Full Text of SB0026 99th General Assembly
SB0026 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB0026 Introduced 1/15/2015, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| |
Amends the Local Records Act. When required to publish in a newspaper, requires all units of local government and school boards that maintain a website to additionally publish notices, agendas, records, or other information or material that is required to be published in a newspaper by law or court order to their website.
|
| |
| | | HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
| | A BILL FOR |
|
| | | SB0026 | | LRB099 02701 AWJ 22708 b |
|
| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 20 as follows: | 6 | | (50 ILCS 205/20) | 7 | | Sec. 20. Internet posting requirements. | 8 | | (a) A unit of local government or school district that | 9 | | serves a population of less than 1,000,000 that maintains an | 10 | | Internet website other than a social media website or social | 11 | | networking website shall, within 90 days of the effective date | 12 | | of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, post to | 13 | | its website for the current calendar year a mechanism, such as | 14 | | a uniform single email address, for members of the public to | 15 | | electronically communicate with elected officials of that unit | 16 | | of local government or school district, unless such officials | 17 | | have an individual email address for that purpose. | 18 | | (a-5) In addition to any requirement to publish in any | 19 | | newspaper notices, agendas, records, or other information or | 20 | | material that is required to be published in a newspaper by law | 21 | | or court order including, but not limited to, the Open Meetings | 22 | | Act, the Illinois Municipal Budget Law, the Intergovernmental | 23 | | Cooperation Act, the Counties Code, the Township Code, the |
| | | SB0026 | - 2 - | LRB099 02701 AWJ 22708 b |
|
| 1 | | Illinois Municipal Code, the Election Code, the School Code, | 2 | | the Airport Authorities Act, or the Civic Center Code, a unit | 3 | | of local government or school board that maintains a website | 4 | | shall also publish this information on its website. | 5 | | (b) For the purposes of this Section "Internet website" | 6 | | shall not include any social media website, social networking | 7 | | website, or any other social media presence that a unit of | 8 | | local government or school district maintains. | 9 | | (c) A hyperlink to the information required to be posted | 10 | | under this Section must be easily accessible from the unit of | 11 | | local government's or school district's home page. | 12 | | (d) The postings required by this Section are in addition | 13 | | to any other posting requirements required by law or ordinance. | 14 | | (e) No home rule unit may adopt posting requirements that | 15 | | are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a | 16 | | limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | 17 | | the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | 18 | | rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 98-930, eff. 1-1-15 .)
|
|