HOUSE BILL No. 4429
March 7, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Meyer, Kuipers, Van Woerkom, Spade and Newell and referred to the Committee on Education. A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled "The revised school code," by amending section 1201 (MCL 380.1201). THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 Sec. 1201. (1) The business which THAT the board of a 2 school district is authorized to perform shall be conducted at a 3 public meeting of the board held in compliance with Act No. 267 4 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of 5 the Michigan Compiled Laws THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, 1976 PA 267, 6 MCL 15.261 TO 15.275. An act of the board shall not be IS NOT 7 valid unless voted THE ACT IS AUTHORIZED at a meeting by a 8 majority vote of the members elected OR APPOINTED to and serving 9 on the board and a proper record IS made of the vote. 02842'01 TAV 2 1 (2) The board may hold closed sessions only as authorized by 2 section 8 of Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976 THE OPEN 3 MEETINGS ACT, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.268. 4 (3) A meeting at which all members are present, with or 5 without proper notice to members of the board, and for which 6 proper notice is given to the public pursuant to subsection (4), 7 shall be IS considered a legal meeting for the transaction of 8 business. 9 (4) Public THE BOARD SHALL GIVE PUBLIC notice of the time, 10 date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner 11 required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976 THE OPEN 12 MEETINGS ACT, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 TO 15.275. 13 (5) The minutes of each board meeting shall be signed by the 14 secretary. In the absence of the secretary, the president shall 15 appoint a temporary secretary who shall sign the minutes of the 16 meeting. The vice-president shall act in the absence of the 17 president. 02842'01 Final page. TAV