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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB5288
Introduced 2/3/2010, by Rep. Mike Bost SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 120/1.02 |
from Ch. 102, par. 41.02 |
5 ILCS 120/1.03 new |
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Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that communications by and among community college trustees on an Internet blog do not constitute a meeting under certain circumstances.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5288 |
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LRB096 16333 JAM 31595 b |
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 1.02 and by adding Section 1.03 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" , except as provided in Section 1.03, means any |
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| gathering, whether in person or by video or audio conference, |
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| telephone call, electronic means (such as, without limitation, |
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| electronic mail, electronic chat, and instant messaging), or |
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| other means of contemporaneous interactive communication, of a |
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| majority of a quorum of the members of a
public body held for |
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| the purpose of discussing public
business or, for a 5-member |
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| public body, a quorum of the members of a public body held for |
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| the purpose of discussing 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 |