99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3303

 

Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 140/7  from Ch. 116, par. 207

    Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that law enforcement records relating to a juvenile victim or defendant remain permanently exempt from inspection and copying. Provides that all other records shall be made available for inspection and copying after a period of 5 years from the date the record is created, unless the record is otherwise exempt from inspection and copying under another provision of the Act. Exempts from disclosure information or materials that the disclosure of which would violate a Supreme Court Rule. Effective immediately.


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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 7 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/7)  (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
7    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
8    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
9record that contains information that is exempt from disclosure
10under this Section, but also contains information that is not
11exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect to redact the
12information that is exempt. The public body shall make the
13remaining information available for inspection and copying.
14Subject to this requirement, the following shall be exempt from
15inspection and copying:
16        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
17    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
18    implementing federal or State law.
19        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
20    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law or
21    a court order.
22        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
23    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and

 

 

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1    specifically designed to provide information to one or more
2    law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or mental
3    status of one or more individual subjects.
4        (c) Personal information contained within public
5    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly
6    unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless the
7    disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
8    subjects of the information. "Unwarranted invasion of
9    personal privacy" means the disclosure of information that
10    is highly personal or objectionable to a reasonable person
11    and in which the subject's right to privacy outweighs any
12    legitimate public interest in obtaining the information.
13    The disclosure of information that bears on the public
14    duties of public employees and officials shall not be
15    considered an invasion of personal privacy.
16        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
17    created in the course of administrative enforcement
18    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
19    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent
20    that disclosure would:
21            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
22        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
23        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
24        agency that is the recipient of the request;
25            (ii) interfere with active administrative
26        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body

 

 

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1        that is the recipient of the request;
2            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
3        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
4        hearing;
5            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
6        confidential source, confidential information
7        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
8        who file complaints with or provide information to
9        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
10        penal agencies; except that the identities of
11        witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
12        reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
13        agencies of local government, except when disclosure
14        would interfere with an active criminal investigation
15        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
16        request;
17            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
18        techniques other than those generally used and known or
19        disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
20        related to detection, observation or investigation of
21        incidents of crime or misconduct, and disclosure would
22        result in demonstrable harm to the agency or public
23        body that is the recipient of the request;
24            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
25        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
26            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation

 

 

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1        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
2        Records relating to a juvenile victim or juvenile
3    defendant that are exempt from inspection and copying under
4    subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (d) remain permanently
5    exempt. All other records that are exempt from inspection
6    and copying under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (d)
7    shall be made available for inspection and copying after a
8    period of 5 years from the date the record is created,
9    unless the record is otherwise exempt from inspection and
10    copying under another provision of this Act.
11        (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
12    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
13    record management system if the law enforcement agency that
14    is the recipient of the request did not create the record,
15    did not participate in or have a role in any of the events
16    which are the subject of the record, and only has access to
17    the record through the shared electronic record management
18    system.
19        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
20    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
21        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
22    Department of Corrections if those materials are available
23    in the library of the correctional facility where the
24    inmate is confined.
25        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
26    Department of Corrections if those materials include

 

 

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1    records from staff members' personnel files, staff
2    rosters, or other staffing assignment information.
3        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
4    Department of Corrections if those materials are available
5    through an administrative request to the Department of
6    Corrections.
7        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
8    memoranda and other records in which opinions are
9    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
10    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
11    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
12    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
13    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
14    of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
15    pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
16        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
17    information obtained from a person or business where the
18    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
19    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
20    privileged or confidential, and that disclosure of the
21    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
22    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
23    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
24    requested.
25        The information included under this exemption includes
26    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information

 

 

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1    obtained by a public body, including a public pension fund,
2    from a private equity fund or a privately held company
3    within the investment portfolio of a private equity fund as
4    a result of either investing or evaluating a potential
5    investment of public funds in a private equity fund. The
6    exemption contained in this item does not apply to the
7    aggregate financial performance information of a private
8    equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's managers or
9    general partners. The exemption contained in this item does
10    not apply to the identity of a privately held company
11    within the investment portfolio of a private equity fund,
12    unless the disclosure of the identity of a privately held
13    company may cause competitive harm.
14        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
15    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
16    to disclosure.
17        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
18    agreement, including information which if it were
19    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
20    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
21    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
22    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
23    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
24    award or final selection is made.
25        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
26    designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by

 

 

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1    any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
2    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
3    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
4    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news
5    media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
6    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
7    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
8    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
9    legal rights of the general public.
10        (j) The following information pertaining to
11    educational matters:
12            (i) test questions, scoring keys and other
13        examination data used to administer an academic
14        examination;
15            (ii) information received by a primary or
16        secondary school, college, or university under its
17        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
18        their academic peers;
19            (iii) information concerning a school or
20        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
21        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
22        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
23            (iv) course materials or research materials used
24        by faculty members.
25        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
26    submissions, and other construction related technical

 

 

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1    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
2    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
3    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
4    including but not limited to power generating and
5    distribution stations and other transmission and
6    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
7    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
8    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
9    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
10    security.
11        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
12    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
13    public body makes the minutes available to the public under
14    Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
15        (m) Communications between a public body and an
16    attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
17    not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
18    prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
19    anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
20    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
21    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
22    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
23        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication of
24    employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however, this
25    exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of cases in
26    which discipline is imposed.

 

 

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1        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
2    with automated data processing operations, including but
3    not limited to software, operating protocols, computer
4    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
5    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
6    pertaining to all logical and physical design of
7    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
8    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
9    security of the system or its data or the security of
10    materials exempt under this Section.
11        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
12    between public bodies and their employees or
13    representatives, except that any final contract or
14    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
15        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
16    examination data used to determine the qualifications of an
17    applicant for a license or employment.
18        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
19    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
20    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
21    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
22    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
23    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents and
24    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
25    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
26    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents and

 

 

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1    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
2    until a sale is consummated.
3        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
4    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
5    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
6    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
7    Insurance or self insurance (including any
8    intergovernmental risk management association or self
9    insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
10    information, records, data, advice or communications.
11        (t) Information contained in or related to
12    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
13    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
14    for the regulation or supervision of financial
15    institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
16    otherwise required by State law.
17        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
18    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
19    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to be
20    used to create electronic or digital signatures under the
21    Electronic Commerce Security Act.
22        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
23    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
24    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's
25    population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
26    destruction or contamination of which would constitute a

 

 

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1    clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
2    community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
3    reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
4    the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement
5    them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
6    include such things as details pertaining to the
7    mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
8    the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
9    tactical operations.
10        (w) (Blank).
11        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
12    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
13    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
14    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
15    Illinois Power Agency.
16        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
17    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
18    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
19    Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act that
20    is determined to be confidential and proprietary by the
21    Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
22    Commission.
23        (z) Information about students exempted from
24    disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
25    School Code, and information about undergraduate students
26    enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted

 

 

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1    from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
2    Card Marketing Act of 2009.
3        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
4    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
5        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
6    review team and records maintained by a mortality review
7    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
8    Mortality Review Team Act.
9        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
10    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
11    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
12    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
13        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
14    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Public Aid Code or (ii)
15    that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of the Public
16    Aid Code.
17        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
18    information of persons who are minors and are also
19    participants and registrants in programs of park
20    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
21    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
22    associations.
23        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
24    information of participants and registrants in programs of
25    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
26    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation

 

 

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1    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
2    minors.
3        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
4    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of 2012.
5        (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
6    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
7    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
8    School Code and any information contained in that report.
9        (ii) Information or materials that the disclosure of
10    which would violate a Supreme Court Rule.
11    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
12Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
13prior to disclosure under this Act.
14    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
15public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
16agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
17behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
18governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
19Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
20for purposes of this Act.
21    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
22information or limit the availability of records to the public,
23except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
24Act.
25(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-385, eff. 8-15-11;
2697-452, eff. 8-19-11; 97-783, eff. 7-13-12; 97-813, eff.

 

 

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17-13-12; 97-847, eff. 9-22-12; 97-1065, eff. 8-24-12; 97-1129,
2eff. 8-28-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-578, eff. 8-27-13;
398-695, eff. 7-3-14.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.