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1    AN ACT concerning government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
4    Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended  by changing 
5Sections 1.05 and 4 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 120/1.05)

7    Sec. 1.05. Training.  
8    (a) Every public body shall designate employees, officers, 
9or members to receive training on compliance with this Act. 
10Each public body shall submit a list of designated employees, 
11officers, or members to the Public Access Counselor. Within 6 
12months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
1396th General Assembly, the designated employees, officers, and 
14members must successfully complete an electronic training 
15curriculum, developed and administered by the Public Access 
16Counselor, and thereafter must successfully complete an annual 
17training program.  Thereafter, whenever a public body 
18designates an additional employee, officer, or member to 
19receive this training, that person must successfully complete 
20the electronic training curriculum within 30 days after that 
21designation.

22    (b) Each elected or appointed member of a public body 
23subject to this Act who is such a member on the effective date 
 
 
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1of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly must 
2successfully complete the electronic training curriculum 
3developed and administered by the Public Access Counselor. For 
4these members, the training must be completed within one year 
5after the effective date of this amendatory Act. 
6    Each elected or appointed member of a public body subject 
7to this Act who becomes such a member after the effective date 
8of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall 
9successfully complete the electronic training curriculum  
10developed and administered by the Public Access Counselor. For 
11these members, the training must be completed not later than 
12the 90th day after the date the member:
13        (1) takes the oath of office, if the member is required 
14    to take an oath of office to assume the person's duties as 
15    a member of the public body; or
16        (2) otherwise assumes responsibilities as a member of 
17    the public body, if the member is not required to take an 
18    oath of office to assume the person's duties as a member of 
19    the governmental body.
20    Each member successfully completing the electronic 
21training curriculum shall file a copy of the certificate of 
22completion with the public body.
23    Completing the required training as a member of the public 
24body satisfies the requirements of this Section with regard to 
25the member's service on a committee or subcommittee of the 
26public body and the member's ex officio service on any other 
 
 
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1public body.
2    The failure of one or more members of a public  body to 
3complete the training required by this Section does not affect 
4the validity of an action taken by the public body.
5    An elected or appointed member of a public body subject to 
6this Act who has successfully completed the training required 
7under this subsection (b) and filed a copy of the certificate 
8of completion with the public body is not required to 
9subsequently complete the training required under this 
10subsection (b).
11(Source: P.A. 96-542, eff. 1-1-10.)
 



12    (5 ILCS 120/4)  (from Ch. 102, par. 44)



13    Sec. 4. 

Any person violating any of the provisions of this 
14Act, except subsection (b) of Section 1.05, shall be guilty
of 
15a Class C misdemeanor.

16(Source: P. A. 77-2549.)