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91_HB2905
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1 AN ACT to amend the Legislative Information System Act by
2 changing Section 5.09.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Legislative Information System Act is
6 amended by changing Section 5.09 as follows:
7 (25 ILCS 145/5.09)
8 Sec. 5.09. Public computer access; legislative
9 information. To make available to the public all of the
10 following information in electronic form:
11 (1) On or before July 1, 1999, the weekly schedule
12 of legislative floor sessions for each of the 2 houses of
13 the General Assembly together with a list of matters
14 pending before them and the weekly schedule of
15 legislative committee hearings together with matters
16 scheduled for their consideration.
17 (2) On or before July 1, 1999, a list of the
18 committees of the General Assembly and their members.
19 (3) On or before July 1, 1999, the text of each
20 bill and resolution introduced and of each engrossed,
21 enrolled, and re-enrolled bill and resolution and the
22 text of each adopted amendment and conference committee
23 report.
24 (4) On or before July 1, 1999, a synopsis of items
25 specified in paragraph (3) of this Section, together with
26 a summary of legislative and gubernatorial actions
27 regarding each bill and resolution introduced.
28 (5) On or before July 1, 1999, the Rules of the
29 House and the Senate of the General Assembly.
30 (6) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
31 General Assembly, the text of Public Acts.
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1 (7) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
2 General Assembly, the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
3 (8) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
4 General Assembly, the Constitution of the United States
5 and the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
6 (9) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
7 General Assembly, the text of the Illinois Administrative
8 Code.
9 (10) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
10 General Assembly, the most current issue of the Illinois
11 Register published on or after the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1998.
13 (10.1) Within 60 days after the effective date of
14 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, each
15 record vote taken by each house of the General Assembly
16 showing the vote of each member. "Record vote" has the
17 meaning as defined in subsection (c) of Section 8 of
18 Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. This item
19 (10.1) applies to all record votes taken in the 91st
20 General Assembly and thereafter.
21 (11) Any other information that the Joint Committee
22 on Legislative Support Services elects to make available.
23 The information shall be made available to the public
24 through the World Wide Web. The information may also be
25 made available by any other means of access that would
26 facilitate public access to the information.
27 Any documentation that describes the electronic digital
28 formats of the information shall be made available through
29 the World Wide Web.
30 Personal information concerning a person who accesses
31 this public information may be maintained only for the
32 purpose of providing service to the person.
33 No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Legislative
34 Information System as a condition of accessing the
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1 information, except that a reasonable fee may be charged for
2 any customized services and shall be deposited into the
3 General Assembly Computer Equipment Revolving Fund.
4 The electronic public access provided through the World
5 Wide Web shall be in addition to any other electronic or
6 print distribution of the information.
7 No action taken under this Section shall be deemed to
8 alter or relinquish any copyright or other proprietary
9 interest or entitlement of the State of Illinois relating to
10 any of the information made available under this Section.
11 The information shall be made available as provided in
12 this Section in the shortest practicable time after it is
13 publicly available in any other form; provided that the
14 System may make information available under this Section only
15 if the availability in no way reduces the quality and
16 timeliness of service available to and required under this
17 Act for legislative users and does not unduly burden the
18 General Assembly or its support services agencies. Failure
19 to provide information under this Section does not affect the
20 validity of any action of the General Assembly. The General
21 Assembly and the State of Illinois are not liable for the
22 accuracy, availability, or use of the information provided
23 under this Section.
24 (Source: P.A. 90-666, eff. 7-30-98.)