Full Text of HB3131 97th General Assembly
HB3131sam002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Carole Pankau Filed: 5/10/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3131
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3131 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 2.02 as follows:
| 6 | | (5 ILCS 120/2.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.02)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.02. Public notice of all meetings, whether open or | 8 | | closed to
the public, shall be given as follows:
| 9 | | (a) Every public body shall give public notice
of the | 10 | | schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar | 11 | | or fiscal
year and shall state the regular dates, times, and | 12 | | places of such meetings.
An agenda for each regular meeting | 13 | | shall be posted , at least 48 hours in advance of the holding of | 14 | | the meeting, at the principal office of
the public body and at | 15 | | the location where the meeting is to be held at least 48 hours | 16 | | in
advance of the holding of the meeting . A public body that |
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| 1 | | has a website that the full-time staff of the public body | 2 | | maintains shall also post on its website , at least 48 hours in | 3 | | advance of the holding of the meeting, the agenda of any | 4 | | regular meetings of the governing body of that public body. If | 5 | | a public body does not have a website that the full-time staff | 6 | | of the public body maintains, then the public body must, during | 7 | | the entire 48-hour period preceding the meeting, post a copy of | 8 | | the agenda at one of the locations required under this Section | 9 | | so that the agenda will be continuously available for public | 10 | | review. Any agenda of a regular meeting that is posted on a | 11 | | public body's website shall remain posted on the website until | 12 | | the regular meeting is concluded. The requirement of a regular
| 13 | | meeting agenda shall not preclude the consideration of items | 14 | | not specifically
set forth in the agenda.
Public
notice of any | 15 | | special meeting except a meeting held in the event of a
bona | 16 | | fide emergency, or of any rescheduled regular meeting, or of | 17 | | any
reconvened meeting, shall be given at least 48 hours before | 18 | | such
meeting, which notice shall also include the agenda for | 19 | | the special,
rescheduled,
or reconvened meeting, but the | 20 | | validity of any action taken by the public
body which is | 21 | | germane to a subject on the agenda shall not be affected by
| 22 | | other errors or omissions in the agenda. The requirement
of | 23 | | public notice of reconvened meetings does
not apply to any case | 24 | | where the meeting was open to the public and (1)
it is to be | 25 | | reconvened within 24 hours, or (2) an announcement of
the time | 26 | | and place of the reconvened meeting was
made at the original |
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| 1 | | meeting and there is no change in the agenda. Notice
of an | 2 | | emergency meeting shall be given as soon as practicable, but in | 3 | | any
event prior to the holding of such meeting, to any news | 4 | | medium which has
filed an annual request for notice under | 5 | | subsection (b) of this Section.
| 6 | | (b) Public notice shall be given by posting a copy of the | 7 | | notice at the
principal office of the body holding the meeting | 8 | | or, if no such office exists,
at the building in which the | 9 | | meeting
is to be held. In addition, a public body that has a | 10 | | website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains | 11 | | shall post notice on its website of all meetings of the | 12 | | governing body of the public body. Any notice of an annual | 13 | | schedule of meetings shall remain on the website until a new | 14 | | public notice of the schedule of regular meetings is approved. | 15 | | Any notice of a regular meeting that is posted on a public | 16 | | body's website shall remain posted on the website until the | 17 | | regular meeting is concluded. The body shall supply copies of | 18 | | the notice of its regular
meetings, and of the notice of any | 19 | | special,
emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meeting, to any | 20 | | news medium
that has filed an annual request for such notice. | 21 | | Any such news
medium shall also be given the same notice of all | 22 | | special,
emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meetings in the | 23 | | same manner as
is given to members of the body provided such | 24 | | news medium has given the
public body an address or telephone | 25 | | number within the territorial jurisdiction
of the public body | 26 | | at which such notice may be given. The failure of a public body |
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| 1 | | to post on its website notice of any meeting or the agenda of | 2 | | any meeting shall not invalidate any meeting or any actions | 3 | | taken at a meeting.
| 4 | | (c) A required notice or agenda that is posted by a public | 5 | | body in accordance with the provisions of this Section but that | 6 | | is not continuously available during the entire 48-hour period | 7 | | in advance of a public meeting due to actions outside the | 8 | | control of the public body shall not invalidate any meeting or | 9 | | any action taken at a meeting. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 94-28, eff. 1-1-06.)".
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