HB0960 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0960

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/2-1001

from Ch. 34, par. 2-1001

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning board meetings.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 2-1001 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/2-1001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1001)

Sec. 2-1001. Regular meetings. Regular and and special meetings of the county board may be held in any public building located within the county that such county board is elected to serve. Prior notice of the building selected for the meeting shall be provided by the board chairman to each member of the county board in the manner provided pursuant to the rules of the county board. Regular meetings of the board shall be held in June and September, and at such other times as may be determined by the board.

At each regular and special meeting which is open to the public, members of the public and employees of the county shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to comment to or ask questions of the board.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)