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2022 Op. Mich. Att'y Gen. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.sag/sagmi0149 and id is 1 raw text is: Opinion # 7318

The following opinion is presented on-line for informational use only and does not replace the official version. (Mich. Dept. of Attorney
General Web Site - http://www.ag.state.mi.us)
STATE OF MICHIGAN
DANA NESSEL, ATTORNEY GENERAL

OPEN MEETINGS ACT:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT:
REHABILITATION ACT:

Providing reasonable accommodations to
qualified individuals with a disability who
request them in order to fully participate in
meetings that are required by the Open
Meetings Act to be held in a place available
to the general public.

Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 USC 12131 et. seq., and Rehabilitation Act, MCL 395.81 et. seq., require
state and local boards and commissions to provide reasonable accommodations, which could include an option to
participate virtually, to qualified individuals with a disability who request an accommodation in order to fully
participate as a board or commission member or as a member of the general public in meetings that are required by
the Open Meetings Act, MCL 15.261 et. seq., to be held in a place available to the general public.

Opinion No. 7318

February 4, 2022

The Honorable Jeff Irwin
State Senator
The Capitol
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909
The Honorable Wayne Schmidt
State Senator
The Capitol
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909
You have requested an opinion on how Michigan's Open Meetings Act (OMA) intersects with federal law
when a person with a disability either serves on a body subject to the OMA or desires to fully participate in the

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