Bill Text: IL HB0547 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning board meetings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0547 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0547-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB0547 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/2-1001 from Ch. 34, par. 2-1001
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning board meetings.
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A BILL FOR
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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 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
2-1001 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/2-1001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1001)
Sec. 2-1001. Regular meetings. Regular and and special
meetings of the county board may be held in any public building
located within the county that such county board is elected to
serve. Prior notice of the building selected for the meeting
shall be provided by the board chairman to each member of the
county board in the manner provided pursuant to the rules of
the county board. Regular meetings of the board shall be held
in June and September, and at such other times as may be
determined by the board.
At each regular and special meeting which is open to the
public, members of the public and employees of the county shall
be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to comment
to or ask questions of the board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)