Executive Order No. 2020-38

The record

Jurisdiction

Michigan (Governor; every public body) · Michigan

Level

State

Authority

Mich. Const. 1963, art. 5, sec. 1; MCL 30.403(1)-(2); MCL 10.31(1) (recited)

Issued

2020-04-05 Apr. 5, 2020

Effective

2020-04-05, 8:47 p.m. (read as 2020-04-05)

End

'This order is effective immediately and continues through June 4, 2020 at 11:59 pm' (para. 6) (read as 2020-06-04)

In force

Apr. 5, 2020 to June 4, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• public bodies as defined in MCL 15.232
• requestors of public records

Functions reached

• CT public-records and land-records inspection (in-person efforts deferred)
• PM permit files
• OF
• CB

Collection

State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS

Operative words

1. Strict compliance with the required response periods set forth under sections 5(2), 10(2), and 10a(2) of the Freedom of Information Act ('FOIA')... is temporarily suspended, as follows: (a) A public body must respond in writing to a request or an appeal received at its physical office via mail, hand delivery, or facsimile within 10 business days after actual receipt of the request or appeal.... (b) If COVID-19 or any accompanying response efforts... interferes with the timely grant or denial of a request... a public body may issue a notice... extending the period of time in which to respond for as long as the public body deems necessary but no longer than until the expiration of this order or any order that follows from it. 2.... (a) If a public records request requires in-person efforts, such as an in-person search, inspection, examination, preparation, or production of public records, by the requestor or the public body, a public body may defer that portion of the request until the expiration of this order or any order that follows from it.

Enforcement

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