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Sen. Mike Jacobs
Filed: 5/18/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1670
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1670, immediately |
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| below the enacting clause, by inserting the following:
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| "Section 3. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 1.02 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 120/1.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 41.02)
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| Sec. 1.02. For the purposes of this Act:
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| "Meeting" means any gathering, whether in person or by |
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| video or audio conference, telephone call, electronic means |
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| (such as, without limitation, electronic mail, electronic |
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| chat, and instant messaging), or other means of contemporaneous |
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| interactive communication, of a majority of a quorum of the |
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| members of a
public body held for the purpose of discussing |
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| public
business or, for a 5-member public body, a quorum of the |
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| members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing |
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| public business. |
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| Accordingly, for a 5-member public body, 3 members of the |
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| body constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of 3 members |
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| is necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance, |
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| unless a greater number is otherwise required.
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| "Public body" includes all legislative, executive, |
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| administrative or advisory
bodies of the State, counties, |
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| townships, cities, villages, incorporated
towns, school |
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| districts and all other municipal corporations, boards, |
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| bureaus,
committees or commissions of this State, and any |
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| subsidiary bodies of any
of the foregoing including but not |
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| limited to committees and subcommittees
which are supported in |
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| whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax
revenue, |
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| except the General Assembly and committees or commissions |
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| thereof.
"Public body" includes tourism boards and convention |
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| or civic center
boards located in counties that are contiguous |
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| to the Mississippi River with
populations of more than 250,000 |
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| but less than 300,000. "Public body"
includes the Health |
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| Facilities Planning Board. "Public body" does not
include a |
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| child death review team or the Illinois Child Death Review |
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| Teams
Executive Council established under
the Child Death |
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| Review Team Act or an ethics commission acting under the State |
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| Officials and
Employees Ethics Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; 94-1058, eff. 1-1-07.)".
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