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<h2 style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#313131;letter-spacing:.95pt">Amendments to Open Meetings Act Pass Senate and House, Head to Governor's Desk<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">October 14, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="351" height="370" style="width:3.6562in;height:3.8541in" src="https://www.milibraries.org/assets/images/SB1108%20vote.png" align="right" hspace="12" alt="image of marquee showing senators votes on SB1108" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Late
yesterday afternoon, the Michigan House of Representatives passed SB 1108, allowing local governments (including libraries) to continue to meet electronically, under specific circumstances and for a limited period, protecting the safety of the public and public
officials while ensuring public participation and transparency for meetings. Late yesterday evening, the Michigan Senate took up a concurrence vote to support it moving immediately to Governor Whitmer’s desk for signature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The bill which updates Section 3 of the Michigan Open Meetings Act, will deem electronic meetings that took place since March 18, 2020, valid if the public body complied with requirements contained in
the bill, and allow virtual meetings to continue until December 31, 2020, for any circumstance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">From January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021 only, any member of a public body could meet electronically due to three reasons:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Military duty (current law)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Medical condition defined as an illness, injury, disability, or other health-related condition substantiated in writing by a medical provider (without disclosure of private
medical information or diagnosis)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Statewide or local state of emergency declared that would risk the personal health/safety of the public or members of the public body<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Here is a link to the Senate concurred bill that has gone to the Governor’s desk (we expect this to pass quickly):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;outline: 0px;text-align:start"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2020-SCB-1108.pdf"><span style="color:#99A15E;letter-spacing:.2pt">http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2020-SCB-1108.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#99A15E">Rachel Ash</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
Membership and Communications Director<br>
Michigan Library Association<br>
3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100<br>
Lansing, MI 48911<br>
Phone: (517) 394-2774 ext. 225<a href="mailto:rfash@milibraries.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1"><br>
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