101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4603

 

Introduced 2/5/2020, by Rep. Norine K. Hammond

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
715 ILCS 5/2  from Ch. 100, par. 2
715 ILCS 10/3

    Amends the Notice By Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Provides that if there is no newspaper of general circulation except a newspaper published weekly within the unit of local government or school district, it is sufficient to publish the notice in an adjacent county in a newspaper of general circulation that includes a readership within the unit of local government or school district.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Notice By Publication Act is amended by
5changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (715 ILCS 5/2)  (from Ch. 100, par. 2)
7    Sec. 2. Whenever an officer of a court, unit of local
8government, or school district is required by law to give
9notice by publication in a newspaper which is published in a
10particular unit of local government or school district, he or
11she shall, if there is no newspaper which is published in the
12unit of local government or school district, give notice by
13publication in a secular newspaper, as defined in this Act,
14having general circulation within the unit of local government
15or school district. If there is no newspaper of general
16circulation except a newspaper published weekly within the unit
17of local government or school district, it is sufficient to
18publish the notice in an adjacent county in a newspaper of
19general circulation that includes a readership within the unit
20of local government or school district.
21(Source: P.A. 100-72, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
22    Section 10. The Newspaper Legal Notice Act is amended by

 

 

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1changing Section 3 as follows:
 
2    (715 ILCS 10/3)
3    Sec. 3. Applicability.
4    (a) Any notice published prior to July 23, 2009 (the
5effective date of Public Act 96-59) this amendatory Act of the
696th General Assembly and in compliance with the provisions of
7Public Act 96-59 this amendatory Act shall be legal and valid
8for all purposes.
9    (b) If, after December 31, 2012 (the effective date of
10Public Act 96-1144) this amendatory Act of the 96th General
11Assembly, there is a notice that is required by law or order of
12court to be published in a particular unit of local government
13or school district and there is no newspaper published in that
14unit of local government or school district, the notice shall
15be published in a secular newspaper, as defined by this Act,
16having general circulation within the unit of local government
17or school district. If there is no newspaper of general
18circulation except a newspaper published weekly within the unit
19of local government or school district, it is sufficient to
20publish the notice in an adjacent county in a newspaper of
21general circulation that includes a readership within the unit
22of local government or school district. To the extent that
23there is a conflict between the provisions of Public Act
2496-1144 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and
25any other provision of law, the provisions added by Public Act

 

 

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196-1144 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall
2control.
3(Source: P.A. 100-72, eff. 1-1-18.)