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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0152
Introduced 1/11/2005, by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich - Barbara Flynn Currie - Julie Hamos - Karen May SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 140/3 |
from Ch. 116, par. 203 |
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Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that an officer or employee of a public body that purposely
stalls the
processing of a request under the Act by asserting in bad faith one or more of
the Act's
reasons for delaying such processing is guilty of a petty offense subject to
a $1,000
fine.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0152 |
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LRB094 03701 JAM 33706 b |
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by |
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| changing
Section 3 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 140/3) (from Ch. 116, par. 203)
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| Sec. 3. (a) Each public body shall make available to any |
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| person for
inspection or copying all public records, except as |
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| otherwise provided in
Section 7 of this Act.
Notwithstanding |
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| any other law, a public body may not grant to any person
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| entity, whether by contract, license, or otherwise, the |
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| exclusive right to
access and disseminate any public record as |
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| defined in this Act.
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| (b) Subject to the fee provisions of Section 6 of this Act, |
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| each public
body shall promptly provide, to any person who |
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| submits a written request,
a copy of any public record required |
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| to be disclosed
by subsection (a) of this Section and shall |
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| certify such copy if so requested.
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| (c) Each public body shall, promptly, either comply with or |
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| deny a written
request for public records within 7 working days |
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| after its receipt. Denial
shall be by letter as provided in |
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| Section 9 of this Act. Failure to respond to
a written request |
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| within 7 working days after its receipt shall be considered a
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| denial of the request.
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| (d) The time limits prescribed in paragraph (c) of this |
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| Section may be
extended in each case for not more than 7 |
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| additional working days for any
of the following reasons:
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| (i) the requested records are stored in whole or in |
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| part at other
locations
than the office having charge of |
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| the requested records;
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| (ii) the request requires the collection of a |
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| substantial number of
specified records;
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