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Michigan AG: Public Bodies Must Offer Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA Which Could Include a Remote Participation Option...

On February 4, 2022, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel opined that the Americans with Disabilities Act (the "ADA") requires public bodies to afford an individual with a disability a reasonable accommodation to participate...more

2/23/2022 / Accessibility Rules , Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Open Meetings Act , Public Entities , Public Meetings , Reasonable Accommodation , State Attorneys General

Governor Whitmer Issues Executive Order Authorizing Meetings of a Public Body to be Held Electronically

On March 17, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-15 (the "Order"), suspending "strict compliance" with Section 3 of the Open Meetings Act, 1976 PA 267 (the "Act"), until April 15, 2020 at 11:59 p.m....more

3/20/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Emergency Response , Executive Orders , Governor Whitmer , Open Meetings Act , Public Meetings , State of Emergency , Virtual Meetings

Court of Appeals Holds Email Deliberations Among a “Quorum" of a Public Body Violates the Open Meetings Act

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that email deliberations among a quorum of public body members violates the Open Meetings Act. The Nov. 1, 2016, unpublished opinion was issued by a three-judge panel in the case of...more

11/15/2016 / Electronic Communications , Open Meetings Act , Public Access Laws

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