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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0029 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 715 ILCS 5/2.2 new715 ILCS 5/3.1 from Ch. 100, par. 3.1715 ILCS 5/5 from Ch. 100, par. 5715 ILCS 5/2.1 rep.715 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 100, par. 10715 ILCS 10/2 from Ch. 100, par. 10.1 Amends the Notice By Publication Act. Provides that whenever a municipality is required to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by law, order of court, or contract, the municipality may publish the notice on an official municipal website instead of in a newspaper if the notice published on the official municipal website is also published electronically on a searchable online database website and that website provides independent certification of the publication. Provides conditions concerning the availability and format of the searchable online database website. Repeals a Section concerning the placement of published notices on a statewide website and makes corresponding changes throughout the Act and in the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Effective immediately. LRB104 03021 LNS 13039 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0029 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 715 ILCS 5/2.2 new715 ILCS 5/3.1 from Ch. 100, par. 3.1715 ILCS 5/5 from Ch. 100, par. 5715 ILCS 5/2.1 rep.715 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 100, par. 10715 ILCS 10/2 from Ch. 100, par. 10.1 715 ILCS 5/2.2 new 715 ILCS 5/3.1 from Ch. 100, par. 3.1 715 ILCS 5/5 from Ch. 100, par. 5 715 ILCS 5/2.1 rep. 715 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 100, par. 10 715 ILCS 10/2 from Ch. 100, par. 10.1 Amends the Notice By Publication Act. Provides that whenever a municipality is required to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by law, order of court, or contract, the municipality may publish the notice on an official municipal website instead of in a newspaper if the notice published on the official municipal website is also published electronically on a searchable online database website and that website provides independent certification of the publication. Provides conditions concerning the availability and format of the searchable online database website. Repeals a Section concerning the placement of published notices on a statewide website and makes corresponding changes throughout the Act and in the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Effective immediately. LRB104 03021 LNS 13039 b LRB104 03021 LNS 13039 b A BILL FOR
22 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0029 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
33 715 ILCS 5/2.2 new715 ILCS 5/3.1 from Ch. 100, par. 3.1715 ILCS 5/5 from Ch. 100, par. 5715 ILCS 5/2.1 rep.715 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 100, par. 10715 ILCS 10/2 from Ch. 100, par. 10.1 715 ILCS 5/2.2 new 715 ILCS 5/3.1 from Ch. 100, par. 3.1 715 ILCS 5/5 from Ch. 100, par. 5 715 ILCS 5/2.1 rep. 715 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 100, par. 10 715 ILCS 10/2 from Ch. 100, par. 10.1
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1010 Amends the Notice By Publication Act. Provides that whenever a municipality is required to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by law, order of court, or contract, the municipality may publish the notice on an official municipal website instead of in a newspaper if the notice published on the official municipal website is also published electronically on a searchable online database website and that website provides independent certification of the publication. Provides conditions concerning the availability and format of the searchable online database website. Repeals a Section concerning the placement of published notices on a statewide website and makes corresponding changes throughout the Act and in the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Effective immediately.
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1616 1 AN ACT concerning notices.
1717 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1818 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1919 4 Section 5. The Notice By Publication Act is amended by
2020 5 changing Sections 3.1 and 5 and by adding Section 2.2 as
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2222 7 (715 ILCS 5/2.2 new)
2323 8 Sec. 2.2. Municipal electronic publication.
2424 9 (a) Whenever a municipality is required to provide notice
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2626 11 contract, the municipality may publish the notice on an
2727 12 official municipal website instead of in a newspaper if the
2828 13 notice published on the official municipal website is also
2929 14 published electronically on a searchable online database
3030 15 website and that website provides independent certification of
3131 16 the publication.
3232 17 (b) The municipality or the host of the website may enter
3333 18 into a service-level agreement with an Internet service
3434 19 provider that guarantees the site is accessible to the public
3535 20 over the Internet at least 98% of the time, 24 hours a day, 365
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3737 22 (c) The official municipal website shall display a link to
3838 23 the searchable online database website, which shall contain a
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4343 715 ILCS 5/2.2 new715 ILCS 5/3.1 from Ch. 100, par. 3.1715 ILCS 5/5 from Ch. 100, par. 5715 ILCS 5/2.1 rep.715 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 100, par. 10715 ILCS 10/2 from Ch. 100, par. 10.1 715 ILCS 5/2.2 new 715 ILCS 5/3.1 from Ch. 100, par. 3.1 715 ILCS 5/5 from Ch. 100, par. 5 715 ILCS 5/2.1 rep. 715 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 100, par. 10 715 ILCS 10/2 from Ch. 100, par. 10.1
4444 715 ILCS 5/2.2 new
4545 715 ILCS 5/3.1 from Ch. 100, par. 3.1
4646 715 ILCS 5/5 from Ch. 100, par. 5
4747 715 ILCS 5/2.1 rep.
4848 715 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 100, par. 10
4949 715 ILCS 10/2 from Ch. 100, par. 10.1
5050 Amends the Notice By Publication Act. Provides that whenever a municipality is required to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by law, order of court, or contract, the municipality may publish the notice on an official municipal website instead of in a newspaper if the notice published on the official municipal website is also published electronically on a searchable online database website and that website provides independent certification of the publication. Provides conditions concerning the availability and format of the searchable online database website. Repeals a Section concerning the placement of published notices on a statewide website and makes corresponding changes throughout the Act and in the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Effective immediately.
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8383 1 list of all current legal notices of the municipality, with
8484 2 links to or the full text of those notices. The website shall
8585 3 contain a search function or other features that improve
8686 4 public accessibility to the notices.
8787 5 (d) Whenever an individual is unable to access an
8888 6 electronic publication of a notice, the issuing municipality
8989 7 shall provide a copy of the notice to the individual free of
9090 8 charge at the principal office of the municipality.
9191 9 (e) Notices shall remain available on the website at least
9292 10 until the last posting date required by law has expired or
9393 11 until the event described in a notice has taken place,
9494 12 whichever is later.
9595 13 (f) Independent certification of the electronic
9696 14 publication shall include a certificate stating the title of
9797 15 the notice, the exact day, date, and time of the notice's
9898 16 publication, the website address of the searchable online
9999 17 database where the notice and archived notices may be accessed
100100 18 by the public, and other information as may be available.
101101 19 (g) For purposes of this Section, a searchable online
102102 20 database website may be operated or managed by a statewide
103103 21 organization of municipalities as authorized by Section 1-8-1
104104 22 of the Illinois Municipal Code at no additional cost to the
105105 23 municipality to publish notices thereon.
106106 24 (715 ILCS 5/3.1) (from Ch. 100, par. 3.1)
107107 25 Sec. 3.1. When any notice is required by law, or order of
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118118 1 court, to be published in any newspaper, publication of such
119119 2 notice shall include the printing of such notice in the total
120120 3 circulation of each edition on the date of publication of the
121121 4 newspaper in which the notice is published; and the newspaper
122122 5 publishing the notice shall, at no additional cost to
123123 6 government, cause the notice to be placed on the statewide
124124 7 website established and maintained as a joint venture of the
125125 8 majority of Illinois newspapers as a repository for such
126126 9 notices. All notices required for publication by this Act
127127 10 shall remain legal and valid for all purposes when any error
128128 11 that occurs pursuant to the requirements of this Section for
129129 12 placement of the notice on the statewide website is the fault
130130 13 of the printer.
131131 14 (Source: P.A. 100-72, eff. 1-1-18.)
132132 15 (715 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 100, par. 5)
133133 16 Sec. 5. When any notice is required by law or contract to
134134 17 be published only in a newspaper (unless otherwise expressly
135135 18 provided in the contract), it shall be intended to be in a
136136 19 secular newspaper of general circulation, published in the
137137 20 city, town, or county, or some newspaper specially authorized
138138 21 by law to publish legal notices, in the city, town, or county.
139139 22 If there is no newspaper published in the county in which the
140140 23 city or town is located, notice shall be given in a secular
141141 24 newspaper, as defined in this Act, that is published in an
142142 25 adjoining county having general circulation within the city or
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153153 1 town. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the contract, the
154154 2 term "newspaper" means a newspaper:
155155 3 (a) which consists of not less than 4 pages of printed
156156 4 matter and contains at least 100 square inches of printed
157157 5 matter per page; and
158158 6 (b) which is printed through the use of one of the
159159 7 conventional and generally recognized printing processes such
160160 8 as letterpress, lithography, or gravure; and
161161 9 (c) which annually averages at least 25% news content per
162162 10 issue; or which annually averages at least 1,000 column inches
163163 11 of news content per issue, the term "news content" meaning for
164164 12 the purposes of this Act any printed matter other than
165165 13 advertising; and
166166 14 (d) which publishes miscellaneous reading matter, legal or
167167 15 other announcements and notices, and news and information
168168 16 concerning current happenings and passing events of a
169169 17 political, social, religious, commercial, financial, or legal
170170 18 nature, and advertisements or bulletins; and
171171 19 (e) which has been continuously published at regular
172172 20 intervals of at least once each week with a minimum of 50
173173 21 issues per year, for at least one year prior to the first
174174 22 publication of the notice; or which is a successor to a
175175 23 newspaper as herein defined with no interruption of
176176 24 publication of more than 30 days; or which is a merged or
177177 25 consolidated newspaper formed by the merger or consolidation
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189189 1 published at regular intervals of at least once each week with
190190 2 a minimum of 50 issues per year, for at least one year prior to
191191 3 the first publication of the notice. A newspaper shall be
192192 4 considered as continuously or regularly published although its
193193 5 publication has been suspended, where such suspension was
194194 6 caused by fire or an Act of God or by a labor dispute or by its
195195 7 owner, publisher, managing editor, or other essential employee
196196 8 entering the active military service of the United States, if
197197 9 the newspaper was continuously or regularly published for at
198198 10 least one year prior to its suspension and if its publication
199199 11 is resumed at any time not later than 12 months after such fire
200200 12 or Act of God, or if its publication is resumed at any time
201201 13 within 12 months after the termination of the labor dispute,
202202 14 or if its publication is resumed at any time within 12 months
203203 15 after the termination of the war in connection with which such
204204 16 persons entered such military service; and
205205 17 (f) (blank). which has the capability of placing notices
206206 18 required pursuant to this Act on a daily or weekly basis on the
207207 19 statewide website as required by Section 2.1.
208208 20 (Source: P.A. 96-59, eff. 7-23-09; 96-1144, eff. 12-31-12.)
209209 21 (715 ILCS 5/2.1 rep.)
210210 22 Section 10. The Notice By Publication Act is amended by
211211 23 repealing Section 2.1.
212212 24 Section 15. The Newspaper Legal Notice Act is amended by
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223223 1 changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
224224 2 (715 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 100, par. 10)
225225 3 Sec. 1. Whenever it is required by law that any legal
226226 4 notice or publication shall be published only in a newspaper
227227 5 in this State, it shall be held to mean a newspaper:
228228 6 (a) which consists of not less than 4 pages of printed
229229 7 matter and contains at least 100 square inches of printed
230230 8 matter per page; and
231231 9 (b) which is printed through the use of one of the
232232 10 conventional and generally recognized printing processes such
233233 11 as letterpress, lithography, or gravure; and
234234 12 (c) which annually averages at least 25% news content per
235235 13 issue; or which annually averages at least 1,000 column inches
236236 14 of news content per issue, the term "news content" meaning for
237237 15 the purposes of this Act any printed matter other than
238238 16 advertising; and
239239 17 (d) which publishes miscellaneous reading matter, legal or
240240 18 other announcements and notices, and news and information
241241 19 concerning current happenings and passing events of a
242242 20 political, social, religious, commercial, financial, or legal
243243 21 nature, and advertisements or bulletins; and
244244 22 (e) which has been continuously published at regular
245245 23 intervals of at least once each week with a minimum of 50
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258258 1 newspaper as herein defined with no interruption of
259259 2 publication of more than 30 days; or which is a merged or
260260 3 consolidated newspaper formed by the merger or consolidation
261261 4 of 2 two or more newspapers, one of which has been continuously
262262 5 published at regular intervals of at least once each week with
263263 6 a minimum of 50 issues per year for at least one year prior to
264264 7 the first publication of the notice. A newspaper shall be
265265 8 considered as continuously or regularly published although its
266266 9 publication has been suspended, where such suspension was
267267 10 caused by fire or an Act of God or by a labor dispute or by its
268268 11 owner, publisher, managing editor, or other essential employee
269269 12 entering the active military service of the United States, if
270270 13 the newspaper was continuously or regularly published for at
271271 14 least one year prior to its suspension and if its publication
272272 15 is resumed at any time not later than 12 months after such fire
273273 16 or Act of God, or if its publication is resumed at any time
274274 17 within 12 months after the termination of the labor dispute,
275275 18 or if its publication is resumed at any time within 12 months
276276 19 after the termination of the war in connection with which such
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278278 21 (f) (blank). which has the capability of placing, at no
279279 22 additional cost to government, notices required pursuant to
280280 23 this Act on a daily or weekly basis on the statewide website
281281 24 established and maintained as a joint venture by the majority
282282 25 of Illinois newspapers as a repository for such notices.
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294294 1 (715 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 100, par. 10.1)
295295 2 Sec. 2. When any legal notice is required by law to be
296296 3 published in any newspaper, such notice shall include the
297297 4 printing of such notice in the total circulation of each
298298 5 edition on the date of publication of the newspaper in which
299299 6 the notice is published; and the newspaper publishing the
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301301 8 notice to be placed on the statewide website established and
302302 9 maintained as a joint venture of the majority of Illinois
303303 10 newspapers as a repository for such notices. All notices
304304 11 required for publication by this Act shall remain legal and
305305 12 valid for all purposes when any error that occurs pursuant to
306306 13 the requirements of this Section in the requirement for
307307 14 placement of the notice on the statewide website is the fault
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