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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5 5-1131 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-1131 new)
7     Sec. 5-1131. Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator;
8 publication.
9     (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this
10 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each county that
11 maintains a website must post on the county's website the
12 following information:
13         (1) the name, office address, and telephone number of
14     any Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator employed
15     by a public entity within the boundaries of the county but
16     outside of any municipality; and
17         (2) the grievance procedures adopted by a public entity
18     within the boundaries of the county, but outside of any
19     municipality, to resolve complaints alleging a violation
20     of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
21     (b) If a county does not maintain a website, the county
22 must, within 90 days after the effective date of this
23 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and at least once

 

 

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1 each year thereafter, publish in either a newspaper of general
2 circulation within the county or a newsletter published by the
3 county and mailed to county residents the information required
4 in items (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
5     (c) No home rule county may adopt posting or publication
6 requirements that are less restrictive than this Section. This
7 Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
8 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
9 exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
10 by the State.
 
11     Section 10. The Township Code is amended by adding Section
12 85-60 as follows:
 
13     (60 ILCS 1/85-60 new)
14     Sec. 85-60. Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator;
15 publication.
16     (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this
17 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each township that
18 maintains a website must post on the township's website the
19 following information:
20         (1) the name, office address, and telephone number of
21     any Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator employed
22     by a public entity within the boundaries of the township
23     but outside of any municipality; and
24         (2) the grievance procedures adopted by a public entity

 

 

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1     within the boundaries of the township, but outside of any
2     municipality, to resolve complaints alleging a violation
3     of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
4     (b) If a township does not maintain a website, the township
5 must, within 90 days after the effective date of this
6 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and at least once
7 each year thereafter, publish in either a newspaper of general
8 circulation within the township or a newsletter published by
9 the township and mailed to township residents the information
10 required in items (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
11     (b) Within 90 days after the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each township with
13 a website must post the information required in items (1) and
14 (2) of subsection (a) on the township's website.
 
15     Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
16 adding Section 1-1-11 as follows:
 
17     (65 ILCS 5/1-1-11 new)
18     Sec. 1-1-11. Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator;
19 publication.
20     (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this
21 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each municipality
22 that maintains a website must post on the municipality's
23 website the following information:
24         (1) the name, office address, and telephone number of

 

 

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1     any Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator employed
2     by a public entity within the boundaries of the
3     municipality; and
4         (2) the grievance procedures adopted by a public entity
5     within the boundaries of the municipality to resolve
6     complaints alleging a violation of Title II of the
7     Americans with Disabilities Act.
8     (b) If a municipality does not maintain a website, the
9 municipality must, within 90 days after the effective date of
10 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and at least
11 once each year thereafter, publish in either a newspaper of
12 general circulation within the municipality or a newsletter
13 published by the municipality and mailed to residents of the
14 municipality the information required in items (1) and (2) of
15 subsection (a).
16     (c) No home rule municipality may adopt posting or
17 publication requirements that are less restrictive than this
18 Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
19 Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
20 concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
21 exercised by the State.
 
22     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
23 Section 8.33 as follows:
 
24     (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)

 

 

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1     Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
2 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
3 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
4 the 96th General Assembly.