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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1296
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. Don Harmon - Kimberly A. Lightford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5 ILCS 120/1.02 |
from Ch. 102, par. 41.02 |
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Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that the definition of "meeting" means any gathering of a majority of a quorum of the members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing public business, except when the public body is the council of a municipality with a commission form of government consisting of 4 commissioners and a mayor, in which case "meeting" shall mean any gathering of a majority of the members held for the purpose of discussing public business.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1296 |
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LRB094 04950 JAM 34979 b |
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 1.02 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 120/1.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 41.02)
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| Sec. 1.02. For the purposes of this Act:
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| "Meeting" means any gathering of a majority of a quorum of |
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| the members of a
public body held for the purpose of discussing |
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| public
business, except when the public body is the council of |
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| a municipality with a commission form of government consisting |
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| of 4 commissioners and a mayor, in which case a "meeting" means |
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| any gathering of a majority of the members of the public body |
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| held for the purpose of discussing public business.
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| "Public body" includes all legislative, executive, |
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| administrative or advisory
bodies of the State, counties, |
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| townships, cities, villages, incorporated
towns, school |
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| districts and all other municipal corporations, boards, |
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| bureaus,
committees or commissions of this State, and any |
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| subsidiary bodies of any
of the foregoing including but not |
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| limited to committees and subcommittees
which are supported in |
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| whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax
revenue, |
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| except the General Assembly and committees or commissions |
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| thereof.
"Public body" includes tourism boards and convention |
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| or civic center
boards located in counties that are contiguous |
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| to the Mississippi River with
populations of more than 250,000 |
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| but less than 300,000. "Public body"
includes the Health |
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| Facilities Planning Board. "Public body" does not
include a |
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| child death review team or the Illinois Child Death Review |
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| Teams
Executive Council established under
the Child Death |
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| Review Team Act or an ethics commission acting under the State |
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| Officials and
Employees Ethics Act.
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