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1 AN ACT concerning open meetings.
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 2.05 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 120/2.05) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.05)
7 Sec. 2.05. Subject to the provisions of "An Act in
8 relation to the rights of witnesses at proceedings conducted
9 by a court, commission, administrative agency or other
10 tribunal in this State which are televised or broadcast or at
11 which motion pictures are taken", approved July 14, 1953, as
12 amended, any person may record the proceedings at meetings
13 required to be open by this Act by tape, film or other means.
14 The authority holding the meeting shall prescribe reasonable
15 rules to govern the right to make such recordings. If video
16 or sound recordings are made, a copy of the recordings must
17 be made available for review by the public.
18 If a witness at any meeting required to be open by this
19 Act which is conducted by a commission, administrative agency
20 or other tribunal, refuses to testify on the grounds that he
21 may not be compelled to testify if any portion of his
22 testimony is to be broadcast or televised or if motion
23 pictures are to be taken of him while he is testifying, the
24 authority holding the meeting shall prohibit such recording
25 during the testimony of the witness. Nothing in this Section
26 shall be construed to extend the right to refuse to testify
27 at any meeting not subject to the provisions of "An Act in
28 relation to the rights of witnesses at proceedings conducted
29 by a court, commission, administrative agency or other
30 tribunal in this State which are televised or broadcast or at
31 which motion pictures are taken", approved July 14, 1953, as
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1 amended.
2 (Source: P.A. 82-378.)