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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB3411
Introduced 2/27/2007, by Rep. Joe Dunn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 120/1.02 |
from Ch. 102, par. 41.02 |
5 ILCS 120/7 |
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Amends the Open Meetings Act. Removes electronic mail when used to set a meeting agenda as one of the means by which a gathering of a majority of a quorum of the members of a public body to discuss public business constitutes a meeting subject to the Act. Adds "vacation" to the list of reasons why a public body, required to have a quorum physically present at its meeting, may permit a member in excess of the quorum to attend by other means than physical presence. Provides that a member attending by other means due to vacation is not eligible to receive pay or compensation based on that attendance. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3411 |
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LRB095 11428 JAM 32290 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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| Sections 1.02 and 7 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 (other than for |
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| the setting of a meeting agenda) , electronic chat , and instant |
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| messaging), or other means of contemporaneous interactive |
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| communication, of a majority of a quorum of the members of a
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| public body 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 |