(70 ILCS 3105/12) (from Ch. 85, par. 1662)
Sec. 12.
Actions of the board of a legislative character shall be in the form of
ordinances. All ordinances imposing any penalty or making any
appropriations shall be published at least once a week for 2 weeks in at
least one newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper of
general circulation is published therein, by posting copies of the same in
at least 15 conspicuous public places in the district. No such ordinance
shall take effect until 10 days after it is so published or posted. All
other ordinances and resolutions shall take effect from and after their
passage unless otherwise provided therein.
All ordinances, orders and resolutions and the date of publication
thereof may be proven by the certificate of the secretary under the seal of
the district and when printed in book or pamphlet form and purporting to be
published by the district, such book or pamphlet shall be received as
evidence of the passage and legal publication of such ordinances, orders
and resolutions as of the dates mentioned in such books or pamphlet, in all
courts without further proof.
(Source: P.A. 76-1204.)
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