Public Act 096-0650
 		





SB0133 Enrolled
LRB096 05841 RLJ 15921 b






    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 



 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by adding Section 
5-1131 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/5-1131  new)
    Sec. 5-1131. Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator; 
posting and publication.
    (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each county that 
maintains a website must post on the county's website the 
following information:
        (1) the name, office address, and telephone number of 
    the Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator, if any, 
    employed by the county; and
        (2) the grievance procedures, if any, adopted by the 
    county to resolve complaints alleging a violation of Title 
    II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
    (b) If a county does not maintain a website, then the 
county must, within 90 days after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and at least once 
every other year thereafter, publish in either a newspaper of 
general circulation within the county or a newsletter published 
by the county and mailed to county residents the information 
required in item (1) of subsection (a) and either the 
information required in item (2) of subsection (a) or 
instructions for obtaining such information from the county.
    (c) No home rule county may adopt posting or publication 
requirements that are less restrictive than this Section. This 
Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of 
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent 
exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised 
by the State.
 
    Section 10. The Township Code is amended  by adding Section 
85-60 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/85-60  new)
    Sec. 85-60. Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator; 
posting and publication.
    (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each township that 
maintains a website must post on the township's website the 
following information:
        (1) the name, office address, and telephone number of 
    the Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator, if any, 
    employed by the township; and
        (2) the grievance procedures, if any, adopted by the 
    township to resolve complaints alleging a violation of 
    Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
    (b) If a township does not maintain a website, then the 
township must, within 90 days after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and at least once 
every other year thereafter, publish in either a newspaper of 
general circulation within the township or a newsletter 
published by the township and mailed to township residents the 
information required in item (1) of subsection (a) and either 
the information required in item (2) of subsection (a) or 
instructions for obtaining such information from the township. 
 
    Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
adding Section 1-1-11 as follows:
 
    (65 ILCS 5/1-1-11  new)
    Sec. 1-1-11. Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator; 
posting and publication.
    (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each municipality 
that maintains a website must post on the municipality's 
website the following information:
        (1) the name, office address, and telephone number of 
    the Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator, if any, 
    employed by the municipality; and
        (2) the grievance procedures, if any, adopted by the 
    municipality to resolve complaints alleging a violation of 
    Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
    (b) If a municipality does not maintain a website, then the 
municipality must, within 90 days after the effective date of 
this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and at least 
once every other year thereafter, publish in either a newspaper 
of general circulation within the municipality or a newsletter 
published by the municipality and mailed to residents of the 
municipality the information required in item (1) of subsection 
(a) and either the information required in item (2) of 
subsection (a) or instructions for obtaining such information 
from the municipality.
    (c) No home rule municipality may adopt posting or 
publication requirements that are less restrictive than this 
Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of 
Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the 
concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions 
exercised by the State. 

 
    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
Section 8.33 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
    Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
the 96th General Assembly.