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91_HB3557
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1 AN ACT to amend the Legislative Information System Act by
2 changing Section 5.09.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Legislative Information System Act is
6 amended by changing Section 5.09 as follows:
7 (25 ILCS 145/5.09)
8 Sec. 5.09. Public computer access; legislative
9 information. To make available to the public all of the
10 following information in electronic form:
11 (1) On or before July 1, 1999, the weekly schedule
12 of legislative floor sessions for each of the 2 houses of
13 the General Assembly together with a list of matters
14 pending before them and the weekly schedule of
15 legislative committee hearings together with matters
16 scheduled for their consideration.
17 (2) On or before July 1, 1999, a list of the
18 committees of the General Assembly and their members.
19 (3) On or before July 1, 1999, the text of each
20 bill and resolution introduced and of each engrossed,
21 enrolled, and re-enrolled bill and resolution and the
22 text of each adopted amendment and conference committee
23 report.
24 (4) On or before July 1, 1999, a synopsis of items
25 specified in paragraph (3) of this Section, together with
26 a summary of legislative and gubernatorial actions
27 regarding each bill and resolution introduced.
28 (5) On or before July 1, 1999, the Rules of the
29 House and the Senate of the General Assembly.
30 (6) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
31 General Assembly, the text of Public Acts.
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1 (7) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
2 General Assembly, the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
3 (8) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
4 General Assembly, the Constitution of the United States
5 and the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
6 (9) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
7 General Assembly, the text of the Illinois Administrative
8 Code.
9 (10) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
10 General Assembly, the most current issue of the Illinois
11 Register published on or after the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1998.
13 (10.1) Within 30 days after the effective date of
14 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, each
15 roll call vote taken by each chamber of the General
16 Assembly showing, in searchable form, the individual vote
17 of each member. Each roll call vote shall be made
18 available pursuant to this item (10.1) within 24 hours
19 after the conclusion of the legislative day in which it
20 is recorded. A reasonable description of the matter being
21 voted upon shall be included with each roll call vote.
22 For purposes of this item (10.1), "roll call vote" means
23 any action by either chamber of the General Assembly in
24 which the yeas and nays are recorded. This item (10.1)
25 applies to all roll call votes taken in the 91st General
26 Assembly and thereafter.
27 (10.2) All transcripts of debate required to be
28 kept by subsection (b) of Section 7 of Article IV of the
29 Illinois Constitution, in searchable text form. Each
30 transcript shall be made available pursuant to this item
31 (10.2) within 15 working days after the conclusion of the
32 legislative day in which it is recorded. This item
33 (10.2) applies to all transcripts of debate kept for the
34 92nd General Assembly and thereafter.
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1 (10.3) All audio streams controlled by the Clerk of
2 the House and the Secretary of the Senate and broadcast
3 by these officers to the Capitol complex shall also be
4 broadcast uninterrupted on the World Wide Web. This item
5 (10.3) applies for all broadcasts of the 92nd General
6 Assembly and thereafter.
7 (11) Any other information that the Joint Committee
8 on Legislative Support Services elects to make available.
9 The information shall be made available to the public
10 through the World Wide Web. The information may also be
11 made available by any other means of access that would
12 facilitate public access to the information.
13 Any documentation that describes the electronic digital
14 formats of the information shall be made available through
15 the World Wide Web.
16 Personal information concerning a person who accesses
17 this public information may be maintained only for the
18 purpose of providing service to the person.
19 No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Legislative
20 Information System as a condition of accessing the
21 information, except that a reasonable fee may be charged for
22 any customized services and shall be deposited into the
23 General Assembly Computer Equipment Revolving Fund.
24 The electronic public access provided through the World
25 Wide Web shall be in addition to any other electronic or
26 print distribution of the information.
27 No action taken under this Section shall be deemed to
28 alter or relinquish any copyright or other proprietary
29 interest or entitlement of the State of Illinois relating to
30 any of the information made available under this Section.
31 The information shall be made available as provided in
32 this Section in the shortest practicable time after it is
33 publicly available in any other form; provided that the
34 System may make information available under this Section only
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1 if the availability in no way reduces the quality and
2 timeliness of service available to and required under this
3 Act for legislative users and does not unduly burden the
4 General Assembly or its support services agencies. Failure
5 to provide information under this Section does not affect the
6 validity of any action of the General Assembly. The General
7 Assembly and the State of Illinois are not liable for the
8 accuracy, availability, or use of the information provided
9 under this Section.
10 (Source: P.A. 90-666, eff. 7-30-98.)
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.
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