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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Social and Civil Liberty Issues </title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/13.aspx</link><description>Abortion, Gambling, Race, Gender, Guns, Drugs, Religion, Other</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2012 House Bill 5459 (Revise Open Meeting Act “emergency meeting” detail )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286641.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 21:57:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:286641</guid><dc:creator>isabelleelise</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286641.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=286641</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Great Bill. &amp;nbsp;Needs to become law ASAP.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 House Bill 5459 (Revise Open Meeting Act “emergency meeting” detail )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286640.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 21:56:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:286640</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286640.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=286640</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on March 8, 2012, to require a public body that wants to hold an emergency meeting, and which does not comply with the usual 18 hour notice requirement of the state Open Meetings Act for a “special” meeting, to send notice to county commmission within 48 hours after the meeting explaining the rationale for not complying with the law, and hand out copies of this at the meeting. The explanation would have to be specific, and generalized explanations such as "an imminent threat to the health of the public" or "a danger to public welfare and safety" would not be acceptable&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 109 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(House Roll Call 218 at House Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5459'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>