Full Text of HB1670 95th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning local 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 3. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 1.02 as follows: | 6 |
| (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 | 9 |
| video or audio conference, telephone call, electronic means | 10 |
| (such as, without limitation, electronic mail, electronic | 11 |
| chat, and instant messaging), or other means of contemporaneous | 12 |
| interactive communication, of a majority of a quorum of the | 13 |
| members of a
public body held for the purpose of discussing | 14 |
| public
business or, for a 5-member public body, a quorum of the | 15 |
| members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing | 16 |
| public business. | 17 |
| Accordingly, for a 5-member public body, 3 members of the | 18 |
| body constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of 3 members | 19 |
| is necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance, | 20 |
| unless a greater number is otherwise required .
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| "Public body" includes all legislative, executive, | 22 |
| administrative or advisory
bodies of the State, counties, | 23 |
| townships, cities, villages, incorporated
towns, school |
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| districts and all other municipal corporations, boards, | 2 |
| bureaus,
committees or commissions of this State, and any | 3 |
| subsidiary bodies of any
of the foregoing including but not | 4 |
| limited to committees and subcommittees
which are supported in | 5 |
| whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax
revenue, | 6 |
| except the General Assembly and committees or commissions | 7 |
| thereof.
"Public body" includes tourism boards and convention | 8 |
| or civic center
boards located in counties that are contiguous | 9 |
| to the Mississippi River with
populations of more than 250,000 | 10 |
| but less than 300,000. "Public body"
includes the Health | 11 |
| Facilities Planning Board. "Public body" does not
include a | 12 |
| child death review team or the Illinois Child Death Review | 13 |
| Teams
Executive Council established under
the Child Death | 14 |
| Review Team Act or an ethics commission acting under the State | 15 |
| Officials and
Employees Ethics Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; 94-1058, eff. 1-1-07.)
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| Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 18 |
| changing Section 3.1-10-15 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-15)
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| Sec. 3.1-10-15. Commencement of terms. The terms of elected | 21 |
| municipal
officers shall commence at the first regular
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| special meeting of the corporate authorities after receipt of | 23 |
| the official election results from the county clerk
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| month of May
following the proclamation of the results of the |
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| regular municipal election
at which the officers were elected, | 2 |
| except as otherwise provided
by ordinance fixing the date for | 3 |
| inauguration of newly elected officers
of a municipality. The | 4 |
| ordinance shall not, however, fix the time for
inauguration of | 5 |
| newly elected officers later than the first regular or special
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| meeting of the corporate authorities in the month of June
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| following the
election.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 |
| becoming law.
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