99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0026
 
Introduced 1/15/2015, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
50 ILCS 205/20

     Amends the Local Records Act.  When required to publish in a newspaper, requires all units of local government and school boards that maintain a website to additionally publish notices, agendas, records, or other information or material that is required to be published in a newspaper by law or court order to their website.
  


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HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
 
 
A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 205/20)
7    Sec. 20. Internet posting requirements.
8    (a) A unit of local government or school district that 
9serves a population of less than 1,000,000 that maintains an 
10Internet website other than a social media website or social 
11networking website shall, within 90 days of the effective date 
12of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, post to 
13its website for the current calendar year a mechanism, such as 
14a uniform single email address, for members of the public to 
15electronically communicate with elected officials of that unit 
16of local government or school district, unless such officials 
17have an individual email address for that purpose.
18    (a-5)  In addition to any requirement to publish in any 
19newspaper notices, agendas, records, or other information or 
20material that is required to be published in a newspaper by law 
21or court order including, but not limited to, the Open Meetings 
22Act, the Illinois Municipal Budget Law, the Intergovernmental 
23Cooperation Act, the Counties Code, the Township Code, the 
 
 
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1Illinois Municipal Code, the Election Code, the School Code, 
2the Airport Authorities Act, or the Civic Center Code, a unit 
3of local government or school board that maintains a website 
4shall also publish this information on its website. 
5    (b) For the purposes of this Section "Internet website" 
6shall not include any social media website, social networking 
7website, or any other social media presence that a unit of 
8local government or school district maintains. 
9    (c) A hyperlink to the information required to be posted 
10under this Section must be easily accessible from the unit of 
11local government's or school district's home page.
12    (d) The postings required by this Section are in addition 
13to any other posting requirements required by law or ordinance.
14    (e) No home rule unit may adopt posting requirements that 
15are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a 
16limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of 
17the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home 
18rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State. 

19(Source: P.A. 98-930, eff. 1-1-15.)