Bill Text: IL HB2538 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Regional Planning Act. Requires open meetings of the Board of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning to be broadcast to the public and maintained in real-time on the Board's website using a high-speed Internet connection. Provides that recordings of each meeting broadcast shall be posted to the Board's website within a reasonable time after the meeting and shall be maintained as public records to the extent practicable, as determined by the Board. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-09-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0479 [HB2538 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2538-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Regional Planning Act is amended by changing
Section 25 as follows:
(70 ILCS 1707/25)
Sec. 25. Operations.
(a) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its
Board appointments to each other appointing authority, to the
Board, and to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after his
or her appointment and before entering upon the duties of the
office, each Board member shall take and subscribe to the
constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary of
State. Board members shall hold office for a term of 4 years or
until successors are appointed and qualified. The terms of the
initial Board members shall expire as follows:
(1) The terms of the member from DuPage County and the
member representing both Kane and Kendall Counties shall
expire on July 1, 2007.
(2) The terms of those members from Lake, McHenry, and
Will Counties shall expire on July 1, 2009.
(3) As designated at the time of appointment, the terms
of 2 members from the City of Chicago shall expire on July

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1, 2007 and the terms of 3 members from the City of Chicago
shall expire on July 1, 2009.
(4) The term of the member appointed by the President
of the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall expire on
July 1, 2007.
(5) The terms of those members appointed, with the
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
Commissioners, by the mayors representing those
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
Chicago and north of Devon Avenue shall expire on July 1,
2007.
(6) The terms of those members appointed, with the
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
Commissioners, by the mayors representing those
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of Interstate 57,
excluding the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen,
Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park, shall
expire on July 1, 2007.
(7) The terms of those members appointed, with the
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
Commissioners, by the mayor representing those communities
in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago,
south of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and, in
addition, the Village of Summit, shall expire on July 1,
2009.

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(8) The terms of those members appointed, with the
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
Commissioners, by the mayors representing those
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the
communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak
Forest, and Tinley Park, shall expire on July 1, 2009.
(b) If a vacancy occurs, the appropriate appointing
authority shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the
unexpired term. Board members shall receive no compensation,
but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties.
(c) The Board shall be so appointed as to represent the
City of Chicago, that part of Cook County outside the City of
Chicago, and that part of the metropolitan region outside of
Cook County on a one man one vote basis. Within 6 months after
the release of each certified federal decennial census, the
Board shall review its composition and, if a change is
necessary in order to comply with the representation
requirements of this subsection (c), shall recommend the
necessary revision for approval by the General Assembly.
(d) Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least
once in each calendar quarter. The time and place of Board
meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Board. Special
meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman or a
majority of the Board members. A written notice of the time and

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place of any special meeting shall be provided to all Board
members at least 3 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting, except that if the time and place of a special meeting
is fixed at a regular meeting at which all Board members are
present, no such written notice is required. A majority of the
Board members in office constitutes a quorum for the purpose of
convening a meeting of the Board.
(e) The meetings of the Board shall be held in compliance
with the Open Meetings Act. The Board shall maintain records in
accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act.
(f) At its initial meeting and its first regular meeting
after July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board from its
membership shall appoint a chairman and may appoint vice
chairmen and shall provide the term and duties of those
officers pursuant to its bylaws. Before entering upon duties of
office, the chairman shall execute a bond with corporate
sureties to be approved by the Board and shall file it with the
principal office of the Board. The bond shall be payable to the
Board in whatever penal sum may be directed and shall be
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of
office and the payment of all money received by the chairman
according to law and the orders of the Board. The Board may
appoint, from time to time, an executive committee and standing
and ad hoc committees to assist in carrying out its
responsibilities.
(g) Open meetings of the Board shall be broadcast to the

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public and maintained in real-time on the Board's website using
a high-speed Internet connection. Recordings of each meeting
broadcast shall be posted to the Board's website within a
reasonable time after the meeting and shall be maintained as
public records to the extent practicable, as determined by the
Board. Compliance with the provisions of this amendatory Act of
the 100th General Assembly does not relieve the Board of its
obligations under the Open Meetings Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.