Bill Text: IL HB4603 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Notice By Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Provides that if there is no newspaper of general circulation except a newspaper published weekly within the unit of local government or school district, it is sufficient to publish the notice in an adjacent county in a newspaper of general circulation that includes a readership within the unit of local government or school district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-05 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4603 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4603-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4603 Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
715 ILCS 5/2 from Ch. 100, par. 2
715 ILCS 10/3
Amends the Notice By Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Provides that if there is no newspaper of general circulation except a newspaper published weekly within the unit of local government or school district, it is sufficient to publish the notice in an adjacent county in a newspaper of general circulation that includes a readership within the unit of local government or school district.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Notice By Publication Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
(715 ILCS 5/2) (from Ch. 100, par. 2)
Sec. 2. Whenever an officer of a court, unit of local
government, or school district is required by law to give
notice by publication in a newspaper which is published in a
particular unit of local government or school district, he or
she shall, if there is no newspaper which is published in the
unit of local government or school district, give notice by
publication in a secular newspaper, as defined in this Act,
having general circulation within the unit of local government
or school district. If there is no newspaper of general
circulation except a newspaper published weekly within the unit
of local government or school district, it is sufficient to
publish the notice in an adjacent county in a newspaper of
general circulation that includes a readership within the unit
of local government or school district.
(Source: P.A. 100-72, eff. 1-1-18.)
Section 10. The Newspaper Legal Notice Act is amended by

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changing Section 3 as follows:
(715 ILCS 10/3)
Sec. 3. Applicability.
(a) Any notice published prior to July 23, 2009 (the
effective date of Public Act 96-59) this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly and in compliance with the provisions of
Public Act 96-59 this amendatory Act shall be legal and valid
for all purposes.
(b) If, after December 31, 2012 (the effective date of
Public Act 96-1144) this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly, there is a notice that is required by law or order of
court to be published in a particular unit of local government
or school district and there is no newspaper published in that
unit of local government or school district, the notice shall
be published in a secular newspaper, as defined by this Act,
having general circulation within the unit of local government
or school district. If there is no newspaper of general
circulation except a newspaper published weekly within the unit
of local government or school district, it is sufficient to
publish the notice in an adjacent county in a newspaper of
general circulation that includes a readership within the unit
of local government or school district. To the extent that
there is a conflict between the provisions of Public Act
96-1144 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and
any other provision of law, the provisions added by Public Act

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96-1144 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall
control.
(Source: P.A. 100-72, eff. 1-1-18.)