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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5606 Introduced , by Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that no provision of the Act shall be construed to afford any rights to any person: (i) incarcerated in a State, local, or federal correctional facility; or (ii) in the custody of the Department of Human Services as unfit to stand trial or under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Provides that the new provisions shall not be construed to prevent a person from exercising his or her constitutionally-protected rights.
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| | HB5606 | | LRB099 20216 HEP 44682 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 7 and by adding Section 3.7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 140/3.7 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.7. Persons in custody. No provision of this Act
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| 8 | | shall be construed to afford any rights to any person: (i)
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| 9 | | incarcerated in a State, local, or federal correctional
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| 10 | | facility, whether or not the facility is located in the State
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| 11 | | of Illinois; or (ii) in the custody of the Department of Human
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| 12 | | Services as unfit to stand trial, after a finding or verdict of |
| 13 | | not guilty by reason of insanity, or under the Sexually Violent |
| 14 | | Persons Commitment Act. This Section shall not be construed to |
| 15 | | prevent a person from exercising his or her
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| 16 | | constitutionally-protected rights.
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