Bill Text: MI HB5427 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Civil rights: public records; revisions to certain defined terms in FOIA, including the term "public body" to include the governor, the lieutenant governor, the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, and state legislators; provide for. Amends sec. 2 of 1976 PA 442 (MCL 15.232). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5426'24, HB 5422'24, HB 5425'24, HB 5424'24, HB 5423'24
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/7/2024 [HB5427 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5427-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5427
A bill to amend 1976 PA 442, entitled
"Freedom of information act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 15.232), as amended by 2018 PA 68.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
(a) "Commission", unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, means the open government commission created in section 10c.
(b) (a) "Cybersecurity assessment" means an investigation undertaken by a person, governmental body, or other entity to identify vulnerabilities in cybersecurity plans.
(c) (b) "Cybersecurity incident" includes, but is not limited to, a computer network intrusion or attempted intrusion; a breach of primary computer network controls; unauthorized access to programs, data, or information contained in a computer system; or actions by a third party that materially affect component performance or, because of impact to component systems, prevent normal computer system activities.
(d) (c) "Cybersecurity plan" includes, but is not limited to, information about a person's information systems, network security, encryption, network mapping, access control, passwords, authentication practices, computer hardware or software, or response to cybersecurity incidents.
(e) (d) "Cybersecurity vulnerability" means a deficiency within computer hardware or software, or within a computer network or information system, that could be exploited by unauthorized parties for use against an individual computer user or a computer network or information system.
(f) (e) "Field name" means the label or identification of an element of a computer database that contains a specific item of information, and includes but is not limited to a subject heading such as a column header, data dictionary, or record layout.
(g) (f) "FOIA coordinator" means either of the following:
(i) An individual who is a public body.
(ii) An individual designated by a public body in accordance with section 6 to accept and process requests for public records under this act.
(h) (g) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm, organization, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. Person does not include an individual serving a sentence of imprisonment in a state or county correctional facility in this state or any other state, or in a federal correctional facility.
(i) "Produce" means to provide requested records.
(j) (h) "Public body" means any of the following:
(i) A state officer, employee, agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, council, authority, or other body in the executive branch of the state government, but does not include including the governor, or the lieutenant governor, the executive office offices of the governor or and lieutenant governor, or and employees thereof.of those offices.
(ii) An A senator, representative, employee, agency, board, commission, committee, or council in the legislative branch of the state government. Public body does not include the legislative service bureau, the senate fiscal agency, or the house fiscal agency.
(iii) A county, city, township, village, intercounty, intercity, or regional governing body, council, school district, special district, or municipal corporation, or a board, department, commission, council, or agency thereof.
(iv) Any other body that is created by state or local authority or is primarily funded by or through state or local authority, including any entity that directly or indirectly receives money raised as a result of a millage, except that public body does not include the judiciary , including or the office of the county clerk and or its employees when acting in the capacity of clerk to the circuit court. , is not included in the definition of public body.
(k) (i) "Public record" means a writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by a public body in the performance of an official function, from the time it is created. whether in the possession, custody, or control of the public body or any official, employee, or other agent of the public body, and without regard to its location. Public record does not include computer software but does include any record sent or retained by a public body's electronic information technology system or any device that is owned by the public body or is funded in whole or in part by the public body. Public record does not include notes taken or made by a member of a public body, including notes taken or made during a meeting of the public body, if the notes are for that member's personal use, are not circulated among other members, are not used in the creation of any meeting minutes, and are retained or destroyed at that member's sole discretion. This act separates public records into the following 2 classes:
(i) Those that are exempt from disclosure under section 13.
(ii) All public records that are not exempt from disclosure under section 13 and that are subject to disclosure under this act.
(l) "Request" means a written request by a requestor to inspect a public record or to obtain a copy of a public record.
(m) (j) "Software" means a set of statements or instructions that when incorporated in a machine usable medium is capable of causing a machine or device having information processing capabilities to indicate, perform, or achieve a particular function, task, or result. Software does not include computer-stored information or data, or a field name if disclosure of that field name does not violate a software license.
(n) (k) "Unusual circumstances" means any 1 or a combination of the following, but only to the extent necessary for the proper processing of a request:
(i) The need to search for, collect, or appropriately examine or review a voluminous amount of separate and distinct public records pursuant to a single request.
(ii) The need to collect the requested public records from numerous field offices, facilities, or other establishments which that are located apart from the particular office receiving or processing the request.
(o) (l) "Writing" means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, and every other means of recording, and includes letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and papers, maps, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films or prints, microfilm, microfiche, magnetic or punched cards, discs, drums, hard drives, solid state storage components, hybrid drives, cloud storage, quantum networks and computing systems, or other means of recording or retaining meaningful content.
(p) (m) "Written request" means a writing that asks for information, and includes a writing transmitted by facsimile, electronic mail, email, or other electronic means.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 102nd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5426 (request no. 05111'23).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5422 (request no. 05112'23).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5425 (request no. 05113'23).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5424 (request no. 05114'23).
(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5423 (request no. 05115'23).
