NOTICE-PUBLICATION-WEBSITE House SponsorsRep. Frank J. Mautino-Randy Ramey, Jr., Michael W. Tryon, Timothy L. Schmitz, Linda Chapa LaVia, Anthony DeLuca and Michael G. Connelly 1/8/2013HouseSession Sine Die 715 ILCS 5/5.1 new Amends the Notice By Publication Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other law, if a statute requires a unit of local government or school district to publish a public notice in a newspaper then, at its discretion, the unit of local government or school district may satisfy that requirement by publishing the public notice on its own website, accessible to the general public, for the same time periods applicable to the newspaper publication. Provides that if a public notice is published on a website in this manner, then the unit of local government or school district must publish a notification of the website publication in a newspaper which states the website notice is available, the accurate website address of the unit of local government or school district, and a location where print versions of the item published are available. Provides that a unit of local government or school district must maintain accurate records of the content and duration of each website publication for public inspection. Provides that a public notice published on a website is not invalidated if the website becomes temporarily unavailable due to technical reasons provided that the public notice is available to the general public for at least 75% of the time that the public notice is required to be available. Defines terms. Effective immediately. 2/16/2011HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino 2/16/2011HouseFirst Reading 2/16/2011HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/17/2011HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon 2/17/2011HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz 2/17/2011HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia 2/17/2011HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca 2/22/2011HouseAssigned to Revenue & Finance Committee 2/24/2011HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr. 2/24/2011HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly 3/17/2011HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/8/2013HouseSession Sine Die