Bill Text: IL HB2538 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Enrolled
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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-Enrolled.html
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-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local 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 Regional Planning Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 25 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 1707/25)
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7 | Sec. 25. Operations. | ||||||
8 | (a) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its | ||||||
9 | Board appointments to each other appointing authority, to the | ||||||
10 | Board, and to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after his | ||||||
11 | or her appointment and before entering upon the duties of the | ||||||
12 | office, each Board member shall take and subscribe to the | ||||||
13 | constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary of | ||||||
14 | State. Board members shall hold office for a term of 4 years or | ||||||
15 | until successors are appointed and qualified. The terms of the | ||||||
16 | initial Board members shall expire as follows: | ||||||
17 | (1) The terms of the member from DuPage County and the | ||||||
18 | member representing both Kane and Kendall Counties shall | ||||||
19 | expire on July 1, 2007. | ||||||
20 | (2) The terms of those members from Lake, McHenry, and | ||||||
21 | Will Counties shall expire on July 1, 2009. | ||||||
22 | (3) As designated at the time of appointment, the terms | ||||||
23 | of 2 members from the City of Chicago shall expire on July |
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1 | 1, 2007 and the terms of 3 members from the City of Chicago | ||||||
2 | shall expire on July 1, 2009. | ||||||
3 | (4) The term of the member appointed by the President | ||||||
4 | of the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall expire on | ||||||
5 | July 1, 2007. | ||||||
6 | (5) The terms of those members appointed, with the | ||||||
7 | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | ||||||
8 | Commissioners, by the mayors representing those | ||||||
9 | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of | ||||||
10 | Chicago and north of Devon Avenue shall expire on July 1, | ||||||
11 | 2007. | ||||||
12 | (6) The terms of those members appointed, with the | ||||||
13 | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | ||||||
14 | Commissioners, by the mayors representing those | ||||||
15 | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of | ||||||
16 | Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of Interstate 57, | ||||||
17 | excluding the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen, | ||||||
18 | Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park, shall | ||||||
19 | expire on July 1, 2007. | ||||||
20 | (7) The terms of those members appointed, with the | ||||||
21 | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | ||||||
22 | Commissioners, by the mayor representing those communities | ||||||
23 | in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, | ||||||
24 | south of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and, in | ||||||
25 | addition, the Village of Summit, shall expire on July 1, | ||||||
26 | 2009. |
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1 | (8) The terms of those members appointed, with the | ||||||
2 | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | ||||||
3 | Commissioners, by the mayors representing those | ||||||
4 | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of | ||||||
5 | Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the | ||||||
6 | communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak | ||||||
7 | Forest, and Tinley Park, shall expire on July 1, 2009. | ||||||
8 | (b) If a vacancy occurs, the appropriate appointing | ||||||
9 | authority shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the | ||||||
10 | unexpired term. Board members shall receive no compensation, | ||||||
11 | but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the | ||||||
12 | performance of their duties. | ||||||
13 | (c) The Board shall be so appointed as to represent the | ||||||
14 | City of Chicago, that part of Cook County outside the City of | ||||||
15 | Chicago, and that part of the metropolitan region outside of | ||||||
16 | Cook County on a one man one vote basis. Within 6 months after | ||||||
17 | the release of each certified federal decennial census, the | ||||||
18 | Board shall review its composition and, if a change is | ||||||
19 | necessary in order to comply with the representation | ||||||
20 | requirements of this subsection (c), shall recommend the | ||||||
21 | necessary revision for approval by the General Assembly. | ||||||
22 | (d) Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least | ||||||
23 | once in each calendar quarter. The time and place of Board | ||||||
24 | meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Board. Special | ||||||
25 | meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman or a | ||||||
26 | majority of the Board members. A written notice of the time and |
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1 | place of any special meeting shall be provided to all Board | ||||||
2 | members at least 3 days prior to the date fixed for the | ||||||
3 | meeting, except that if the time and place of a special meeting | ||||||
4 | is fixed at a regular meeting at which all Board members are | ||||||
5 | present, no such written notice is required.
A majority of the | ||||||
6 | Board members in office constitutes a quorum for the purpose of | ||||||
7 | convening a meeting of the Board.
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8 | (e) The meetings of the Board shall be held in compliance | ||||||
9 | with the Open Meetings Act. The Board shall maintain records in | ||||||
10 | accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act. | ||||||
11 | (f) At its initial meeting and its first regular meeting | ||||||
12 | after July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board
from its | ||||||
13 | membership shall appoint a chairman and may appoint
vice | ||||||
14 | chairmen and shall provide the term and duties of those | ||||||
15 | officers pursuant to its bylaws.
Before entering upon duties of | ||||||
16 | office, the chairman shall execute a bond with corporate | ||||||
17 | sureties to be approved by the Board and shall file it with the | ||||||
18 | principal office of the Board. The bond shall be payable to the | ||||||
19 | Board in whatever penal sum may be directed and shall be | ||||||
20 | conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of | ||||||
21 | office and the payment of all money received by the chairman | ||||||
22 | according to law and the orders of the Board.
The Board may | ||||||
23 | appoint, from time to time, an executive committee and standing | ||||||
24 | and ad hoc committees to assist in carrying out its | ||||||
25 | responsibilities.
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26 | (g) Open meetings of the Board shall be broadcast to the |
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1 | public and maintained in real-time on the Board's website using | ||||||
2 | a high-speed Internet connection. Recordings of each meeting | ||||||
3 | broadcast shall be posted to the Board's website within a | ||||||
4 | reasonable time after the meeting and shall be maintained as | ||||||
5 | public records to the extent practicable, as determined by the | ||||||
6 | Board. Compliance with the provisions of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
7 | the 100th General Assembly does not relieve the Board of its | ||||||
8 | obligations under the Open Meetings Act. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
11 | 1, 2018.
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