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92_HB3098

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning meetings of public bodies.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Open Meetings Act is amended by  changing
 5    Section 2.06 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 120/2.06) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.06)
 7        Sec.  2.06.   (a)  All  public  bodies shall keep written
 8    minutes of all their meetings, whether open or  closed.  Such
 9    minutes shall include, but need not be limited to:
10             (1)  the date, time and place of the meeting;
11             (2)  the  members  of  the  public  body recorded as
12        either present or absent; and
13             (3)  a  summary  of  discussion   on   all   matters
14        proposed,  deliberated,  or  decided, and a record of any
15        votes taken.
16        (b)  The minutes of meetings open to the public shall  be
17    written and shall be available for public inspection within 7
18    days of the approval of such minutes by the public body.
19        (b-5)  Minutes  of meetings closed to the public shall be
20    available only after the public body determines that it is no
21    longer necessary  to  protect  the  public  interest  or  the
22    privacy  of  an  individual  by  keeping them confidential. A
23    verbatim record of minutes of meetings closed to  the  public
24    shall  be maintained by the public body.  Pursuant to Section
25    3, the court may examine in camera any portion of the minutes
26    of a meeting at which a violation of this Act is  alleged  to
27    have  occurred.  The minutes of meetings closed to the public
28    shall not be subject to disclosure in any  other  proceedings
29    or for any other purpose whatsoever, except upon direction of
30    the  public  body.  Such record may be maintained in the form
31    of an audio or video recording or may be taken by a certified
 
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 1    court reporter.
 2        (c)  Each public body shall  periodically,  but  no  less
 3    than  semi-annually,  meet  to  review  minutes of all closed
 4    meetings.  At such meetings a determination  shall  be  made,
 5    and  reported  in  an  open  session  that  (1)  the need for
 6    confidentiality still exists as  to  all  or  part  of  those
 7    minutes or (2) that the minutes or portions thereof no longer
 8    require  confidential  treatment and are available for public
 9    inspection.
10    (Source: P.A. 88-621, eff. 1-1-95.)

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

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