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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 524

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 524,  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  1.  Short  title.  This Act may be cited as the
 5    Agriculture Producer Protection Act.

 6        Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act,  unless  the
 7    context otherwise requires:
 8        "Capital  investment"  means  a  purchase  of  any of the
 9    following:
10             (1)  A  structure  associated   with   producing   a
11        commodity,   including,  but  not  limited  to,  a  swine
12        farrowing building, a grain storage facility, or a manure
13        storage lagoon.
14             (2)  Machinery   or   equipment   associated    with
15        producing  a commodity, if the machinery or equipment has
16        a useful life in excess of one year.
17        "Commodity" means livestock, raw milk, or a crop.
18        "Contractor" means a person who enters into a  production
19    contract  with  a producer for the production by the producer
20    of commodities in this State.
21        "Crop" means a plant used for food, animal  feed,  fiber,
22    oil, pharmaceuticals, nutriceuticals, or seed, including, but
 
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 1    not  limited  to,  alfalfa,  barley,  buckwheat,  corn, flax,
 2    forage, millet,  oats,  popcorn,  rye,  sorghum,  sunflowers,
 3    tobacco, wheat, and grasses used for forage or silage.
 4        "Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
 5        "Director" means the Director of Agriculture.
 6        "Investment  requirement"  means  any  capital investment
 7    made by a producer to produce a commodity in accordance  with
 8    a  production  contract that the producer has executed if (i)
 9    the production contract specifically  requires  that  capital
10    investment  or  (ii)  the  producer reasonably concludes that
11    investment is either necessary or important in  enabling  the
12    producer to efficiently and effectively produce the commodity
13    required under the production contract.
14        "Livestock"  means  beef  cattle,  dairy cattle, poultry,
15    sheep, or swine.
16    "Produce" means to do any of the following:
17             (1)  Provide feed or services relating to  the  care
18        and  feeding  of  livestock.  If  the  livestock is dairy
19        cattle, then "produce" includes milking the dairy  cattle
20        and storing raw milk.
21             (2)  Provide  for  planting, raising, harvesting, or
22        storing a crop. "Produce" includes preparing the soil for
23        planting  and  nurturing  the  crop  by  application   of
24        fertilizers   or   soil   conditioners,  including  those
25        substances regulated under the Illinois Fertilizer Act of
26        1961 or pesticides as defined in the  Illinois  Pesticide
27        Act.
28        "Producer"   means  a  person  who  has  entered  into  a
29    production contract whereby that person produces a  commodity
30    for  a  contractor.  "Producer"  does  not  mean a commercial
31    fertilizer  applicator  or  pesticide  applicator,   a   feed
32    supplier, or a veterinarian when acting in that capacity.
33        "Production  contract"  means  (1) an agreement between a
34    producer and a contractor in which (i) the producer agrees to
 
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 1    produce and  sell  to  the  contractor  or  the  contractor's
 2    designee  an identified commodity or commodities and (ii) the
 3    contractor has or exercises some control  or  direction  over
 4    the  production  process;  or  (2)  an  agreement  between  a
 5    producer  and  a  contractor  in which the producer agrees to
 6    care for and raise a commodity or commodities  that  are  not
 7    owned  by  the producer, using land, equipment, or facilities
 8    owned or leased by the producer, in exchange for payment. For
 9    purposes of this definition, "control or direction  over  the
10    production  process"  includes,  but  is  not limited to, the
11    contractor's     designation     of     special     commodity
12    characteristics, such as oil  content  for  corn  or  special
13    genetics  for  livestock;  the  contractor's designation of a
14    seed variety or varieties to be used by  the  producer  under
15    the  contract;  or  the contractor's right, or that of his or
16    her designee,  to  review,  check,  sample,  or  analyze  the
17    commodity during the production process.

18        Section  10. Written production contracts. All production
19    contracts must be in writing.

20        Section 15. Summary of material terms and conditions.
21        (a)  Summary sheet. A production contract  entered  into,
22    amended, or renewed after the effective date of this Act must
23    contain as the first page, or as the first page of text if it
24    is  preceded  by  a  title  page or pages, a summary sheet as
25    provided in this Section. The summary sheet  shall  have  the
26    following   heading:   "SUMMARY   OF   MATERIAL   TERMS   AND
27    CONDITIONS".  It shall list the material terms and conditions
28    of the production contract; provide a summary explanation  of
29    each  material  term  and  condition;  include  an example or
30    examples for those provisions relating to the calculation  of
31    the  amounts to be received by the producer for the commodity
32    produced under the production  contract;  and  designate  the
 
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 1    page  or  pages where these material terms and conditions are
 2    found within the text of the  document.  This  summary  shall
 3    meet  the  readability requirements of this Section and shall
 4    accurately reflect the text of the production contract.
 5        In  this  Section,  "material   terms   and   conditions"
 6    includes, but is not limited to:
 7             (1)  the type of commodity to be produced;
 8             (2)  the   particular   quality  characteristics  or
 9        specifications  for  the  commodity   to   be   produced,
10        including,  but  not limited to, the type of genetics for
11        livestock or percentage of non-GMO content for grain;
12             (3)  the quantity or acreage of the commodity to  be
13        produced;
14             (4)  any special production or handling requirements
15        for the commodity, including, but not limited to, disease
16        protocols  for  livestock  and  segregation  or  identity
17        preservation for grain;
18             (5)  the   time   or   times  for  delivery  of  the
19        commodity;
20             (6)  the delivery locations for the commodity;
21             (7)  provisions for the calculation of the price  or
22        other  compensation  to be received by the producer under
23        the production contract;
24             (8)  the circumstances under which the amount to  be
25        received   by   the   producer  might  be  discounted  or
26        increased;
27             (9)  the circumstances  under  which  the  commodity
28        produced  under the production contract might be rejected
29        by the contractor;
30             (10)  the  duration  of  the   production   contact,
31        including any renewal provisions; and
32             (11)  any  cancellation  or termination clauses, and
33        specific causes for cancellation and termination.
34        (b)  Readability. A production contract must (i) be in  a
 
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 1    typeface  at  least  as  large  as 10-point modern, one-point
 2    leaded;  (ii)  be  divided  and  captioned  by  its   various
 3    sections;  (iii)  be  written in clear and coherent language;
 4    (iv) use words and  grammar  that  are  understandable  by  a
 5    person  of  average  intelligence,  education, and experience
 6    within the industry; and (v) use clear definitions.
 7        (c)  Review by Director of Agriculture.
 8             (1)  Process of review. A contractor  may  submit  a
 9        production   contract  to  the  Director  for  review  to
10        determine whether it  complies  with  this  Section.  The
11        Director shall do one of the following:
12                  (A)  certify   that   the  production  contract
13             complies with this Section;
14                  (B)  decline to  certify  that  the  production
15             contract   complies   with  this  Section  and  note
16             objections;
17                  (C)  decline to review the production  contract
18             because  the contract's compliance with this Section
19             is subject to pending litigation; or
20                  (D)  decline to review the production  contract
21             because it is not subject to this Section.
22             (2)  Factors to consider in determining readability.
23        In  determining whether a production contract is readable
24        within the meaning of subsection (b), the Director  shall
25        consider   the  provisions  of  subsection  (b)  and  the
26        following:
27                  (A)  the simplicity of the sentence structure;
28                  (B) the  extent  to  which  commonly  used  and
29             understood words and terms are employed;
30                  (C)  the  extent  to which esoteric legal terms
31             are avoided, although the Director shall permit  the
32             use  of  particular  words,  phrases, provisions, or
33             forms   of    agreement    specifically    required,
34             recommended,  or  endorsed  by  a  state  or federal
 
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 1             statute, rule, regulation, or case law;
 2                  (D)  the extent to which  references  to  other
 3             sections or provisions are minimized;
 4                  (E)  the  extent  to  which  clear  and  easily
 5             understood definitions are used; and
 6                  (F)  any   additional  factors  deemed  by  the
 7             Director  to  be  relevant  to  the  readability  or
 8             understandability of the production contract.
 9             (3)  Actions of the Director under this Section  are
10        subject  to  judicial  review under the provisions of the
11        Administrative Review Law.
12             (4)  Limited effect of certification.  A  production
13        contract  certified  under  this  subsection is deemed to
14        comply with subsections (a) and (b). Certification  of  a
15        production   contract  under  this  subsection  does  not
16        constitute approval of the production contract's legality
17        or legal effect. If the Director certifies  a  production
18        contract,  then  the  contractor  will have complied with
19        subsections (a) and  (b),  and  the  remedies  stated  in
20        paragraph  (6) are not available. If, during the first 90
21        days after the effective date of this Act,  the  Director
22        receives  a  production  contract  and  fails  to respond
23        within 60 days after receipt, then  the  contractor  will
24        have  complied  with  subsections  (a)  and  (b), and the
25        remedies stated in subsection (6) are not available.  If,
26        after  the first 90 days after the effective date of this
27        Act, the Director  receives  a  production  contract  and
28        fails  to  respond within 30 days after receipt, then the
29        contractor will have complied with  subsections  (a)  and
30        (b),  and  the  remedies  stated in paragraph (6) are not
31        available.
32             (5)  Review  not  required.  Failure  to  submit   a
33        production contract to the Director for review under this
34        subsection  does not show a lack of good faith or raise a
 
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 1        presumption that the production  contract  violates  this
 2        Section.
 3             (6)  Reformation by court.
 4                  (A)  Change  terms. In addition to the remedies
 5             provided  in  Section  45,  a  court   reviewing   a
 6             production  contract  may  change  the  terms of the
 7             production contract or limit a provision to avoid an
 8             unfair  result  if  the  court  finds  all  of   the
 9             following:
10                       (i)  a    material    provision   of   the
11                  production contract violates subsection (a)  or
12                  (b);
13                       (ii)  the violation caused the producer to
14                  be  substantially  confused  about  any  of the
15                  rights,  obligations,  or   remedies   of   the
16                  production contract; and
17                       (iii)  the  violation  has  caused  or  is
18                  likely  to  cause  financial  detriment  to the
19                  producer.
20                  (B)  Avoid  unjust  enrichment.  If  the  court
21             reforms  or  limits  a  provision  of  a  production
22             contract, the court shall also make orders necessary
23             to avoid unjust enrichment.  Bringing  a  claim  for
24             relief  under  this  paragraph  does  not  entitle a
25             producer to withhold  performance  of  an  otherwise
26             valid  contractual  obligation.  No  relief  may  be
27             granted  under  this  paragraph  unless the claim is
28             brought before the  obligations  of  the  production
29             contract have been fully performed by all parties to
30             the production contract.
31             (7)  Limits  on  producer  actions.  A  producer may
32        recover actual damages caused  by  a  violation  of  this
33        Section  only if the violation caused the producer to not
34        fully understand the rights, obligations, or remedies  of
 
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 1        the production contract.
 2             (8)  Statute   of   limitations.   A  claim  that  a
 3        production contract violates this Section must be  raised
 4        within 4 years after the date on which the party alleging
 5        the  violation knew or should have known of the existence
 6        of the violation.

 7        Section 20. Limitation on application of  confidentiality
 8    provisions.   After  the  effective  date  of  this  Act,  no
 9    confidentiality provision  of  a  production  contract  shall
10    prohibit,  or  be  construed  or  interpreted  to prohibit, a
11    producer from discussing any and all terms and details  of  a
12    production   contract  with  the  producer's  legal  advisor,
13    lender,  accountant,  financial  advisor,  business  advisor,
14    immediate family members, or actual or anticipated production
15    association colleagues.  This  Section  does  not  require  a
16    party  to a production contract to divulge information in the
17    production contract to another person.

18        Section 25. Investment requirements.
19        (a)  Applicability.   This   Section   applies   to   all
20    production contracts that have investment  requirements.  The
21    value  of  the  capital investments shall be deemed to be the
22    total dollar amount spent or committed to by the producer  in
23    satisfying the investment requirements.
24        (b)  Breach.  Except  as provided in subsection (c), if a
25    producer  materially  breaches  a  production   contract,   a
26    contractor   may  not  terminate  or  cancel  the  production
27    contract until the following have occurred:
28             (1) The contractor has provided a written notice  of
29        termination or cancellation to the producer that has been
30        received  by  the  producer  at  least 15 days before the
31        effective date of the termination  or  cancellation;  the
32        notice must provide a comprehensive listing of the causes
 
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 1        for the material breach.
 2             (2)  The producer has failed to remedy each cause of
 3        the breach, as alleged in the  listing  provided  in  the
 4        notice,  within  15 days following receipt of the notice.
 5        An effort by a producer to remedy a cause of  an  alleged
 6        breach shall not be construed as an admission of a breach
 7        in a civil cause of action.
 8        (c)  Exceptions.  A  contractor may terminate or cancel a
 9    production contract  without  regard  to  the  provisions  of
10    subsection   (b)   if   the  basis  for  the  termination  or
11    cancellation is either of the following:
12             (1)  A  voluntary  abandonment  of  the  contractual
13        relationship by the producer. A  complete  failure  of  a
14        producer's  performance under a production contract shall
15        be deemed to be abandonment.
16             (2) The conviction of a producer of  an  offense  of
17        fraud or theft committed against the contractor.
18        (d)  Penalty.  If  a  contractor  terminates or cancels a
19    production contract other than as provided in  this  Section,
20    the  contractor  shall  pay  the  producer  the  value of the
21    remaining useful life of the capital investments, taking into
22    account the producer's ability to use the capital investments
23    in  the    producer's  other  business  enterprises  and  the
24    opportunity to recoup the cost of the capital investments  by
25    selling  or  leasing  them, plus any other damages allowed by
26    law.

27        Section 30. Unfair practices.
28        (a)  Definitions. As used in this Section:
29             (1)  "Contract  input"  means  a  commodity  or   an
30        organic  or  synthetic substance or compound that is used
31        to produce a commodity, including but not limited to  any
32        of the following:
33                  (A)  Livestock or plants.
 
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 1                  (B)  Agricultural seeds.
 2                  (C)  Semen or eggs for breeding livestock.
 3                  (D)  Fertilizer,   pesticides,   or   petroleum
 4             products.
 5             (2)  "Producer  right"  means  one  of the following
 6        legal rights and protections:
 7                  (A)  Right to join association. The right of  a
 8             producer  to  join  or belong to, or to refrain from
 9             joining  or  belonging   to,   an   association   of
10             producers.
11                  (B)  Right to contract. The right of a producer
12             to  enter  into  a membership agreement or marketing
13             contract  with  an  association  of   producers,   a
14             processor,  or another producer and the right of the
15             producer to exercise contractual rights under such a
16             membership agreement or marketing contract.
17                  (C)  Right to be a whistleblower. The right  of
18             a   producer   to  lawfully  provide  statements  or
19             information,  including   to   the   United   States
20             Secretary  of  Agriculture  or  to a law enforcement
21             agency,  regarding  alleged  improper   actions   or
22             violations of law by a contractor or processor. This
23             right  does not include the right to make statements
24             or  provide  information  if   the   statements   or
25             information   are   determined  to  be  libelous  or
26             slanderous.
27                  (D)  Right to disclose contractual  terms.  The
28             right  of  a  producer  to  disclose  the  terms  of
29             agricultural contracts under Section 20.
30                  (E)  Right  to  exercise other protections. The
31             right of a producer  to  enforce  other  protections
32             afforded by this Act or other laws or regulations.
33        (b)  Unfair  practices.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for any
34    contractor to knowingly do or permit any employee or agent to
 
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 1    do  any  of  the  following  in  connection  with  production
 2    contracts:
 3             (1)  Retaliation.  To  take   actions   to   coerce,
 4        intimidate,    disadvantage,    retaliate   against,   or
 5        discriminate against any producer  because  the  producer
 6        exercises,  or  attempts to exercise, any producer right,
 7        or to diminish or deny a reward,  or  impose  a  penalty,
 8        without a reasonable basis for doing so.
 9             (2)  False information. To provide false information
10        to  the  producer,  which  may  include false information
11        relating to any of the following:
12                  (A)  A  producer   with   whom   the   producer
13             associates  or  an  association  of  producers or an
14             agricultural organization with which the producer is
15             affiliated, including but not  limited  to  (i)  the
16             character  of  the producer or (ii) the condition of
17             the finances or the management of the association of
18             producers or agricultural organization.
19                  (B)  Producer rights provided by  this  Act  or
20             other provisions of law.
21             (3)  Compensation  information. To refuse to provide
22        to a producer in a timely manner the statistical data and
23        other data used to determine  compensation  paid  to  the
24        producer  under a production contract, including, but not
25        limited to, feed conversion  rates,  feed  analyses,  and
26        origination and breeder history.
27             (4)  Observation  of  weighing. To refuse to allow a
28        producer or the producer's designated  representative  to
29        observe,  at  the  time  of  weighing,  the  weights  and
30        measures  used  to  determine the producer's compensation
31        under a production contract.
32             (5)  Additional capital investments.  To  require  a
33        producer  to  make  new or additional capital investments
34        that  are  beyond  the  investment  requirements   of   a
 
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 1        production contract.
 2             (6)  Disclosure   of   risks   and  readability.  To
 3        provide, offer,  or  execute  a  production  contract  in
 4        violation   of  the  disclosure  of  material  terms  and
 5        conditions and readability requirements of Section 15.
 6             (7)  Confidentiality provisions. To provide,  offer,
 7        or   execute   a  production  contract  that  includes  a
 8        confidentiality provision in violation of Section 20.
 9             (8)  Waivers.  To  provide,  offer,  or  execute   a
10        production   contract  that  includes  a  waiver  of  any
11        producer right or  any  obligation  of  a  contractor  or
12        processor established under this Act.
13             (9)  Forum.   To   execute  an  production  contract
14        requiring a cause of action to be brought in  a  location
15        other  than  the  state in which the commodity subject to
16        the production contract is grown or produced.
17             (10)  Limitation on damages. To provide,  offer,  or
18        execute  a  production  contract  that  contains language
19        limiting the producer's damages in the event of a  breach
20        or  other  failure  to perform the production contract by
21        the contractor.
22             (11)  Contract inputs. To provide, offer, or execute
23        a production contract in which  the  contractor  requires
24        the  use  of certain contract inputs but also attempts to
25        limit its liability for a failure of the contract  inputs
26        to  perform  in accordance with the producer's reasonable
27        expectations.
28             (12)  Use of certain undefined  terms.  To  provide,
29        offer,  or  execute  a  production  contract requiring or
30        suggesting  that  the  producer  "segregate",   "identity
31        preserve",   or   "channel"   the   commodity,  or  using
32        variations  or  derivatives  of  these   terms,   without
33        providing  definitions  of  these  terms  and  guidelines
34        describing    how    producers   should   satisfy   these
 
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 1        requirements.
 2             (13)  Alter the quality, quantity, or delivery times
 3        of contract inputs provided to the producer.

 4        Section 35. Waivers unenforceable.  Any  provision  of  a
 5    production  contract  that  waives  a  producer  right  or an
 6    obligation of a contractor established by this  Act  is  void
 7    and   unenforceable.  This  Section  does  not  affect  other
 8    provisions of a production contract or  a  related  document,
 9    policy,  or  agreement  that  can be given effect without the
10    voided provision.

11        Section  40.  Choice  of  law;  forum.   Any   condition,
12    stipulation,  or  provision  requiring the application of the
13    law of a state other than the State of Illinois, or requiring
14    a cause of action to be brought in a  state  other  than  the
15    State of Illinois, is void and unenforceable.

16        Section 45. Penalties and enforcement.
17        (a)  Civil  penalties.  A contractor committing an unfair
18    practice under Section 30 is subject to a civil penalty of up
19    to $1000 per violation per day.
20        (b)  Criminal  penalties.  A  contractor  committing   an
21    unfair  practice  under  Section  30  is  guilty of a Class C
22    misdemeanor.
23        (c)  Private cause of  action.  A  producer  who  suffers
24    damages  because  of a contractor's violation of this Act may
25    bring a private  civil  action  against  the  contractor  and
26    obtain  appropriate  legal  and  equitable  relief, including
27    damages.
28             (1)  Attorneys fees. In a civil action  against  the
29        contractor, the court shall award any producer who is the
30        prevailing  party  reasonable  attorney  fees  and  other
31        litigation expenses.
 
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 1             (2)  Injunctive   relief.   In   order   to   obtain
 2        injunctive relief, the producer is not required to post a
 3        bond,  prove the absence of an adequate remedy at law, or
 4        show the existence of special circumstances,  unless  the
 5        court  for  good  cause  otherwise  orders. The court may
 6        order any form of prohibitory or mandatory relief that is
 7        appropriate under principles of equity, including but not
 8        limited to issuing a temporary or  permanent  restraining
 9        order.
10        (d)  Enforcement   by   Attorney  General.  The  Attorney
11    General's office is  the  agency  primarily  responsible  for
12    enforcing  this Act. In enforcing the provisions of this Act,
13    the Attorney General may do all of the following:
14             (1)  Injunctions. Apply to the circuit court for  an
15        injunction to do any of the following:
16                  (A)  Restrain  a  contractor  from  engaging in
17             conduct or practices in violation of this Act.
18                  (B)  Require a  contractor  to  comply  with  a
19             provision of this Act.
20             (2)  Subpoenas.  Apply  to the circuit court for the
21        issuance of a subpoena to obtain a production contract or
22        material related to actions undertaken in  entering  into
23        the  production  contract  or  related to the intent with
24        which those actions were taken, for purposes of enforcing
25        this Act.
26             (3)  Penalties. Bring an action in the circuit court
27        to enforce penalties provided in subsections (a) and (b).

28        Section 50. Rulemaking. The  Director  must  adopt  rules
29    necessary  to  implement  this  Act not later than January 1,
30    2002.

31        Section 55. Applicability
32        (a)  General Rule. Except as provided in subsection  (b),
 
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 1    this Act applies to production contracts in force on or after
 2    the  effective  date  of this Act, regardless of the date the
 3    production contract is executed.
 4        (b)  Exceptions. Section 15, relating  to  disclosure  of
 5    material  terms  and  conditions,  Section  25,  relating  to
 6    production  contracts  involving investment requirements, and
 7    Section 40, relating to choice of law and forum, shall  apply
 8    to  production  contracts  executed  or substantively amended
 9    after the effective date of this Act.

10        Section 90.  The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
11    changing Section 7 as follows:

12        (5 ILCS 140/7) (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
13        Sec. 7.  Exemptions.
14        (1)  The following shall be exempt  from  inspection  and
15    copying:
16             (a)  Information    specifically   prohibited   from
17        disclosure  by  federal  or  State  law  or   rules   and
18        regulations adopted under federal or State law.
19             (b)  Information    that,    if   disclosed,   would
20        constitute a clearly  unwarranted  invasion  of  personal
21        privacy, unless the disclosure is consented to in writing
22        by  the  individual  subjects  of  the  information.  The
23        disclosure of information that bears on the public duties
24        of public employees and officials shall not be considered
25        an invasion of personal  privacy.   Information  exempted
26        under  this  subsection  (b)  shall  include  but  is not
27        limited to:
28                  (i)  files and personal information  maintained
29             with   respect   to  clients,  patients,  residents,
30             students  or  other  individuals  receiving  social,
31             medical,   educational,    vocational,    financial,
32             supervisory  or  custodial care or services directly
 
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 1             or  indirectly  from  federal  agencies  or   public
 2             bodies;
 3                  (ii)  personnel  files and personal information
 4             maintained with respect to employees, appointees  or
 5             elected  officials  of any public body or applicants
 6             for those positions;
 7                  (iii)  files    and    personal     information
 8             maintained with respect to any applicant, registrant
 9             or  licensee  by any public body cooperating with or
10             engaged    in    professional    or     occupational
11             registration, licensure or discipline;
12                  (iv)  information  required  of any taxpayer in
13             connection with the assessment or collection of  any
14             tax unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
15             statute; and
16                  (v)  information   revealing  the  identity  of
17             persons  who  file  complaints   with   or   provide
18             information  to  administrative,  investigative, law
19             enforcement or penal  agencies;  provided,  however,
20             that   identification   of   witnesses   to  traffic
21             accidents,  traffic  accident  reports,  and  rescue
22             reports  may  be  provided  by  agencies  of   local
23             government,  except  in  a case for which a criminal
24             investigation is  ongoing,  without  constituting  a
25             clearly  unwarranted   per  se  invasion of personal
26             privacy under this subsection.
27             (c)  Records  compiled  by  any  public   body   for
28        administrative   enforcement   proceedings  and  any  law
29        enforcement or correctional agency  for  law  enforcement
30        purposes  or  for  internal matters of a public body, but
31        only to the extent that disclosure would:
32                  (i)  interfere with  pending  or  actually  and
33             reasonably  contemplated law enforcement proceedings
34             conducted by any  law  enforcement  or  correctional
 
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 1             agency;
 2                  (ii)  interfere   with  pending  administrative
 3             enforcement  proceedings  conducted  by  any  public
 4             body;
 5                  (iii)  deprive a person of a fair trial  or  an
 6             impartial hearing;
 7                  (iv)  unavoidably  disclose  the  identity of a
 8             confidential  source  or  confidential   information
 9             furnished only by the confidential source;
10                  (v)  disclose     unique     or     specialized
11             investigative  techniques other than those generally
12             used and known or  disclose  internal  documents  of
13             correctional    agencies   related   to   detection,
14             observation or investigation of incidents  of  crime
15             or misconduct;
16                  (vi)  constitute   an   invasion   of  personal
17             privacy under subsection (b) of this Section;
18                  (vii)  endanger the life or physical safety  of
19             law enforcement personnel or any other person; or
20                  (viii)  obstruct     an     ongoing    criminal
21             investigation.
22             (d)  Criminal history record information  maintained
23        by  State  or local criminal justice agencies, except the
24        following which shall be open for public  inspection  and
25        copying:
26                  (i)  chronologically      maintained     arrest
27             information, such  as  traditional  arrest  logs  or
28             blotters;
29                  (ii)  the  name of a person in the custody of a
30             law enforcement agency and  the  charges  for  which
31             that person is being held;
32                  (iii)  court records that are public;
33                  (iv)  records   that  are  otherwise  available
34             under State or local law; or
 
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 1                  (v)  records in which the requesting  party  is
 2             the  individual identified, except as provided under
 3             part (vii) of paragraph (c)  of  subsection  (1)  of
 4             this Section.
 5             "Criminal  history  record  information"  means data
 6        identifiable  to  an   individual   and   consisting   of
 7        descriptions   or   notations   of  arrests,  detentions,
 8        indictments, informations, pre-trial proceedings, trials,
 9        or other formal events in the criminal justice system  or
10        descriptions  or notations of criminal charges (including
11        criminal violations of local  municipal  ordinances)  and
12        the   nature   of   any  disposition  arising  therefrom,
13        including sentencing, court or correctional  supervision,
14        rehabilitation  and  release.  The term does not apply to
15        statistical records and reports in which individuals  are
16        not  identified  and  from which their identities are not
17        ascertainable, or to information  that  is  for  criminal
18        investigative or intelligence purposes.
19             (e)  Records  that  relate to or affect the security
20        of correctional institutions and detention facilities.
21             (f)  Preliminary  drafts,  notes,   recommendations,
22        memoranda   and  other  records  in  which  opinions  are
23        expressed, or policies or actions are formulated,  except
24        that  a  specific  record or relevant portion of a record
25        shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
26        identified by the head of the public body. The  exemption
27        provided  in  this  paragraph  (f)  extends  to all those
28        records of officers and agencies of the General  Assembly
29        that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
30             (g)  Trade   secrets  and  commercial  or  financial
31        information obtained from a person or business where  the
32        trade  secrets or information are proprietary, privileged
33        or confidential, or where disclosure of the trade secrets
34        or information may cause competitive harm, including  all
 
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 1        information  determined  to be confidential under Section
 2        4002 of the Technology Advancement and  Development  Act.
 3        Nothing   contained   in  this  paragraph  (g)  shall  be
 4        construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
 5        to disclosure.
 6             (h)  Proposals and bids for any contract, grant,  or
 7        agreement,   including   information  which  if  it  were
 8        disclosed  would  frustrate  procurement   or   give   an
 9        advantage  to  any  person  proposing  to  enter  into  a
10        contractor  agreement  with  the  body, until an award or
11        final selection is made.  Information prepared by or  for
12        the  body  in  preparation of a bid solicitation shall be
13        exempt until an award or final selection is made.
14             (i)  Valuable  formulae,   designs,   drawings   and
15        research  data  obtained  or  produced by any public body
16        when disclosure could reasonably be expected  to  produce
17        private gain or public loss.
18             (j)  Test   questions,   scoring   keys   and  other
19        examination  data  used   to   administer   an   academic
20        examination   or  determined  the  qualifications  of  an
21        applicant for a license or employment.
22             (k)  Architects'  plans  and  engineers'   technical
23        submissions  for projects not constructed or developed in
24        whole or in part  with  public  funds  and  for  projects
25        constructed or developed with public funds, to the extent
26        that disclosure would compromise security.
27             (l)  Library    circulation    and   order   records
28        identifying library users with specific materials.
29             (m)  Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed  to
30        the public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
31        public  body  makes  the  minutes available to the public
32        under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
33             (n)  Communications between a  public  body  and  an
34        attorney  or  auditor  representing  the public body that
 
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 1        would not be subject  to  discovery  in  litigation,  and
 2        materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
 3        anticipation  of  a  criminal,  civil  or  administrative
 4        proceeding  upon  the request of an attorney advising the
 5        public body, and  materials  prepared  or  compiled  with
 6        respect to internal audits of public bodies.
 7             (o)  Information  received by a primary or secondary
 8        school, college or university under  its  procedures  for
 9        the  evaluation  of  faculty  members  by  their academic
10        peers.
11             (p)  Administrative   or    technical    information
12        associated  with  automated  data  processing operations,
13        including  but  not  limited   to   software,   operating
14        protocols,  computer  program  abstracts,  file  layouts,
15        source  listings,  object  modules,  load  modules,  user
16        guides,  documentation  pertaining  to  all  logical  and
17        physical   design   of   computerized  systems,  employee
18        manuals, and any other information  that,  if  disclosed,
19        would  jeopardize  the security of the system or its data
20        or the security of materials exempt under this Section.
21             (q)  Documents or materials relating  to  collective
22        negotiating  matters  between  public  bodies  and  their
23        employees  or  representatives,  except  that  any  final
24        contract  or agreement shall be subject to inspection and
25        copying.
26             (r)  Drafts, notes,  recommendations  and  memoranda
27        pertaining to the financing and marketing transactions of
28        the  public body. The records of ownership, registration,
29        transfer, and exchange of municipal debt obligations, and
30        of  persons  to  whom  payment  with  respect  to   these
31        obligations is made.
32             (s)  The records, documents and information relating
33        to   real   estate   purchase  negotiations  until  those
34        negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
 
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 1        With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
 2        and reasonably  contemplated  eminent  domain  proceeding
 3        under  Article  VII  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure,
 4        records,  documents  and  information  relating  to  that
 5        parcel  shall  be  exempt  except as may be allowed under
 6        discovery rules adopted by the  Illinois  Supreme  Court.
 7        The records, documents and information relating to a real
 8        estate sale shall be exempt until a sale is consummated.
 9             (t)  Any and all proprietary information and records
10        related  to  the  operation  of an intergovernmental risk
11        management association or self-insurance pool or  jointly
12        self-administered  health  and  accident  cooperative  or
13        pool.
14             (u)  Information     concerning    a    university's
15        adjudication  of  student  or   employee   grievance   or
16        disciplinary  cases,  to the extent that disclosure would
17        reveal the  identity  of  the  student  or  employee  and
18        information  concerning any public body's adjudication of
19        student or employee  grievances  or  disciplinary  cases,
20        except for the final outcome of the cases.
21             (v)  Course  materials or research materials used by
22        faculty members.
23             (w)  Information  related  solely  to  the  internal
24        personnel rules and practices of a public body.
25             (x)  Information  contained   in   or   related   to
26        examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
27        on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
28        for   the   regulation   or   supervision   of  financial
29        institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
30        otherwise required by State law.
31             (y)  Information  the   disclosure   of   which   is
32        restricted  under  Section  5-108 of the Public Utilities
33        Act.
34             (z)  Manuals or instruction to staff that relate  to
 
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 1        establishment  or  collection  of liability for any State
 2        tax or that relate to investigations by a public body  to
 3        determine violation of any criminal law.
 4             (aa)  Applications,  related  documents, and medical
 5        records    received    by    the    Experimental    Organ
 6        Transplantation  Procedures  Board  and   any   and   all
 7        documents  or  other records prepared by the Experimental
 8        Organ  Transplantation  Procedures  Board  or  its  staff
 9        relating to applications it has received.
10             (bb)  Insurance or  self  insurance  (including  any
11        intergovernmental  risk  management  association  or self
12        insurance  pool)  claims,   loss   or   risk   management
13        information, records, data, advice or communications.
14             (cc)  Information and records held by the Department
15        of  Public  Health  and  its  authorized  representatives
16        relating   to   known  or  suspected  cases  of  sexually
17        transmissible disease or any information  the  disclosure
18        of  which  is  restricted  under  the  Illinois  Sexually
19        Transmissible Disease Control Act.
20             (dd)  Information   the   disclosure   of  which  is
21        exempted under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing
22        Act.
23             (ee)  Firm performance evaluations under Section  55
24        of  the  Architectural,  Engineering,  and Land Surveying
25        Qualifications Based Selection Act.
26             (ff)  Security portions  of  system  safety  program
27        plans,  investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists,
28        data, or information compiled, collected, or prepared  by
29        or   for  the  Regional  Transportation  Authority  under
30        Section 2.11 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act
31        or the State  of  Missouri  under  the  Bi-State  Transit
32        Safety Act.
33             (gg)  Information   the   disclosure   of  which  is
34        restricted and exempted under Section 50 of the  Illinois
 
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 1        Prepaid Tuition Act.
 2             (hh)  Information   the   disclosure   of  which  is
 3        exempted under Section 80 of the State Gift Ban Act.
 4             (ii)  Beginning July 1, 1999, information that would
 5        disclose or might lead to the  disclosure  of  secret  or
 6        confidential information, codes, algorithms, programs, or
 7        private  keys intended to be used to create electronic or
 8        digital signatures under the Electronic Commerce Security
 9        Act.
10             (jj)  Information contained  in  a  local  emergency
11        energy  plan  submitted  to  a municipality in accordance
12        with a local emergency  energy  plan  ordinance  that  is
13        adopted under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal
14        Code.
15             (kk)   (jj)  Information  and  data  concerning  the
16        distribution of surcharge moneys collected  and  remitted
17        by   wireless   carriers  under  the  Wireless  Emergency
18        Telephone Safety Act.
19             (ll)  Production contracts submitted for  review  to
20        the  Director  of  Agriculture  under  Section  15 of the
21        Agriculture Producer Protection Act.
22        (2)  This  Section  does  not  authorize  withholding  of
23    information or limit  the  availability  of  records  to  the
24    public,  except  as  stated  in  this  Section  or  otherwise
25    provided in this Act.
26    (Source:  P.A.  90-262,  eff.  7-30-97; 90-273, eff. 7-30-97;
27    90-546, eff. 12-1-97;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;  90-737,  eff.
28    1-1-99;  90-759,  eff.  7-1-99; 91-137, eff. 7-16-99; 91-357,
29    eff. 7-29-99; 91-660, eff. 12-22-99; revised 1-17-00.)

30        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Section and Section 50
31    take effect upon becoming law.  The  remainder  of  this  Act
32    takes effect on January 1, 2002.".

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