98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2222

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Kwame Raoul

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 140/2  from Ch. 116, par. 202

    Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Specifies that entities created under the Judiciary Article of the Illinois Constitution are not public bodies for the purposes of the Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/2)  (from Ch. 116, par. 202)
7    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    (a) "Public body" means all legislative, executive,
9administrative, or advisory bodies of the State, state
10universities and colleges, counties, townships, cities,
11villages, incorporated towns, school districts and all other
12municipal corporations, boards, bureaus, committees, or
13commissions of this State, any subsidiary bodies of any of the
14foregoing including but not limited to committees and
15subcommittees thereof, and a School Finance Authority created
16under Article 1E of the School Code. "Public body" does not
17include a child death review team or the Illinois Child Death
18Review Teams Executive Council established under the Child
19Death Review Team Act or any entity created pursuant to Article
20VI of the Illinois Constitution.
21    (b) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
22partnership, firm, organization or association, acting
23individually or as a group.

 

 

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1    (c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms,
2writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps,
3photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
4data processing records, electronic communications, recorded
5information and all other documentary materials pertaining to
6the transaction of public business, regardless of physical form
7or characteristics, having been prepared by or for, or having
8been or being used by, received by, in the possession of, or
9under the control of any public body.
10    (c-5) "Private information" means unique identifiers,
11including a person's social security number, driver's license
12number, employee identification number, biometric identifiers,
13personal financial information, passwords or other access
14codes, medical records, home or personal telephone numbers, and
15personal email addresses. Private information also includes
16home address and personal license plates, except as otherwise
17provided by law or when compiled without possibility of
18attribution to any person.
19    (c-10) "Commercial purpose" means the use of any part of a
20public record or records, or information derived from public
21records, in any form for sale, resale, or solicitation or
22advertisement for sales or services. For purposes of this
23definition, requests made by news media and non-profit,
24scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered
25to be made for a "commercial purpose" when the principal
26purpose of the request is (i) to access and disseminate

 

 

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1information concerning news and current or passing events, (ii)
2for articles of opinion or features of interest to the public,
3or (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public
4research or education.
5    (d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public record
6by means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical or other
7process, device or means now known or hereafter developed and
8available to the public body.
9    (e) "Head of the public body" means the president, mayor,
10chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
11manager, supervisor or individual otherwise holding primary
12executive and administrative authority for the public body, or
13such person's duly authorized designee.
14    (f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical
15issued at regular intervals whether in print or electronic
16format, a news service whether in print or electronic format, a
17radio station, a television station, a television network, a
18community antenna television service, or a person or
19corporation engaged in making news reels or other motion
20picture news for public showing.
21    (g) "Recurrent requester", as used in Section 3.2 of this
22Act, means a person that, in the 12 months immediately
23preceding the request, has submitted to the same public body
24(i) a minimum of 50 requests for records, (ii) a minimum of 15
25requests for records within a 30-day period, or (iii) a minimum
26of 7 requests for records within a 7-day period. For purposes

 

 

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1of this definition, requests made by news media and non-profit,
2scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered
3in calculating the number of requests made in the time periods
4in this definition when the principal purpose of the requests
5is (i) to access and disseminate information concerning news
6and current or passing events, (ii) for articles of opinion or
7features of interest to the public, or (iii) for the purpose of
8academic, scientific, or public research or education.
9    For the purposes of this subsection (g), "request" means a
10written document (or oral request, if the public body chooses
11to honor oral requests) that is submitted to a public body via
12personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
13means available to the public body and that identifies the
14particular public record the requester seeks. One request may
15identify multiple records to be inspected or copied.
16(Source: P.A. 96-261, eff. 1-1-10; 96-542, eff. 1-1-10;
1796-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-579, eff. 8-26-11.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.