Section 3000.105  Board Meetings

a)         The Board makes all of its decisions on adjudicatory cases and regulatory matters at public meetings of the Board noticed and held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act [5 ILCS 120].  The Board holds closed meetings pursuant to Section 2a of the Open Meetings Act [5 ILCS 120/2a].

b)         Final decisions of the Board may be made only at meetings held when a quorum, constituted by three members of the Board, is present.  Three affirmative votes are required for any final decision of the Board.  The presence of a quorum is required at a meeting in order for the Board to transact any business, perform any duty, or exercise any power that the Riverboat Gambling Act [230 ILCS 10] requires the Board to transact, perform or exercise en banc.

c)         Meetings may be held with Board members physically present or present telephonically.  In the event a Board member is present telephonically, the public session of such a meeting will be broadcast over a speakerphone that is open to the public at the Board's office in Chicago.

d)         Section 5(b)(8) of the Riverboat Gambling Act [230 ILCS 10/5(b)(8)] requires the Board to meet at least once during each quarter of the fiscal year and allows the Board to hold other meetings pursuant to the Open Meetings Act [5 ILCS 120].  The Chairman or any 2 members of the Board may call a special meeting of the Board upon giving 72 hours written notice to each Board member.

e)         Requests for Board action initiated by licensees shall be given initial consideration by the Board at one meeting and be given final consideration by the Board at a subsequent meeting.  However, upon motion, the Board may give immediate consideration to the action request.

(Source:  Added at 22 Ill. Reg. 17324, effective September 21, 1998)