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Rep. Ron Sandack
Filed: 4/3/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5623
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5623 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 20 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 205/20 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 20. Internet posting requirements. |
| 8 | | (a) A unit of local government or school district that |
| 9 | | serves a population of less than 1,000,000 that maintains an |
| 10 | | Internet website other than a social media website or social |
| 11 | | networking website shall, within 90 days of the effective date |
| 12 | | of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, post to |
| 13 | | its website for the current calendar year a mechanism, such as |
| 14 | | a uniform single email address, for members of the public to |
| 15 | | electronically communicate with elected officials of that unit |
| 16 | | of local government or school district, unless such officials |
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| 1 | | have an individual email address for that purpose. |
| 2 | | (b) For the purposes of this Section "Internet website" |
| 3 | | shall not include any social media website, social networking |
| 4 | | website, or any other social media presence that a unit of |
| 5 | | local government or school district maintains. |
| 6 | | (c) A hyperlink to the information required to be posted |
| 7 | | under this Section must be easily accessible from the unit of |
| 8 | | local government's or school district's home page. |
| 9 | | (d) The postings required by this Section are in addition |
| 10 | | to any other posting requirements required by law or ordinance. |
| 11 | | (e) No home rule unit may adopt posting requirements that |
| 12 | | are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a |
| 13 | | limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of |
| 14 | | the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home |
| 15 | | rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
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| 16 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
| 17 | | Section 8.38 as follows:
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| 18 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.38 new) |
| 19 | | Sec. 8.38. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 |
| 20 | | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the |
| 21 | | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of |
| 22 | | the 98th General Assembly.".
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