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MI HB4448
Bill
Status
6/3/2021
Primary Sponsor
Steven Johnson
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AI Summary
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Amends the Michigan Emergency Management Act to clarify that executive orders, proclamations, or directives cannot suspend or limit response times for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests unless the public body proves by clear and convincing evidence a physical inability to comply due to the declared disaster or emergency.
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Maintains the governor's authority to declare a state of disaster or emergency lasting up to 28 days, with extensions requiring approval by resolution of both houses of the legislature.
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Requires that any executive order or proclamation declaring a disaster or emergency specify the nature of the event, threatened areas, causing conditions, and termination conditions.
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Establishes that FOIA duties cannot be extended or limited in scope by emergency declarations except in cases of documented physical inability to perform those duties as a direct result of the disaster or emergency.
Legislative Description
State financing and management: other; suspension of freedom of information act requests in an executive order under the emergency management act; prohibit. Amends sec. 3 of 1976 PA 390 (MCL 30.403).
Civil rights: public records
Last Action
Referred To Messages From Governor
6/10/2021