Illinois Administrative Code › Title 2 - GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION › Part 3500 - ORGANIZATION, PUBLIC INFORMATION, PROCEDURES AND RULEMAKING › Subpart C - PROCEDURES › Section 3500.310 - Meetings

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Commission
				meets a minimum of once every 6 months and may also meet more often at the call
				of the Chair. The Commission meets at such time and place as designated by the
				Chair, in accordance with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act. Notice of
				the meetings is given on the Commission's website,
www.Illinois.gov/ihrc,
in accordance
				with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act. [775 ILCS
				40/20(b) ]
b) The Commission meets in an area provided
				by the Illinois Human Rights Commission or another State agency.
c) At the conclusion of the business portion
				of each Commission meeting that is open to the public pursuant to the Open
				Meetings Act, the Commission shall set aside a period of time for public
				comment. Any person desiring to address the Commission shall be allowed up to 3
				minutes for comments or questions. Only one person may speak on behalf of any
				organization.
d) Because of time
				demands on the Commission, the total time for presentations by the public at
				any meeting shall be limited to 30 minutes unless a Commissioner moves for, and
				the Commission approves, a longer period. Any person wishing to address the
				Commission but unable or not allowed to do so may submit a written statement to
				the Commission.
e) The victim in
				each case has the right to present his or her views and concerns throughout the
				Commission's investigation. [775
				ILCS 40/40(c) ] This right includes
				both the right to present written materials to the Commission and its staff and
				the right to address the Commission at a public meeting. Because of time
				demands on the Commission, the total time for oral presentations by each victim
				at each meeting shall be limited to 5 minutes. The Commission will also permit
				an additional 3 minutes to each family member of the victim, up to a total time
				limit for the victim and family members in each case of 15 minutes, unless the
				Chair alters these limits.
f) At
				the conclusion of a formal inquiry, the next of kin of the convicted person
				shall be given the right to address the Commission at a public meeting prior to
				the Commission's decision. (The convicted person, either by letter or through
				counsel, shall be informed of this right.) Because of time demands on the
				Commission, the total time for an oral presentation by the next of kin of the
				convicted person shall be limited to three minutes, unless the Chair alters
				this limit.
g) Personal attacks,
				use of profane language, and social and/or ethnic slurs will not be tolerated.
				Speakers are strongly encouraged to refrain from rude, derogatory and abusive
				comments and personal attacks.
h)
				Speakers making rude, profane or slanderous remarks, or who become boisterous
				while addressing or while attending the meeting, may be requested to leave by
				the presiding Chair.
i) Any person
				may record by tape, film or other means the meetings of the Commission or its
				committees that are open to the public pursuant to the Open Meetings Act.
				However, if the recording process interferes with the overall decorum and
				proceeding of a meeting, the recording will be discontinued at the discretion
				of the presiding Chair.