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    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
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    Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 7 as follows:
 



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    (70 ILCS 705/7)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 27)



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    Sec. 7. Posting and publication of ordinances. 
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    (a) All ordinances imposing any penalty or making any 
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appropriations
shall, within one month after they are passed, 
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be (i) posted electronically on the fire protection district's 
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website in a manner that is accessible to the general public 
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and posted in at least one public place within the fire 
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protection district, (ii) posted electronically on the website 
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of an association of fire protection districts  of which the 
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fire protection district is a member in a manner that is 
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accessible to the general public and posted in at least one 
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public place within the fire protection district, (iii) posted 
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electronically on the website of an association of fire 
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officials in a manner that is accessible to the general public 
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and posted in at least one public place within the fire 
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protection district, or (iv) published at least once
in a 
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newspaper published in said district, or if no such newspaper 
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of
general circulation is published therein, then either by one 
 


 






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publication in
any newspaper of general circulation within said 
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territory or by posting
copies of the same in ten public places 
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in the district.
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    (b) If a fire protection district posts its ordinances 
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electronically on a website pursuant to subsection (a), the 
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district must also publish the website address where the 
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ordinance can be found and the district's phone number at least 
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once in a newspaper published within the district, or if no 
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newspaper of general circulation is published within the 
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district, then either by one publication in any newspaper of 
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general circulation within the territory or by posting copies 
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of the same in 10 public places within the district. 
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    (c) No  ; and no such
ordinance that imposes a penalty or 
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makes any appropriation shall take effect until ten days after 
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it is so published or
posted, and all other ordinances and 
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resolutions shall take effect from and
after their passage 
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unless otherwise provided therein.

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(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1206.)

 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.