Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 5 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
5 ILCS 180/ - Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.

(5 ILCS 180/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.

(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
(5 ILCS 180/2)
Sec. 2. Definitions.
(1) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic,
wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(2) "Legal material" means, whether or not in effect:
Illinois Supreme Court, Illinois Appellate Court, and Illinois Court of Claims; or
(3) "Official publisher" means:
(4) "Publish" means to display, present, or release to the public, or cause to be displayed, presented, or released to the public, by the official publisher.
(5) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(6) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.


(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
(5 ILCS 180/3)
Sec. 3. Applicability. This Act applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under Section 4 of this Act and first published electronically on or after the effective date of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
(5 ILCS 180/4)
Sec. 4. Legal material in official electronic record.
(a) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall:
(b) An official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record and also publishes the material in a record other than an electronic record may designate the electronic record as official if the publisher complies with Sections 5, 7, and 8 of this Act.


(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
(5 ILCS 180/5)
Sec. 5. Authentication of official electronic record. An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under Section 4 of this Act shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by the user from the publisher is unaltered from the official record published by the publisher.

(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
(5 ILCS 180/6)
Sec. 6. Effect of authentication.
(a) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under Section 5 of this Act is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.
(b) If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this Act, legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official and authenticated by the official publisher in that state is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.
(c) A party contesting the authentication of legal material in an electronic record authenticated under Section 5 of this Act has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the record is not authentic.


(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
(5 ILCS 180/7)
Sec. 7. Preservation and security of legal material in official electronic record.
(a) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as official under Section 4 of this Act shall provide for the preservation and security of the record in an electronic form or a form that is not electronic.
(b) If legal material is preserved under subsection (a) in an electronic record, the official publisher shall:
(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
(5 ILCS 180/8)
Sec. 8. Public access to legal material in official electronic record. An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is required to be preserved under Section 7 of this Act shall ensure that the material is reasonably available for use by the public on a permanent basis.

(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
(5 ILCS 180/9)
Sec. 9. Standards. In implementing this Act, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider:
(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
(5 ILCS 180/10)
Sec. 10. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this uniform Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
(5 ILCS 180/11)
Sec. 11. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This Act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b).

(Source: P.A. 98-1097, eff. 1-1-15.)

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