Public Act 103-0738
 
HB4939 EnrolledLRB103 38115 SPS 68247 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Library Act is amended by changing
Section 21 as follows:
 
    (15 ILCS 320/21)  (from Ch. 128, par. 121)
    Sec. 21. Publications and lists; deposits by State
agencies.
    (a) All State agencies shall provide and deposit with the
Illinois State Library sufficient copies of all publications
issued by such State agencies for its collection and for
exchange purposes. The State Librarian shall by rule or
regulation specify the number of copies required and the
publications that must be deposited. The number of paper
copies of a publication that must be deposited may be reduced
if the documents are also submitted in an electric format
specified by the Illinois State Library. The State Librarian
shall set by rule the standard to be used for electronic data
exchange among State agencies and the State Library.
    (b) For the purposes of this Section:
    "State agencies" means every State office, official,
department, division, section, unit, service, bureau, board,
commission, committee, and subdivision thereof of all branches
of the State government and which agencies expend
appropriations of State funds.
    "Publications" means any document, report, directory,
bibliography, rule, regulation, newsletter, pamphlet,
brochure, periodical or other printed material paid for in
whole or in part by funds appropriated by the General Assembly
or issued at the request of a State agency, excepting however,
correspondence, inter-office memoranda, and confidential
publications. "Publications" does not include reports,
documents, or other publications of a public institution of
higher learning, except to the extent that the State
Librarian, by rule, requires the report, document, or
publication to be deposited with the State Library.
    "Published material" means publications in print and
electronic formats duplicated by any means of duplication,
including material downloaded from a publicly accessible
electronic network.
    (c) The State Librarian shall from time to time provide a
listing, electronically, in printed form, or in both formats,
of the publications received by him or her under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-507, eff. 8-13-99; 92-617, eff. 1-1-03.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/2/2024