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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2.02 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 120/2.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.02)
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7 | Sec. 2.02. Public notice of all meetings, whether open or | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | closed to
the public, shall be given as follows:
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9 | (a) Every public body shall give public notice
of the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | or fiscal
year and shall state the regular dates, times, and | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | places of such meetings.
An agenda for each regular meeting | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall be posted at the principal office of
the public body and | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | at the location where the meeting is to be held at least 48 | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | hours in
advance of the holding of the meeting. A public body | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | maintains shall also post on its website the agenda of any | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | regular meetings of the governing body of that public body. Any | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | agenda of a regular meeting that is posted on a public body's | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | website shall remain posted on the website until the regular | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | meeting is concluded. The requirement of a regular
meeting | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | agenda shall not preclude the consideration of items not | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | specifically
set forth in the agenda , but an item that was not |
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1 | specifically set forth in the agenda may not be voted upon .
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2 | Public
notice of any special meeting except a meeting held in | ||||||
3 | the event of a
bona fide emergency, or of any rescheduled | ||||||
4 | regular meeting, or of any
reconvened meeting, shall be given | ||||||
5 | at least 48 hours before such
meeting, which notice shall also | ||||||
6 | include the agenda for the special,
rescheduled,
or reconvened | ||||||
7 | meeting . The
, but the validity of any action taken at the | ||||||
8 | special, rescheduled, or reconvened meeting by the public
body | ||||||
9 | which is germane to a subject on the agenda shall not be | ||||||
10 | affected by
other errors or omissions in the agenda , but the | ||||||
11 | public body may not vote upon any item not germane to a subject | ||||||
12 | on the agenda . The requirement
of public notice of reconvened | ||||||
13 | meetings does
not apply to any case where the meeting was open | ||||||
14 | to the public and (1)
it is to be reconvened within 24 hours, | ||||||
15 | or (2) an announcement of
the time and place of the reconvened | ||||||
16 | meeting was
made at the original meeting and there is no change | ||||||
17 | in the agenda. Notice
of an emergency meeting shall be given as | ||||||
18 | soon as practicable, but in any
event prior to the holding of | ||||||
19 | such meeting, to any news medium which has
filed an annual | ||||||
20 | request for notice under subsection (b) of this Section.
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21 | (b) Public notice shall be given by posting a copy of the | ||||||
22 | notice at the
principal office of the body holding the meeting | ||||||
23 | or, if no such office exists,
at the building in which the | ||||||
24 | meeting
is to be held. In addition, a public body that has a | ||||||
25 | website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains | ||||||
26 | shall post notice on its website of all meetings of the |
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1 | governing body of the public body. Any notice of an annual | ||||||
2 | schedule of meetings shall remain on the website until a new | ||||||
3 | public notice of the schedule of regular meetings is approved. | ||||||
4 | Any notice of a regular meeting that is posted on a public | ||||||
5 | body's website shall remain posted on the website until the | ||||||
6 | regular meeting is concluded. The body shall supply copies of | ||||||
7 | the notice of its regular
meetings, and of the notice of any | ||||||
8 | special,
emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meeting, to any | ||||||
9 | news medium
that has filed an annual request for such notice. | ||||||
10 | Any such news
medium shall also be given the same notice of all | ||||||
11 | special,
emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meetings in the | ||||||
12 | same manner as
is given to members of the body provided such | ||||||
13 | news medium has given the
public body an address or telephone | ||||||
14 | number within the territorial jurisdiction
of the public body | ||||||
15 | at which such notice may be given. The failure of a public body | ||||||
16 | to post on its website notice of any meeting or the agenda of | ||||||
17 | any meeting shall not invalidate any meeting or any actions | ||||||
18 | taken at a meeting.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 94-28, eff. 1-1-06.)
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