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Public Act 0059 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
Public Act 096-0059
 
SB0291 Enrolled LRB096 06714 AJO 16798 b

    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Notice By Publication Act is amended by
changing Section 5 and by adding Section 11 as follows:
 
    (715 ILCS 5/5)  (from Ch. 100, par. 5)
    Sec. 5. When any notice is required by law or contract to
be published in a newspaper (unless otherwise expressly
provided in the contract), it shall be intended to be in a
secular newspaper of general circulation, published in the
city, town or county, or some newspaper specially authorized by
law to publish legal notices, in the city, town, or county.
Unless otherwise expressly provided in the contract, the term
"newspaper" means a newspaper
    (a) which consists of not less than 4 pages of printed
matter and contains at least 100 130 square inches of printed
matter per page; and
    (b) which is printed through the use of one of the
conventional and generally recognized printing processes such
as letterpress, lithography or gravure; and
    (c) which annually averages at least 25% news content per
issue; or which annually averages at least 1,000 column inches
of news content per issue, the term "news content" meaning for
the purposes of this Act any printed matter other than
advertising; and
    (d) which publishes miscellaneous reading matter, legal or
other announcements and notices, and news and information
concerning current happenings and passing events of a
political, social, religious, commercial, financial or legal
nature, and advertisements or bulletins; and
    (e) which has been continuously published at regular
intervals of at least once each week with a minimum of 50
issues per year, for at least one year prior to the first
publication of the notice; or which is a successor to a
newspaper as herein defined with no interruption of publication
of more than 30 days; or which is a merged or consolidated
newspaper formed by the merger or consolidation of two or more
newspapers, one of which has been continuously published at
regular intervals of at least once each week with a minimum of
50 issues per year, for at least one year prior to the first
publication of the notice. A newspaper shall be considered as
continuously or regularly published although its publication
has been suspended, where such suspension was caused by fire or
an Act of God or by a labor dispute or by its owner, publisher,
managing editor or other essential employee entering the active
military service of the United States, if the newspaper was
continuously or regularly published for at least one year prior
to its suspension and if its publication is resumed at any time
not later than 12 months after such fire or Act of God, or if
its publication is resumed at any time within 12 months after
the termination of the labor dispute, or if its publication is
resumed at any time within 12 months after the termination of
the war in connection with which such persons entered such
military service.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1494.)
 
    (715 ILCS 5/11 new)
    Sec. 11. Applicability. Any notice published prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly and in compliance with the provisions of this
amendatory Act shall be legal and valid for all purposes.
 
    Section 10. The Newspaper Legal Notice Act is amended by
changing Section 1 and by adding Section 3 as follows:
 
    (715 ILCS 10/1)  (from Ch. 100, par. 10)
    Sec. 1.
    Whenever it is required by law that any legal notice or
publication shall be published in a newspaper in this State, it
shall be held to mean a newspaper
    (a) which consists of not less than 4 pages of printed
matter and contains at least 100 130 square inches of printed
matter per page; and
    (b) which is printed through the use of one of the
conventional and generally recognized printing processes such
as letterpress, lithography or gravure; and
    (c) which annually averages at least 25% news content per
issue; or which annually averages at least 1,000 column inches
of news content per issue, the term "news content" meaning for
the purposes of this Act any printed matter other than
advertising; and
    (d) which publishes miscellaneous reading matter, legal or
other announcements and notices, and news and information
concerning current happenings and passing events of a
political, social, religious, commercial, financial or legal
nature, and advertisements or bulletins; and
    (e) which has been continuously published at regular
intervals of at least once each week with a minimum of 50
issues per year, for at least one year prior to the first
publication of the notice; or which is a successor to a
newspaper as herein defined with no interruption of publication
of more than 30 days; or which is a merged or consolidated
newspaper formed by the merger or consolidation of two or more
newspapers, one of which has been continuously published at
regular intervals of at least once each week with a minimum of
50 issues per year for at least one year prior to the first
publication of the notice. A newspaper shall be considered as
continuously or regularly published although its publication
has been suspended, where such suspension was caused by fire or
an Act of God or by a labor dispute or by its owner, publisher,
managing editor or other essential employee entering the active
military service of the United States, if the newspaper was
continuously or regularly published for at least one year prior
to its suspension and if its publication is resumed at any time
not later than 12 months after such fire or Act of God, or if
its publication is resumed at any time within 12 months after
the termination of the labor dispute, or if its publication is
resumed at any time within 12 months after the termination of
the war in connection with which such persons entered such
military service.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1496.)
 
    (715 ILCS 10/3 new)
    Sec. 3. Applicability. Any notice published prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly and in compliance with the provisions of this
amendatory Act shall be legal and valid for all purposes.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/23/2009