Bill Status of HB 5861   98th General Assembly


Short Description:  LOCAL GOVT-POST RECORDS

House Sponsors
Rep. Jeanne M Ives

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  12/3/2014HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
5 ILCS 140/7from Ch. 116, par. 207
50 ILCS 205/20 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government or school district may maintain an Internet website and post to that website certain specified information. Provides that a unit of local government or school district may develop, maintain, and make publicly available a website database that allows the public to review expenditure information. Requires that any information posted pursuant to this amendatory Act be easily accessible from the entity's home page. Provides that records posted pursuant to this amendatory Act may remain posted on the entity's website, or subsequent websites, in perpetuity. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from the Act's copying and disclosure requirements any record or information that a unit of local government or school district maintains an electronic copy of on its Internet website under the Local Records Act. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/14/2014HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Jeanne M Ives
  2/14/2014HouseFirst Reading
  2/14/2014HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  12/3/2014HouseSession Sine Die

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