Bill Text: IL HB1364 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a fire protection district may post electronically in a manner that is accessible to the general public ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriation instead of publishing the ordinances in a newspaper. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1364 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1364-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB1364 Introduced , by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 705/7 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 27
Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a fire protection district may post electronically in a manner that is accessible to the general public ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriation instead of publishing the ordinances in a newspaper. Effective immediately.
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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
electronically in a manner that is accessible to the general
public or (ii) 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 ten public places
in the district. No ; and no such ordinance shall take effect
until 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.