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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AN AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Part 1 - General Ordinances, Chapter 2 - Administration, Article IIII - County Board, Division 2. - Rules of Organization and Procedure, Section 2-105(l). - Organization. of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
(L) Approval of Journal of Proceedings. Effective January 1, 2011, in accordance with Public Act 96-1473, the Journal of Proceedings shall be approved within the time allowed by the law. To achieve this requirement of the law, the following procedures shall be followed:
(1) Commissioners shall file a statement of their "nay" and "present" votes with the Clerk, for items before the Board, or with the Secretary, for items in Committee within 24 hours of the end of a Meeting. For items approved pursuant to a voice vote, a member may record a vote of "present" or "no" for a particular resolution by filing a notice with the Clerk to be included in the Journal of Proceedings within twenty-four hours of the end of the meeting.
(2) Draft copies of the Journal of Proceedings shall be circulated to the President and the Board within 21 days of the meeting for review and correction.
(3) All corrections shall be made to the Clerk in writing within 48 hours of receiving the Draft Copy of the Journal of Proceedings.
(4) A standing meeting of the Committee on Rules and Administration at 9:45 a.m. on the days of regularly scheduled Board Meetings shall be convened to approve the Journal with all corrections.
(5) The Board shall approve the Report of the Committee on Rules and Administration at the subsequent Board Meeting.
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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