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91_SB1838
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1 AN ACT to amend the Open Meetings Act by changing Section
2 1.02 and adding Sections 2.03-5 and 2.03-10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
6 Section 1.02 and adding Sections 2.03-5 and 2.03-10 as
7 follows:
8 (5 ILCS 120/1.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 41.02)
9 Sec. 1.02. For the purposes of this Act:
10 "Meeting" means any gathering of a majority of a quorum
11 of the members commissioners of a public body held for the
12 purpose of discussing public business.
13 "Public body" includes all legislative, executive,
14 administrative or advisory bodies of the State, counties,
15 townships, cities, villages, incorporated towns, school
16 districts and all other municipal corporations, boards,
17 bureaus, committees or commissions of this State, and any
18 subsidiary bodies of any of the foregoing including but not
19 limited to committees and subcommittees which are supported
20 in whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax
21 revenue, except the General Assembly and committees or
22 commissions thereof. "Public body" includes tourism boards
23 and convention or civic center boards located in counties
24 that are contiguous to the Mississippi River with populations
25 of more than 250,000 but less than 300,000. "Public body"
26 does not include a child death review team established under
27 the Child Death Review Team Act or an ethics commission,
28 ethics officer, or ultimate jurisdictional authority acting
29 under the State Gift Ban Act as provided by Section 80 of
30 that Act.
31 (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97; 90-737, eff. 1-1-99;
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1 revised 11-8-99.)
2 (5 ILCS 120/2.03-5 new)
3 Sec. 2.03-5. Copies of Act; Attorney General guide.
4 Each body subject to this Act must maintain a copy of this
5 Act for inspection by the public at each of its meetings and
6 at its principal office. Each body subject to this Act must
7 also maintain a reasonable number of copies of a guide to the
8 provisions of this Act, published by the Attorney General,
9 for distribution to the public free of charge at its
10 principal office and at each of its meetings.
11 (5 ILCS 120/2.03-10 new)
12 Sec. 2.03-10. Posting notice of Act's application. Each
13 body subject to this Act must, prior to and during each of
14 its meetings, prominently post the following public notice on
15 or near the entrance to the room in which the meeting takes
16 place: "THIS MEETING IS SUBJECT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT (5
17 ILCS 120). COPIES OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND A GUIDE TO
18 ITS PROVISIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST AND AT THIS
19 MEETING.".
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.