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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4580 Introduced 2/5/2020, by Rep. Grant Wehrli SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 5 ILCS 120/2.05 | from Ch. 102, par. 42.05 |
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Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that all meetings required by the Act to be open to the public shall be audio recorded by the public body, and must be maintained by the public body for at least one year after the date of the meeting for which the recording was made.
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| | HB4580 | | LRB101 18995 RJF 68454 b |
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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 2.05 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 120/2.05) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.05)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2.05. Recording meetings.
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| 8 | | (a) All meetings required by this Act to be open to the |
| 9 | | public shall be audio recorded by the public body, and must be |
| 10 | | maintained by the public body for at least one year after the |
| 11 | | date of the meeting for which the recording was made. |
| 12 | | (b) Subject to the provisions of Section
8-701 of the Code |
| 13 | | of Civil Procedure, any person may
record the
proceedings at |
| 14 | | meetings required to be open by this Act by tape, film or
other |
| 15 | | means. The authority
holding the meeting shall prescribe |
| 16 | | reasonable rules to govern
the right to make such recordings.
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| 17 | | (c) If a witness at any meeting required to be open by this |
| 18 | | Act
which is conducted by a commission, administrative agency |
| 19 | | or
other tribunal, refuses to testify on the grounds that he |
| 20 | | may
not be compelled to testify if any portion of his testimony |
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to be broadcast or televised or if motion pictures are to be
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| 22 | | taken of him while he is testifying, the authority holding the
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| 23 | | meeting shall prohibit such recording during the testimony of
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