SB3336sam003 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi

Filed: 3/15/2010

09600SB3336sam003 LRB096 16888 RLJ 38786 a

AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3336

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3336, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

(70 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 27)

Sec. 7. Posting and publication of ordinances.

(a) All ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriations shall, within one month after they are passed, be (i) posted electronically on the fire protection district's website in a manner that is accessible to the general public and posted in at least one public place within the fire protection district, (ii) posted electronically on the website of an association of fire protection districts of which the fire protection district is a member in a manner that is accessible to the general public and posted in at least one public place within the fire protection district, (iii) posted electronically on the website of an association of fire officials in a manner that is accessible to the general public and posted in at least one public place within the fire protection district, or (iv) published at least once in a newspaper published in said district, or if no such newspaper of general circulation is published therein, then either by one publication in any newspaper of general circulation within said territory or by posting copies of the same in ten public places in the district.

(b) If a fire protection district posts its ordinances electronically on a website pursuant to subsection (a), the district must also publish the website address where the ordinance can be found and the district's phone number at least once in a newspaper published within the district, or if no newspaper of general circulation is published within the district, then either by one publication in any newspaper of general circulation within the territory or by posting copies of the same in 10 public places within the district.

(c) No ; and no such ordinance that imposes a penalty or makes any appropriation shall take effect until ten days after it is so published or posted, and all other ordinances and resolutions shall take effect from and after their passage unless otherwise provided therein.

(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1206.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".