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Rep. Robert F. Flider
Filed: 4/25/2006
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LRB094 04323 JAM 58526 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 585
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 585 on page 2, by |
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| replacing lines 9 through 30 with the following:
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| "A quorum of members of a public body must be physically |
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| present at the location of an open meeting. If, however, an |
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| open meeting of a public body (except one with jurisdiction |
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| limited to a specific geographic area that is less than |
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| statewide) is held simultaneously at one of its offices and one |
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| or more other locations in a public building, which may include |
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| other of its offices, through an interactive video conference |
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| and the public body provides public notice and public access as |
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| required under this Act for all locations, then members |
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| physically present in those locations all count towards |
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| determining a quorum. "Public building", as used in this |
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| Section, means any building or portion thereof owned or leased |
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| by any public body. The requirement that a quorum be physically |
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| present at the location of an open meeting shall not apply, |
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| however, to State advisory boards or bodies that do not have |
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| authority to make binding recommendations or determinations or |
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| to take any other substantive action. |
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| A quorum of members of a public body that is not a public |
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| body with statewide jurisdiction must be physically present at |
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| the location of a closed meeting. Other members who are not |
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| physically present at a closed meeting of such a public body |
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| may participate in the meeting by means of a video or audio |