Bill Text: IL HB2317 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Open Meetings Act. Defines a "contemporaneous" meeting to exclude replies to electronic communications. Requires inclusion of such a reply in the record of an open meeting under certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2317 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB2317-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,
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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)
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7 | Sec. 1.02. For 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 contemporaneous | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | interactive communication, of a majority of a quorum of the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | members of a
public body held for the purpose of discussing | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | public
business or, for a 5-member public body, a quorum of the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | 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 | "Contemporaneous" communication means instantaneous | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | communication between members of a public body and does not | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | include a reply to an electronic communication, even if the |
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1 | reply is to the majority of a quorum of the public body; | ||||||
2 | provided that any portion of such a reply that concerns public | ||||||
3 | business must be entered into the public record of an open | ||||||
4 | meeting of that public body by any member making the reply | ||||||
5 | before the public body takes final action on the subject of the | ||||||
6 | reply. | ||||||
7 | "Public body" includes all legislative, executive, | ||||||
8 | administrative or advisory
bodies of the State, counties, | ||||||
9 | townships, cities, villages, incorporated
towns, school | ||||||
10 | districts and all other municipal corporations, boards, | ||||||
11 | bureaus,
committees or commissions of this State, and any | ||||||
12 | subsidiary bodies of any
of the foregoing including but not | ||||||
13 | limited to committees and subcommittees
which are supported in | ||||||
14 | whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax
revenue, | ||||||
15 | except the General Assembly and committees or commissions | ||||||
16 | thereof.
"Public body" includes tourism boards and convention | ||||||
17 | or civic center
boards located in counties that are contiguous | ||||||
18 | to the Mississippi River with
populations of more than 250,000 | ||||||
19 | but less than 300,000. "Public body"
includes the Health | ||||||
20 | Facilities Planning Board. "Public body" does not
include a | ||||||
21 | child death review team or the Illinois Child Death Review | ||||||
22 | Teams
Executive Council established under
the Child Death | ||||||
23 | Review Team Act or an ethics commission acting under the State | ||||||
24 | Officials and
Employees Ethics Act.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 94-1058, eff. 1-1-07; 95-245, eff. 8-17-07.)
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