Full Text of SB0026 99th General Assembly
SB0026eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 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 Open Meetings Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 2.03.5 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 120/2.03.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 2.03.5. Internet posting requirements. | 8 | | (a) A public body that serves a population of less than | 9 | | 1,000,000 that maintains an Internet website other than a | 10 | | social media website or social networking website shall, within | 11 | | 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 12 | | 99th General Assembly, post to its website for the current | 13 | | calendar year a mechanism, such as a uniform single email | 14 | | address, for members of the public to electronically | 15 | | communicate with elected officials of that public body, unless | 16 | | such officials have an individual email address for that | 17 | | purpose. | 18 | | (b) 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, this Act, the | 22 | | Illinois Municipal Budget Law, the Intergovernmental | 23 | | Cooperation Act, the Counties Code, the Township Code, the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Municipal Code, the Election Code, the School Code, | 2 | | the Airport Authorities Act, or the Civic Center Code, a public | 3 | | body that maintains a website shall also publish this | 4 | | information on its website. | 5 | | (c) 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 public body | 8 | | maintains. | 9 | | (d) A hyperlink to the information required to be posted | 10 | | under this Section must be easily accessible from the public | 11 | | body's home page. | 12 | | (e) The postings required by this Section are in addition | 13 | | to any other posting requirements required by law or ordinance. | 14 | | (f) 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 | | (50 ILCS 205/20 rep.) | 20 | | Section 10. The Local Records Act is amended by repealing | 21 | | Section 20.
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