HB5799 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5799

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 140/5

from Ch. 116, par. 205

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning lists of available records.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

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

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

(5 ILCS 140/5) (from Ch. 116, par. 205)

Sec. 5. As to public records prepared or received after the the effective date of this Act, each public body shall maintain and make available for inspection and copying a reasonably current list of all types or categories of records under its control. The list shall be reasonably detailed in order to aid persons in obtaining access to public records pursuant to this Act. Each public body shall furnish upon request a description of the manner in which public records stored by means of electronic data processing may be obtained in a form comprehensible to persons lacking knowledge of computer language or printout format.

(Source: P.A. 83-1013.)