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| | 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 |
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Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
lists of available records.
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| | HB1297 | | LRB102 03307 RJF 13320 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 140/5) (from Ch. 116, par. 205)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5.
As to public records prepared or received after |
| 8 | | the
the effective
date of this Act, each public body shall |
| 9 | | maintain and make available for inspection
and copying a |
| 10 | | reasonably current list of all types or categories of records
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| 11 | | under its control. The list shall be reasonably detailed in |
| 12 | | order to aid
persons in obtaining access to public records |
| 13 | | pursuant to this Act. Each
public body shall furnish upon |
| 14 | | request a description of the manner in which
public records |
| 15 | | stored by means of electronic data processing may be obtained |
| 16 | | in a form
comprehensible to persons lacking knowledge of |
| 17 | | computer
language or printout format. |
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 83-1013.)
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