Sec. 23.
(1) The department of the attorney general shall establish an address confidentiality program advisory council composed of the following members:
(a) The attorney general, or his or her designee.
(b) The director of the department of technology, management, and budget, or his or her designee.
(c) The secretary of state, or his or her designee.
(d) The executive director of the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, or his or her designee.
(e) The executive director of the Michigan domestic and sexual violence prevention and treatment board, or his or her designee.
(f) A representative of the state court administrative office.
(g) A representative of a unit of local government.
(2) Not later than 4 years after the effective date of this act, the first meeting of the advisory council must be called by the member described under subsection (1)(a).
(3) Except as provided in subsection (6), information collected by the advisory council under this section is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(4) The advisory council shall not deliberate toward or render a decision on public policy, and a meeting of the advisory council is not a meeting of a public body under the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(5) Members of the advisory council shall serve without compensation. However, members of the advisory council may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the advisory council.
(6) The advisory council shall study the operations of and evaluate the program, and prepare and submit a report to the legislature of the findings. The advisory council shall not include in the report the name, confidential address, telephone number, or electronic mail address of a program participant or any other information that could reasonably be expected to identify a program participant. The report submitted under this subsection must be made available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
History: 2020, Act 301, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020