99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3090

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Demmer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
715 ILCS 5/2.1

    Amends the Notice By Publication Act. Provides that whenever an officer of a court, unit of local government, or school district is required by law to provide notice by publication in a newspaper, it is sufficient to publish, in lieu of the entire text of the notice, the following information: (1) a citation to the statutory basis for the requirement that the notice be published; and (2) the Internet website where the full text of the notice may be found. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning notices.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Notice By Publication Act is amended by
5changing Section 2.1 as follows:
 
6    (715 ILCS 5/2.1)
7    Sec. 2.1. Internet publication Statewide website.
8    (a) Whenever notice by publication in a newspaper is
9required by law, order of court, or contract, the newspaper
10publishing the notice shall, at no additional cost to
11government, place the notice on the statewide website
12established and maintained as a joint venture of the majority
13of Illinois newspapers as a repository for such notices.
14    (b) Whenever an officer of a court, unit of local
15government, or school district is required by law to provide
16notice by publication in a newspaper, it is sufficient to
17publish, in lieu of the entire text of the notice, the
18following information:
19        (1) a citation to the statutory basis for the
20    requirement that the notice be published; and
21        (2) the Internet website where the full text of the
22    notice may be found.
23(Source: P.A. 96-1144, eff. 12-31-12.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.