Full Text of HB4903 100th General Assembly
HB4903 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB4903 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Wheeler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Legislative Information System Act. Requires the Legislative Information System to maintain and archive on its Internet website all audio-visual recordings of General Assembly proceedings, including, but not limited to, legislative floor sessions and hearings.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Legislative Information System Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 5.09 as follows:
| 6 | | (25 ILCS 145/5.09)
| 7 | | Sec. 5.09. Public computer access; legislative | 8 | | information. To
make available to the public
all of the | 9 | | following information in
electronic form:
| 10 | | (1) On or before July 1, 1999, the weekly schedule of | 11 | | legislative floor
sessions
for each of the 2 houses of the | 12 | | General Assembly together with a list of
matters pending | 13 | | before them and the weekly schedule of legislative
| 14 | | committee hearings together with matters scheduled for | 15 | | their consideration.
| 16 | | (2) On or before July 1, 1999,
a list of the committees | 17 | | of the General Assembly and their
members.
| 18 | | (3) On or before July 1, 1999,
the text of each bill | 19 | | and resolution introduced
and of each engrossed, enrolled, | 20 | | and re-enrolled bill
and resolution and the text of each
| 21 | | adopted amendment and conference committee report.
| 22 | | (4) On or before July 1, 1999, a synopsis of items | 23 | | specified in
paragraph (3) of this Section, together with
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| 1 | | summary of legislative and gubernatorial actions regarding | 2 | | each bill
and resolution introduced.
| 3 | | (5) On or before July 1, 1999, the Rules of the House | 4 | | and the
Senate of the General Assembly.
| 5 | | (6) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
| 6 | | Assembly, the text of Public Acts.
| 7 | | (7) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
| 8 | | Assembly,
the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
| 9 | | (8) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
| 10 | | Assembly, the Constitution of the United States and the | 11 | | Constitution
of the State of Illinois.
| 12 | | (9) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
| 13 | | Assembly, the text of the Illinois Administrative Code.
| 14 | | (10) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second | 15 | | General
Assembly, the most current
issue of the Illinois | 16 | | Register published on or after the effective date of this
| 17 | | amendatory Act of 1998.
| 18 | | (11) Any other information that the Joint Committee on | 19 | | Legislative Support
Services
elects to make available.
| 20 | | The information shall be made available to the public
| 21 | | through a website maintained by the System.
The information may | 22 | | also be made
available by any other means of access that would | 23 | | facilitate public access to
the information.
| 24 | | Any documentation that describes the electronic digital | 25 | | formats of the
information shall be made available
through a | 26 | | website maintained by the System.
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| 1 | | Personal information concerning a person who accesses this | 2 | | public information
may be
maintained only for the purpose of | 3 | | providing service to the person.
| 4 | | No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Legislative | 5 | | Information System
as a condition of accessing the information, | 6 | | except that a reasonable fee may
be charged for any customized | 7 | | services and shall be deposited into the General
Assembly | 8 | | Computer Equipment Revolving Fund.
| 9 | | The electronic public access provided through the System's | 10 | | website
shall be in addition to any other electronic or print | 11 | | distribution of the
information.
| 12 | | Within one-year after the effective date of this amendatory | 13 | | Act of the 100th General Assembly, to the extent practicable, | 14 | | the System shall use a free translation tool to enable | 15 | | translation into multiple languages of the information made | 16 | | available to the public through the website maintained by the | 17 | | System. The translation tool shall, at a minimum, translate the | 18 | | following content on the website maintained by the System: the | 19 | | home page; information regarding the members of the House of | 20 | | Representatives and the Senate, including, but not limited to, | 21 | | each member's biography, committee assignments, and sponsored | 22 | | bills; information regarding the membership of, bills assigned | 23 | | to, and meeting schedules of each standing and special | 24 | | committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate; | 25 | | information on the procedural status of each bill and | 26 | | resolution, together with any amendments thereto, and |
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| 1 | | appointment message filed in the House of Representatives or | 2 | | the Senate, including both general information and | 3 | | user-selected information (through the "My Legislation" | 4 | | function or otherwise), but not including the synopsis or text | 5 | | of any bill or resolution, or any amendment thereto, or any | 6 | | appointment message, Public Act, or Executive Order; | 7 | | information regarding previous General Assemblies, not | 8 | | including the synopsis or text of any bill or resolution, or | 9 | | any amendment thereto, or any appointment message, Public Act, | 10 | | or Executive Order; contact information for the General | 11 | | Assembly, legislative support service agencies, and other | 12 | | related offices in the Capitol Complex; and information | 13 | | regarding access for persons with disabilities. The System may, | 14 | | in its discretion, provide for additional content to be | 15 | | translated. The languages available for translation shall be | 16 | | those provided by the translation tool. Before a user accesses | 17 | | translated information, the System shall ensure that a | 18 | | disclaimer is first displayed, stating that: the translated | 19 | | information is offered as a convenience and should not be | 20 | | considered accurate as to the translation of the text in | 21 | | question; and the English language version is the official and | 22 | | authoritative version of the text in question. | 23 | | Beginning after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 24 | | of the 100th General Assembly, the System shall maintain and | 25 | | archive on its Internet website all audio-visual recordings of | 26 | | General Assembly proceedings, including, but not limited to, |
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| 1 | | legislative floor sessions and hearings. | 2 | | No action taken under this Section shall be deemed to alter | 3 | | or relinquish any
copyright or other proprietary interest or | 4 | | entitlement of the State of Illinois
relating to any of the | 5 | | information made available under this Section.
| 6 | | The information shall be made available as provided in this | 7 | | Section in the
shortest
practicable time after it is publicly | 8 | | available in any other form;
provided that
the System may make | 9 | | information available under this Section only if the
| 10 | | availability in no way reduces the quality and timeliness of
| 11 | | service available to and required under this Act for
| 12 | | legislative users and does not unduly burden the General | 13 | | Assembly or its
support services agencies. Failure to provide | 14 | | information under this Section
does not affect
the validity of | 15 | | any action of the General Assembly. The General Assembly and
| 16 | | the State of Illinois are not liable for the accuracy, | 17 | | availability, or use of
the information provided under this | 18 | | Section.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 100-320, eff. 8-24-17.)
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