 15.234. |
| Section 15.240b | Section | Failure to comply with act; civil fine. |
| Section 15.241 | Section | Matters required to be published and made available by state agency; form of publications; effect of matter not published and made available; exception; action to compel compliance by state agency; order; attorneys' fees, costs, and disbursements; jurisdiction; definitions. |
| Section 15.243 | Section | Exemptions from disclosure; public body as school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy; withholding of information required by law or in possession of executive office. |
| Section 15.243a | Section | Salary records of employee or other official of institution of higher education, school district, intermediate school district, or community college available to public on request. |
| Section 15.244 | Section | Separation of exempt and nonexempt material; design of public record; description of material exempted. |
| Section 15.245 | Section | Repeal of MCL 24.221, 24.222, and 24.223. |
| Section 15.246 | Section | Effective date. |