Michigan Laws 35.1054 – Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund commission; establishment; appointment and qualifications of members; meetings; quorum; conducting business at public meeting; availability of writings to
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(1) The Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund commission is established as the governing body of the monument fund. The commission consists of 9 members. The governor shall appoint 5 members of the commission, not less than 2 of whom shall be Vietnam veterans. The speaker of the house of representatives and the senate majority leader shall each appoint 2 members of the commission. Not less than 1 of each 2 shall be a Vietnam veteran.
(2) The commission shall initially convene within 6 months after the first deposit of money in the monument fund. The commission shall meet often enough to expedite the completion of the monument as prescribed in section 5. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for conducting business.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 35.1054
- Commission: means the Michigan Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund commission established in section 4. See Michigan Laws 35.1052
- Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
- Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
- Monument fund: means the Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 35.1052
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Vietnam veteran: means a veteran of the Vietnam era as prescribed in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.1052
(3) The commission shall conduct its business at public meetings held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission in the performance of an official function shall be available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.