OMA section 7(c)

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5 ILCS 120/7(c). Section 7 overview: Lets a member who can't physically attend (illness, work travel, family emergency, unexpected childcare, or active military duty) participate remotely by phone or video, but only if a quorum is still physically present and the body votes to allow it.

2 issues across 2 determination letters:2 violation found.

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TOPIC: 5 ILCS 120/7(c)
SOURCE: Illinois Attorney General Public Access Bureau decisions compiled at https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/oma-7-c/
NOTE: Determination letters are not binding precedent; they show how the Bureau applies the law. Verify every decision against the source PDF before citing it.

VIOLATION FOUND (2):
- Remote attendance without adopted rules
  Rule: A public body may allow remote attendance only in accordance with rules it has formally adopted; rules issued by a superintendent who is not the public body do not satisfy this requirement.
  Decision: Remote attendance by board members without adopted rules (non-binding determination letter, April 11, 2023) https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-74521/
- Failure to follow remote attendance roll call rules
  Rule: Remote attendance is allowed only to the extent permitted by the public body's adopted rules, and the Commission did not follow its own roll call procedure.
  Decision: A member participating by telephone at a meeting (non-binding determination letter, June 28, 2019) https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-56086/



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Violation found (2)

Remote attendance without adopted rules
Rule: A public body may allow remote attendance only in accordance with rules it has formally adopted; rules issued by a superintendent who is not the public body do not satisfy this requirement.
Violation found Remote attendance by board members without adopted rules · April 11, 2023
Failure to follow remote attendance roll call rules
Rule: Remote attendance is allowed only to the extent permitted by the public body's adopted rules, and the Commission did not follow its own roll call procedure.
Violation found A member participating by telephone at a meeting · June 28, 2019