Public Act 095-0245
 
HB1670 Enrolled LRB095 03848 HLH 23879 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 3. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
Section 1.02 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 120/1.02)  (from Ch. 102, par. 41.02)
    Sec. 1.02. For the purposes of this Act:
    "Meeting" means any gathering, whether in person or by
video or audio conference, telephone call, electronic means
(such as, without limitation, electronic mail, electronic
chat, and instant messaging), or other means of contemporaneous
interactive communication, of a majority of a quorum of the
members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing
public business or, for a 5-member public body, a quorum of the
members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing
public business.
    Accordingly, for a 5-member public body, 3 members of the
body constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of 3 members
is necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance,
unless a greater number is otherwise required.
    "Public body" includes all legislative, executive,
administrative or advisory bodies of the State, counties,
townships, cities, villages, incorporated towns, school
districts and all other municipal corporations, boards,
bureaus, committees or commissions of this State, and any
subsidiary bodies of any of the foregoing including but not
limited to committees and subcommittees which are supported in
whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax revenue,
except the General Assembly and committees or commissions
thereof. "Public body" includes tourism boards and convention
or civic center boards located in counties that are contiguous
to the Mississippi River with populations of more than 250,000
but less than 300,000. "Public body" includes the Health
Facilities Planning Board. "Public body" does not include a
child death review team or the Illinois Child Death Review
Teams Executive Council established under the Child Death
Review Team Act or an ethics commission acting under the State
Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; 94-1058, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 3.1-10-15 as follows:
 
    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-15)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-15)
    Sec. 3.1-10-15. Commencement of terms. The terms of elected
municipal officers shall commence at the first regular or
special meeting of the corporate authorities after receipt of
the official election results from the county clerk during the
month of May following the proclamation of the results of the
regular municipal election at which the officers were elected,
except as otherwise provided by ordinance fixing the date for
inauguration of newly elected officers of a municipality. The
ordinance shall not, however, fix the time for inauguration of
newly elected officers later than the first regular or special
meeting of the corporate authorities in the month of June
following the election.
(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.