Governor Uses Veto Pen to Limit FOIA Exemption for Performance Reviews
Posted from Legislative on Tuesday July 27, 2010
House Bill 5154 would have prohibited the disclosure of performance reviews of any public employees under the Freedom of Information Act. Governor Quinn issued an amendatory veto of the bill so that the exemption would only apply to law-enforcement personnel. More

Legal Bulletin - July 27, 2010
Posted from Legal on Tuesday July 27, 2010
Items: Save the Date - IML Annual Conference; IMLA's Annual Conference; and Recent Opinions, which includes a decision from the Illinois Supreme Court on Governmental Immunity. More

Municipal News from Around the State - Week of July 26, 2010
Posted from Legal on Monday July 26, 2010
Various news articles of interest regarding municipalities from around the State. More

State Budget 101
Posted from Legislative on Monday July 26, 2010
The State budget and the budget process can appear complicated. The IML has published an article in the Illinois Municipal Review that explains the budget process, the budget and appropriation structures, state-shared revenues, and the accumulated versus structural deficits. More

Brandt v. Village of Winnetka, No. 09-3709 (7th Cir. July 20, 2010)
Posted from Legal on Tuesday July 20, 2010
A political promoter had standing to challenge a village ordinance under the First Amendment that required people whose events occasion the need for "special services" from the village to bear the cost of the services because of his potential for injury. His claim, however, was not ripe for adjudication because the ordinance had not yet applied to him. More

New Deadlines for Placing Referenda on the Ballot
Posted from Legislative on Monday July 19, 2010
A new State law went into effect that accelerates the deadlines for submitting a public question for a referendum. The law took effect on July 6, 2010, and it will affect ballot questions for the election this November. More

Illinois Supreme Court rules "natural accumulation" rule protects the CTA from injury liability
Posted from Legal on Thursday July 15, 2010
The Illinois Supreme Court today affirmed the First District Appellate Court in Krywin v. CTA, 391 Ill. App. 3d 663 (1st Dist. 2009). More

Doe v. Reed, No. 09-559 (June 24, 2010)
Posted from Legal on Thursday June 24, 2010
An open-records statute that requires the disclosure of referendum petitions in general does not facially violate the First Amendment because the interests of compelled disclosure outweigh any privacy interests of the petition signers. The matter was remanded to determine whether the disclosure of specific petitions would violate the First Amendment. More

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