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Full Text of HB6301  96th General Assembly

HB6301 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6301

 

Introduced 2/18/2010, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie

 

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.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5 changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 140/5)  (from Ch. 116, par. 205)
7     Sec. 5. As to public records prepared or received after the
8 the effective date of this Act, each public body shall maintain
9 and make available for inspection and copying a reasonably
10 current list of all types or categories of records under its
11 control. The list shall be reasonably detailed in order to aid
12 persons in obtaining access to public records pursuant to this
13 Act. Each public body shall furnish upon request a description
14 of the manner in which public records stored by means of
15 electronic data processing may be obtained in a form
16 comprehensible to persons lacking knowledge of computer
17 language or printout format.
18 (Source: P.A. 83-1013.)