Bill Text: IL HB1295 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1295 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1295-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1.02 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 120/1.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 41.02) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 1.02. For the
the purposes of this Act:
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8 | "Meeting" means any gathering, whether in person or by | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | video or audio conference, telephone call, electronic means | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (such as, without limitation, electronic mail, electronic | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | chat, and instant messaging), or other means of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | contemporaneous interactive communication, of a majority of a | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | quorum of the members of a
public body held for the purpose of | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | discussing public
business or, for a 5-member public body, a | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | quorum of the members of a public body held for the purpose of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | discussing public business. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Accordingly, for a 5-member public body, 3 members of the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | body constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of 3 members | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | is necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | unless a greater number is otherwise required.
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21 | "Public body" includes all legislative, executive, | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | administrative or advisory
bodies of the State, counties, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | townships, cities, villages, incorporated
towns, school |
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1 | districts and all other municipal corporations, boards, | ||||||
2 | bureaus,
committees or commissions of this State, and any | ||||||
3 | subsidiary bodies of any
of the foregoing including but not | ||||||
4 | limited to committees and subcommittees
which are supported in | ||||||
5 | whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax
revenue, | ||||||
6 | except the General Assembly and committees or commissions | ||||||
7 | thereof.
"Public body" includes tourism boards and convention | ||||||
8 | or civic center
boards located in counties that are contiguous | ||||||
9 | to the Mississippi River with
populations of more than 250,000 | ||||||
10 | but less than 300,000. "Public body"
includes the Health | ||||||
11 | Facilities and Services Review Board. "Public body" does not
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12 | include a child death review team or the Illinois Child Death | ||||||
13 | Review Teams
Executive Council established under
the Child | ||||||
14 | Death Review Team Act, an ethics commission acting under the | ||||||
15 | State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act, a regional youth | ||||||
16 | advisory board or the Statewide Youth Advisory Board | ||||||
17 | established under the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
18 | Services Statewide Youth Advisory Board Act, or the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Independent Tax Tribunal.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 97-1129, eff. 8-28-12; 98-806, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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