Full Text of SB2168 94th General Assembly
SB2168 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB2168
Introduced 1/4/2006, by Sen. Susan Garrett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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25 ILCS 135/5.02 |
from Ch. 63, par. 29.2 |
25 ILCS 145/5.09 |
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Amends the Legislative Information System Act and the Legislative Reference Bureau Act. For the 95th General Assembly and thereafter, requires LIS to make available on the General Assembly's web site the following additional bill status information: purpose or general idea of bill; justification for bill; prior legislative history; fiscal and other implications; and proponents and opponents. Requires LRB to include this additional information in the Legislative Synopsis and Digest.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning the legislature.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Legislative Reference Bureau Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Section 5.02 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 135/5.02) (from Ch. 63, par. 29.2)
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| Sec. 5.02. Legislative Synopsis and Digest.
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| (a) The Legislative Reference Bureau shall collect, | 9 |
| catalogue, classify,
index, completely digest, topically | 10 |
| index, and summarize all bills,
resolutions, and orders | 11 |
| introduced in each branch of the General Assembly, as
well as | 12 |
| related amendments, conference committee reports, and veto | 13 |
| messages, as
soon as practicable after they have been printed. | 14 |
| The Digest shall also include the information required under | 15 |
| item (4.1) of Section 5.09 of the Legislative Information | 16 |
| System Act.
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| (b) The Digest shall be published each week during the | 18 |
| session of the
General Assembly when practical.
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| (c) The Legislative Reference Bureau shall furnish, | 20 |
| without
cost, 2 copies of the Digest to each member of the | 21 |
| General Assembly, 1 copy to
each elected State officer in the | 22 |
| executive department, 40 copies to the Chief
Clerk of the House | 23 |
| of Representatives and 30 copies to the Secretary of the
Senate | 24 |
| for the use of the committee clerks and employees of the | 25 |
| respective
offices, 15 copies to the Legislative Research Unit, | 26 |
| and the number of copies
requested in writing by the President | 27 |
| of the Senate, the Speaker of the House,
the Minority Leader of | 28 |
| the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House.
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| (d) The Legislative Reference Bureau shall also furnish to | 30 |
| each county
clerk, without cost, one copy of the Digest for | 31 |
| each 100,000 inhabitants or
fraction thereof in his or her | 32 |
| county according to the last preceding federal
decennial |
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| census.
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| (e) Upon receipt of an application from any other
person, | 3 |
| signed by the applicant and accompanied by the payment of
a fee | 4 |
| of $55, the Legislative Reference Bureau shall furnish to the
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| applicant a copy of each Digest for the calendar year issued | 6 |
| after receipt of
the application.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-918.)
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| Section 10. The Legislative Information System Act is | 9 |
| amended by changing Section 5.09 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 145/5.09)
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| Sec. 5.09. Public computer access; legislative | 12 |
| information. To
make available to the public
all of the | 13 |
| following information in
electronic form:
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| (1) On or before July 1, 1999, the weekly schedule of | 15 |
| legislative floor
sessions
for each of the 2 houses of the | 16 |
| General Assembly together with a list of
matters pending | 17 |
| before them and the weekly schedule of legislative
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| committee hearings together with matters scheduled for | 19 |
| their consideration.
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| (2) On or before July 1, 1999,
a list of the committees | 21 |
| of the General Assembly and their
members.
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| (3) On or before July 1, 1999,
the text of each bill | 23 |
| and resolution introduced
and of each engrossed, enrolled, | 24 |
| and re-enrolled bill
and resolution and the text of each
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| adopted amendment and conference committee report.
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| (4) On or before July 1, 1999, a synopsis of items | 27 |
| specified in
paragraph (3) of this Section, together with
a | 28 |
| summary of legislative and gubernatorial actions regarding | 29 |
| each bill
and resolution introduced.
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| (4.1) For the Ninety-fifth General Assembly and | 31 |
| thereafter, in addition to the bill status information | 32 |
| required under item (4): | 33 |
| (A) The purpose or general idea of the bill. This | 34 |
| information shall be provided to the Secretary of the |
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| Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as | 2 |
| applicable, by the principal sponsor of the bill in the | 3 |
| chamber in which the bill is introduced. The Secretary | 4 |
| or Clerk, as applicable, shall promptly forward the | 5 |
| information to the Legislative Information System | 6 |
| (LIS) in an electronic format. The information shall be | 7 |
| limited to 200 words. | 8 |
| (B) The justification for the bill. This | 9 |
| information shall be provided to the Secretary or the | 10 |
| Clerk, as applicable, by the principal sponsor of the | 11 |
| bill in the chamber in which the bill is introduced. | 12 |
| The Secretary or Clerk, as applicable, shall promptly | 13 |
| forward the information to LIS in an electronic format. | 14 |
| The information shall be limited to 500 words. | 15 |
| (C) Prior legislative history. This information | 16 |
| shall include an identification, limited to the bill | 17 |
| number and number of the General Assembly, of all | 18 |
| identical or substantially similar bills in the then | 19 |
| current and the 2 previous General Assemblies. This | 20 |
| information shall be provided to the Secretary or the | 21 |
| Clerk, as applicable, by the principal sponsor of the | 22 |
| bill in the chamber in which the bill is introduced. | 23 |
| The Secretary or Clerk, as applicable, shall promptly | 24 |
| forward the information to LIS in an electronic format. | 25 |
| (D) Fiscal and other implications. This | 26 |
| information shall be a synopsis of each Fiscal Note, | 27 |
| Pension Impact Note, Judicial Note, State Debt Impact | 28 |
| Note, Correctional Budget and Impact Note, Home Rule | 29 |
| Note, Balanced Budget Note, State Mandate Note, and | 30 |
| similar note required to be filed by law with the | 31 |
| Secretary or Clerk, as applicable, with respect to the | 32 |
| bill. The synopsis shall be prepared by the Legislative | 33 |
| Reference Bureau and provided to LIS in an electronic | 34 |
| format as soon as practical. | 35 |
| (E) Proponents and opponents. This information | 36 |
| shall include the name of each person filing a witness |
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| slip with Secretary or Clerk, as applicable, when the | 2 |
| bill, an amendment, or a conference committee report is | 3 |
| heard in a substantive committee. The information | 4 |
| shall include the position taken (proponent, opponent, | 5 |
| or no position) and the entity represented by the | 6 |
| person, if applicable. This information shall be | 7 |
| prepared by the Secretary or Clerk, as applicable, and | 8 |
| provided to LIS in an electronic format as soon as | 9 |
| practical.
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| (5) On or before July 1, 1999, the Rules of the House | 11 |
| and the
Senate of the General Assembly.
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| (6) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
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| Assembly, the text of Public Acts.
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| (7) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
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| Assembly,
the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
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| (8) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
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| Assembly, the Constitution of the United States and the | 18 |
| Constitution
of the State of Illinois.
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| (9) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
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| Assembly, the text of the Illinois Administrative Code.
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| (10) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second | 22 |
| General
Assembly, the most current
issue of the Illinois | 23 |
| Register published on or after the effective date of this
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| amendatory Act of 1998.
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| (11) Any other information that the Joint Committee on | 26 |
| Legislative Support
Services
elects to make available.
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| The information shall be made available to the public
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| through the World Wide Web.
The information may also be made
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| available by any other means of access that would facilitate | 30 |
| public access to
the information.
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| Any documentation that describes the electronic digital | 32 |
| formats of the
information shall be made available
through the | 33 |
| World Wide Web.
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| Personal information concerning a person who accesses this | 35 |
| public information
may be
maintained only for the purpose of | 36 |
| providing service to the person.
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| No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Legislative | 2 |
| Information System
as a condition of accessing the information, | 3 |
| except that a reasonable fee may
be charged for any customized | 4 |
| services and shall be deposited into the General
Assembly | 5 |
| Computer Equipment Revolving Fund.
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| The electronic public access provided through the World | 7 |
| Wide Web
shall be in addition to any other electronic or print | 8 |
| distribution of the
information.
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| No action taken under this Section shall be deemed to alter | 10 |
| or relinquish any
copyright or other proprietary interest or | 11 |
| entitlement of the State of Illinois
relating to any of the | 12 |
| information made available under this Section.
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| The information shall be made available as provided in this | 14 |
| Section in the
shortest
practicable time after it is publicly | 15 |
| available in any other form;
provided that
the System may make | 16 |
| information available under this Section only if the
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| availability in no way reduces the quality and timeliness of
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| service available to and required under this Act for
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| legislative users and does not unduly burden the General | 20 |
| Assembly or its
support services agencies. Failure to provide | 21 |
| information under this Section
does not affect
the validity of | 22 |
| any action of the General Assembly. The General Assembly and
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| the State of Illinois are not liable for the accuracy, | 24 |
| availability, or use of
the information provided under this | 25 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-666, eff. 7-30-98.)
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