Freedom of Information Request
Here's what Michigan's Freedom of Information Act covers
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Public bodies created or primarily funded by a state or local unit of government
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State officials and employees
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State executive brand entities
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Local units of government
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Agencies, boards, commissions and councils in the state legislative branch
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What the law doesn't cover
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The governor, lieutenant governor and their employees
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The Legislature, legislators and their staff
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Colfax Township FOIA request should be forwarded to: Supervisor, David Leonard.
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FOIA FEES
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Government bodies are allowed to charge fees for copying records and other labor associated with fulfilling the request. Here's what the law says broadly about fees:
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“A public body may charge a fee for a public record search, for the necessary copying of a public record for inspection, or for providing a copy of a public record… the fee must be limited to actual mailing costs, and to the actual incremental cost of duplication or publication including labor, the cost of search, examination, review, and the deletion and separation of exempt from nonexempt information…”