102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1297

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 140/5  from Ch. 116, par. 205

    Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning lists of available records.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/5)  (from Ch. 116, par. 205)
7    Sec. 5. As to public records prepared or received after
8the the effective date of this Act, each public body shall
9maintain and make available for inspection and copying a
10reasonably current list of all types or categories of records
11under its control. The list shall be reasonably detailed in
12order to aid persons in obtaining access to public records
13pursuant to this Act. Each public body shall furnish upon
14request a description of the manner in which public records
15stored by means of electronic data processing may be obtained
16in a form comprehensible to persons lacking knowledge of
17computer language or printout format.
18(Source: P.A. 83-1013.)