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Public Act 097-0827
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| HB4687 Enrolled | LRB097 16461 JDS 61625 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 |
Section 2.02 as follows:
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(5 ILCS 120/2.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.02)
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Sec. 2.02. Public notice of all meetings, whether open or |
closed to
the public, shall be given as follows:
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(a) Every public body shall give public notice
of the |
schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar |
or fiscal
year and shall state the regular dates, times, and |
places of such meetings.
An agenda for each regular meeting |
shall be posted at the principal office of
the public body and |
at the location where the meeting is to be held at least 48 |
hours in
advance of the holding of the meeting. A public body |
that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body |
maintains shall also post on its website the agenda of any |
regular meetings of the governing body of that public body. Any |
agenda of a regular meeting that is posted on a public body's |
website shall remain posted on the website until the regular |
meeting is concluded. The requirement of a regular
meeting |
agenda shall not preclude the consideration of items not |
specifically
set forth in the agenda.
Public
notice of any |
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special meeting except a meeting held in the event of a
bona |
fide emergency, or of any rescheduled regular meeting, or of |
any
reconvened meeting, shall be given at least 48 hours before |
such
meeting, which notice shall also include the agenda for |
the special,
rescheduled,
or reconvened meeting, but the |
validity of any action taken by the public
body which is |
germane to a subject on the agenda shall not be affected by
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other errors or omissions in the agenda. The requirement
of |
public notice of reconvened meetings does
not apply to any case |
where the meeting was open to the public and (1)
it is to be |
reconvened within 24 hours, or (2) an announcement of
the time |
and place of the reconvened meeting was
made at the original |
meeting and there is no change in the agenda. Notice
of an |
emergency meeting shall be given as soon as practicable, but in |
any
event prior to the holding of such meeting, to any news |
medium which has
filed an annual request for notice under |
subsection (b) of this Section.
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(b) Public notice shall be given by posting a copy of the |
notice at the
principal office of the body holding the meeting |
or, if no such office exists,
at the building in which the |
meeting
is to be held. In addition, a public body that has a |
website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains |
shall post notice on its website of all meetings of the |
governing body of the public body. Any notice of an annual |
schedule of meetings shall remain on the website until a new |
public notice of the schedule of regular meetings is approved. |
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Any notice of a regular meeting that is posted on a public |
body's website shall remain posted on the website until the |
regular meeting is concluded. The body shall supply copies of |
the notice of its regular
meetings, and of the notice of any |
special,
emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meeting, to any |
news medium
that has filed an annual request for such notice. |
Any such news
medium shall also be given the same notice of all |
special,
emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meetings in the |
same manner as
is given to members of the body provided such |
news medium has given the
public body an address or telephone |
number within the territorial jurisdiction
of the public body |
at which such notice may be given. The failure of a public body |
to post on its website notice of any meeting or the agenda of |
any meeting shall not invalidate any meeting or any actions |
taken at a meeting.
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(c) Any agenda required under this Section shall set forth |
the general subject matter of any resolution or ordinance that |
will be the subject of final action at the meeting. The public |
body conducting a public meeting shall ensure that at least one |
copy of any requested notice and agenda for the meeting is |
continuously available for public review during the entire |
48-hour period preceding the meeting. Posting of the notice and |
agenda on a website that is maintained by the public body |
satisfies the requirement for continuous posting under this |
subsection (c). If a notice or agenda is not continuously |
available for the full 48-hour period due to actions outside of |