Rep. Deborah L. Graham

Filed: 5/6/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 133

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 133 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1     county to resolve complaints alleging a violation of Title
2     II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
3     (b) If a county does not maintain a website, then the
4 county must, within 90 days after the effective date of this
5 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and at least once
6 every other year thereafter, publish in either a newspaper of
7 general circulation within the county or a newsletter published
8 by the county and mailed to county residents the information
9 required in item (1) of subsection (a) and either the
10 information required in item (2) of subsection (a) or
11 instructions for obtaining such information from the county.
12     (c) No home rule county may adopt posting or publication
13 requirements that are less restrictive than this Section. This
14 Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
15 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
16 exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
17 by the State.
 
18     Section 10. The Township Code is amended by adding Section
19 85-60 as follows:
 
20     (60 ILCS 1/85-60 new)
21     Sec. 85-60. Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator;
22 posting and publication.
23     (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this
24 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each township that

 

 

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

 

 

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1 that maintains a website must post on the municipality's
2 website the following information:
3         (1) the name, office address, and telephone number of
4     the Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator, if any,
5     employed by the municipality; and
6         (2) the grievance procedures, if any, adopted by the
7     municipality to resolve complaints alleging a violation of
8     Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
9     (b) If a municipality does not maintain a website, then the
10 municipality must, within 90 days after the effective date of
11 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and at least
12 once every other year thereafter, publish in either a newspaper
13 of general circulation within the municipality or a newsletter
14 published by the municipality and mailed to residents of the
15 municipality the information required in item (1) of subsection
16 (a) and either the information required in item (2) of
17 subsection (a) or instructions for obtaining such information
18 from the municipality.
19     (c) No home rule municipality may adopt posting or
20 publication requirements that are less restrictive than this
21 Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
22 Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
23 concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
24 exercised by the State.
 
25     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding

 

 

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1 Section 8.33 as follows:
 
2     (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
3     Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
4 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
5 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
6 the 96th General Assembly.".