94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1057

 

Introduced 2/4/2005, by Rep. Robert F. Flider

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 120/1.02   from Ch. 102, par. 41.02

    Amends the Open Meetings Act. Redefines a "meeting" to include gatherings, whether in person or by telephone call, electronic means, or other means of interactive communication, of a majority of a quorum of the members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing public business (now, a gathering of a majority of a quorum of the members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing public business).


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
5 Section 1.02 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 120/1.02)  (from Ch. 102, par. 41.02)
7     Sec. 1.02. For the purposes of this Act:
8     "Meeting" means any gathering, whether in person or by
9 telephone call, electronic means, or other means of interactive
10 communication, of a majority of a quorum of the members of a
11 public body held for the purpose of discussing public business.
12     "Public body" includes all legislative, executive,
13 administrative or advisory bodies of the State, counties,
14 townships, cities, villages, incorporated towns, school
15 districts and all other municipal corporations, boards,
16 bureaus, committees or commissions of this State, and any
17 subsidiary bodies of any of the foregoing including but not
18 limited to committees and subcommittees which are supported in
19 whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax revenue,
20 except the General Assembly and committees or commissions
21 thereof. "Public body" includes tourism boards and convention
22 or civic center boards located in counties that are contiguous
23 to the Mississippi River with populations of more than 250,000
24 but less than 300,000. "Public body" includes the Health
25 Facilities Planning Board. "Public body" does not include a
26 child death review team or the Illinois Child Death Review
27 Teams Executive Council established under the Child Death
28 Review Team Act or an ethics commission acting under the State
29 Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
30 (Source: P.A. 92-468, eff. 8-22-01; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)