Bill Text: IL HB4687 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that any required agenda must be sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the items that will be considered or will be the subject of final action at the meeting. Requires the public body conducting a public meeting to ensure that at least one copy of any requested notice and agenda for the meeting is continuously available for public review during the entire 48-hour period preceding the meeting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0827 [HB4687 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB4687-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that any required agenda must be sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the items that will be considered or will be the subject of final action at the meeting. Requires the public body conducting a public meeting to ensure that at least one copy of any requested notice and agenda for the meeting is continuously available for public review during the entire 48-hour period preceding the meeting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0827 [HB4687 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB4687-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4687
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4687 on page 3, line | ||||||
| 3 | 23, immediately after the period, by inserting "Posting of the | ||||||
| 4 | notice and agenda on a website that is maintained by the public | ||||||
| 5 | body satisfies the requirement for continuous posting under | ||||||
| 6 | this subsection (c). If a notice or agenda is not continuously | ||||||
| 7 | available for the full 48-hour period due to actions outside of | ||||||
| 8 | the control of the public body, then that lack of availability | ||||||
| 9 | does not invalidate any meeting or action taken at a meeting.".
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