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90_HB1916
50 ILCS 205/4 from Ch. 116, par. 43.104
Amends the Local Records Act. Makes a technical change
in the Section concerning the disposal of public records and
the archivist's duties.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Local Records Act by changing Section
2 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended by changing
6 Section 4 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 205/4) (from Ch. 116, par. 43.104)
8 Sec. 4. Disposal of public records; archivist's duties.
9 All public records made or received by, or under the
10 authority of, or coming into the custody, control or
11 possession of any officer or agency shall not be mutilated,
12 destroyed, transferred, removed or otherwise damaged or
13 disposed of, in whole or in part, except as provided by law.
14 Court records filed with the clerks of the Circuit Court
15 shall be destroyed in accordance with the Supreme Court's
16 General Administrative Order on Recordkeeping in the Circuit
17 Courts. The clerks of the Circuit Courts shall notify the
18 Supreme Court, in writing, specifying case records or other
19 documents which they intend to destroy. The Supreme Court
20 shall review the schedule of items to be destroyed and notify
21 the appropriate Local Records Commission of the Court's
22 intent to destroy such records. The Local Records Commission,
23 within 90 days after receipt of the Supreme Court's notice,
24 may undertake to photograph, microphotograph, or digitize
25 electronically any or all such records and documents, or, in
26 the alternative, may transport such original records to the
27 State Archives or other storage location under its
28 supervision.
29 The Archivist may accept for deposit in the State
30 Archives or regional depositories official papers, drawings,
31 maps, writings and records of every description of counties,
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1 municipal corporations, political subdivisions and courts of
2 this State, when such materials are deemed by the Archivist
3 to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant their
4 continued preservation by the State of Illinois.
5 The officer or clerk depositing such records may, upon
6 request, obtain from the Archivist, without charge, a
7 certified copy or reproduction of any specific record, paper
8 or document when such record, paper or document is required
9 for public use.
10 (Source: P.A. 89-272, eff. 8-10-95.)
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