Sec. 23.

(1) Except as provided in section 12a and subsections (2) and (3), a person who knowingly violates this act, and a person who neglects or refuses to perform a duty required of the person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. When an act or duty is required to be done by or under the supervision or authority of an officer, and the act or duty is not done or performed, the officer who wilfully neglected to perform the duty, or wilfully permitted the omission or nonperformance of the duty or act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who is convicted of a misdemeanor under this act, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00, nor more than $500.00, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.

(2) A person who intentionally violates this act with regard to the holding of a meeting as required in section 11 shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for violations of that act.

(3) A person who arbitrarily and capriciously violates this act with regard to a writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission as required under section 11 shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for violations of that act.

History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 38.423 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 517, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983