(25 ILCS 50/8) (from Ch. 63, par. 42.38)

Sec. 8. The subject matter of bills submitted to boards, commissions, departments, agencies, or other entities for preparation of fiscal notes shall be kept in strict confidence and no information relating thereto or relating to the fiscal effect of any such measure shall be divulged by any official or employee thereof prior to its introduction in the General Assembly.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 858.)