{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-15.262","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.262","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Sec. 2.\n\nAs used in this act:\n\n\"Public body\" means any state or local legislative or governing body, including a board, commission, committee, subcommittee, authority, or council, that is empowered by state constitution, statute, charter, ordinance, resolution, or rule to exercise governmental or proprietary authority or perform a governmental or proprietary function; a lessee of such a body performing an essential public purpose and function pursuant to the lease agreement; or the board of a nonprofit corporation formed by a city under section 4o of the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.4o.\n\n\"Meeting\" means the convening of a public body at which a quorum is present for the purpose of deliberating toward or rendering a decision on a public policy, or any meeting of the board of a nonprofit corporation formed by a city under section 4o of the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.4o.\n\n\"Closed session\" means a meeting or part of a meeting of a public body that is closed to the public.\n\n\"Decision\" means a determination, action, vote, or disposition upon a motion, proposal, recommendation, resolution, order, ordinance, bill, or measure on which a vote by members of a public body is required and by which a public body effectuates or formulates public policy.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 15","Act Act-267-of-1976"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-15-262","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"493951cc94d27144d6a0daadb47bd8b199e4efb60aedc4e07c9a005a873b41c0","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-15.261","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-15.263"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}