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1     AN ACT concerning notices.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Notice By Publication Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 2, 3.1, 5, and 11 and by adding Section 2.1
6 as follows:
 
7     (715 ILCS 5/2)  (from Ch. 100, par. 2)
8     Sec. 2. Whenever an officer of a court, unit of local
9 government, or school district is required by law to give
10 notice by publication in a newspaper which is published in a
11 particular unit of local government or school district, he
12 shall, if there is no newspaper which is published in the unit
13 of local government or school district, give notice by
14 publication in a newspaper published in the county in which the
15 unit of local government or school district is located and
16 having general circulation within the unit of local government
17 or school district. If there is no newspaper published in the
18 county in which the unit of local government or school district
19 is located, notice by publication in a newspaper shall be given
20 in a secular newspaper, as defined in this Act, published in an
21 adjoining county having general circulation within the unit of
22 local government or school district.
23 (Source: P.A. 78-425.)
 

 

 

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1     (715 ILCS 5/2.1 new)
2     Sec. 2.1. Statewide website. Whenever notice by
3 publication in a newspaper is required by law, order of court,
4 or contract, the newspaper publishing the notice shall, at no
5 additional cost to government, place the notice on the
6 statewide website established and maintained as a joint venture
7 of the majority of Illinois newspapers as a repository for such
8 notices.
 
9     (715 ILCS 5/3.1)  (from Ch. 100, par. 3.1)
10     Sec. 3.1. When any notice is required by law, or order of
11 court, to be published in any newspaper, publication of such
12 notice shall include the printing of such notice in the total
13 circulation of each edition on the date of publication of the
14 newspaper in which the notice is published; and the newspaper
15 publishing the notice shall, at no additional cost to
16 government, place the notice on the statewide website
17 established and maintained as a joint venture of the majority
18 of Illinois newspapers as a repository for such notices. All
19 notices required for publication by this Act shall remain legal
20 and valid for all purposes when any error that occurs pursuant
21 to the requirements of this Section for placement of the notice
22 on the statewide website is the fault of the printer.
23 (Source: P.A. 83-1483.)
 

 

 

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1     (715 ILCS 5/5)  (from Ch. 100, par. 5)
2     Sec. 5. When any notice is required by law or contract to
3 be published in a newspaper (unless otherwise expressly
4 provided in the contract), it shall be intended to be in a
5 secular newspaper of general circulation, published in the
6 city, town or county, or some newspaper specially authorized by
7 law to publish legal notices, in the city, town, or county. If
8 there is no newspaper published in the county in which the city
9 or town is located, notice shall be given in a secular
10 newspaper, as defined in this Act, that is published in an
11 adjoining county having general circulation within the city or
12 town. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the contract, the
13 term "newspaper" means a newspaper
14     (a) which consists of not less than 4 pages of printed
15 matter and contains at least 100 square inches of printed
16 matter per page; and
17     (b) which is printed through the use of one of the
18 conventional and generally recognized printing processes such
19 as letterpress, lithography or gravure; and
20     (c) which annually averages at least 25% news content per
21 issue; or which annually averages at least 1,000 column inches
22 of news content per issue, the term "news content" meaning for
23 the purposes of this Act any printed matter other than
24 advertising; and
25     (d) which publishes miscellaneous reading matter, legal or
26 other announcements and notices, and news and information

 

 

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1 concerning current happenings and passing events of a
2 political, social, religious, commercial, financial or legal
3 nature, and advertisements or bulletins; and
4     (e) which has been continuously published at regular
5 intervals of at least once each week with a minimum of 50
6 issues per year, for at least one year prior to the first
7 publication of the notice; or which is a successor to a
8 newspaper as herein defined with no interruption of publication
9 of more than 30 days; or which is a merged or consolidated
10 newspaper formed by the merger or consolidation of two or more
11 newspapers, one of which has been continuously published at
12 regular intervals of at least once each week with a minimum of
13 50 issues per year, for at least one year prior to the first
14 publication of the notice. A newspaper shall be considered as
15 continuously or regularly published although its publication
16 has been suspended, where such suspension was caused by fire or
17 an Act of God or by a labor dispute or by its owner, publisher,
18 managing editor or other essential employee entering the active
19 military service of the United States, if the newspaper was
20 continuously or regularly published for at least one year prior
21 to its suspension and if its publication is resumed at any time
22 not later than 12 months after such fire or Act of God, or if
23 its publication is resumed at any time within 12 months after
24 the termination of the labor dispute, or if its publication is
25 resumed at any time within 12 months after the termination of
26 the war in connection with which such persons entered such

 

 

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1 military service; and .
2     (f) which has the capability of placing notices required
3 pursuant to this Act on a daily or weekly basis on the
4 statewide website as required by Section 2.1.
5 (Source: P.A. 96-59, eff. 7-23-09.)
 
6     (715 ILCS 5/11)
7     Sec. 11. Applicability.
8     (a) Any notice published prior to the effective date of
9 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and in
10 compliance with the provisions of this amendatory Act shall be
11 legal and valid for all purposes.
12     (b) If, after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
13 the 96th General Assembly, there is a notice that is required
14 by law or order of court to be published in a particular unit
15 of local government or school district and there is no
16 newspaper published in that unit of local government or school
17 district, or, in the county in which the unit of local
18 government or school district is located, the notice shall be
19 published in a secular newspaper, as defined by this Act, that
20 is published in an adjoining county having general circulation
21 within the unit of local government or school district. To the
22 extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of this
23 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and any other
24 provision of law, the provisions added by this amendatory Act
25 of the 96th General Assembly shall control.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 96-59, eff. 7-23-09.)
 
2     Section 10. The Newspaper Legal Notice Act is amended by
3 changing Sections 1, 2, and 3 as follows:
 
4     (715 ILCS 10/1)  (from Ch. 100, par. 10)
5     Sec. 1. Whenever it is required by law that any legal
6 notice or publication shall be published in a newspaper in this
7 State, it shall be held to mean a newspaper
8     (a) which consists of not less than 4 pages of printed
9 matter and contains at least 100 square inches of printed
10 matter per page; and
11     (b) which is printed through the use of one of the
12 conventional and generally recognized printing processes such
13 as letterpress, lithography or gravure; and
14     (c) which annually averages at least 25% news content per
15 issue; or which annually averages at least 1,000 column inches
16 of news content per issue, the term "news content" meaning for
17 the purposes of this Act any printed matter other than
18 advertising; and
19     (d) which publishes miscellaneous reading matter, legal or
20 other announcements and notices, and news and information
21 concerning current happenings and passing events of a
22 political, social, religious, commercial, financial or legal
23 nature, and advertisements or bulletins; and
24     (e) which has been continuously published at regular

 

 

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1 intervals of at least once each week with a minimum of 50
2 issues per year, for at least one year prior to the first
3 publication of the notice; or which is a successor to a
4 newspaper as herein defined with no interruption of publication
5 of more than 30 days; or which is a merged or consolidated
6 newspaper formed by the merger or consolidation of two or more
7 newspapers, one of which has been continuously published at
8 regular intervals of at least once each week with a minimum of
9 50 issues per year for at least one year prior to the first
10 publication of the notice. A newspaper shall be considered as
11 continuously or regularly published although its publication
12 has been suspended, where such suspension was caused by fire or
13 an Act of God or by a labor dispute or by its owner, publisher,
14 managing editor or other essential employee entering the active
15 military service of the United States, if the newspaper was
16 continuously or regularly published for at least one year prior
17 to its suspension and if its publication is resumed at any time
18 not later than 12 months after such fire or Act of God, or if
19 its publication is resumed at any time within 12 months after
20 the termination of the labor dispute, or if its publication is
21 resumed at any time within 12 months after the termination of
22 the war in connection with which such persons entered such
23 military service; and .
24     (f) which has the capability of placing, at no additional
25 cost to government, notices required pursuant to this Act on a
26 daily or weekly basis on the statewide website established and

 

 

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1 maintained as a joint venture by the majority of Illinois
2 newspapers as a repository for such notices.
3 (Source: P.A. 96-59, eff. 7-23-09.)
 
4     (715 ILCS 10/2)  (from Ch. 100, par. 10.1)
5     Sec. 2. When any legal notice is required by law to be
6 published in any newspaper, such notice shall include the
7 printing of such notice in the total circulation of each
8 edition on the date of publication of the newspaper in which
9 the notice is published; and the newspaper publishing the
10 notice shall, at no additional cost to government, place the
11 notice on the statewide website established and maintained as a
12 joint venture of the majority of Illinois newspapers as a
13 repository for such notices. All notices required for
14 publication by this Act shall remain legal and valid for all
15 purposes when any error that occurs pursuant to the
16 requirements of this Section in the requirement for placement
17 of the notice on the statewide website is the fault of the
18 printer.
19 (Source: P.A. 78-673.)
 
20     (715 ILCS 10/3)
21     Sec. 3. Applicability.
22     (a) Any notice published prior to the effective date of
23 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and in
24 compliance with the provisions of this amendatory Act shall be

 

 

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1 legal and valid for all purposes.
2     (b) If, after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
3 the 96th General Assembly, there is a notice that is required
4 by law or order of court to be published in a particular unit
5 of local government or school district and there is no
6 newspaper published in that unit of local government or school
7 district, or, in the county in which the unit of local
8 government or school district is located, the notice shall be
9 published in a secular newspaper, as defined by this Act, that
10 is published in an adjoining county having general circulation
11 within the unit of local government or school district. To the
12 extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of this
13 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and any other
14 provision of law, the provisions added by this amendatory Act
15 of the 96th General Assembly shall control.
16 (Source: P.A. 96-59, eff. 7-23-09.)
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect December
18 31, 2012.