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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Sections 2.15, 7, and 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/2.15)
7    Sec. 2.15. Arrest reports and criminal history records.
8    (a) Arrest reports. The following chronologically
9maintained arrest and criminal history information maintained
10by State or local criminal justice agencies shall be furnished
11as soon as practical, but in no event later than 72 hours after
12the arrest, notwithstanding the time limits otherwise provided
13for in Section 3 of this Act: (i) information that identifies
14the individual, including the name, age, address, and
15photograph, when and if available; (ii) information detailing
16any charges relating to the arrest; (iii) the time and location
17of the arrest; (iv) the name of the investigating or arresting
18law enforcement agency; (v) if the individual is incarcerated,
19the amount of any bail or bond; and (vi) if the individual is
20incarcerated, the time and date that the individual was
21received into, discharged from, or transferred from the
22arresting agency's custody.
23    (b) Criminal history records. The following documents

 

 

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1maintained by a public body pertaining to criminal history
2record information are public records subject to inspection and
3copying by the public pursuant to this Act: (i) court records
4that are public; (ii) records that are otherwise available
5under State or local law; and (iii) records in which the
6requesting party is the individual identified, except as
7provided under Section 7(1)(d)(vi).
8    (c) Information described in items (iii) through (vi) of
9subsection (a) may be withheld if it is determined that
10disclosure would: (i) interfere with pending or actually and
11reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings conducted
12by any law enforcement agency; (ii) endanger the life or
13physical safety of law enforcement or correctional personnel or
14any other person; or (iii) compromise the security of any
15correctional facility.
16    (d) The provisions of this Section do not supersede the
17confidentiality provisions for law enforcement or arrest
18records of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
19(Source: P.A. 96-542, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
20    (5 ILCS 140/7)  (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
21    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
22    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
23record that contains information that is exempt from disclosure
24under this Section, but also contains information that is not
25exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect to redact the

 

 

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1information that is exempt. The public body shall make the
2remaining information available for inspection and copying.
3Subject to this requirement, the following shall be exempt from
4inspection and copying:
5        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
6    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
7    implementing federal or State law.
8        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
9    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law or
10    a court order.
11        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
12    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
13    specifically designed to provide information to one or more
14    law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or mental
15    status of one or more individual subjects.
16        (c) Personal information contained within public
17    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly
18    unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless the
19    disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
20    subjects of the information. "Unwarranted invasion of
21    personal privacy" means the disclosure of information that
22    is highly personal or objectionable to a reasonable person
23    and in which the subject's right to privacy outweighs any
24    legitimate public interest in obtaining the information.
25    The disclosure of information that bears on the public
26    duties of public employees and officials shall not be

 

 

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1    considered an invasion of personal privacy.
2        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
3    created in the course of administrative enforcement
4    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
5    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent
6    that disclosure would:
7            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
8        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
9        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
10        agency that is the recipient of the request;
11            (ii) interfere with active administrative
12        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
13        that is the recipient of the request;
14            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
15        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
16        hearing;
17            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
18        confidential source, confidential information
19        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
20        who file complaints with or provide information to
21        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
22        penal agencies; except that the identities of
23        witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
24        reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
25        agencies of local government, except when disclosure
26        would interfere with an active criminal investigation

 

 

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1        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
2        request;
3            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
4        techniques other than those generally used and known or
5        disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
6        related to detection, observation or investigation of
7        incidents of crime or misconduct, and disclosure would
8        result in demonstrable harm to the agency or public
9        body that is the recipient of the request;
10            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
11        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
12            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
13        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
14        (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
15    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
16    record management system if the law enforcement agency that
17    is the recipient of the request did not create the record,
18    did not participate in or have a role in any of the events
19    which are the subject of the record, and only has access to
20    the record through the shared electronic record management
21    system.
22        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
23    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
24        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
25    Department of Corrections if those materials are available
26    in the library of the correctional facility where the

 

 

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1    inmate is confined.
2        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
3    Department of Corrections if those materials include
4    records from staff members' personnel files, staff
5    rosters, or other staffing assignment information.
6        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
7    Department of Corrections if those materials are available
8    through an administrative request to the Department of
9    Corrections.
10        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
11    memoranda and other records in which opinions are
12    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
13    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
14    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
15    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
16    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
17    of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
18    pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
19        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
20    information obtained from a person or business where the
21    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
22    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
23    privileged or confidential, and that disclosure of the
24    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
25    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
26    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records

 

 

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1    requested.
2        The information included under this exemption includes
3    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
4    obtained by a public body, including a public pension fund,
5    from a private equity fund or a privately held company
6    within the investment portfolio of a private equity fund as
7    a result of either investing or evaluating a potential
8    investment of public funds in a private equity fund. The
9    exemption contained in this item does not apply to the
10    aggregate financial performance information of a private
11    equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's managers or
12    general partners. The exemption contained in this item does
13    not apply to the identity of a privately held company
14    within the investment portfolio of a private equity fund,
15    unless the disclosure of the identity of a privately held
16    company may cause competitive harm.
17        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
18    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
19    to disclosure.
20        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
21    agreement, including information which if it were
22    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
23    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
24    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
25    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
26    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an

 

 

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1    award or final selection is made.
2        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
3    designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by
4    any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
5    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
6    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
7    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news
8    media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
9    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
10    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
11    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
12    legal rights of the general public.
13        (j) The following information pertaining to
14    educational matters:
15            (i) test questions, scoring keys and other
16        examination data used to administer an academic
17        examination;
18            (ii) information received by a primary or
19        secondary school, college, or university under its
20        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
21        their academic peers;
22            (iii) information concerning a school or
23        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
24        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
25        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
26            (iv) course materials or research materials used

 

 

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1        by faculty members.
2        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
3    submissions, and other construction related technical
4    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
5    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
6    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
7    including but not limited to power generating and
8    distribution stations and other transmission and
9    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
10    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
11    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
12    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
13    security.
14        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
15    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
16    public body makes the minutes available to the public under
17    Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
18        (m) Communications between a public body and an
19    attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
20    not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
21    prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
22    anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
23    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
24    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
25    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
26        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication of

 

 

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1    employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however, this
2    exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of cases in
3    which discipline is imposed.
4        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
5    with automated data processing operations, including but
6    not limited to software, operating protocols, computer
7    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
8    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
9    pertaining to all logical and physical design of
10    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
11    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
12    security of the system or its data or the security of
13    materials exempt under this Section.
14        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
15    between public bodies and their employees or
16    representatives, except that any final contract or
17    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
18        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
19    examination data used to determine the qualifications of an
20    applicant for a license or employment.
21        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
22    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
23    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
24    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
25    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
26    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents and

 

 

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1    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
2    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
3    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents and
4    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
5    until a sale is consummated.
6        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
7    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
8    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
9    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
10    Insurance or self insurance (including any
11    intergovernmental risk management association or self
12    insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
13    information, records, data, advice or communications.
14        (t) Information contained in or related to
15    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
16    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
17    for the regulation or supervision of financial
18    institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
19    otherwise required by State law.
20        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
21    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
22    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to be
23    used to create electronic or digital signatures under the
24    Electronic Commerce Security Act.
25        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
26    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,

 

 

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1    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's
2    population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
3    destruction or contamination of which would constitute a
4    clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
5    community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
6    reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
7    the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement
8    them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
9    include such things as details pertaining to the
10    mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
11    the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
12    tactical operations.
13        (w) (Blank).
14        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
15    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
16    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
17    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
18    Illinois Power Agency.
19        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
20    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
21    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
22    Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act that
23    is determined to be confidential and proprietary by the
24    Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
25    Commission.
26        (z) Information about students exempted from

 

 

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1    disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
2    School Code, and information about undergraduate students
3    enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
4    from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
5    Card Marketing Act of 2009.
6        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
7    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
8        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
9    review team and records maintained by a mortality review
10    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
11    Mortality Review Team Act.
12        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
13    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
14    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
15    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
16        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
17    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Public Aid Code or (ii)
18    that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of the Public
19    Aid Code.
20        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
21    information of persons who are minors and are also
22    participants and registrants in programs of park
23    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
24    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
25    associations.
26        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal

 

 

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1    information of participants and registrants in programs of
2    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
3    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
4    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
5    minors.
6        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
7    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of 2012.
8        (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
9    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
10    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
11    School Code and any information contained in that report.
12        (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
13    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
14    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to the
15    Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
16    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
17    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
18    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
19    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
20    or (iii) are available through an administrative request to
21    the Department of Human Services or the Department of
22    Corrections.
23    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
24Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
25prior to disclosure under this Act.
26    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a

 

 

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1public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
2agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
3behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
4governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
5Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
6for purposes of this Act.
7    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
8information or limit the availability of records to the public,
9except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
10Act.
11(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-385, eff. 8-15-11;
1297-452, eff. 8-19-11; 97-783, eff. 7-13-12; 97-813, eff.
137-13-12; 97-847, eff. 9-22-12; 97-1065, eff. 8-24-12; 97-1129,
14eff. 8-28-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-578, eff. 8-27-13;
1598-695, eff. 7-3-14.)
 
16    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
17    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions Exemptions. To the extent
18provided for by the statutes referenced below, the following
19shall be exempt from inspection and copying:
20        (a) All information determined to be confidential
21    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
22    Development Act.
23        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
24    library users with specific materials under the Library
25    Records Confidentiality Act.

 

 

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1        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
2    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
3    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
4    prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
5    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
6    has received.
7        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
8    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
9    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
10    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
11    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
12    Disease Control Act.
13        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
14    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
15        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
16    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
17    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
18        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
19    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
20    Tuition Act.
21        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
22    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
23    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
24    general's office that would be exempt if created or
25    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
26    that Act.

 

 

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1        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
2    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
3    emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
4    Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
5        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
6    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by wireless
7    carriers under the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety
8    Act.
9        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
10    or driver identification information compiled by a law
11    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
12    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
13        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
14    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
15    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
16    Prevention Review Team Act.
17        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
18    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
19    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
20    authorized under that Article.
21        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
22    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
23    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
24    Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply
25    until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
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1    to trial or sentencing.
2        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
3    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
4    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
5        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
6    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
7    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
8    Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
9    the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
10    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
11    Act.
12        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
13    Personnel Records Review Act.
14        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
15    Illinois School Student Records Act.
16        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
17    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
18        (t) All identified or deidentified health information
19    in the form of health data or medical records contained in,
20    stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from
21    the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified
22    or deidentified health information in the form of health
23    data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information
24    Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health
25    Information Exchange Authority due to its administration
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1    "identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same
2    meaning as in the Health Insurance Accountability and
3    Portability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any
4    subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations
5    promulgated thereunder.
6        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
7    team of experts under Brian's Law.
8        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
9    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
10    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
11    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
12    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
13    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
14    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry
15    Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry
16    Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
17    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
18        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
19    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
20    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
21        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
22    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
23    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
24        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
25    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
26    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including

 

 

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1    information about the identity and administrative finding
2    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
3    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an
4    eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
5    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
6        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
7    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
8    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
9    Act.
10        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
11    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
12        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
13    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
14(Source: P.A. 97-80, eff. 7-5-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-342,
15eff. 8-12-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-976, eff. 1-1-13; 98-49,
16eff. 7-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1039,
17eff. 8-25-14; 98-1045, eff. 8-25-14; revised 10-1-14.)
 
18    Section 10. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
19changing Sections 1-7 and 5-905 as follows:
 
20    (705 ILCS 405/1-7)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-7)
21    Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of law enforcement records.
22    (A) Inspection and copying of law enforcement records
23maintained by law enforcement agencies that relate to a minor
24who has been investigated, arrested, or taken into custody

 

 

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1before his or her 18th birthday shall be restricted to the
2following:
3        (1) Any local, State or federal law enforcement
4    officers of any jurisdiction or agency when necessary for
5    the discharge of their official duties during the
6    investigation or prosecution of a crime or relating to a
7    minor who has been adjudicated delinquent and there has
8    been a previous finding that the act which constitutes the
9    previous offense was committed in furtherance of criminal
10    activities by a criminal street gang, or, when necessary
11    for the discharge of its official duties in connection with
12    a particular investigation of the conduct of a law
13    enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff
14    created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
15    government with the duty of investigating the conduct of
16    law enforcement officers. For purposes of this Section,
17    "criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
18    Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
19    Prevention Act.
20        (2) Prosecutors, probation officers, social workers,
21    or other individuals assigned by the court to conduct a
22    pre-adjudication or pre-disposition investigation, and
23    individuals responsible for supervising or providing
24    temporary or permanent care and custody for minors pursuant
25    to the order of the juvenile court, when essential to
26    performing their responsibilities.

 

 

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1        (3) Prosecutors and probation officers:
2            (a) in the course of a trial when institution of
3        criminal proceedings has been permitted or required
4        under Section 5-805; or
5            (b) when institution of criminal proceedings has
6        been permitted or required under Section 5-805 and such
7        minor is the subject of a proceeding to determine the
8        amount of bail; or
9            (c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
10        or required under Section 5-805 and such minor is the
11        subject of a pre-trial investigation, pre-sentence
12        investigation, fitness hearing, or proceedings on an
13        application for probation.
14        (4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
15        (5) Authorized military personnel.
16        (6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
17    permission of the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court and
18    the chief executive of the respective law enforcement
19    agency; provided that publication of such research results
20    in no disclosure of a minor's identity and protects the
21    confidentiality of the minor's record.
22        (7) Department of Children and Family Services child
23    protection investigators acting in their official
24    capacity.
25        (8) The appropriate school official only if the agency
26    or officer believes that there is an imminent threat of

 

 

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1    physical harm to students, school personnel, or others who
2    are present in the school or on school grounds.
3             (A) Inspection and copying shall be limited to law
4        enforcement records transmitted to the appropriate
5        school official or officials whom the school has
6        determined to have a legitimate educational or safety
7        interest by a local law enforcement agency under a
8        reciprocal reporting system established and maintained
9        between the school district and the local law
10        enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the
11        School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
12        within the school district who has been arrested or
13        taken into custody for any of the following offenses:
14                (i) any violation of Article 24 of the Criminal
15            Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
16                (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
17            Substances Act;
18                (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
19                (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
20            2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
21            Code of 2012;
22                (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control
23            and Community Protection Act;
24                (vi) a violation of Section 1-2 of the
25            Harassing and Obscene Communications Act;
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1                (viii) a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2,
2            12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5,
3            12-5, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 25-1, or 25-5 of the
4            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
5            The information derived from the law enforcement
6        records shall be kept separate from and shall not
7        become a part of the official school record of that
8        child and shall not be a public record. The information
9        shall be used solely by the appropriate school official
10        or officials whom the school has determined to have a
11        legitimate educational or safety interest to aid in the
12        proper rehabilitation of the child and to protect the
13        safety of students and employees in the school. If the
14        designated law enforcement and school officials deem
15        it to be in the best interest of the minor, the student
16        may be referred to in-school or community based social
17        services if those services are available.
18        "Rehabilitation services" may include interventions by
19        school support personnel, evaluation for eligibility
20        for special education, referrals to community-based
21        agencies such as youth services, behavioral healthcare
22        service providers, drug and alcohol prevention or
23        treatment programs, and other interventions as deemed
24        appropriate for the student.
25            (B) Any information provided to appropriate school
26        officials whom the school has determined to have a

 

 

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1        legitimate educational or safety interest by local law
2        enforcement officials about a minor who is the subject
3        of a current police investigation that is directly
4        related to school safety shall consist of oral
5        information only, and not written law enforcement
6        records, and shall be used solely by the appropriate
7        school official or officials to protect the safety of
8        students and employees in the school and aid in the
9        proper rehabilitation of the child. The information
10        derived orally from the local law enforcement
11        officials shall be kept separate from and shall not
12        become a part of the official school record of the
13        child and shall not be a public record. This limitation
14        on the use of information about a minor who is the
15        subject of a current police investigation shall in no
16        way limit the use of this information by prosecutors in
17        pursuing criminal charges arising out of the
18        information disclosed during a police investigation of
19        the minor. For purposes of this paragraph,
20        "investigation" means an official systematic inquiry
21        by a law enforcement agency into actual or suspected
22        criminal activity.
23        (9) Mental health professionals on behalf of the
24    Illinois Department of Corrections or the Department of
25    Human Services or prosecutors who are evaluating,
26    prosecuting, or investigating a potential or actual

 

 

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1    petition brought under the Sexually Violent Persons
2    Commitment Act relating to a person who is the subject of
3    juvenile law enforcement records or the respondent to a
4    petition brought under the Sexually Violent Persons
5    Commitment Act who is the subject of the juvenile law
6    enforcement records sought. Any records and any
7    information obtained from those records under this
8    paragraph (9) may be used only in sexually violent persons
9    commitment proceedings.
10        (10) The president of a park district. Inspection and
11    copying shall be limited to law enforcement records
12    transmitted to the president of the park district by the
13    Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the Park
14    District Code or Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park District
15    Act concerning a person who is seeking employment with that
16    park district and who has been adjudicated a juvenile
17    delinquent for any of the offenses listed in subsection (c)
18    of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code or subsection (c)
19    of Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park District Act.
20        (B)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law
21    enforcement officer or other person or agency may knowingly
22    transmit to the Department of Corrections or the Department
23    of State Police or to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
24    any fingerprint or photograph relating to a minor who has
25    been arrested or taken into custody before his or her 18th
26    birthday, unless the court in proceedings under this Act

 

 

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1    authorizes the transmission or enters an order under
2    Section 5-805 permitting or requiring the institution of
3    criminal proceedings.
4        (2) Law enforcement officers or other persons or
5    agencies shall transmit to the Department of State Police
6    copies of fingerprints and descriptions of all minors who
7    have been arrested or taken into custody before their 18th
8    birthday for the offense of unlawful use of weapons under
9    Article 24 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
10    Code of 2012, a Class X or Class 1 felony, a forcible
11    felony as defined in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of
12    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a Class 2 or greater
13    felony under the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois
14    Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and
15    Community Protection Act, or Chapter 4 of the Illinois
16    Vehicle Code, pursuant to Section 5 of the Criminal
17    Identification Act. Information reported to the Department
18    pursuant to this Section may be maintained with records
19    that the Department files pursuant to Section 2.1 of the
20    Criminal Identification Act. Nothing in this Act prohibits
21    a law enforcement agency from fingerprinting a minor taken
22    into custody or arrested before his or her 18th birthday
23    for an offense other than those listed in this paragraph
24    (2).
25    (C) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
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1of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
2of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 18
3years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
4arrests and may not be open to public inspection or their
5contents disclosed to the public except by order of the court
6presiding over matters pursuant to this Act or when the
7institution of criminal proceedings has been permitted or
8required under Section 5-805 or such a person has been
9convicted of a crime and is the subject of pre-sentence
10investigation or proceedings on an application for probation or
11when provided by law. For purposes of obtaining documents
12pursuant to this Section, a civil subpoena is not an order of
13the court.
14        (1) In cases where the law enforcement, or independent
15    agency, records concern a pending juvenile court case, the
16    party seeking to inspect the records shall provide actual
17    notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem of the minor
18    whose records are sought.
19        (2) In cases where the records concern a juvenile court
20    case that is no longer pending, the party seeking to
21    inspect the records shall provide actual notice to the
22    minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the
23    matter shall be referred to the chief judge presiding over
24    matters pursuant to this Act.
25        (3) In determining whether the records should be
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1    minor's interest in confidentiality and rehabilitation
2    over the moving party's interest in obtaining the
3    information. Any records obtained in violation of this
4    subsection (C) shall not be admissible in any criminal or
5    civil proceeding, or operate to disqualify a minor from
6    subsequently holding public office or securing employment,
7    or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit, right,
8    privilege, or right to receive any license granted by
9    public authority.
10    (D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section
11shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure to victims and
12witnesses of photographs contained in the records of law
13enforcement agencies when the inspection and disclosure is
14conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the
15purpose of the identification or apprehension of any person
16subject to the provisions of this Act or for the investigation
17or prosecution of any crime.
18    (E) Law enforcement officers, and personnel of an
19independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
20of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
21of law enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of
22any minor in releasing information to the general public as to
23the arrest, investigation or disposition of any case involving
24a minor.
25    (F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
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1letter, memorandum, teletype or intelligence alert bulletin or
2other means the identity or other relevant information
3pertaining to a person under 18 years of age if there are
4reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real and
5present danger to the safety of the public or law enforcement
6officers. The information provided under this subsection (F)
7shall remain confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed,
8except as otherwise allowed by law.
9    (G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of a
10Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of any state,
11county or municipality examining the character and fitness of
12an applicant for employment with a law enforcement agency,
13correctional institution, or fire department from obtaining
14and examining the records of any law enforcement agency
15relating to any record of the applicant having been arrested or
16taken into custody before the applicant's 18th birthday.
17    (H) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
18apply to law enforcement records of a minor who has been
19arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014 (the
20effective date of Public Act 98-61).
21(Source: P.A. 97-700, eff. 6-22-12; 97-1083, eff. 8-24-12;
2297-1104, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-61, eff.
231-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
24    (705 ILCS 405/5-905)
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1    (1) Law Enforcement Records. Inspection and copying of law
2enforcement records maintained by law enforcement agencies
3that relate to a minor who has been investigated, arrested, or
4taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday shall be
5restricted to the following and when necessary for the
6discharge of their official duties:
7        (a) A judge of the circuit court and members of the
8    staff of the court designated by the judge;
9        (b) Law enforcement officers, probation officers or
10    prosecutors or their staff, or, when necessary for the
11    discharge of its official duties in connection with a
12    particular investigation of the conduct of a law
13    enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff
14    created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
15    government with the duty of investigating the conduct of
16    law enforcement officers;
17        (c) The minor, the minor's parents or legal guardian
18    and their attorneys, but only when the juvenile has been
19    charged with an offense;
20        (d) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Boards;
21        (e) Authorized military personnel;
22        (f) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
23    permission of the judge of juvenile court and the chief
24    executive of the agency that prepared the particular
25    recording: provided that publication of such research
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1    the confidentiality of the record;
2        (g) Individuals responsible for supervising or
3    providing temporary or permanent care and custody of minors
4    pursuant to orders of the juvenile court or directives from
5    officials of the Department of Children and Family Services
6    or the Department of Human Services who certify in writing
7    that the information will not be disclosed to any other
8    party except as provided under law or order of court;
9        (h) The appropriate school official only if the agency
10    or officer believes that there is an imminent threat of
11    physical harm to students, school personnel, or others who
12    are present in the school or on school grounds.
13             (A) Inspection and copying shall be limited to law
14        enforcement records transmitted to the appropriate
15        school official or officials whom the school has
16        determined to have a legitimate educational or safety
17        interest by a local law enforcement agency under a
18        reciprocal reporting system established and maintained
19        between the school district and the local law
20        enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the
21        School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
22        within the school district who has been arrested or
23        taken into custody for any of the following offenses:
24                (i) any violation of Article 24 of the Criminal
25            Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
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1            Substances Act;
2                (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
3                (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
4            2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
5            Code of 2012;
6                (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control
7            and Community Protection Act;
8                (vi) a violation of Section 1-2 of the
9            Harassing and Obscene Communications Act;
10                (vii) a violation of the Hazing Act; or
11                (viii) a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2,
12            12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5,
13            12-5, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 25-1, or 25-5 of the
14            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
15            The information derived from the law enforcement
16        records shall be kept separate from and shall not
17        become a part of the official school record of that
18        child and shall not be a public record. The information
19        shall be used solely by the appropriate school official
20        or officials whom the school has determined to have a
21        legitimate educational or safety interest to aid in the
22        proper rehabilitation of the child and to protect the
23        safety of students and employees in the school. If the
24        designated law enforcement and school officials deem
25        it to be in the best interest of the minor, the student
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1        services if those services are available.
2        "Rehabilitation services" may include interventions by
3        school support personnel, evaluation for eligibility
4        for special education, referrals to community-based
5        agencies such as youth services, behavioral healthcare
6        service providers, drug and alcohol prevention or
7        treatment programs, and other interventions as deemed
8        appropriate for the student.
9            (B) Any information provided to appropriate school
10        officials whom the school has determined to have a
11        legitimate educational or safety interest by local law
12        enforcement officials about a minor who is the subject
13        of a current police investigation that is directly
14        related to school safety shall consist of oral
15        information only, and not written law enforcement
16        records, and shall be used solely by the appropriate
17        school official or officials to protect the safety of
18        students and employees in the school and aid in the
19        proper rehabilitation of the child. The information
20        derived orally from the local law enforcement
21        officials shall be kept separate from and shall not
22        become a part of the official school record of the
23        child and shall not be a public record. This limitation
24        on the use of information about a minor who is the
25        subject of a current police investigation shall in no
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1        pursuing criminal charges arising out of the
2        information disclosed during a police investigation of
3        the minor. For purposes of this paragraph,
4        "investigation" means an official systematic inquiry
5        by a law enforcement agency into actual or suspected
6        criminal activity;
7        (i) The president of a park district. Inspection and
8    copying shall be limited to law enforcement records
9    transmitted to the president of the park district by the
10    Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the Park
11    District Code or Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park District
12    Act concerning a person who is seeking employment with that
13    park district and who has been adjudicated a juvenile
14    delinquent for any of the offenses listed in subsection (c)
15    of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code or subsection (c)
16    of Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park District Act.
17    (2) Information identifying victims and alleged victims of
18sex offenses, shall not be disclosed or open to public
19inspection under any circumstances. Nothing in this Section
20shall prohibit the victim or alleged victim of any sex offense
21from voluntarily disclosing his or her identity.
22    (2.5) If the minor is a victim of aggravated battery,
23battery, attempted first degree murder, or other non-sexual
24violent offense, the identity of the victim may be disclosed to
25appropriate school officials, for the purpose of preventing
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1enforcement agency pursuant to an agreement established
2between the school district and a local law enforcement agency
3subject to the approval by the presiding judge of the juvenile
4court.
5    (3) Relevant information, reports and records shall be made
6available to the Department of Juvenile Justice when a juvenile
7offender has been placed in the custody of the Department of
8Juvenile Justice.
9    (4) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the inspection
10or disclosure to victims and witnesses of photographs contained
11in the records of law enforcement agencies when the inspection
12or disclosure is conducted in the presence of a law enforcement
13officer for purposes of identification or apprehension of any
14person in the course of any criminal investigation or
15prosecution.
16    (5) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
17independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
18of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
19of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 18
20years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
21adults and may not be open to public inspection or their
22contents disclosed to the public except by order of the court
23or when the institution of criminal proceedings has been
24permitted under Section 5-130 or 5-805 or required under
25Section 5-130 or 5-805 or such a person has been convicted of a
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1provided by law.
2    (6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (6),
3law enforcement officers, and personnel of an independent
4agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
5government with the duty of investigating the conduct of law
6enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of any
7minor in releasing information to the general public as to the
8arrest, investigation or disposition of any case involving a
9minor. Any victim or parent or legal guardian of a victim may
10petition the court to disclose the name and address of the
11minor and the minor's parents or legal guardian, or both. Upon
12a finding by clear and convincing evidence that the disclosure
13is either necessary for the victim to pursue a civil remedy
14against the minor or the minor's parents or legal guardian, or
15both, or to protect the victim's person or property from the
16minor, then the court may order the disclosure of the
17information to the victim or to the parent or legal guardian of
18the victim only for the purpose of the victim pursuing a civil
19remedy against the minor or the minor's parents or legal
20guardian, or both, or to protect the victim's person or
21property from the minor.
22    (7) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
23enforcement agencies when acting in their official capacity
24from communicating with each other by letter, memorandum,
25teletype or intelligence alert bulletin or other means the
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1under 18 years of age. The information provided under this
2subsection (7) shall remain confidential and shall not be
3publicly disclosed, except as otherwise allowed by law.
4    (8) No person shall disclose information under this Section
5except when acting in his or her official capacity and as
6provided by law or order of court.
7    (9) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
8apply to law enforcement records of a minor who has been
9arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014 (the
10effective date of Public Act 98-61).
11(Source: P.A. 97-700, eff. 6-22-12; 97-1104, eff. 1-1-13;
1297-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-61, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff.
137-16-14.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.