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Illinois FOIA & OMA Reference

OMA section 2.03

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5 ILCS 120/2.03. Section 2.03 overview: On top of the 48-hour agenda notice, a body must publish its full schedule of regular meetings for the year, and give at least 10 days' notice (via newspaper or, for very small jurisdictions, posted notices) if it changes a regular meeting date.

5 issues across 4 determination letters:1 violation found · 4 no violation.

Counts are per issue, not per letter, and come from automated extraction checked against sampled letters. Determination letters are not binding precedent.

How to challenge a denial on this issue

AI-generated summary of the decisions listed on this page, with each point linked to the letters it comes from. Determination letters are not binding precedent and this is not legal advice. Open the letter and check the PDF before relying on any point.

When a challenge is strong

  • The public body changed its regular meeting dates going forward and did not publish notice of the change at least 10 days in advance in a newspaper of general circulation. D1206.2 found a violation because a public body must publish notice of a change in regular meeting dates at least 10 days in advance in a newspaper of general circulation.Based on: 2017 · Failure to provide notice of amen…

When the public body usually wins

  • The public body does not hold regularly scheduled meetings and the requester claims it should have prepared an annual schedule of regular meetings. D1274.2 says a public body that does not hold regularly scheduled meetings is not required to prepare an annual schedule of regular meetings.Based on: 2018 · A council's meeting notices and m…
  • The requested notice concerns a single special meeting scheduled or rescheduled, not a change in the body's regular meeting dates going forward. D1274.3 says the ten-day notice requirement applies only when a public body changes its regular meeting dates going forward, not when a single special meeting is scheduled or rescheduled.Based on: 2018 · A council's meeting notices and m…
  • The requester seeks a regular-meeting schedule for a committee or body that does not meet regularly. D1189.3 says Section 2.03 applies only to regular meetings, not committees that do not meet regularly.Based on: 2017 · A village's committee meeting sch…
  • The requester complains that a regular meeting itself was not published in a newspaper. D1197.3 says OMA only requires newspaper publication for changes in the schedule of regular meetings, not for regular meetings themselves.Based on: 2017 · Notice and agenda posting for a c…

Points to put in your letter

  • If the body holds regular meetings, ask for the schedule of all regular meetings listing times and places; Section 2.03 requires it for regular meetings.Based on: 2017 · A village's committee meeting sch…
  • If the regular meeting dates were changed, identify the changed dates and say the body was required to publish notice of that change at least 10 days in advance in a newspaper of general circulation.Based on: 2017 · Failure to provide notice of amen…
  • If the body says no ten-day notice was required, confirm whether the meeting was a single special meeting or a change to regular meeting dates going forward; only the latter is covered by the ten-day notice rule.Based on: 2018 · A council's meeting notices and m…
  • If the dispute is about newspaper publication, make clear you are challenging a changed schedule of regular meetings, not the fact that a regular meeting was not published.Based on: 2017 · Notice and agenda posting for a c…

Common mistakes

Facts to gather first

  • Whether the public body holds regularly scheduled meetings or only calls special or irregular meetings.
  • Whether the body prepared and made available a schedule listing the times and places of its regular meetings.
  • The date and type of the meeting at issue (regular meeting, single special meeting, or rescheduled special meeting).
  • Whether regular meeting dates were changed and, if so, the date and newspaper in which notice was published.
  • The number of days between the publication date and the changed meeting date.

These determination letters are non-binding and fact-specific, so verify the PDF and do not treat this as legal advice.

Drafting brief for an AI assistant

Copy this into your assistant to help draft a request, appeal, or challenge to a denial that turns on this issue. It carries the rules and decisions, not your facts: add those yourself. Machine-readable version: oma-2-03.json.

Violation found (1)

No violation (4)