Bill Text: MI HB4156 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Civil rights; other; separation of material exempt from disclosure; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.231 - 15.246) by adding secs. 59e & 59f. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4150'17

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [HB4156 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4156-Engrossed.html

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HB-4156, As Passed House, March 16, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4156

 

 

 

February 2, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Lasinski, Howell, Allor, Alexander, Kahle, Bellino, Griffin, Yaroch, VanderWall, Moss, Hoitenga, Hauck, Schor, Faris, Elder, Camilleri, Chatfield, Lucido, Banks, Hammoud, Yanez, Sabo, Greig, Green, Bizon, Marino, Brinks, Jones, Geiss, Barrett, Leutheuser, Cox, Liberati, Wittenberg, Tedder, LaGrand, Byrd, Cochran, Hertel, Zemke, Chang, Rabhi, Singh, Howrylak, Hoadley, Hornberger, Glenn, Wentworth, Lower, Ellison, Sneller, Iden, Frederick, Sowerby, Miller, Sheppard, Theis, Gay-Dagnogo, Hughes, Inman, Rendon, Farrington, Greimel and LaFave and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitveness.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 442, entitled

 

"Freedom of information act,"

 

(MCL 15.231 to 15.246) by adding sections 59e and 59f.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 59e. (1) If a public record contains material that is not

 

exempt under section 59d, as well as material that is exempt from

 

disclosure under section 59d, the public body shall separate the

 

exempt and nonexempt material and make the nonexempt material

 

available for examination and copying.

 

     (2) When designing a public record, a public body shall, to

 

the extent practicable, facilitate a separation of exempt from

 

nonexempt information. If the separation is readily apparent to a

 

person requesting to inspect or receive copies of the form, the

 

public body shall generally describe the material exempted unless

 

that description would reveal the contents of the exempt

information and thus defeat the purpose of the exemption.

 

     Sec. 59f. The attorney general shall counsel and advise a

 

public body on the administration of this part upon request.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

 

1, 2019.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4150 (request no.

 

00089'17 *) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.