Full Text of HB0210 95th General Assembly
HB0210 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0210
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 120/2.02 |
from Ch. 102, par. 42.02 |
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Amends the Open Meetings Act. Prohibits a public body, during a meeting other than a special meeting for a bona fide emergency, from voting on an item that was not included in the agenda that was posted for that meeting.
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A BILL FOR
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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 | 5 |
| Section 2.02 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 120/2.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.02)
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| Sec. 2.02. Public notice of all meetings, whether open or | 8 |
| closed to
the public, shall be given as follows:
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| (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 the principal office of
the public body and | 14 |
| at the location where the meeting is to be held at least 48 | 15 |
| hours in
advance of the holding of the meeting. A public body | 16 |
| that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body | 17 |
| maintains shall also post on its website the agenda of any | 18 |
| regular meetings of the governing body of that public body. Any | 19 |
| agenda of a regular meeting that is posted on a public body's | 20 |
| website shall remain posted on the website until the regular | 21 |
| meeting is concluded. The requirement of a regular
meeting | 22 |
| agenda shall not preclude the consideration of items not | 23 |
| specifically
set forth in the agenda , but an item that was not |
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| specifically set forth in the agenda may not be voted upon .
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| Public
notice of any special meeting except a meeting held in | 3 |
| the event of a
bona fide emergency, or of any rescheduled | 4 |
| regular meeting, or of any
reconvened meeting, shall be given | 5 |
| at least 48 hours before such
meeting, which notice shall also | 6 |
| include the agenda for the special,
rescheduled,
or reconvened | 7 |
| meeting . The
, but the validity of any action taken at the | 8 |
| special, rescheduled, or reconvened meeting by the public
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| which is germane to a subject on the agenda shall not be | 10 |
| affected by
other errors or omissions in the agenda , but the | 11 |
| public body may not vote upon any item not germane to a subject | 12 |
| on the agenda . The requirement
of public notice of reconvened | 13 |
| meetings does
not apply to any case where the meeting was open | 14 |
| to the public and (1)
it is to be reconvened within 24 hours, | 15 |
| or (2) an announcement of
the time and place of the reconvened | 16 |
| meeting was
made at the original meeting and there is no change | 17 |
| in the agenda. Notice
of an emergency meeting shall be given as | 18 |
| soon as practicable, but in any
event prior to the holding of | 19 |
| such meeting, to any news medium which has
filed an annual | 20 |
| request for notice under subsection (b) of this Section.
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| (b) Public notice shall be given by posting a copy of the | 22 |
| notice at the
principal office of the body holding the meeting | 23 |
| or, if no such office exists,
at the building in which the | 24 |
| meeting
is to be held. In addition, a public body that has a | 25 |
| website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains | 26 |
| shall post notice on its website of all meetings of the |
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| governing body of the public body. 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. The body shall supply copies of | 7 |
| the notice of its regular
meetings, and of the notice of any | 8 |
| special,
emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meeting, to any | 9 |
| news medium
that has filed an annual request for such notice. | 10 |
| Any such news
medium shall also be given the same notice of all | 11 |
| special,
emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meetings in the | 12 |
| same manner as
is given to members of the body provided such | 13 |
| news medium has given the
public body an address or telephone | 14 |
| number within the territorial jurisdiction
of the public body | 15 |
| at which such notice may be given. The failure of a public body | 16 |
| to post on its website notice of any meeting or the agenda of | 17 |
| any meeting shall not invalidate any meeting or any actions | 18 |
| taken at a meeting.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-28, eff. 1-1-06.)
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