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Short title. This Act may be cited as the College Campus Press Act. (Source: P.A. 95-580, eff. 6-1-08.)
Illinois · statute · 110 ILCS 13 · 9 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the College Campus Press Act. (Source: P.A. 95-580, eff. 6-1-08.)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-488) Sec. 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act: "Campus media" means any matter that is prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by students at State-sponsored institutions of higher learning, that is distributed or generally made available, either free…
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-488) Sec. 10. Public forum. All campus media produced primarily by students at a State-sponsored institution of higher learning is a public forum for expression by the student journalists and editors at the particular institution. Campus media, whether campus-sponsored or n…
Grammar and journalism standards. Collegiate student editors of campus media are responsible for determining the news, opinions, feature content, and advertising content of campus media. This Section does not prevent a collegiate media adviser from teaching professional standards of grammar and journalism to collegiate…
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-488) Sec. 20. Injunction and declaratory relief. A collegiate student enrolled in a State-sponsored institution of higher learning or a collegiate media advisor of a State-sponsored institution of higher learning may commence a civil action to obtain appropriate injunctive…
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-488) Sec. 25. Campus policy and speech distinguished. Expression made by a collegiate student journalist, collegiate student editor, or other contributor in campus media is neither an expression of campus policy nor speech attributable to a State-sponsored institution of hi…
Discipline; unprotected speech. Nothing in this Act prohibits the imposition of discipline for harassment, threats, or intimidation, unless constitutionally protected, or for speech that is not constitutionally protected, including obscenity or incitement. (Source: P.A. 95-580, eff. 6-1-08.)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-488) Sec. 35. Immunity. A State-sponsored institution of higher learning shall be immune from any lawsuit arising from expression actually made in campus media, with the exception of the institution's own expression. (Source: P.A. 95-580, eff. 6-1-08.) (Text of Section afte…
Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 95-580, eff. 6-1-08.)