Full Text of HR0066 96th General Assembly
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 66
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| AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 66 by replacing | 3 |
| lines 2 through 20 on page 1 and all of pages 2, 3, and 4 with | 4 |
| the following:
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| "WHEREAS, The public has the right to have access to an | 6 |
| open and transparent court system; and
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| WHEREAS, Some court documents should be protected from | 8 |
| disclosure, such as personal financial records and health | 9 |
| records; and
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| WHEREAS, The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts | 11 |
| has adopted an electronic access policy for circuit court | 12 |
| records; and
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| WHEREAS, The policy excludes public access in electronic | 14 |
| form to complaints, pleadings, and orders, unless the access is | 15 |
| provided at the office of the clerk of the court; and
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| WHEREAS, A Task Force should be created to study such | 2 |
| exclusion of public access and whether such exclusion is | 3 |
| warranted; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 |
| public access to court records, while protecting personal | 7 |
| records of individuals, is in the public interest; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force on Electronic Access to | 10 |
| Circuit Court Records (hereinafter referred to as the Task | 11 |
| Force) is created; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of 12 members | 13 |
| appointed as follows: | 14 |
| (1) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 15 |
| Representatives; | 16 |
| (2) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 17 |
| House of Representatives; | 18 |
| (3) two members appointed by the Director of the | 19 |
| Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts; | 20 |
| (4) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 21 |
| Representatives from a Statewide bar association; | 22 |
| (5) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
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| House of Representatives from a Statewide bar association; | 2 |
| (6) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 3 |
| Representatives from a consumer protection group;
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| (7) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 5 |
| House of Representatives from a consumer protection group; | 6 |
| (8) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 7 |
| Representatives from a group representing members of the | 8 |
| free press; | 9 |
| (9) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 10 |
| House of Representatives from a group representing members | 11 |
| of the free press; and | 12 |
| (10) two members appointed by a group representing | 13 |
| court clerks who represent different technologies | 14 |
| currently in use by the individual counties throughout | 15 |
| Illinois; and be it further | 16 |
| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall choose its chairperson | 17 |
| and such other officers as it deems necessary, and seek the | 18 |
| assistance of such experts as it deems necessary; and be it | 19 |
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| RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall receive | 21 |
| no compensation as members of the Task Force but may be | 22 |
| reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by the members in | 23 |
| performance of their duties as members of the Task Force from | 24 |
| funds appropriated to the Administrative Office of the Illinois |
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| Courts for that purpose; and be it further | 2 |
| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study laws and | 3 |
| procedures relating to electronic access by the public to | 4 |
| circuit court records and the exemptions from such disclosure; | 5 |
| and be it further | 6 |
| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall make its | 7 |
| recommendations concerning electronic access to circuit court | 8 |
| records and shall submit a report of its findings to the | 9 |
| Governor and the General Assembly by May 31, 2010; and be it | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That upon submission of its report to the | 12 |
| Governor and the General Assembly, the Task Force shall be | 13 |
| dissolved.". |
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