Chapter 5 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.48) Sec. 5-45.48. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 103-605, eff. 7-1-24. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-25.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.5) Sec. 5-45.5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-21.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.50) Sec. 5-45.50. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-1108, eff. 12-21-22. Repealed internally, eff; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.51) Sec. 5-45.51. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 103-102, eff. 6-16-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24. Repealed internally, eff. 6-16-24.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.52) Sec. 5-45.52. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 104-417, eff. 8-15-25. Repealed internally, eff. 8-4-25.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.55) Sec. 5-45.55. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 104-417, eff. 8-15-25. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-26.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.56) (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 5, 2026) Sec. 5-45.56. Emergency rulemaking; Illinois Public Aid Code. To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of the changes made to the Illinois Public Aid Code by this amendatory Act of the 103rd G…

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.57) (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 5, 2026) Sec. 5-45.57. Emergency rulemaking; rate increase for direct support personnel and all frontline personnel. To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of the changes made to Section 74 of the Me…

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.58) Sec. 5-45.58. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 104-417, eff. 8-15-25. Repealed internally, eff. 6-5-25.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.59) Sec. 5-45.59. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 104-417, eff. 8-15-25. Repealed internally, eff. 6-7-25.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.6) Sec. 5-45.6. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-21.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.60) Sec. 5-45.60. Emergency rulemaking; Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act, emergency rules implementing federal standards for provider ratios, travel time a…

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.61) (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 16, 2026) Sec. 5-45.61. Emergency rulemaking; Substance Use Disorder Act. To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of the changes made to Section 74 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities …

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.62) (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 16, 2026) Sec. 5-45.62. Emergency rulemaking; Illinois Public Aid Code. To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of the changes made to the Illinois Public Aid Code by this amendatory Act of the 104th …

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.63) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 5-45.63. Emergency rulemaking; Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of the changes made to Section 2-6 of the Developme…

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.65) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-7) (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 16, 2026) Sec. 5-45.65. Emergency rulemaking; Medicaid reimbursement rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services. To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of …

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.7) Sec. 5-45.7. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-21.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.70) (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 9, 2026) Sec. 5-45.70. Emergency rulemaking; Hospital Licensing Act. To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of the changes made to the Hospital Licensing Act by this amendatory Act of the 104th Gener…

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.8) Sec. 5-45.8. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; Repealed internally, eff. 6-17-22.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.9) Sec. 5-45.9. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-813, eff. 5-13-22. Repealed internally, eff. 6-17-22.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-46) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-46) Sec. 5-46. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-667, eff. 9-16-94.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-46.1) Sec. 5-46.1. Emergency rulemaking. (a) The General Assembly finds that the State's current financial situation constitutes an emergency for the purposes of this Act. (b) Beginning July 1, 1995, agencies may implement the changes made by this amendatory Act of …

(5 ILCS 100/5-46.2) Sec. 5-46.2. Implementation of changes to State Medicaid plan. In order to provide for the timely and expeditious implementation of the federally approved amendment to the Title XIX State Plan as authorized by subsection (r-5) of Section 5A-12.1 of the Illinoi…

(5 ILCS 100/5-46.3) Sec. 5-46.3. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 100-581, eff. 3-12-18. Repealed by P.A. 101-650, eff. 7-7-20.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-47) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-47) Sec. 5-47. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-667, eff. 9-16-94.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-5) Sec. 5-5. Applicability. All rules of agencies shall be adopted in accordance with this Article. (Source: P.A. 87-823.)

(5 ILCS 100/5-50) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-50) Sec. 5-50. Peremptory rulemaking. "Peremptory rulemaking" means any rulemaking that is required as a result of federal law, federal rules and regulations, an order of a court, or a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to subsecti…

(5 ILCS 100/5-55) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-55) Sec. 5-55. Automatic repeal of rules. A rule may provide for its automatic repeal on a date specified in the rule. The repeal shall be effective on the date specified, provided that notice of the repeal is published in the Illinois R…

(5 ILCS 100/5-6) Sec. 5-6. Rulemaking conditions. All rulemaking authority exercised on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of this Act and all rules and proced…

(5 ILCS 100/5-60) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-60) Sec. 5-60. Regulatory agenda. An agency shall submit for publication in the Illinois Register by January 1 and July 1 of each year a regulatory agenda to elicit public comments concerning any rule that the agency is considering propo…

(5 ILCS 100/5-65) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-65) Sec. 5-65. Filing of rules. (a) Each agency shall file in the office of the Secretary of State and in the agency's principal office a certified copy of each rule and modification or repeal of any rule adopted by it. The Secretary of …

(5 ILCS 100/5-70) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-70) Sec. 5-70. Form and publication of notices. (a) The Secretary of State may prescribe reasonable rules concerning the form of documents to be filed with the Secretary of State and may refuse to accept for filing certified copies that …

(5 ILCS 100/5-75) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-75) Sec. 5-75. Incorporation by reference. (a) An agency may incorporate by reference, in its rules adopted under Section 5-35, rules, regulations, standards, and guidelines of an agency of the United States or a nationally or state reco…

(5 ILCS 100/5-80) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-80) Sec. 5-80. Publication of rules. (a) The Secretary of State shall, by rule, prescribe a uniform system for the codification of rules. The Secretary of State shall also, by rule, establish a schedule for compliance with the uniform co…

(5 ILCS 100/5-85) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-85) Sec. 5-85. Correction of rules filed with the Secretary of State. (a) Corrections to a proposed rulemaking that has been published in the Illinois Register but is not yet adopted shall be made pursuant to the rules of the Secretary o…

(5 ILCS 100/5-90) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-90) Sec. 5-90. Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. (a) The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules is established as a legislative support services agency subject to the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. When feasib…

(5 ILCS 100/5-95) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-95) Sec. 5-95. Oaths and affirmations. (a) The Executive Director of the Joint Committee or any designated person may administer oaths or affirmations and take affidavits or depositions of any person. (b) The Executive Director, upon app…

(5 ILCS 120/1) (from Ch. 102, par. 41) Sec. 1. Policy. It is the public policy of this State that public bodies exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business and that the people have a right to be informed as to the conduct of their business. In order that the people shall…

(5 ILCS 120/1.01) (from Ch. 102, par. 41.01) Sec. 1.01. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Open Meetings Act. (Source: P.A. 82-378.)

(5 ILCS 120/1.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 41.02) Sec. 1.02. For the purposes of this Act: "Meeting" means any gathering, whether in person or by video or audio conference, telephone call, electronic means (such as, without limitation, electronic mail, electronic chat, and instant mes…

(5 ILCS 120/1.05) Sec. 1.05. Training. (a) Every public body shall designate employees, officers, or members to receive training on compliance with this Act. Each public body shall submit a list of designated employees, officers, or members to the Public Access Counselor. Within …

(5 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 102, par. 42) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-438) Sec. 2. Open meetings. (a) Openness required. All meetings of public bodies shall be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c) and closed in accordance with Section 2a. (b) Construction of excep…

(5 ILCS 120/2.01) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.01) Sec. 2.01. All meetings required by this Act to be public shall be held at specified times and places which are convenient and open to the public. No meeting required by this Act to be public shall be held on a legal holiday unless the…

(5 ILCS 120/2.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.02) Sec. 2.02. Public notice of all meetings, whether open or closed to the public, shall be given as follows: (a) Every public body shall give public notice of the schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar or fiscal y…

(5 ILCS 120/2.03) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.03) Sec. 2.03. In addition to the notice required by Section 2.02, each body subject to this Act must, at the beginning of each calendar or fiscal year, prepare and make available a schedule of all its regular meetings for such calendar or…

(5 ILCS 120/2.04) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.04) Sec. 2.04. The notice requirements of this Act are in addition to, and not in substitution of, any other notice required by law. Failure of any news medium to receive a notice provided for by this Act shall not invalidate any meeting p…

(5 ILCS 120/2.05) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.05) Sec. 2.05. Recording meetings. Subject to the provisions of Section 8-701 of the Code of Civil Procedure, any person may record the proceedings at meetings required to be open by this Act by tape, film or other means. The authority hol…

(5 ILCS 120/2.06) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.06) Sec. 2.06. Minutes; right to speak. (a) All public bodies shall keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording. Minutes …

(5 ILCS 120/2.07) Sec. 2.07. Meetings on election days; prohibited. (a) A public body may not hold or schedule a regular or special meeting on the day of a general primary election, a general election, a consolidated primary election, or a consolidated election, as defined in the…

(5 ILCS 120/2a) (from Ch. 102, par. 42a) Sec. 2a. A public body may hold a meeting closed to the public, or close a portion of a meeting to the public, upon a majority vote of a quorum present, taken at a meeting open to the public for which notice has been given as required by t…