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1 | | rules must conform to the requirements and restrictions of |
2 | | this Section, may further limit the extent to which attendance |
3 | | by other means is allowed, and may provide for the giving of |
4 | | additional notice to the public or further facilitate public |
5 | | access to meetings.
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6 | | (d) The limitations of this Section shall not apply to (i) |
7 | | closed meetings of (A) public bodies with statewide |
8 | | jurisdiction, (B) Illinois library systems with jurisdiction |
9 | | over a specific geographic area of more than 4,500 square |
10 | | miles, (C) municipal transit districts with jurisdiction over |
11 | | a specific geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles, or |
12 | | (D) local workforce innovation areas with jurisdiction over a |
13 | | specific geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles or |
14 | | (ii) open or closed meetings of State advisory boards or |
15 | | bodies that do not have authority to make binding |
16 | | recommendations or determinations or to take any other |
17 | | substantive action. State advisory boards or bodies, public |
18 | | bodies with statewide jurisdiction, Illinois library systems |
19 | | with jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than |
20 | | 4,500 square miles, municipal transit districts with |
21 | | jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than |
22 | | 4,500 square miles, and local workforce investment areas with |
23 | | jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than |
24 | | 4,500 square miles, however, may permit members to attend |
25 | | meetings by other means only in accordance with and to the |
26 | | extent allowed by specific procedural rules adopted by the |
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1 | | body.
For the purposes of this Section, "local workforce |
2 | | innovation area" means any local workforce innovation area or |
3 | | areas designated by the Governor pursuant to the federal |
4 | | Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act or its reauthorizing |
5 | | legislation. |
6 | | (e) Subject to the requirements of Section 2.06 but |
7 | | notwithstanding any other provision of law, an open or closed |
8 | | meeting subject to this Act may be conducted by audio or video |
9 | | conference, without the physical presence of a quorum of the |
10 | | members, so long as the following conditions are met: |
11 | | (1) (Blank); the Governor or the Director of the |
12 | | Illinois Department of Public Health has issued a disaster |
13 | | declaration related to public health concerns because of a |
14 | | disaster as defined in Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency |
15 | | Management Agency Act, and all or part of the jurisdiction |
16 | | of the public body is covered by the disaster area; |
17 | | (2) the head of the public body as defined in |
18 | | subsection (e) of Section 2 of the Freedom of Information |
19 | | Act determines that an in-person meeting or a meeting |
20 | | conducted under this Act is not practical or prudent or |
21 | | that conducting an audio or video conference is in the |
22 | | best interest of the public body because of a disaster ; |
23 | | (3) all members of the body participating in the |
24 | | meeting, wherever their physical location, shall be |
25 | | verified and can hear one another and can hear all |
26 | | discussion and testimony; |
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1 | | (4) for open meetings, members of the public present |
2 | | at the regular meeting location of the body can hear all |
3 | | discussion and testimony and all votes of the members of |
4 | | the body, unless attendance at the regular meeting |
5 | | location is not feasible due to the disaster, including |
6 | | the issued disaster declaration , in which case the public |
7 | | body must make alternative arrangements and provide notice |
8 | | pursuant to this Section of such alternative arrangements |
9 | | in a manner to allow any interested member of the public |
10 | | access to contemporaneously hear all discussion, |
11 | | testimony, and roll call votes, such as by offering a |
12 | | telephone number or a web-based link; |
13 | | (5) at least one member of the body, chief legal |
14 | | counsel, or chief administrative officer is physically |
15 | | present at the regular meeting location, unless unfeasible |
16 | | due to a the disaster, including an the issued disaster |
17 | | declaration; and |
18 | | (6) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each |
19 | | member's vote on each issue can be identified and |
20 | | recorded. |
21 | | (7) Except in the event of a bona fide emergency, 48 |
22 | | hours' notice shall be given of a meeting to be held |
23 | | pursuant to this Section. Notice shall be given to all |
24 | | members of the public body, shall be posted on the website |
25 | | of the public body, and shall also be provided to any news |
26 | | media who has requested notice of meetings pursuant to |
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1 | | subsection (a) of Section 2.02 of this Act. If the public |
2 | | body declares a bona fide emergency: |
3 | | (A) Notice shall be given pursuant to subsection |
4 | | (a) of Section 2.02 of this Act, and the presiding |
5 | | officer shall state the reason why an in-person |
6 | | meeting or meeting conducted under this Act is not |
7 | | practical or prudent or that conducting an audio or |
8 | | video conference is in the best interest of the public |
9 | | body nature of the emergency at the beginning of the |
10 | | meeting. |
11 | | (B) The public body must comply with the verbatim |
12 | | recording requirements set forth in Section 2.06 of |
13 | | this Act. |
14 | | (8) Each member of the body participating in a meeting |
15 | | by audio or video conference for a meeting held pursuant |
16 | | to this Section is considered present at the meeting for |
17 | | purposes of determining a quorum and participating in all |
18 | | proceedings. |
19 | | (9) In addition to the requirements for open meetings |
20 | | under Section 2.06, public bodies holding open meetings |
21 | | under this subsection (e) must also keep a verbatim record |
22 | | of all their meetings in the form of an audio or video |
23 | | recording. Verbatim records made under this paragraph (9) |
24 | | shall be made available to the public under, and are |
25 | | otherwise subject to, the provisions of Section 2.06. |
26 | | (10) The public body shall bear all costs associated |