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[ House Amendment 001 ]

90_HB0587

      5 ILCS 140/4              from Ch. 116, par. 204
          Amends the Freedom of Information Act.  Makes a technical
      change in the Section concerning information required  to  be
      displayed by a public body.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Freedom  of  Information  Act by
 2    changing Section 4.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 4 as follows:
 7        (5 ILCS 140/4) (from Ch. 116, par. 204)
 8        Sec. 4.  Each public body shall  prominently  display  at
 9    each   of   its  administrative  or  regional  offices,  make
10    available for inspection and copying, and  send  through  the
11    mail if requested, each of the following:
12        (a)  A  brief  description of itself, that includes which
13    will include, but is not be limited to, a  short  summary  of
14    its   purpose,   a   block   diagram  giving  its  functional
15    subdivisions, the total amount of its operating  budget,  the
16    number  and  location  of  all  of  its separate offices, the
17    approximate number of full and part-time employees,  and  the
18    identification  and  membership  of  any  board,  commission,
19    committee,  or council which operates in an advisory capacity
20    relative to the  operation  of  the  public  body,  or  which
21    exercises  control  over  its  policies  or procedures, or to
22    which the public body is required to report and be answerable
23    for its operations; and
24        (b)  A brief  description  of  the  methods  whereby  the
25    public   may   request  information  and  public  records,  a
26    directory designating by titles and addresses those employees
27    to whom requests for public records should be  directed,  and
28    any fees allowable under Section 6 of this Act.
29    (Source: P.A. 83-1013.)

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