103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2852
 
Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Dave Severin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



715 ILCS 5/2  from Ch. 100, par. 2
715 ILCS 5/2.1

     Amends the Notice by Publication Act. When a unit of local government or school district is required by law to give notice by publication in a newspaper, provides that: if there is no secular newspaper having a general circulation within the unit of local government or school district, the local government or school district may publish the notice on an official government website of a local government or school district, or if there is no official government website of a local government or school district, the local government or school district shall post copies of the printed notice in 5 of the most public places within that local government or school district; and if a local government or school district publishes notices on an official website or posts copies of the printed notice, whom would otherwise would be required by law, order of court, or contract to publish the notice within a newspaper, the local government or school district shall cause such notices to be placed on a statewide website established and maintained as a joint venture of a majority of State newspapers as a repository for such notices. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning notices.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Notice By Publication Act is amended  by 
5changing Sections 2 and 2.1 as follows:
 


6    (715 ILCS 5/2)  (from Ch. 100, par. 2)



7    Sec. 2.

Whenever an officer of a court, unit of local 
8government, or school
district is required by law to give 
9notice by publication in a newspaper
which is published in a 
10particular unit of local government or school
district, he 
11shall, if there is no newspaper which is published in the unit

12of local government or school district, give notice by 
13publication in a secular newspaper, as defined in this Act, 
14having general circulation within the unit of local government 
15or school district. If there is no secular newspaper having a 
16general circulation within the unit of local government or 
17school district, the local government or school district may 
18publish the notice on an official government website of a 
19local government or school district, or if there is no 
20official government website of a local government or school 
21district, the local government or school district shall post 
22copies of the printed notice in 5 of the most public places 
23within that local government or school district. 

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 100-72, eff. 1-1-18.)

 
2    (715 ILCS 5/2.1)
3    Sec. 2.1. Statewide website. Whenever notice by 
4publication  in a newspaper is required by law, order of court, 
5or contract, the newspaper publishing the notice shall, at no 
6additional cost to government, cause the notice to be placed 
7on the statewide website established and maintained as a joint 
8venture of the majority of Illinois newspapers as a repository 
9for such notices. If a local government or school district 
10publishes notices on an official website or posts copies of 
11the printed notice in accordance with Section 2, whom would 
12otherwise would be required by law, order of court, or 
13contract to publish the notice within a newspaper, the local 
14government or school district shall cause such notices to be 
15placed on a statewide website established and maintained as a 
16joint venture of a majority of State newspapers as a 
17repository for such notices. 

18(Source: P.A. 100-72, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
20becoming law.