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1 | AN ACT concerning State 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 | Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.06, and 7 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 120/2.01) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.01)
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7 | Sec. 2.01. All meetings required by this Act to be public | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | shall be held at
specified times and places that which are | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | convenient and open
to the public or through websites that are | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | accessible to the public . No meeting
required by this Act to be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | public shall be held on a legal holiday unless
the regular | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | meeting day falls on that holiday.
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13 | Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a quorum of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | members of a public body must be physically present at the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | location of an open meeting. If, however, an open meeting of a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | public body (i) with statewide jurisdiction, (ii) that is an | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Illinois library system with jurisdiction over a specific | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles, (iii) that is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | a municipal transit district with jurisdiction over a specific | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles, or (iv) that | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | is a local workforce investment area with jurisdiction over a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | specific geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | held simultaneously at one of its offices and one or more other |
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1 | locations in a public building, which may include other of its | ||||||
2 | offices, through an interactive video conference and the | ||||||
3 | public body provides public notice and public access as | ||||||
4 | required under this Act for all locations, then members | ||||||
5 | physically present in those locations all count towards | ||||||
6 | determining a quorum. "Public building", as used in this | ||||||
7 | Section, means any building or portion thereof owned or leased | ||||||
8 | by any public body. The requirement that a quorum be | ||||||
9 | physically present at the location of an open meeting shall | ||||||
10 | not apply, however, to State advisory boards or bodies that do | ||||||
11 | not have authority to make binding recommendations or | ||||||
12 | determinations or to take any other substantive action.
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13 | Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a quorum of | ||||||
14 | members of a public body that is not (i) a public body with | ||||||
15 | statewide jurisdiction, (ii) an Illinois library system with | ||||||
16 | jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than | ||||||
17 | 4,500 square miles, (iii) a municipal transit district with | ||||||
18 | jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than | ||||||
19 | 4,500 square miles, or (iv) a local workforce innovation area | ||||||
20 | with jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than | ||||||
21 | 4,500 square miles must be physically present at the location | ||||||
22 | of a closed meeting. Other members who are not physically | ||||||
23 | present at a closed meeting of such a public body may | ||||||
24 | participate in the meeting by means of a video or audio | ||||||
25 | conference.
For the purposes of this Section, "local workforce | ||||||
26 | innovation area" means any local workforce innovation area or |
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1 | areas designated by the Governor pursuant to the federal | ||||||
2 | Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act or its reauthorizing | ||||||
3 | legislation. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 100-477, eff. 9-8-17; 101-640, eff. 6-12-20.)
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5 | (5 ILCS 120/2.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.02)
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6 | Sec. 2.02. Public notice of all meetings, whether open or | ||||||
7 | closed to
the public, shall be given as follows:
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8 | (a) Every public body shall give public notice
of the | ||||||
9 | schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar | ||||||
10 | or fiscal
year and shall state the regular dates, times, and | ||||||
11 | places of such meetings and the websites, if any, through | ||||||
12 | which those meetings may be accessed .
An agenda for each | ||||||
13 | regular meeting shall be posted at the principal office of
the | ||||||
14 | public body and at the location where an in-person the meeting | ||||||
15 | is to be held at least 48 hours in
advance of the holding of | ||||||
16 | the meeting. A public body that has a website that the | ||||||
17 | full-time staff of the public body maintains shall also post | ||||||
18 | on its website the agenda of any regular meetings of the | ||||||
19 | governing body of that public body. Any agenda of a regular | ||||||
20 | meeting that is posted on a public body's website shall remain | ||||||
21 | posted on the website until the regular meeting is concluded. | ||||||
22 | The requirement of a regular
meeting agenda shall not preclude | ||||||
23 | the consideration of items not specifically
set forth in the | ||||||
24 | agenda.
Public
notice of any special meeting except a meeting | ||||||
25 | held in the event of a
bona fide emergency, or of any |
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1 | rescheduled regular meeting, or of any
reconvened meeting, | ||||||
2 | shall be given at least 48 hours before such
meeting, which | ||||||
3 | notice shall also include the agenda for the special,
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4 | rescheduled,
or reconvened meeting, but the validity of any | ||||||
5 | action taken by the public
body which is germane to a subject | ||||||
6 | on the agenda shall not be affected by
other errors or | ||||||
7 | omissions in the agenda. The requirement
of public notice of | ||||||
8 | reconvened meetings does
not apply to any case where the | ||||||
9 | meeting was open to the public and (1)
it is to be reconvened | ||||||
10 | within 24 hours, or (2) an announcement of
the time and place | ||||||
11 | of the reconvened meeting , and the website, if any, through | ||||||
12 | which it is accessible, was
made at the original meeting and | ||||||
13 | there is no change in the agenda. Notice
of an emergency | ||||||
14 | meeting shall be given as soon as practicable, but in any
event | ||||||
15 | prior to the holding of such meeting, to any news medium which | ||||||
16 | has
filed an annual request for notice under subsection (b) of | ||||||
17 | this Section.
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18 | (b) Public notice shall be given by posting a copy of the | ||||||
19 | notice at the
principal office of the body holding the meeting | ||||||
20 | or, if no such office exists,
at the building in which the | ||||||
21 | in-person meeting
is to be held. In addition to posting the | ||||||
22 | public notice at the principal office or the building in which | ||||||
23 | the meeting is to be held , a public body that has a website | ||||||
24 | that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall | ||||||
25 | post notice on its website of all meetings of the governing | ||||||
26 | body of the public body and the website, if any, through which |
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1 | those meetings may be accessed . Any notice of an annual | ||||||
2 | schedule of meetings shall remain on the website until a new | ||||||
3 | public notice of the schedule of regular meetings is approved. | ||||||
4 | Any notice of a regular meeting that is posted on a public | ||||||
5 | body's website shall remain posted on the website until the | ||||||
6 | regular meeting is concluded. If a public body that is | ||||||
7 | conducting an audio or video conference meeting does not have | ||||||
8 | a principal office or a website that the full-time staff of the | ||||||
9 | public body maintains, notices shall be posted as provided in | ||||||
10 | Section 2.03 for public bodies without a principal office or | ||||||
11 | website. The body shall provide supply copies of the notice of | ||||||
12 | its regular
meetings, and of the notice of any special,
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13 | emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meeting, to any news | ||||||
14 | medium
that has filed an annual request for such notice. Any | ||||||
15 | such news
medium shall also be given the same notice of all | ||||||
16 | special,
emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meetings in the | ||||||
17 | same manner as
is given to members of the body provided such | ||||||
18 | news medium has given the
public body an address , email | ||||||
19 | address, or telephone number within the territorial | ||||||
20 | jurisdiction
of the public body at which such notice may be | ||||||
21 | given. The failure of a public body to post on its website | ||||||
22 | notice of any meeting or the agenda of any meeting shall not | ||||||
23 | invalidate any meeting or any actions taken at a meeting.
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24 | (c) Any agenda required under this Section shall set forth | ||||||
25 | the general subject matter of any resolution or ordinance that | ||||||
26 | will be the subject of final action at the meeting. The public |
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1 | body conducting a public meeting shall ensure that at least | ||||||
2 | one copy of any requested notice and agenda for the meeting is | ||||||
3 | continuously available for public review during the entire | ||||||
4 | 48-hour period preceding the meeting. Posting of the notice | ||||||
5 | and agenda on a website that is maintained by the public body | ||||||
6 | satisfies the requirement for continuous posting under this | ||||||
7 | subsection (c). If a notice or agenda is not continuously | ||||||
8 | available for the full 48-hour period due to actions outside | ||||||
9 | of the control of the public body, then that lack of | ||||||
10 | availability does not invalidate any meeting or action taken | ||||||
11 | at a meeting. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 97-827, eff. 1-1-13.)
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13 | (5 ILCS 120/2.03) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.03)
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14 | Sec. 2.03.
In addition to the notice required by Section | ||||||
15 | 2.02, each body
subject to this Act must, at the beginning of | ||||||
16 | each calendar or fiscal year,
prepare and make available a | ||||||
17 | schedule of all its regular meetings for such
calendar or | ||||||
18 | fiscal year, listing the times and places of such meetings and | ||||||
19 | the website, if any, through which those meetings may be | ||||||
20 | accessed .
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21 | If a change is made in regular meeting dates, at least 10 | ||||||
22 | days' notice
of such change shall be given by publication in a | ||||||
23 | newspaper of general
circulation in the area in which such | ||||||
24 | body functions or on the public body's website . However, in | ||||||
25 | the case
of bodies of local governmental units with a |
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1 | population of less than 500 in
which no newspaper is published | ||||||
2 | and that do not have a website , such 10 days' notice may be | ||||||
3 | given by
posting a notice of such change in at least 3 | ||||||
4 | prominent places within the
governmental unit. Notice of such | ||||||
5 | change shall also be posted at the
principal office of the | ||||||
6 | public body or on its website, or, if no such office or website | ||||||
7 | exists, at the
building in which the meeting is to be held or | ||||||
8 | on the county's website . Notice of such change shall
also be | ||||||
9 | supplied to those news media which have filed an annual | ||||||
10 | request for
notice as provided in paragraph (b) of Section | ||||||
11 | 2.02.
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12 | (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1960 .)
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13 | (5 ILCS 120/2.06) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.06) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 2.06. Minutes; right to speak. | ||||||
15 | (a) All public bodies shall keep written minutes of all | ||||||
16 | their
meetings, whether open or closed,
and a verbatim
record | ||||||
17 | of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video | ||||||
18 | recording.
Minutes
shall include, but need not be limited to: | ||||||
19 | (1) the date, time , and place of the meeting or the | ||||||
20 | website, if any, through which it may be accessed ; | ||||||
21 | (2) the members of the public body recorded as either | ||||||
22 | present or absent and whether the members were physically | ||||||
23 | present or present by means of video or audio conference;
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24 | and | ||||||
25 | (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, |
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1 | deliberated,
or decided, and a record of any votes taken. | ||||||
2 | (b) A public body shall approve the minutes of its open | ||||||
3 | meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public | ||||||
4 | body's second subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. | ||||||
5 | The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available | ||||||
6 | for
public inspection within 10 days after the approval of | ||||||
7 | such minutes by the public
body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the | ||||||
8 | time it complies with the other requirements of this | ||||||
9 | subsection, a public body that has a website that the | ||||||
10 | full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the | ||||||
11 | minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the | ||||||
12 | public on the public body's website within 10 days after the | ||||||
13 | approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, | ||||||
14 | 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the | ||||||
15 | public body's website shall remain posted on the website for | ||||||
16 | at least 60 days after their initial posting.
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17 | (c) The verbatim record may be destroyed without | ||||||
18 | notification to or the
approval of a records commission or the | ||||||
19 | State Archivist under the Local Records
Act or the State | ||||||
20 | Records Act no less than 18 months after the completion of the
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21 | meeting recorded but only after: | ||||||
22 | (1) the public body
approves the destruction of a | ||||||
23 | particular recording; and | ||||||
24 | (2) the public body approves minutes of the closed | ||||||
25 | meeting that meet the
written minutes requirements of | ||||||
26 | subsection (a) of this Section. |
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1 | (d) Each public body shall periodically
meet to review | ||||||
2 | minutes of all closed meetings. Meetings to review minutes | ||||||
3 | shall occur every 6 months, or as soon thereafter as is | ||||||
4 | practicable, taking into account the nature and meeting | ||||||
5 | schedule of the public body. Committees which are ad hoc in | ||||||
6 | nature shall review closed session minutes at the later of (1) | ||||||
7 | 6 months from the date of the last review of closed session | ||||||
8 | minutes or (2) at the next scheduled meeting of the ad hoc | ||||||
9 | committee. At such
meetings a determination shall be made, and | ||||||
10 | reported in an open session that
(1) the need for | ||||||
11 | confidentiality still exists as to all or part of those
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12 | minutes or (2) that the minutes or portions thereof no
longer | ||||||
13 | require
confidential
treatment and are available for public | ||||||
14 | inspection. The failure of a public body to strictly comply | ||||||
15 | with the semi-annual review of closed session written minutes, | ||||||
16 | whether before or after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
17 | Act of the 94th General Assembly, shall not cause the written | ||||||
18 | minutes or related verbatim record to become public or | ||||||
19 | available for inspection in any judicial proceeding, other | ||||||
20 | than a proceeding involving an alleged violation of this Act, | ||||||
21 | if the public body, within 60 days of discovering its failure | ||||||
22 | to strictly comply with the technical requirements of this | ||||||
23 | subsection, reviews the closed session minutes and determines | ||||||
24 | and thereafter reports in open session that either (1) the | ||||||
25 | need for confidentiality still exists as to all or part of the | ||||||
26 | minutes or verbatim record, or (2) that the minutes or |
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1 | recordings or portions thereof no longer require confidential | ||||||
2 | treatment and are available for public inspection. | ||||||
3 | (e) Unless the public body has made a determination that | ||||||
4 | the verbatim
recording no longer requires confidential | ||||||
5 | treatment or otherwise consents to
disclosure, the verbatim | ||||||
6 | record of a meeting closed to the public shall not be
open for | ||||||
7 | public inspection or subject to discovery in any | ||||||
8 | administrative
or judicial proceeding other than one brought | ||||||
9 | to enforce this Act. In the case of a civil
action brought to | ||||||
10 | enforce this Act, the court, if the judge believes such an | ||||||
11 | examination is necessary, must conduct such in camera
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12 | examination of the verbatim record as it finds appropriate in | ||||||
13 | order to
determine whether there has been a violation of this | ||||||
14 | Act. In the case of a
criminal proceeding, the court may | ||||||
15 | conduct an
examination in order to
determine what portions, if | ||||||
16 | any, must be made available to the parties for use
as evidence | ||||||
17 | in the prosecution. Any such initial inspection must be held | ||||||
18 | in camera. If the court
determines that a complaint or suit | ||||||
19 | brought for noncompliance under this Act
is valid it may, for | ||||||
20 | the purposes of discovery, redact from the minutes of the
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21 | meeting closed to the public any information deemed to qualify | ||||||
22 | under the
attorney-client privilege. The provisions of this | ||||||
23 | subsection do not supersede
the privacy or confidentiality | ||||||
24 | provisions of State or federal law. Access to verbatim | ||||||
25 | recordings shall be provided to duly elected officials or | ||||||
26 | appointed officials filling a vacancy of an elected office in |
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1 | a public body, and access shall be granted in the public body's | ||||||
2 | main office or official storage location, in the presence of a | ||||||
3 | records secretary, an administrative official of the public | ||||||
4 | body, or any elected official of the public body. No verbatim | ||||||
5 | recordings shall be recorded or removed from the public body's | ||||||
6 | main office or official storage location, except by vote of | ||||||
7 | the public body or by court order. Nothing in this subsection | ||||||
8 | (e) is intended to limit the Public Access Counselor's access | ||||||
9 | to those records necessary to address a request for | ||||||
10 | administrative review under Section 7.5 of this Act. | ||||||
11 | (f) Minutes of meetings closed to the public shall be | ||||||
12 | available only after
the public body determines that it is no | ||||||
13 | longer necessary to protect the public
interest or the privacy | ||||||
14 | of an individual by keeping them confidential, except that | ||||||
15 | duly elected officials or appointed officials filling a | ||||||
16 | vacancy of an elected office in a public body shall be provided | ||||||
17 | access to minutes of meetings closed to the public. Access to | ||||||
18 | minutes shall be granted in the public body's main office or | ||||||
19 | official storage location, in the presence of a records | ||||||
20 | secretary, an administrative official of the public body, or | ||||||
21 | any elected official of the public body. No minutes of | ||||||
22 | meetings closed to the public shall be removed from the public | ||||||
23 | body's main office or official storage location, except by | ||||||
24 | vote of the public body or by court order. Nothing in this | ||||||
25 | subsection (f) is intended to limit the Public Access | ||||||
26 | Counselor's access to those records necessary to address a |
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1 | request for administrative review under Section 7.5 of this | ||||||
2 | Act. | ||||||
3 | (g) Any person shall be permitted an opportunity to | ||||||
4 | address public officials under the rules established and | ||||||
5 | recorded by the public body. | ||||||
6 | (h) When a public body is dissolved, disbanded, | ||||||
7 | eliminated, or consolidated by executive action, legislative | ||||||
8 | action, or referendum, and its functions and responsibilities | ||||||
9 | are assumed by a unit of local government, the unit of local | ||||||
10 | government which assumes the functions of the prior public | ||||||
11 | body shall review the closed session minutes of that public | ||||||
12 | body pursuant to subsection (d). | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 102-653, eff. 1-1-22 .) | ||||||
14 | (5 ILCS 120/7)
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15 | Sec. 7. Audio or video conference meetings. Attendance by | ||||||
16 | a means other than physical presence. | ||||||
17 | (a) If a
quorum of the members of the public body is | ||||||
18 | physically present as required by Section 2.01, a majority of | ||||||
19 | the public body may allow a member of that body to attend the | ||||||
20 | meeting by other means if the member is prevented from | ||||||
21 | physically
attending because of: (i) personal illness or | ||||||
22 | disability; (ii) employment purposes or
the
business of the | ||||||
23 | public body; or (iii) a family or other emergency.
"Other | ||||||
24 | means" is by video or audio conference.
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25 | (b) If a member wishes to attend a meeting by other means, |
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1 | the
member must notify the
recording secretary or clerk of the
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2 | public body before the meeting unless
advance notice is | ||||||
3 | impractical.
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4 | (c) A majority of the public body may allow a member to | ||||||
5 | attend a meeting by other means only in accordance with and to | ||||||
6 | the extent allowed by rules adopted by the public body. The | ||||||
7 | rules must conform to the requirements and restrictions of | ||||||
8 | this Section, may further limit the extent to which attendance | ||||||
9 | by other means is allowed, and may provide for the giving of | ||||||
10 | additional notice to the public or further facilitate public | ||||||
11 | access to meetings.
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12 | (d) The limitations of this Section shall not apply to (i) | ||||||
13 | closed meetings of (A) public bodies with statewide | ||||||
14 | jurisdiction, (B) Illinois library systems with jurisdiction | ||||||
15 | over a specific geographic area of more than 4,500 square | ||||||
16 | miles, (C) municipal transit districts with jurisdiction over | ||||||
17 | a specific geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles, or | ||||||
18 | (D) local workforce innovation areas with jurisdiction over a | ||||||
19 | specific geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles or | ||||||
20 | (ii) open or closed meetings of State advisory boards or | ||||||
21 | bodies that do not have authority to make binding | ||||||
22 | recommendations or determinations or to take any other | ||||||
23 | substantive action. State advisory boards or bodies, public | ||||||
24 | bodies with statewide jurisdiction, Illinois library systems | ||||||
25 | with jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than | ||||||
26 | 4,500 square miles, municipal transit districts with |
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1 | jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than | ||||||
2 | 4,500 square miles, and local workforce investment areas with | ||||||
3 | jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than | ||||||
4 | 4,500 square miles, however, may permit members to attend | ||||||
5 | meetings by other means only in accordance with and to the | ||||||
6 | extent allowed by specific procedural rules adopted by the | ||||||
7 | body.
For the purposes of this Section, "local workforce | ||||||
8 | innovation area" means any local workforce innovation area or | ||||||
9 | areas designated by the Governor pursuant to the federal | ||||||
10 | Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act or its reauthorizing | ||||||
11 | legislation. | ||||||
12 | (e) Subject to the requirements of Section 2.06 but | ||||||
13 | notwithstanding any other provision of law, an open or closed | ||||||
14 | meeting subject to this Act may be conducted by audio or video | ||||||
15 | conference, without the physical presence of a quorum of the | ||||||
16 | members, so long as the following conditions are met: | ||||||
17 | (1) the Governor or the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Department of Public Health has issued a disaster | ||||||
19 | declaration related to public health concerns because of a | ||||||
20 | disaster as defined in Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
21 | Management Agency Act, and all or part of the jurisdiction | ||||||
22 | of the public body is covered by the disaster area; | ||||||
23 | (1) (2) the head of the public body as defined in | ||||||
24 | subsection (e) of Section 2 of the Freedom of Information | ||||||
25 | Act determines that an in-person meeting or a meeting | ||||||
26 | conducted under this Act is not in the best interests of |
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1 | the public body or its members practical or prudent | ||||||
2 | because of a disaster ; | ||||||
3 | (2) (3) all members of the body participating in the | ||||||
4 | meeting, wherever their physical location, shall be | ||||||
5 | verified and can hear one another and can hear all | ||||||
6 | discussion and testimony; | ||||||
7 | (3) (4) for open meetings, members of the public | ||||||
8 | attending the meeting present at the regular meeting | ||||||
9 | location of the body can hear all discussion and testimony | ||||||
10 | and all votes of the members of the body, and all attendees | ||||||
11 | can unless attendance at the regular meeting location is | ||||||
12 | not feasible due to the disaster, including the issued | ||||||
13 | disaster declaration, in which case the public body must | ||||||
14 | make alternative arrangements and provide notice pursuant | ||||||
15 | to this Section of such alternative arrangements in a | ||||||
16 | manner to allow any interested member of the public access | ||||||
17 | to contemporaneously hear all discussion, testimony, and | ||||||
18 | roll call votes , such as by offering a telephone number or | ||||||
19 | a web-based link ; | ||||||
20 | (5) at least one member of the body, chief legal | ||||||
21 | counsel, or chief administrative officer is physically | ||||||
22 | present at the regular meeting location, unless unfeasible | ||||||
23 | due to the disaster, including the issued disaster | ||||||
24 | declaration; and | ||||||
25 | (4) (6) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each | ||||||
26 | member's vote on each issue can be identified and |
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1 | recorded ; . | ||||||
2 | (7) Except in the event of a bona fide emergency, 48 | ||||||
3 | hours' notice shall be given of a meeting to be held | ||||||
4 | pursuant to this Section. Notice shall be given to all | ||||||
5 | members of the public body, shall be posted on the website | ||||||
6 | of the public body, and shall also be provided to any news | ||||||
7 | media who has requested notice of meetings pursuant to | ||||||
8 | subsection (a) of Section 2.02 of this Act. If the public | ||||||
9 | body declares a bona fide emergency: | ||||||
10 | (A) Notice shall be given pursuant to subsection | ||||||
11 | (a) of Section 2.02 of this Act, and the presiding | ||||||
12 | officer shall state the nature of the emergency at the | ||||||
13 | beginning of the meeting. | ||||||
14 | (B) The public body must comply with the verbatim | ||||||
15 | recording requirements set forth in Section 2.06 of | ||||||
16 | this Act. | ||||||
17 | (5) each (8) Each member of the body participating in | ||||||
18 | a meeting by audio or video conference for a meeting held | ||||||
19 | pursuant to this Section is considered present at the | ||||||
20 | meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and | ||||||
21 | participating in all proceedings ; . | ||||||
22 | (6) in (9) In addition to the requirements for open | ||||||
23 | meetings under Section 2.06, public bodies holding open | ||||||
24 | meetings under this Section subsection (e) must also keep | ||||||
25 | a verbatim record of all their meetings in the form of an | ||||||
26 | audio or video recording. Verbatim records made under this |
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1 | paragraph (9) shall be made available to the public under, | ||||||
2 | and are otherwise subject to, the provisions of Section | ||||||
3 | 2.06 ; and . | ||||||
4 | (7) the (10) The public body shall bear all costs | ||||||
5 | associated with compliance with this Section subsection | ||||||
6 | (e) .
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7 | (Source: P.A. 100-477, eff. 9-8-17; 101-640, eff. 6-12-20.)
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