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| Public Act 100-0098 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning courts.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Judicial Privacy Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 1-10 as follows: | ||||
(705 ILCS 90/1-10)
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Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||
"Government agency" includes all agencies, authorities, | ||||
boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and | ||||
any other bodies politic and corporate of the State created by | ||||
the constitution or statute, whether in the executive, | ||||
judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate | ||||
outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any | ||||
constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution | ||||
of the General Assembly; or agencies, authorities, boards, | ||||
commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other | ||||
bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or | ||||
school district.
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"Home address" includes a judicial officer's permanent | ||||
residence and any secondary residences affirmatively | ||||
identified by the judicial officer, but does not include a | ||||
judicial officer's work address.
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"Immediate family" includes a judicial officer's spouse, | ||||
child, parent, or any blood relative of the judicial officer or | ||
the judicial officer's spouse who lives in the same residence.
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"Judicial officer" includes actively employed and former | ||
or deceased:
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(1) Justices of the United States Supreme Court and the | ||
Illinois Supreme Court; | ||
(2) Judges of the United States Court of Appeals; | ||
(3) Judges and magistrate judges of the United States | ||
District Court; | ||
(4) Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court; | ||
(5) Judges of the Illinois Appellate Court; and
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(6) Judges and associate judges of the Illinois Circuit | ||
Courts.
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"Personal information" means a home address, home | ||
telephone number, mobile telephone number, pager number, | ||
personal email address, social security number, federal tax | ||
identification number, checking and savings account numbers, | ||
credit card numbers, marital status, and identity of children | ||
under the age of 18.
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"Publicly available content" means any written, printed, | ||
or electronic document or record that provides information or | ||
that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or | ||
in the possession of a government agency that may be obtained | ||
by any person or entity, from the Internet, from the government | ||
agency upon request either free of charge or for a fee, or in | ||
response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act. | ||
"Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to communicate | ||
to another or
otherwise make available to the general public.
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"Written request" means written notice signed by a judicial | ||
officer or a representative of the judicial officer's employer | ||
requesting a government agency, person, business, or | ||
association to refrain from posting or displaying publicly | ||
available content that includes the judicial officer's | ||
personal information.
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(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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