HB4696 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 15970 RLJ 31215 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4696

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 705/7

from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 27

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Requires that a fire protection district must post on its website all ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriation. Provides that, if a district does not maintain a website, then the district must publish the ordinances in a newspaper of general circulation within the district. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

(70 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 27)

Sec. 7. Posting and publication of ordinances. All ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriations shall, within one month after they are passed, be (i) posted on the district's website or (ii) if the district does not maintain a website, published at least once in a newspaper published in said district, or if no such newspaper of general circulation is published therein, then either by one publication in any newspaper of general circulation within said territory or by posting copies of the same in 10 ten public places in the district. No ; and no such ordinance shall take effect until 10 ten days after it is so published or posted, and all other ordinances and resolutions shall take effect from and after their passage unless otherwise provided therein.

(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1206.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.