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HB4442 Engrossed |
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LRB094 16640 JAM 51908 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 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 |
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| closed to
the public, shall be given as follows:
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| (a) Every public body shall give public notice
of the |
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| schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar |
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| or fiscal
year and shall state the regular dates, times, and |
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| places of such meetings.
An agenda for each regular meeting |
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| shall be posted at the principal office of
the public body and |
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| at the location where the meeting is to be held at least 48 |
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| hours in
advance of the holding of the meeting. A public body |
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| that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body |
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| maintains shall also post on its website the agenda of any |
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| regular meetings of the governing body of that public body. Any |
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| agenda of a regular meeting that is posted on a public body's |
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| website shall remain posted on the website until the regular |
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| meeting is concluded. The requirement of a regular
meeting |
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| agenda shall not preclude the consideration of items not |
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| specifically
set forth in the agenda.
Public
notice of any |
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| special meeting except a meeting held in the event of a
bona |
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| fide emergency, or of any rescheduled regular meeting, or of |
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| any
reconvened meeting, shall be given at least 48 hours before |
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| such
meeting (at least 8 hours of which must be during normal |
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| business hours) , which notice shall also include the agenda for |
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| the special,
rescheduled,
or reconvened meeting, but the |
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| validity of any action taken by the public
body which is |
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| germane to a subject on the agenda shall not be affected by
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| other errors or omissions in the agenda. The requirement
of |