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| 1 | AN ACT to amend the Open Meetings Act by changing Section | ||||||
| 2 | 1.02.
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| 3 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 4 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 5 | Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
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| 6 | Section 1.02 as follows:
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| 7 | (5 ILCS 120/1.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 41.02)
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| 8 | Sec. 1.02. For the purposes of this Act:
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| 9 | "Meeting" means any gathering, whether in person or by | ||||||
| 10 | video or audio conference, telephone call, electronic means | ||||||
| 11 | (such as, without limitation, electronic mail, electronic | ||||||
| 12 | chat, and instant messaging), or other means of contemporaneous | ||||||
| 13 | interactive communication, of a majority of a quorum of the | ||||||
| 14 | members of a
public body held for the purpose of discussing | ||||||
| 15 | public
business or, for a 5-member public body, a quorum of the | ||||||
| 16 | members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing | ||||||
| 17 | public business. | ||||||
| 18 | Accordingly, for a 5-member public body, 3 members of the | ||||||
| 19 | body constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of 3 members | ||||||
| 20 | is necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance, | ||||||
| 21 | unless a greater number is otherwise required.
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| 22 | "Public body" includes all legislative, executive, | ||||||
| 23 | administrative or advisory
bodies of the State, counties, | ||||||
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| 1 | townships, cities, villages, incorporated
towns, school | ||||||
| 2 | districts and all other municipal corporations, boards, | ||||||
| 3 | bureaus,
committees or commissions of this State, and any | ||||||
| 4 | subsidiary bodies of any
of the foregoing including but not | ||||||
| 5 | limited to committees and subcommittees
which are supported in | ||||||
| 6 | whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax
revenue, | ||||||
| 7 | except the General Assembly and committees or commissions | ||||||
| 8 | thereof.
"Public body" includes tourism boards and convention | ||||||
| 9 | or civic center
boards located in counties that are contiguous | ||||||
| 10 | to the Mississippi River with
populations of more than 250,000 | ||||||
| 11 | but less than 300,000. "Public body"
includes the Health | ||||||
| 12 | Facilities Planning Board. "Public body" does not
include a | ||||||
| 13 | child death review team or the Illinois Child Death Review | ||||||
| 14 | Teams
Executive Council established under
the Child Death | ||||||
| 15 | Review Team Act; or an ethics commission acting under the State | ||||||
| 16 | Officials and
Employees Ethics Act; or a Metropolitan | ||||||
| 17 | Enforcement Group (MEG)
Policy Board established under the | ||||||
| 18 | Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act
or any combination | ||||||
| 19 | of law enforcement agencies established to enforce the penal
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| 20 | laws of this State.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 94-1058, eff. 1-1-07; 95-245, eff. 8-17-07.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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