96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4696

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 705/7   from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 27

    Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Requires that a fire protection district must post on its website all ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriation. Provides that, if a district does not maintain a website, then the district must publish the ordinances in a newspaper of general circulation within the district. Effective immediately.


LRB096 15970 RLJ 31215 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4696 LRB096 15970 RLJ 31215 b

1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
5 changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (70 ILCS 705/7)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 27)
7     Sec. 7. Posting and publication of ordinances. All
8 ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriations
9 shall, within one month after they are passed, be (i) posted on
10 the district's website or (ii) if the district does not
11 maintain a website, published at least once in a newspaper
12 published in said district, or if no such newspaper of general
13 circulation is published therein, then either by one
14 publication in any newspaper of general circulation within said
15 territory or by posting copies of the same in 10 ten public
16 places in the district. No ; and no such ordinance shall take
17 effect until 10 ten days after it is so published or posted,
18 and all other ordinances and resolutions shall take effect from
19 and after their passage unless otherwise provided therein.
20 (Source: Laws 1955, p. 1206.)
 
21     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.