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Full Text of HB6020  99th General Assembly

HB6020eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
HB6020 EngrossedLRB099 18052 HEP 44868 b

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
5adding Section 2.25 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/2.25 new)
7    Sec. 2.25. Records of member-based organizations.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "member-based organization"
9means any group, association, or organization that:
10        (1) has a membership that includes one or more
11    government taxing bodies;
12        (2) lobbies on behalf of its governmental members; and
13        (3) receives a majority of its funding from its
14    governmental members.
15    (b) A member-based organization is a public body under this
16Act; however, only records relating to the member-based
17organization's receipt of public funds or its expenditures made
18in whole or in part with public funds are public records
19subject to inspection and copying by the public.