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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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