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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 posting and 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     the Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator, if any,
15     employed by the county; and
16         (2) the grievance procedures, if any, adopted by the
17     county to resolve complaints alleging a violation of Title
18     II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
19     (b) If a county does not maintain a website, then the
20 county must, within 90 days after the effective date of this
21 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and at least once
22 every other year thereafter, publish in either a newspaper of
23 general circulation within the county or a newsletter published

 

 

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1 by the county and mailed to county residents the information
2 required in item (1) of subsection (a) and either the
3 information required in item (2) of subsection (a) or
4 instructions for obtaining such information from the county.
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 posting and 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     the Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator, if any,
22     employed by the township; and
23         (2) the grievance procedures, if any, adopted by the
24     township to resolve complaints alleging a violation of

 

 

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

 

 

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1     Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
2     (b) If a municipality does not maintain a website, then the
3 municipality must, within 90 days after the effective date of
4 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and at least
5 once every other year thereafter, publish in either a newspaper
6 of general circulation within the municipality or a newsletter
7 published by the municipality and mailed to residents of the
8 municipality the information required in item (1) of subsection
9 (a) and either the information required in item (2) of
10 subsection (a) or instructions for obtaining such information
11 from the municipality.
12     (c) No home rule municipality may adopt posting or
13 publication requirements that are less restrictive than this
14 Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
15 Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
16 concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
17 exercised by the State.
 
18     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
19 Section 8.33 as follows:
 
20     (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
21     Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
22 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
23 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
24 the 96th General Assembly.