Full Text of SB2085 97th General Assembly
SB2085 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB2085 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 140/2 | from Ch. 116, par. 202 |
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Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
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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 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, | 9 | | administrative, or advisory bodies of the the State, state | 10 | | universities
and colleges, counties, townships, cities, | 11 | | villages, incorporated towns,
school districts and all other | 12 | | municipal corporations,
boards, bureaus, committees, or | 13 | | commissions of this State, any
subsidiary
bodies of any of the | 14 | | foregoing including but not limited to committees and
| 15 | | subcommittees thereof, and a School Finance Authority created | 16 | | under
Article 1E of the School Code.
"Public body" does not | 17 | | include a child death review team
or the Illinois Child Death | 18 | | Review Teams
Executive Council
established under
the Child | 19 | | Death Review Team Act.
| 20 | | (b) "Person" means any individual, corporation, | 21 | | partnership, firm,
organization
or association, acting | 22 | | individually or as a group.
| 23 | | (c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms, |
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| 1 | | writings, letters,
memoranda, books, papers, maps, | 2 | | photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes,
recordings,
electronic | 3 | | data processing records, electronic communications, recorded | 4 | | information and all other
documentary
materials pertaining to | 5 | | the transaction of public business, regardless of physical form | 6 | | or characteristics, having been
prepared by or for, or having | 7 | | been or being used by, received by, in the possession of, or | 8 | | under the
control
of
any public body. | 9 | | (c-5) "Private information" means unique identifiers, | 10 | | including a person's social security number, driver's license | 11 | | number, employee identification number, biometric identifiers, | 12 | | personal financial information, passwords or other access | 13 | | codes, medical records, home or personal telephone numbers, and | 14 | | personal email addresses. Private information also includes | 15 | | home address and personal license plates, except as otherwise | 16 | | provided by law or when compiled without possibility of | 17 | | attribution to any person. | 18 | | (c-10) "Commercial purpose" means the use of any part of a | 19 | | public record or records, or information derived from public | 20 | | records, in any form for sale, resale, or solicitation or | 21 | | advertisement for sales or services. For purposes of this | 22 | | definition, requests made by news media and non-profit, | 23 | | scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered | 24 | | to be made for a "commercial purpose" when the principal | 25 | | purpose of the request is (i) to access and disseminate | 26 | | information concerning news and current or passing events, (ii) |
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| 1 | | for articles of opinion or features of interest to the public, | 2 | | or (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public | 3 | | research or education.
| 4 | | (d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public record | 5 | | by means of any
photographic, electronic, mechanical or other | 6 | | process, device or means now known or hereafter developed and | 7 | | available to the public body.
| 8 | | (e) "Head of the public body" means the president, mayor, | 9 | | chairman,
presiding
officer, director, superintendent, | 10 | | manager, supervisor or individual otherwise
holding primary | 11 | | executive and administrative authority for the public
body, or | 12 | | such person's duly authorized designee.
| 13 | | (f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical | 14 | | issued at regular
intervals whether in print or electronic | 15 | | format, a news service whether
in print or electronic format, a | 16 | | radio
station, a television station, a television network, a | 17 | | community
antenna television service, or a person or | 18 | | corporation engaged in making news
reels or other motion | 19 | | picture news for public showing.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-261, eff. 1-1-10; 96-542, eff. 1-1-10; | 21 | | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
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