§ 15.270Decisions of public body; presumption; civil action to invalidate; jurisdiction;

venue; reenactment of disputed decision.
 Sec. 10.
    (1) Decisions of a public body shall be presumed to have been adopted in compliance with
 the requirements of this act. The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county in
 which the public body serves, or any person may commence a civil action in the circuit court
 to challenge the validity of a decision of a public body made in violation of this act.
    (2) A decision made by a public body may be invalidated if the public body has not
 complied with the requirements of section 3(1), (2), and (3) in making the decision or if failure
 to give notice in accordance with section 5 has interfered with substantial compliance with
 section 3(1), (2), and (3) and the court finds that the noncompliance or failure has impaired the
 rights of the public under this act.


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    (3) The circuit court shall not have jurisdiction to invalidate a decision of a public body for
 a violation of this act unless an action is commenced pursuant to this section within the
 following specified period of time:
    (a) Within 60 days after the approved minutes are made available to the public by the public
 body except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b).
    (b) If the decision involves the approval of contracts, the receipt or acceptance of bids, the
 making of assessments, the procedures pertaining to the issuance of bonds or other evidences
 of indebtedness, or the submission of a borrowing proposal to the electors, within 30 days
 after the approved minutes are made available to the public pursuant to that decision.
    (4) Venue for an action under this section shall be any county in which a local public body
 serves or, if the decision of a state public body is at issue, in Ingham county.
    (5) In any case where an action has been initiated to invalidate a decision of a public body
 on the ground that it was not taken in conformity with the requirements of this act, the public
 body may, without being deemed to make any admission contrary to its interest, reenact the
 disputed decision in conformity with this act. A decision reenacted in this manner shall be
 effective from the date of reenactment and shall not be declared invalid by reason of a
 deficiency in the procedure used for its initial enactment.