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92_HB3078

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning freedom of information.

 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        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 91-935)
 8        Sec. 2.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
 9        (a)  "Public  body"  means  any  legislative,  executive,
10    administrative,  or  advisory  bodies  of  the  State,  state
11    universities   and  colleges,  counties,  townships,  cities,
12    villages, incorporated towns, school districts and all  other
13    municipal   corporations,  boards,  bureaus,  committees,  or
14    commissions of this State, and any subsidiary bodies  of  any
15    of  the foregoing including but not limited to committees and
16    subcommittees which are supported in whole or in part by  tax
17    revenue,  or which expend tax revenue. "Public body" does not
18    include a child death review team 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,
24    writings,    letters,   memoranda,   books,   papers,   maps,
25    photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
26    data processing records, recorded information and  all  other
27    documentary   materials,   regardless  of  physical  form  or
28    characteristics, having been  prepared,  or  having  been  or
29    being  used,  received, possessed or under the control of any
30    public body.  "Public records" includes, but is expressly not
31    limited to:  (i) administrative  manuals,  procedural  rules,
 
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 1    and instructions to staff, unless exempted by Section 7(p) of
 2    this  Act;  (ii)  final  opinions  and  orders  made  in  the
 3    adjudication  of  cases,  except an educational institution's
 4    adjudication of student or employee grievance or disciplinary
 5    cases;  (iii)  substantive   rules;   (iv)   statements   and
 6    interpretations of policy which have been adopted by a public
 7    body;  (v)  final  planning  policies,  recommendations,  and
 8    decisions;  (vi)  factual  reports,  inspection  reports, and
 9    studies whether prepared by or for the public body; (vii) all
10    information in any account, voucher, or contract dealing with
11    the receipt or expenditure of public or other funds of public
12    bodies; (viii) the names,  salaries,  titles,  and  dates  of
13    employment  of  all  employees and officers of public bodies;
14    (ix) materials containing opinions concerning the  rights  of
15    the  state,  the  public,  a  subdivision of state or a local
16    government, or of any private persons; (x) the name of  every
17    official  and  the final records of voting in all proceedings
18    of public bodies; (xi) applications for any contract, permit,
19    grant, or agreement except as  exempted  from  disclosure  by
20    subsection  (g)  of Section 7 of this Act; (xii) each report,
21    document,  study,  or  publication  prepared  by  independent
22    consultants or other independent contractors for  the  public
23    body; (xiii) all other information required by law to be made
24    available for public inspection or copying; (xiv) information
25    relating to any grant or contract made by or between a public
26    body  and  another  public body or private organization; (xv)
27    waiver documents  filed  with  the  State  Superintendent  of
28    Education  or  the  president  of  the University of Illinois
29    under Section 30-12.5 of the School Code, concerning nominees
30    for General Assembly scholarships under Sections 30-9, 30-10,
31    and 30-11 of the School Code; and (xvi)  complaints,  results
32    of complaints, and Department of Children and Family Services
33    staff   findings   of   licensing   violations  at  day  care
34    facilities,   provided   that   personal   and    identifying
 
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 1    information  is not released; and (xvii) agreements, to which
 2    a public body as  defined  in  subsection  (a)  is  a  party,
 3    settling  threatened  or  actual litigation but not including
 4    agreements  settling  actual  or  threatened  litigation   by
 5    persons committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections.
 6        (d)  "Copying"  means  the  reproduction  of  any  public
 7    record  by  means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical
 8    or other process, device or means.
 9        (e)  "Head of  the  public  body"  means  the  president,
10    mayor, chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
11    manager,  supervisor  or individual otherwise holding primary
12    executive and administrative authority for the  public  body,
13    or such person's duly authorized designee.
14        (f)  "News  media"  means a newspaper or other periodical
15    issued at regular intervals, a news service, a radio station,
16    a television station, a community antenna television service,
17    or a person or corporation engaged in making  news  reels  or
18    other motion picture news for public showing.
19    (Source:  P.A.  89-681,  eff. 12-13-96; 90-144, eff. 7-23-97;
20    90-670, eff. 7-31-98.)

21        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 91-935)
22        Sec. 2.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
23        (a)  "Public  body"  means  any  legislative,  executive,
24    administrative,  or  advisory  bodies  of  the  State,  state
25    universities  and  colleges,  counties,  townships,   cities,
26    villages,  incorporated towns, school districts and all other
27    municipal  corporations,  boards,  bureaus,  committees,   or
28    commissions  of  this State, and any subsidiary bodies of any
29    of the foregoing including but not limited to committees  and
30    subcommittees  which are supported in whole or in part by tax
31    revenue, or which expend tax revenue. "Public body" does  not
32    include a child death review team established under the Child
33    Death Review Team Act.
34        (b)  "Person"    means   any   individual,   corporation,
 
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 1    partnership,  firm,  organization  or   association,   acting
 2    individually or as a group.
 3        (c)  "Public  records" means all records, reports, forms,
 4    writings,   letters,   memoranda,   books,   papers,    maps,
 5    photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
 6    data  processing  records, recorded information and all other
 7    documentary  materials,  regardless  of  physical   form   or
 8    characteristics,  having  been  prepared,  or  having been or
 9    being used, received, possessed or under the control  of  any
10    public body.  "Public records" includes, but is expressly not
11    limited  to:   (i)  administrative manuals, procedural rules,
12    and instructions to staff, unless exempted by Section 7(p) of
13    this  Act;  (ii)  final  opinions  and  orders  made  in  the
14    adjudication of cases, except  an  educational  institution's
15    adjudication of student or employee grievance or disciplinary
16    cases;   (iii)   substantive   rules;   (iv)  statements  and
17    interpretations of policy which have been adopted by a public
18    body;  (v)  final  planning  policies,  recommendations,  and
19    decisions; (vi)  factual  reports,  inspection  reports,  and
20    studies whether prepared by or for the public body; (vii) all
21    information in any account, voucher, or contract dealing with
22    the receipt or expenditure of public or other funds of public
23    bodies;  (viii)  the  names,  salaries,  titles, and dates of
24    employment of all employees and officers  of  public  bodies;
25    (ix)  materials  containing opinions concerning the rights of
26    the state, the public, a subdivision  of  state  or  a  local
27    government,  or of any private persons; (x) the name of every
28    official and the final records of voting in  all  proceedings
29    of public bodies; (xi) applications for any contract, permit,
30    grant,  or  agreement  except  as exempted from disclosure by
31    subsection (g) of Section 7 of this Act; (xii)  each  report,
32    document,  study,  or  publication  prepared  by  independent
33    consultants  or  other independent contractors for the public
34    body; (xiii) all other information required by law to be made
 
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 1    available for public inspection or copying; (xiv) information
 2    relating to any grant or contract made by or between a public
 3    body and another public body or  private  organization;  (xv)
 4    waiver  documents  filed  with  the  State  Superintendent of
 5    Education or the president  of  the  University  of  Illinois
 6    under Section 30-12.5 of the School Code, concerning nominees
 7    for General Assembly scholarships under Sections 30-9, 30-10,
 8    and  30-11  of  the School Code; (xvi) complaints, results of
 9    complaints, and Department of Children  and  Family  Services
10    staff   findings   of   licensing   violations  at  day  care
11    facilities,   provided   that   personal   and    identifying
12    information  is  not  released;  and (xvii) records, reports,
13    forms, writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, and other
14    documentary  information,  regardless  of  physical  form  or
15    characteristics, having been  prepared,  or  having  been  or
16    being  used, received, possessed, or under the control of the
17    Illinois Sports Facilities Authority dealing with the receipt
18    or  expenditure  of  public  funds  or  other  funds  of  the
19    Authority in connection with the reconstruction,  renovation,
20    remodeling, extension, or improvement of all or substantially
21    all  of an existing "facility" as that term is defined in the
22    Illinois  Sports  Facilities  Authority  Act;   and   (xviii)
23    agreements,  to  which a public body as defined in subsection
24    (a) is a party, settling threatened or actual litigation  but
25    not   including  agreements  settling  actual  or  threatened
26    litigation by persons committed to the Illinois Department of
27    Corrections.
28        (d)  "Copying"  means  the  reproduction  of  any  public
29    record by means of any photographic,  electronic,  mechanical
30    or other process, device or means.
31        (e)  "Head  of  the  public  body"  means  the president,
32    mayor, chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
33    manager, supervisor or individual otherwise  holding  primary
34    executive  and  administrative authority for the public body,
 
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 1    or such person's duly authorized designee.
 2        (f)  "News media" means a newspaper or  other  periodical
 3    issued at regular intervals, a news service, a radio station,
 4    a television station, a community antenna television service,
 5    or  a  person  or corporation engaged in making news reels or
 6    other motion picture news for public showing.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-144, eff.  7-23-97;  90-670,  eff.  7-31-98;
 8    91-935, eff. 6-1-01.)

 9        Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
10    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
11    text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
12    Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
13    text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
14    the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
15    any other Public Act.

16        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
17    becoming law.

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