99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB1610

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

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.

LRB099 06522 AWJ 26594 b

A BILL FOR

HB1610

LRB099 06522 AWJ 26594 b

1 AN ACT concerning local government.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section

5 2-1001 as follows:

6 (55 ILCS 5/2-1001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1001)

7 Sec. 2-1001. Regular meetings. Regular and~~and~~ special

8 meetings of the county board may be held in any public building

9 located within the county that such county board is elected to

10 serve. Prior notice of the building selected for the meeting

11 shall be provided by the board chairman to each member of the

12 county board in the manner provided pursuant to the rules of

13 the county board. Regular meetings of the board shall be held

14 in June and September, and at such other times as may be

15 determined by the board.

16 At each regular and special meeting which is open to the

17 public, members of the public and employees of the county shall

18 be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to comment

19 to or ask questions of the board.

20 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)