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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, whether in person or by 
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video or audio conference, telephone call, electronic means 
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(such as, without limitation, electronic mail, electronic 
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chat, and instant messaging), or other means of contemporaneous 
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interactive communication, of a majority of a quorum of the 
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members of a
public body held for the purpose of discussing 
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public
business or, for a 5-member public body, a quorum of the 
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members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing 
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public business. In addition, for a 5-member public body, 3 
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members of the body shall constitute a quorum and the 
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affirmative vote of 3 members shall be necessary to adopt any 
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motion, resolution, or ordinance, unless a greater number is 
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otherwise required.


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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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(Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; 94-1058, eff. 1-1-07.)