Public Act 095-0245
 		





HB1670 Enrolled
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    AN ACT concerning local government.

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


 
    Section 3. The Open Meetings Act is amended  by changing 
Section 1.02 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 120/1.02)  (from Ch. 102, par. 41.02)

    Sec. 1.02. For the purposes of this Act:


    "Meeting" means any gathering, whether in person or by 
video or audio conference, telephone call, electronic means 
(such as, without limitation, electronic mail, electronic 
chat, and instant messaging), or other means of contemporaneous 
interactive communication, of a majority of a quorum of the 
members of a
public body held for the purpose of discussing 
public
business or, for a 5-member public body, a quorum of the 
members of a public body held for the purpose of discussing 
public business.
    Accordingly, for a 5-member public body, 3 members of the 
body constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of 3 members 
is necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance, 
unless a greater number is otherwise required.


    "Public body" includes all legislative, executive, 
administrative or advisory
bodies of the State, counties, 
townships, cities, villages, incorporated
towns, school 
districts and all other municipal corporations, boards, 
bureaus,
committees or commissions of this State, and any 
subsidiary bodies of any
of the foregoing including but not 
limited to committees and subcommittees
which are supported in 
whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax
revenue, 
except the General Assembly and committees or commissions 
thereof.
"Public body" includes tourism boards and convention 
or civic center
boards located in counties that are contiguous 
to the Mississippi River with
populations of more than 250,000 
but less than 300,000.  "Public body"
includes the Health 
Facilities Planning Board.  "Public body" does not
include a 
child death review team or the Illinois Child Death Review 
Teams
Executive Council established under
the Child Death 
Review Team Act or an ethics commission acting under the State 
Officials and
Employees Ethics Act.


(Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; 94-1058, eff. 1-1-07.)

 
    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
changing Section 3.1-10-15 as follows:
 



    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-15)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-15)



    Sec. 3.1-10-15. Commencement of terms. The terms of elected 
municipal
officers shall commence at the first regular
or 
special meeting of the corporate authorities after receipt of 
the official election results from the county clerk
during the 
month of May

following the proclamation of the results of the 
regular municipal election
at which the officers were elected, 
except as otherwise provided
by ordinance fixing the date for 
inauguration of newly elected officers
of a municipality.  The 
ordinance shall not, however, fix the time for
inauguration of 
newly elected officers later than the first regular or special

meeting of the corporate authorities in the month of June


following the
election.

(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.