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1 AN ACT concerning open meetings.
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 Sections 2.02 and 2.06 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 120/2.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.02)
7 Sec. 2.02. Public notice of all meetings, whether open
8 or closed to the public, shall be given as follows:
9 (a) Every public body shall give public notice of the
10 schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each
11 calendar or fiscal year and shall state the regular dates,
12 times, and places of such meetings. An agenda for each
13 regular meeting shall be posted at the principal office of
14 the public body, on the public body's website if the public
15 body has a website, and at the location where the meeting is
16 to be held at least 72 48 hours in advance of the holding of
17 the meeting. The requirement of a regular meeting agenda
18 shall not preclude the consideration of items not
19 specifically set forth in the agenda. Public notice of any
20 special meeting except a meeting held in the event of a bona
21 fide emergency, or of any rescheduled regular meeting, or of
22 any reconvened meeting, shall be given at least 48 hours
23 before such meeting, which notice shall also include the
24 agenda for the special, rescheduled, or reconvened meeting,
25 but the validity of any action taken by the public body which
26 is germane to a subject on the agenda shall not be affected
27 by other errors or omissions in the agenda. The requirement
28 of public notice of reconvened meetings does not apply to any
29 case where the meeting was open to the public and (1) it is
30 to be reconvened within 24 hours, or (2) an announcement of
31 the time and place of the reconvened meeting was made at the
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1 original meeting and there is no change in the agenda. Notice
2 of an emergency meeting shall be given as soon as
3 practicable, but in any event prior to the holding of such
4 meeting, to any news medium which has filed an annual request
5 for notice under subsection (b) of this Section.
6 (b) Public notice shall be given (i) by posting a notice
7 on the public body's website if the public body has a website
8 and (ii) by posting a copy of the notice at the principal
9 office of the body holding the meeting or, if no such office
10 exists, at the building in which the meeting is to be held.
11 The body shall supply copies of the notice of its regular
12 meetings, and of the notice of any special, emergency,
13 rescheduled or reconvened meeting, to any news medium that
14 has filed an annual request for such notice. Any such news
15 medium shall also be given the same notice of all special,
16 emergency, rescheduled or reconvened meetings in the same
17 manner as is given to members of the body provided such news
18 medium has given the public body an address or telephone
19 number within the territorial jurisdiction of the public body
20 at which such notice may be given.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-621, eff. 1-1-95; 89-86, eff. 6-30-95.)
22 (5 ILCS 120/2.06) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.06)
23 Sec. 2.06. (a) All public bodies shall keep written
24 minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed. Such
25 minutes shall include, but need not be limited to:
26 (1) the date, time and place of the meeting;
27 (2) the members of the public body recorded as
28 either present or absent; and
29 (3) a summary of discussion on all matters
30 proposed, deliberated, or decided, and a record of any
31 votes taken.
32 (b) The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be
33 available for public inspection within 7 days of the approval
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1 of such minutes by the public body. Minutes of meetings
2 closed to the public shall be available only after the public
3 body determines that it is no longer necessary to protect the
4 public interest or the privacy of an individual by keeping
5 them confidential. At the same time it complies with the
6 other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has
7 a website shall post the minutes on that website.
8 (c) Each public body shall periodically, but no less
9 than semi-annually, meet to review minutes of all closed
10 meetings. At such meetings a determination shall be made,
11 and reported in an open session that (1) the need for
12 confidentiality still exists as to all or part of those
13 minutes or (2) that the minutes or portions thereof no longer
14 require confidential treatment and are available for public
15 inspection.
16 (Source: P.A. 88-621, eff. 1-1-95.)