98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1306

 

Introduced , by Rep. André M. Thapedi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 140/7.5
230 ILCS 40/78

    Amends the Freedom of Information Act and the Video Gaming Act. Prohibits the Illinois Gaming Board from disseminating information relating to video gaming that is specific to individual licensed locations, but allows the dissemination of information that is aggregated based on municipality or county. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
 
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 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
7    Sec. 7.5. Statutory Exemptions. To the extent provided for
8by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt
9from inspection and copying:
10    (a) All information determined to be confidential under
11Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and Development Act.
12    (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
13library users with specific materials under the Library Records
14Confidentiality Act.
15    (c) Applications, related documents, and medical records
16received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures
17Board and any and all documents or other records prepared by
18the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures Board or its
19staff relating to applications it has received.
20    (d) Information and records held by the Department of
21Public Health and its authorized representatives relating to
22known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible disease or
23any information the disclosure of which is restricted under the

 

 

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1Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act.
2    (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted under
3Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
4    (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of the
5Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications
6Based Selection Act.
7    (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted and
8exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act.
9    (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted under
10the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and records of
11any lawfully created State or local inspector general's office
12that would be exempt if created or obtained by an Executive
13Inspector General's office under that Act.
14    (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy plan
15submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
16emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under Section
1711-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
18    (j) Information and data concerning the distribution of
19surcharge moneys collected and remitted by wireless carriers
20under the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act.
21    (k) Law enforcement officer identification information or
22driver identification information compiled by a law
23enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation under
24Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
25    (l) Records and information provided to a residential
26health care facility resident sexual assault and death review

 

 

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1team or the Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review
2Team Act.
3    (m) Information provided to the predatory lending database
4created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential Real Property
5Disclosure Act, except to the extent authorized under that
6Article.
7    (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
8compensation and expenses for court appointed trial counsel as
9provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital Crimes
10Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply until the
11conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the prosecution
12chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior to trial or
13sentencing.
14    (o) Information that is prohibited from being disclosed
15under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances
16Registry Act.
17    (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
18investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
19information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
20Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
21Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair County
22Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety Act.
23    (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
24Personnel Records Review Act.
25    (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
26Illinois School Student Records Act.

 

 

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1    (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted under
2Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
3    (t) All identified or deidentified health information in
4the form of health data or medical records contained in, stored
5in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from the Illinois
6Health Information Exchange, and identified or deidentified
7health information in the form of health data and medical
8records of the Illinois Health Information Exchange in the
9possession of the Illinois Health Information Exchange
10Authority due to its administration of the Illinois Health
11Information Exchange. The terms "identified" and
12"deidentified" shall be given the same meaning as in the Health
13Insurance Accountability and Portability Act of 1996, Public
14Law 104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any
15regulations promulgated thereunder.
16    (u) Records and information provided to an independent team
17of experts under Brian's Law.
18    (v) Names and information of people who have applied for or
19received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under the
20Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
21    (w) Personally identifiable information which is exempted
22from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section 19.1 of the
23Toll Highway Act.
24    (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure under
25Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section 8-11-21 of the
26Illinois Municipal Code.

 

 

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1        (y) Information that is exempted from disclosure under
2    subsection (c) of Section 78 of the Video Gaming Act.
3(Source: P.A. 96-542, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1235, eff. 1-1-11;
496-1331, eff. 7-27-10; 97-80, eff. 7-5-11; 97-333, eff.
58-12-11; 97-342, eff. 8-12-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-976,
6eff. 1-1-13.)
 
7    Section 10. The Video Gaming Act is amended by changing
8Section 78 as follows:
 
9    (230 ILCS 40/78)
10    Sec. 78. Authority of the Illinois Gaming Board.
11    (a) The Board shall have jurisdiction over and shall
12supervise all gaming operations governed by this Act. The Board
13shall have all powers necessary and proper to fully and
14effectively execute the provisions of this Act, including, but
15not limited to, the following:
16        (1) To investigate applicants and determine the
17    eligibility of applicants for licenses and to select among
18    competing applicants the applicants which best serve the
19    interests of the citizens of Illinois.
20        (2) To have jurisdiction and supervision over all video
21    gaming operations in this State and all persons in
22    establishments where video gaming operations are
23    conducted.
24        (3) To adopt rules for the purpose of administering the

 

 

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1    provisions of this Act and to prescribe rules, regulations,
2    and conditions under which all video gaming in the State
3    shall be conducted. Such rules and regulations are to
4    provide for the prevention of practices detrimental to the
5    public interest and for the best interests of video gaming,
6    including rules and regulations regarding the inspection
7    of such establishments and the review of any permits or
8    licenses necessary to operate an establishment under any
9    laws or regulations applicable to establishments and to
10    impose penalties for violations of this Act and its rules.
11    (b) The Board shall adopt emergency rules to administer
12this Act in accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois
13Administrative Procedure Act. For the purposes of the Illinois
14Administrative Procedure Act, the General Assembly finds that
15the adoption of rules to implement this Act is deemed an
16emergency and necessary to the public interest, safety, and
17welfare.
18    (c) The Board may not disseminate information relating to
19video gaming that is specific to individual licensed locations,
20but may disseminate information that is aggregated based on
21municipality or county.
22(Source: P.A. 96-38, eff. 7-13-09; 96-1410, eff. 7-30-10.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.