Bill Text: IL HB5623 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Creates the Governmental Officer Online Accessibility Act. Provides that every unit of local government and school district that maintains an electronic mail system and an Internet website shall: (1) provide an electronic mail address for the use of each of its elected officials, including board members, and appointed officers, to be used in the course of their official duties; and (2) provide a means for the public to transmit correspondence directly by electronic mail to each elected and appointed official, including board members, through its official website.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0930 [HB5623 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB5623-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Creates the Governmental Officer Online Accessibility Act. Provides that every unit of local government and school district that maintains an electronic mail system and an Internet website shall: (1) provide an electronic mail address for the use of each of its elected officials, including board members, and appointed officers, to be used in the course of their official duties; and (2) provide a means for the public to transmit correspondence directly by electronic mail to each elected and appointed official, including board members, through its official website.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0930 [HB5623 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB5623-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 20 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 205/20 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 20. Internet posting requirements. | ||||||
8 | (a) A unit of local government or school district that | ||||||
9 | serves a population of less than 1,000,000 that maintains an | ||||||
10 | Internet website other than a social media website or social | ||||||
11 | networking website shall, within 90 days of the effective date | ||||||
12 | of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, post to | ||||||
13 | its website for the current calendar year a mechanism, such as | ||||||
14 | a uniform single email address, for members of the public to | ||||||
15 | electronically communicate with elected officials of that unit | ||||||
16 | of local government or school district, unless such officials | ||||||
17 | have an individual email address for that purpose. | ||||||
18 | (b) For the purposes of this Section "Internet website" | ||||||
19 | shall not include any social media website, social networking | ||||||
20 | website, or any other social media presence that a unit of | ||||||
21 | local government or school district maintains. | ||||||
22 | (c) A hyperlink to the information required to be posted | ||||||
23 | under this Section must be easily accessible from the unit of |
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1 | local government's or school district's home page. | ||||||
2 | (d) The postings required by this Section are in addition | ||||||
3 | to any other posting requirements required by law or ordinance. | ||||||
4 | (e) No home rule unit may adopt posting requirements that | ||||||
5 | are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a | ||||||
6 | limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | ||||||
7 | the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | ||||||
8 | rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
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9 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
10 | Section 8.38 as follows:
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11 | (30 ILCS 805/8.38 new) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 8.38. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
13 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
14 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
15 | the 98th General Assembly.
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