93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5257

 

Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan

 

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

    Amends the Open Meetings Act. Adds a caption to the definitions Section.


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A BILL FOR

 

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