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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 140/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 202)
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7 | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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8 | (a) "Public body" means any legislative,
executive, | ||||||
9 | administrative, or advisory bodies of the State, state | ||||||
10 | universities
and colleges, counties, townships, cities, | ||||||
11 | villages, incorporated towns,
school districts and all other | ||||||
12 | municipal corporations,
boards, bureaus, committees, or | ||||||
13 | commissions of this State, any
subsidiary
bodies of any of the | ||||||
14 | foregoing including but not limited to committees and
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15 | subcommittees which are supported in whole or in part by tax | ||||||
16 | revenue, or
which expend tax revenue, and a School Finance | ||||||
17 | Authority created under
Article 1E of the School Code.
"Public | ||||||
18 | body" does not include a child death review team
or the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Child Death Review Teams
Executive Council
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20 | established under
the Child Death Review Team Act.
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21 | (b) "Person" means any individual, corporation, | ||||||
22 | partnership, firm,
organization
or association, acting | ||||||
23 | individually or as a group.
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1 | (c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms, | ||||||
2 | writings, letters,
memoranda, books, papers, maps, | ||||||
3 | photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes,
recordings,
electronic | ||||||
4 | data processing records, recorded information and all other
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5 | documentary
materials, regardless of physical form or | ||||||
6 | characteristics, having been
prepared, or having been or being | ||||||
7 | used, received, possessed or under the
control
of
any public | ||||||
8 | body. "Public records" includes, but is expressly not limited
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9 | to: (i) administrative manuals, procedural rules, and | ||||||
10 | instructions to staff,
unless exempted by Section 7(p) of this | ||||||
11 | Act; (ii) final opinions and orders
made in the adjudication of | ||||||
12 | cases, except an educational institution's
adjudication of
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13 | student or employee grievance or disciplinary cases; (iii) | ||||||
14 | substantive rules;
(iv) statements and
interpretations of | ||||||
15 | policy which have been adopted by a public body; (v)
final | ||||||
16 | planning policies, recommendations, and decisions; (vi) | ||||||
17 | factual reports,
inspection reports, and studies whether | ||||||
18 | prepared by or for the public body;
(vii) all information in | ||||||
19 | any account, voucher, or contract dealing with
the receipt or | ||||||
20 | expenditure of public or other funds of public bodies; (viii)
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21 | the names, salaries, titles, and dates of employment of all | ||||||
22 | employees and
officers of public bodies; (ix) materials | ||||||
23 | containing opinions concerning
the rights of the state, the | ||||||
24 | public, a subdivision of state or a local
government,
or of any | ||||||
25 | private persons; (x) the name of every official and the final
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26 | records of voting in all proceedings of public bodies; (xi) |
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1 | applications
for any contract, permit, grant, or agreement | ||||||
2 | except as exempted from
disclosure
by subsection (g) of Section | ||||||
3 | 7 of this Act; (xii) each report, document,
study, or | ||||||
4 | publication prepared by independent consultants or other | ||||||
5 | independent
contractors for the public body; (xiii) all other | ||||||
6 | information required by
law to be made available for public | ||||||
7 | inspection or copying;
(xiv) information relating to any grant | ||||||
8 | or contract made by or between a
public body and another public | ||||||
9 | body or private organization; (xv)
waiver documents filed with | ||||||
10 | the State Superintendent of Education or the
president of the | ||||||
11 | University of Illinois under Section 30-12.5 of the School
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12 | Code, concerning nominees for
General Assembly scholarships | ||||||
13 | under
Sections 30-9, 30-10, and 30-11 of the School Code; (xvi)
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14 | complaints,
results of complaints, and Department of Children | ||||||
15 | and Family Services staff
findings of licensing violations at | ||||||
16 | day care facilities, provided that personal
and identifying | ||||||
17 | information is not released; and (xvii) records, reports,
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18 | forms, writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, and other | ||||||
19 | documentary
information, regardless of physical form or | ||||||
20 | characteristics, having been
prepared, or having been or being | ||||||
21 | used, received, possessed, or under the
control of the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Sports Facilities Authority dealing with the receipt or
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23 | expenditure of public funds or other funds of the Authority in | ||||||
24 | connection with
the reconstruction, renovation, remodeling, | ||||||
25 | extension, or improvement of all or
substantially all of an | ||||||
26 | existing "facility" as that term is defined in the
Illinois |
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1 | Sports Facilities Authority Act ; and (xviii) only that portion | ||||||
2 | of settlement agreements entered into by or on behalf of a | ||||||
3 | public body that shows the total amount of any moneys or total | ||||||
4 | financial value of other agreements, that are not otherwise | ||||||
5 | exempt under Section 7 of this Act, that resulted in a | ||||||
6 | financial payment to or financial payout by the public body and | ||||||
7 | the amount of moneys expended by or on behalf of the public | ||||||
8 | body for the prosecution, defense, or settlement of any | ||||||
9 | litigation .
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10 | (d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public record | ||||||
11 | by means of any
photographic, electronic, mechanical or other | ||||||
12 | process, device or means.
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13 | (e) "Head of the public body" means the president, mayor, | ||||||
14 | chairman,
presiding
officer, director, superintendent, | ||||||
15 | manager, supervisor or individual otherwise
holding primary | ||||||
16 | executive and administrative authority for the public
body, or | ||||||
17 | such person's duly authorized designee.
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18 | (f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical | ||||||
19 | issued at regular
intervals whether in print or electronic | ||||||
20 | format, a news service whether
in print or electronic format, a | ||||||
21 | radio
station, a television station, a television network, a | ||||||
22 | community
antenna television service, or a person or | ||||||
23 | corporation engaged in making news
reels or other motion | ||||||
24 | picture news for public showing.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 91-935, eff. 6-1-01; 92-335, eff. 8-10-01; | ||||||
26 | 92-468, eff.
8-22-01; 92-547, eff. 6-13-02; 92-651, eff. |
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1 | 7-11-02.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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