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