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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2819 Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 5 ILCS 120/2.03 | from Ch. 102, par. 42.03 |
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Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that if a change is made concerning regular meeting dates, times, or locations (currently, only change in dates), at least 10 days' notice of such change shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which such body functions. Provides that at least 10 days' notice of a change made in regular meeting dates, times, or locations may also be provided on the website of the public body in addition to providing notice in a newspaper, or in lieu of providing notice in a newspaper if there is no such newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the public body functions.
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| | HB2819 | | LRB102 14807 RJF 20160 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 2.03 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 120/2.03) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.03)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2.03.
In addition to the notice required by Section |
| 8 | | 2.02, each body
subject to this Act must, at the beginning of |
| 9 | | each calendar or fiscal year,
prepare and make available a |
| 10 | | schedule of all its regular meetings for such
calendar or |
| 11 | | fiscal year, listing the times and places of such meetings.
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| 12 | | If a change is made in regular meeting dates, times, or |
| 13 | | locations, at least 10 days' notice
of such change shall be |
| 14 | | given by publication in a newspaper of general
circulation in |
| 15 | | the area in which such body functions. At least 10 days' notice |
| 16 | | of a change made in regular meeting dates, times, or locations |
| 17 | | may also be provided on the website of the public body in |
| 18 | | addition to providing notice in a newspaper, or in lieu of |
| 19 | | providing notice in a newspaper if there is no such newspaper |
| 20 | | of general circulation in the area in which the public body |
| 21 | | functions. However, in the case
of bodies of local |
| 22 | | governmental units with a population of less than 500 in
which |
| 23 | | no newspaper is published, such 10 days' notice may be given by
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