State of Illinois
92nd General Assembly
Legislation

   [ Search ]   [ PDF text ]   [ Legislation ]   
[ Home ]   [ Back ]   [ Bottom ]


[ Engrossed ]


92_HB5127

 
                                               LRB9212166JMmb

 1        AN ACT concerning freedom of information.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 10 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 140/10) (from Ch. 116, par. 210)
 7        Sec. 10. Denial of requests; appeal.
 8        (a)  Any person denied access  to  inspect  or  copy  any
 9    public  record  may  appeal  the  denial by sending a written
10    notice of appeal to  the  head  of  the  public  body.   Upon
11    receipt  of  such  notice  the  head of the public body shall
12    promptly review the public record,  determine  whether  under
13    the  provisions of this Act such record is open to inspection
14    and copying, and notify the person making the appeal of  such
15    determination  within  7  working  days  after  the notice of
16    appeal.
17        (b)  Any person making a request for public records shall
18    be deemed to have exhausted his administrative remedies  with
19    respect  to  such  request  if  the  head  of the public body
20    affirms the denial or fails to  act  within  the  time  limit
21    provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
22    (Source: P.A. 83-1013.)

[ Top ]