Michigan Laws 15.236 – FOIA coordinator
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(1) A public body that is a city, village, township, county, or state department, or under the control of a city, village, township, county, or state department, shall designate an individual as the public body’s FOIA coordinator. The FOIA coordinator shall be responsible for accepting and processing requests for the public body’s public records under this act and shall be responsible for approving a denial under section 5(4) and (5). In a county not having an executive form of government, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners is designated the FOIA coordinator for that county.
(2) For all other public bodies, the chief administrative officer of the respective public body is designated the public body’s FOIA coordinator.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 15.236
- FOIA coordinator: means either of the following:
(i) An individual who is a public body. See Michigan Laws 15.232Public 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 the governor or lieutenant governor, the executive office of the governor or lieutenant governor, or employees thereof. See Michigan Laws 15.232state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(3) An FOIA coordinator may designate another individual to act on his or her behalf in accepting and processing requests for the public body’s public records, and in approving a denial under section 5(4) and (5).