Regarding the video recording of the audience (between these two Michigan government publication-no one has the right to record the audience): legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/openmtgsfreedom.pdf “Public body” means: • a state officer, employee, agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, council, authority, or other body in the executive branch of the state government, but does not include the governor or lieutenant governor, the executive office of the governor or lieutenant governor, or employees thereof; • an agency, board, commission, or council in the legislative branch of the state government; • a county, city, township, village, intercounty, intercity, or regional governing body, council, school district, special district, or municipal corporation, or a board, department, commission, council or agency thereof; or • any other body which is created by state or local authority or which is primarily funded by or through state or local authority michigan.gov/documents/ag/OMA_handbook_287134_7.pdf Taping and broadcasting – the right to attend a public meeting includes the right to tape-record, videotape, broadcast live on radio, and telecast live on television the proceedings of a public body at the public meeting. A board may establish reasonable regulations governing the televising or filming by the electronic media of a hearing open to the public in order to minimize any disruption to the hearing, but it may not prohibit such coverage. And the exercise of the right to tape-record, videotape, and broadcast public meetings may not be dependent upon the prior approval of the public body.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:48:52 +0000
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