§ 15.236FOIA coordinator

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Sec. 6.
    (1) A public body that is a city, village, township, county, or state department, or under the
 control of a city, village, township, county, or state department, shall designate an individual as
 the public body's FOIA coordinator. The FOIA coordinator shall be responsible for accepting
 and processing requests for the public body's public records under this act and shall be
 responsible for approving a denial under section 5(4) and (5). In a county not having an
 executive form of government, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners is
 designated the FOIA coordinator for that county.
    (2) For all other public bodies, the chief administrative officer of the respective public body
 is designated the public body's FOIA coordinator.
    (3) An FOIA coordinator may designate another individual to act on his or her behalf in
 accepting and processing requests for the public body's public records, and in approving a
 denial under section 5(4) and (5).

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