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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3098
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3098 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
5 Section 2a as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 120/2a) (from Ch. 102, par. 42a)
7 Sec. 2a. A public body may hold a meeting closed to the
8 public, or close a portion of a meeting to the public, upon a
9 majority vote of a quorum present, taken at a meeting open to
10 the public for which notice has been given as required by
11 this Act. A single vote may be taken with respect to a
12 series of meetings, a portion or portions of which are
13 proposed to be closed to the public, provided each meeting in
14 such series involves the same particular matters and is
15 scheduled to be held within no more than 3 months of the
16 vote. The vote of each member on the question of holding a
17 meeting closed to the public and a citation to the specific
18 exception contained in Section 2 of this Act which authorizes
19 the closing of the meeting to the public shall be publicly
20 disclosed at the time of the vote and shall be recorded and
21 entered into the minutes of the meeting. Nothing in this
22 Section or this Act shall be construed to require that any
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1 meeting be closed to the public.
2 At any open meeting of a public body for which proper
3 notice under this Act has been given, the body may, without
4 additional notice under Section 2.02, hold a closed meeting
5 in accordance with this Act. Only topics specified in the
6 vote to close under this Section may be considered during the
7 closed meeting.
8 After the conclusion of a closed meeting or closed
9 portion of a meeting, the officer who presided over the
10 closed meeting or closed portion of the meeting shall certify
11 in writing that, to the best of his or her knowledge and
12 belief, no topic was discussed during the closed meeting or
13 closed portion of the meeting in violation of this Act.
14 Within 7 working days after the closed meeting or closed
15 portion of the meeting, the officer's certification shall be
16 made available for public inspection and copying in the
17 following form:
18 Illinois Open Meetings Act
19 Closed Meeting Certification
20 (5 ILCS 120/2a)
21 1. Name of Unit of Government:
22 .........................................................
23 2. Date and time of closed meeting or closed portion of
24 a meeting:
25 .........................................................
26 3. Names of all members of the public body present
27 during the closed meeting or closed portion of the
28 meeting:
29 .........................................................
30 .........................................................
31 4. Each specific exception cited for closing the meeting
32 (5 ILCS 120/2c):
33 A. ................................................
34 B. ................................................
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1 C. ................................................
2 D. ................................................
3 5. For each of the exceptions cited, provide a general
4 description of the subject matter discussed during the
5 closed meeting or portion of a closed meeting:
6 A. ................................................
7 B. ................................................
8 C. ................................................
9 D. ................................................
10 CERTIFICATION:
11 I CERTIFY THAT I UNDERSTAND SECTION 2 OF THE ILLINOIS
12 OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THAT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
13 AND BELIEF NO OTHER TOPIC WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE CLOSED
14 MEETING, OR CLOSED PORTION OF THE MEETING, IN VIOLATION
15 OF THE ILLINOIS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
16 ..........................................................
17 Signature of Presiding Officer
18 (Source: P.A. 88-621, eff. 1-1-95; 89-86, eff. 6-30-95.)
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
20 1, 2002.".