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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3557
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3557 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT in relation to legislative information, amending
5 named Acts."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The General Assembly Organization Act is
9 amended by adding Section 15 as follows:
10 (25 ILCS 5/15 new)
11 Sec. 15. Interference with legislative information.
12 (a) Any person who, without lawful authorization,
13 knowingly falsifies, destroys, tampers with, removes, or
14 conceals any data or record maintained by the General
15 Assembly or any of its agencies on computer equipment of the
16 General Assembly or any of its agencies commits a Class 4
17 felony.
18 (b) Any person who knowingly and with malicious intent
19 falsifies any copy or representation of any data or record
20 made available by the General Assembly or any of its agencies
21 commits a Class 4 felony.
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1 Section 10. The Legislative Information System Act is
2 amended by changing Section 5.09 as follows:
3 (25 ILCS 145/5.09)
4 Sec. 5.09. Public computer access; legislative
5 information. To make available to the public all of the
6 following information in electronic form:
7 (1) On or before July 1, 1999, the weekly schedule
8 of legislative floor sessions for each of the 2 houses of
9 the General Assembly together with a list of matters
10 pending before them and the weekly schedule of
11 legislative committee hearings together with matters
12 scheduled for their consideration.
13 (2) On or before July 1, 1999, a list of the
14 committees of the General Assembly and their members.
15 (3) On or before July 1, 1999, the text of each
16 bill and resolution introduced and of each engrossed,
17 enrolled, and re-enrolled bill and resolution and the
18 text of each adopted amendment and conference committee
19 report.
20 (4) On or before July 1, 1999, a synopsis of items
21 specified in paragraph (3) of this Section, together with
22 a summary of legislative and gubernatorial actions
23 regarding each bill and resolution introduced.
24 (5) On or before July 1, 1999, the Rules of the
25 House and the Senate of the General Assembly.
26 (6) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
27 General Assembly, the text of Public Acts.
28 (7) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
29 General Assembly, the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
30 (8) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
31 General Assembly, the Constitution of the United States
32 and the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
33 (9) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
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1 General Assembly, the text of the Illinois Administrative
2 Code.
3 (10) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
4 General Assembly, the most current issue of the Illinois
5 Register published on or after the effective date of this
6 amendatory Act of 1998.
7 (10.1) Each roll call vote taken by each full
8 chamber of the General Assembly showing, in searchable
9 form, the individual vote of each individual member.
10 Each roll call vote shall be made available pursuant to
11 this item (10.1) not later than 2 business days after the
12 conclusion of the legislative day in which it is
13 recorded. A reasonably clear description of the matter
14 being voted upon shall be available for each roll call
15 vote. For purposes of this item (10.1), "roll call vote"
16 means any action by either full chamber of the General
17 Assembly in which the yeas and nays are recorded. This
18 item (10.1) applies to all roll call votes taken in the
19 92nd General Assembly and thereafter.
20 (10.2) All transcripts of debate required to be
21 kept by subsection (b) of Section 7 of Article IV of the
22 Illinois Constitution in searchable text form as follows:
23 (A) The transcript of debate for each
24 legislative day of any session of the 91st General
25 Assembly held pursuant to subsection (a) of Section
26 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or to
27 consider actions of the Governor pursuant to Section
28 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution shall
29 be made available as the transcript is prepared and
30 corrected.
31 (B) The transcript of debate for each
32 legislative day of any session of the General
33 Assembly held after the effective date of this
34 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly and
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1 pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 5 of Article
2 IV of the Illinois Constitution shall be made
3 available as the transcript is prepared and
4 corrected.
5 (C) The transcript of debate for each
6 legislative day of any session of the 92nd or any
7 subsequent General Assembly held pursuant to
8 subsection (a) of Section 5 of Article IV of the
9 Illinois Constitution or to consider actions of the
10 Governor pursuant to Section 9 of Article IV of the
11 Illinois Constitution shall be made available as the
12 transcript is prepared and corrected, but in no
13 event later than the tenth business day after the
14 beginning of the next following session of the
15 General Assembly held pursuant to subsection (a) of
16 Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois
17 Constitution.
18 (10.3) All audio streams controlled by the Clerk of
19 the House and the Secretary of the Senate and made
20 available by these officers to the Capitol complex shall
21 be made available uninterrupted and digitally recordable
22 on the World Wide Web. This item (10.3) applies for all
23 audio streams beginning with the first legislative day of
24 the 92nd General Assembly and thereafter.
25 (11) Any other information that the Joint Committee
26 on Legislative Support Services elects to make available.
27 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the
28 failure to meet any of the time deadlines set forth in this
29 Section shall not constitute a violation of this Section when
30 the delay is due to a legitimate technical failure. However,
31 in those instances, the required information shall be made
32 available as soon as is reasonably practicable.
33 The information shall be made available to the public
34 through the World Wide Web. The information may also be made
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1 available by any other means of access that would facilitate
2 public access to the information.
3 Any documentation that describes the electronic digital
4 formats of the information shall be made available through
5 the World Wide Web.
6 Personal information concerning a person who accesses
7 this public information may be maintained only for the
8 purpose of providing service to the person.
9 No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Legislative
10 Information System as a condition of accessing the
11 information, except that a reasonable fee may be charged for
12 any customized services and shall be deposited into the
13 General Assembly Computer Equipment Revolving Fund.
14 The electronic public access provided through the World
15 Wide Web shall be in addition to any other electronic or
16 print distribution of the information.
17 No action taken under this Section shall be deemed to
18 alter or relinquish any copyright or other proprietary
19 interest or entitlement of the State of Illinois relating to
20 any of the information made available under this Section.
21 The information shall be made available as provided in
22 this Section in the shortest practicable time after it is
23 publicly available in any other form; provided that the
24 System may make information available under this Section only
25 if the availability in no way reduces the quality and
26 timeliness of service available to and required under this
27 Act for legislative users and does not unduly burden the
28 General Assembly or its support services agencies. Failure
29 to provide information under this Section does not affect the
30 validity of any action of the General Assembly. The General
31 Assembly and the State of Illinois are not liable for the
32 accuracy, availability, or use of the information provided
33 under this Section.
34 (Source: P.A. 90-666, eff. 7-30-98.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.".