Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4292 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 140/2 from Ch. 116, par. 2025 ILCS 140/75 ILCS 140/9.5 Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "public body" includes the judicial branch and components of the judicial branch of the State. Exempts records that pertain to the preparation of judicial opinions and orders. Excludes denials of requests of records from the judicial branch or components of the judicial branch from the jurisdiction of the Public Access Counselor. LRB103 35053 AWJ 65001 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4292 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 140/2 from Ch. 116, par. 2025 ILCS 140/75 ILCS 140/9.5 5 ILCS 140/2 from Ch. 116, par. 202 5 ILCS 140/7 5 ILCS 140/9.5 Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "public body" includes the judicial branch and components of the judicial branch of the State. Exempts records that pertain to the preparation of judicial opinions and orders. Excludes denials of requests of records from the judicial branch or components of the judicial branch from the jurisdiction of the Public Access Counselor. LRB103 35053 AWJ 65001 b LRB103 35053 AWJ 65001 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4292 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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7	7	Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "public body" includes the judicial branch and components of the judicial branch of the State. Exempts records that pertain to the preparation of judicial opinions and orders. Excludes denials of requests of records from the judicial branch or components of the judicial branch from the jurisdiction of the Public Access Counselor.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning government.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
17	17	5 changing Sections 2, 7, and 9.5 as follows:
18	18	6 (5 ILCS 140/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 202)
19	19	7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-554)
20	20	8 Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
21	21	9 (a) "Public body" means all legislative, executive,
22	22	10 administrative, or advisory bodies of the State, state
23	23	11 universities and colleges, counties, townships, cities,
24	24	12 villages, incorporated towns, school districts and all other
25	25	13 municipal corporations, boards, bureaus, committees, or
26	26	14 commissions of this State, any subsidiary bodies of any of the
27	27	15 foregoing including but not limited to committees and
28	28	16 subcommittees thereof, and a School Finance Authority created
29	29	17 under Article 1E of the School Code. "Public body" does not
30	30	18 include a child death review team or the Illinois Child Death
31	31	19 Review Teams Executive Council established under the Child
32	32	20 Death Review Team Act, or a regional youth advisory board or
33	33	21 the Statewide Youth Advisory Board established under the
34	34	22 Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Youth
35	35	23 Advisory Board Act.
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39	39	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4292 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40	40	5 ILCS 140/2 from Ch. 116, par. 2025 ILCS 140/75 ILCS 140/9.5 5 ILCS 140/2 from Ch. 116, par. 202 5 ILCS 140/7 5 ILCS 140/9.5
41	41	5 ILCS 140/2 from Ch. 116, par. 202
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44	44	Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "public body" includes the judicial branch and components of the judicial branch of the State. Exempts records that pertain to the preparation of judicial opinions and orders. Excludes denials of requests of records from the judicial branch or components of the judicial branch from the jurisdiction of the Public Access Counselor.
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74	74	1 (b) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
75	75	2 partnership, firm, organization or association, acting
76	76	3 individually or as a group.
77	77	4 (c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms,
78	78	5 writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps,
79	79	6 photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
80	80	7 data processing records, electronic communications, recorded
81	81	8 information and all other documentary materials pertaining to
82	82	9 the transaction of public business, regardless of physical
83	83	10 form or characteristics, having been prepared by or for, or
84	84	11 having been or being used by, received by, in the possession
85	85	12 of, or under the control of any public body.
86	86	13 (c-5) "Private information" means unique identifiers,
87	87	14 including a person's social security number, driver's license
88	88	15 number, employee identification number, biometric identifiers,
89	89	16 personal financial information, passwords or other access
90	90	17 codes, medical records, home or personal telephone numbers,
91	91	18 and personal email addresses. Private information also
92	92	19 includes home address and personal license plates, except as
93	93	20 otherwise provided by law or when compiled without possibility
94	94	21 of attribution to any person.
95	95	22 (c-10) "Commercial purpose" means the use of any part of a
96	96	23 public record or records, or information derived from public
97	97	24 records, in any form for sale, resale, or solicitation or
98	98	25 advertisement for sales or services. For purposes of this
99	99	26 definition, requests made by news media and non-profit,
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110	110	1 scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered
111	111	2 to be made for a "commercial purpose" when the principal
112	112	3 purpose of the request is (i) to access and disseminate
113	113	4 information concerning news and current or passing events,
114	114	5 (ii) for articles of opinion or features of interest to the
115	115	6 public, or (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or
116	116	7 public research or education.
117	117	8 (d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public record
118	118	9 by means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical or other
119	119	10 process, device or means now known or hereafter developed and
120	120	11 available to the public body.
121	121	12 (e) "Head of the public body" means the president, mayor,
122	122	13 chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
123	123	14 manager, supervisor or individual otherwise holding primary
124	124	15 executive and administrative authority for the public body, or
125	125	16 such person's duly authorized designee.
126	126	17 (f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical
127	127	18 issued at regular intervals whether in print or electronic
128	128	19 format, a news service whether in print or electronic format,
129	129	20 a radio station, a television station, a television network, a
130	130	21 community antenna television service, or a person or
131	131	22 corporation engaged in making news reels or other motion
132	132	23 picture news for public showing.
133	133	24 (g) "Recurrent requester", as used in Section 3.2 of this
134	134	25 Act, means a person that, in the 12 months immediately
135	135	26 preceding the request, has submitted to the same public body
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146	146	1 (i) a minimum of 50 requests for records, (ii) a minimum of 15
147	147	2 requests for records within a 30-day period, or (iii) a
148	148	3 minimum of 7 requests for records within a 7-day period. For
149	149	4 purposes of this definition, requests made by news media and
150	150	5 non-profit, scientific, or academic organizations shall not be
151	151	6 considered in calculating the number of requests made in the
152	152	7 time periods in this definition when the principal purpose of
153	153	8 the requests is (i) to access and disseminate information
154	154	9 concerning news and current or passing events, (ii) for
155	155	10 articles of opinion or features of interest to the public, or
156	156	11 (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public
157	157	12 research or education.
158	158	13 For the purposes of this subsection (g), "request" means a
159	159	14 written document (or oral request, if the public body chooses
160	160	15 to honor oral requests) that is submitted to a public body via
161	161	16 personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
162	162	17 means available to the public body and that identifies the
163	163	18 particular public record the requester seeks. One request may
164	164	19 identify multiple records to be inspected or copied.
165	165	20 (h) "Voluminous request" means a request that: (i)
166	166	21 includes more than 5 individual requests for more than 5
167	167	22 different categories of records or a combination of individual
168	168	23 requests that total requests for more than 5 different
169	169	24 categories of records in a period of 20 business days; or (ii)
170	170	25 requires the compilation of more than 500 letter or
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182	182	1 record exceeds 500 pages. "Single requested record" may
183	183	2 include, but is not limited to, one report, form, e-mail,
184	184	3 letter, memorandum, book, map, microfilm, tape, or recording.
185	185	4 "Voluminous request" does not include a request made by
186	186	5 news media and non-profit, scientific, or academic
187	187	6 organizations if the principal purpose of the request is: (1)
188	188	7 to access and disseminate information concerning news and
189	189	8 current or passing events; (2) for articles of opinion or
190	190	9 features of interest to the public; or (3) for the purpose of
191	191	10 academic, scientific, or public research or education.
192	192	11 For the purposes of this subsection (h), "request" means a
193	193	12 written document, or oral request, if the public body chooses
194	194	13 to honor oral requests, that is submitted to a public body via
195	195	14 personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
196	196	15 means available to the public body and that identifies the
197	197	16 particular public record or records the requester seeks. One
198	198	17 request may identify multiple individual records to be
199	199	18 inspected or copied.
200	200	19 (i) "Severance agreement" means a mutual agreement between
201	201	20 any public body and its employee for the employee's
202	202	21 resignation in exchange for payment by the public body.
203	203	22 (Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15; 98-1129, eff. 12-3-14;
204	204	23 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-478, eff. 6-1-16.)
205	205	24 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-554)
206	206	25 Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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217	217	1 (a) "Public body" means all legislative, executive,
218	218	2 judicial branch, components of the judicial branch,
219	219	3 administrative, or advisory bodies of the State, state
220	220	4 universities and colleges, counties, townships, cities,
221	221	5 villages, incorporated towns, school districts and all other
222	222	6 municipal corporations, boards, bureaus, committees, or
223	223	7 commissions of this State, any subsidiary bodies of any of the
224	224	8 foregoing including but not limited to committees and
225	225	9 subcommittees thereof, and a School Finance Authority created
226	226	10 under Article 1E of the School Code. "Public body" does not
227	227	11 include a child death review team or the Illinois Child Death
228	228	12 Review Teams Executive Council established under the Child
229	229	13 Death Review Team Act, or a regional youth advisory board or
230	230	14 the Statewide Youth Advisory Board established under the
231	231	15 Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Youth
232	232	16 Advisory Board Act.
233	233	17 (b) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
234	234	18 partnership, firm, organization or association, acting
235	235	19 individually or as a group.
236	236	20 (c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms,
237	237	21 writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps,
238	238	22 photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
239	239	23 data processing records, electronic communications, recorded
240	240	24 information and all other documentary materials pertaining to
241	241	25 the transaction of public business, regardless of physical
242	242	26 form or characteristics, having been prepared by or for, or
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253	253	1 having been or being used by, received by, in the possession
254	254	2 of, or under the control of any public body.
255	255	3 (c-5) "Private information" means unique identifiers,
256	256	4 including a person's social security number, driver's license
257	257	5 number, employee identification number, biometric identifiers,
258	258	6 personal financial information, passwords or other access
259	259	7 codes, medical records, home or personal telephone numbers,
260	260	8 and personal email addresses. Private information also
261	261	9 includes home address and personal license plates, except as
262	262	10 otherwise provided by law or when compiled without possibility
263	263	11 of attribution to any person. For a public body that is a
264	264	12 HIPAA-covered entity, "private information" includes
265	265	13 electronic medical records and all information, including
266	266	14 demographic information, contained within or extracted from an
267	267	15 electronic medical records system operated or maintained by
268	268	16 the public body in compliance with State and federal medical
269	269	17 privacy laws and regulations, including, but not limited to,
270	270	18 the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and
271	271	19 its regulations, 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164. As used in this
272	272	20 subsection, "HIPAA-covered entity" has the meaning given to
273	273	21 the term "covered entity" in 45 CFR 160.103.
274	274	22 (c-10) "Commercial purpose" means the use of any part of a
275	275	23 public record or records, or information derived from public
276	276	24 records, in any form for sale, resale, or solicitation or
277	277	25 advertisement for sales or services. For purposes of this
278	278	26 definition, requests made by news media and non-profit,
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289	289	1 scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered
290	290	2 to be made for a "commercial purpose" when the principal
291	291	3 purpose of the request is (i) to access and disseminate
292	292	4 information concerning news and current or passing events,
293	293	5 (ii) for articles of opinion or features of interest to the
294	294	6 public, or (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or
295	295	7 public research or education.
296	296	8 (d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public record
297	297	9 by means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical or other
298	298	10 process, device or means now known or hereafter developed and
299	299	11 available to the public body.
300	300	12 (e) "Head of the public body" means the president, mayor,
301	301	13 chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
302	302	14 manager, supervisor or individual otherwise holding primary
303	303	15 executive and administrative authority for the public body, or
304	304	16 such person's duly authorized designee.
305	305	17 (f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical
306	306	18 issued at regular intervals whether in print or electronic
307	307	19 format, a news service whether in print or electronic format,
308	308	20 a radio station, a television station, a television network, a
309	309	21 community antenna television service, or a person or
310	310	22 corporation engaged in making news reels or other motion
311	311	23 picture news for public showing.
312	312	24 (g) "Recurrent requester", as used in Section 3.2 of this
313	313	25 Act, means a person that, in the 12 months immediately
314	314	26 preceding the request, has submitted to the same public body
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325	325	1 (i) a minimum of 50 requests for records, (ii) a minimum of 15
326	326	2 requests for records within a 30-day period, or (iii) a
327	327	3 minimum of 7 requests for records within a 7-day period. For
328	328	4 purposes of this definition, requests made by news media and
329	329	5 non-profit, scientific, or academic organizations shall not be
330	330	6 considered in calculating the number of requests made in the
331	331	7 time periods in this definition when the principal purpose of
332	332	8 the requests is (i) to access and disseminate information
333	333	9 concerning news and current or passing events, (ii) for
334	334	10 articles of opinion or features of interest to the public, or
335	335	11 (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public
336	336	12 research or education.
337	337	13 For the purposes of this subsection (g), "request" means a
338	338	14 written document (or oral request, if the public body chooses
339	339	15 to honor oral requests) that is submitted to a public body via
340	340	16 personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
341	341	17 means available to the public body and that identifies the
342	342	18 particular public record the requester seeks. One request may
343	343	19 identify multiple records to be inspected or copied.
344	344	20 (h) "Voluminous request" means a request that: (i)
345	345	21 includes more than 5 individual requests for more than 5
346	346	22 different categories of records or a combination of individual
347	347	23 requests that total requests for more than 5 different
348	348	24 categories of records in a period of 20 business days; or (ii)
349	349	25 requires the compilation of more than 500 letter or
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361	361	1 record exceeds 500 pages. "Single requested record" may
362	362	2 include, but is not limited to, one report, form, e-mail,
363	363	3 letter, memorandum, book, map, microfilm, tape, or recording.
364	364	4 "Voluminous request" does not include a request made by
365	365	5 news media and non-profit, scientific, or academic
366	366	6 organizations if the principal purpose of the request is: (1)
367	367	7 to access and disseminate information concerning news and
368	368	8 current or passing events; (2) for articles of opinion or
369	369	9 features of interest to the public; or (3) for the purpose of
370	370	10 academic, scientific, or public research or education.
371	371	11 For the purposes of this subsection (h), "request" means a
372	372	12 written document, or oral request, if the public body chooses
373	373	13 to honor oral requests, that is submitted to a public body via
374	374	14 personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
375	375	15 means available to the public body and that identifies the
376	376	16 particular public record or records the requester seeks. One
377	377	17 request may identify multiple individual records to be
378	378	18 inspected or copied.
379	379	19 (i) "Severance agreement" means a mutual agreement between
380	380	20 any public body and its employee for the employee's
381	381	21 resignation in exchange for payment by the public body.
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384	384	24 Sec. 7. Exemptions.
385	385	25 (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
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396	396	1 record that contains information that is exempt from
397	397	2 disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
398	398	3 that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
399	399	4 to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
400	400	5 shall make the remaining information available for inspection
401	401	6 and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
402	402	7 be exempt from inspection and copying:
403	403	8 (a) Information specifically prohibited from
404	404	9 disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
405	405	10 regulations implementing federal or State law.
406	406	11 (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
407	407	12 by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
408	408	13 or a court order.
409	409	14 (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
410	410	15 maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
411	411	16 specifically designed to provide information to one or
412	412	17 more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
413	413	18 mental status of one or more individual subjects.
414	414	19 (c) Personal information contained within public
415	415	20 records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
416	416	21 clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
417	417	22 the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
418	418	23 individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
419	419	24 invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
420	420	25 information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
421	421	26 reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
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432	432	1 privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
433	433	2 obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
434	434	3 that bears on the public duties of public employees and
435	435	4 officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
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437	437	6 (d) Records in the possession of any public body
438	438	7 created in the course of administrative enforcement
439	439	8 proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
440	440	9 agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
441	441	10 extent that disclosure would:
442	442	11 (i) interfere with pending or actually and
443	443	12 reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
444	444	13 conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
445	445	14 agency that is the recipient of the request;
446	446	15 (ii) interfere with active administrative
447	447	16 enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
448	448	17 that is the recipient of the request;
449	449	18 (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
450	450	19 person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
451	451	20 hearing;
452	452	21 (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
453	453	22 confidential source, confidential information
454	454	23 furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
455	455	24 who file complaints with or provide information to
456	456	25 administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
457	457	26 penal agencies; except that the identities of
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468	468	1 witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
469	469	2 and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
470	470	3 local government, except when disclosure would
471	471	4 interfere with an active criminal investigation
472	472	5 conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
473	473	6 request;
474	474	7 (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
475	475	8 techniques other than those generally used and known
476	476	9 or disclose internal documents of correctional
477	477	10 agencies related to detection, observation, or
478	478	11 investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
479	479	12 disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
480	480	13 agency or public body that is the recipient of the
481	481	14 request;
482	482	15 (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
483	483	16 enforcement personnel or any other person; or
484	484	17 (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
485	485	18 by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
486	486	19 (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
487	487	20 enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
488	488	21 record management system if the law enforcement agency
489	489	22 that is the recipient of the request did not create the
490	490	23 record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
491	491	24 events which are the subject of the record, and only has
492	492	25 access to the record through the shared electronic record
493	493	26 management system.
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504	504	1 (d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
505	505	2 Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
506	506	3 Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
507	507	4 Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
508	508	5 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
509	509	6 Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
510	510	7 Board.
511	511	8 (d-7) Information gathered or records created from the
512	512	9 use of automatic license plate readers in connection with
513	513	10 Section 2-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
514	514	11 (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
515	515	12 correctional institutions and detention facilities.
516	516	13 (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
517	517	14 Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
518	518	15 Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
519	519	16 materials are available in the library of the correctional
520	520	17 institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
521	521	18 confined.
522	522	19 (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
523	523	20 Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
524	524	21 Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
525	525	22 materials include records from staff members' personnel
526	526	23 files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
527	527	24 information.
528	528	25 (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
529	529	26 Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
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540	540	1 Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
541	541	2 through an administrative request to the Department of
542	542	3 Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
543	543	4 Mental Health.
544	544	5 (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
545	545	6 Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
546	546	7 Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
547	547	8 disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
548	548	9 person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
549	549	10 institution or facility.
550	550	11 (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
551	551	12 or committed to the Department of Corrections or
552	552	13 Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
553	553	14 containing personal information pertaining to the person's
554	554	15 victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
555	555	16 to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
556	556	17 or school address, work telephone number, social security
557	557	18 number, or any other identifying information, except as
558	558	19 may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
559	559	20 or claim.
560	560	21 (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
561	561	22 requested by a person committed to the Department of
562	562	23 Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
563	563	24 Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
564	564	25 limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
565	565	26 crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
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576	576	1 relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
577	577	2 claim.
578	578	3 (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
579	579	4 memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
580	580	5 expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
581	581	6 that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
582	582	7 shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
583	583	8 identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
584	584	9 provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
585	585	10 records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
586	586	11 that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents
587	587	12 and to all those records that pertain to the preparation
588	588	13 of judicial opinions and orders.
589	589	14 (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
590	590	15 information obtained from a person or business where the
591	591	16 trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
592	592	17 furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
593	593	18 privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
594	594	19 trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
595	595	20 cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
596	596	21 insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
597	597	22 requested.
598	598	23 The information included under this exemption includes
599	599	24 all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
600	600	25 obtained by a public body, including a public pension
601	601	26 fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
602	602
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612	612	1 company within the investment portfolio of a private
613	613	2 equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
614	614	3 a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
615	615	4 fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
616	616	5 to the aggregate financial performance information of a
617	617	6 private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
618	618	7 managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
619	619	8 this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
620	620	9 held company within the investment portfolio of a private
621	621	10 equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
622	622	11 privately held company may cause competitive harm.
623	623	12 Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
624	624	13 construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
625	625	14 to disclosure.
626	626	15 (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
627	627	16 agreement, including information which if it were
628	628	17 disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
629	629	18 to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
630	630	19 agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
631	631	20 is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
632	632	21 preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
633	633	22 award or final selection is made.
634	634	23 (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
635	635	24 designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
636	636	25 by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
637	637	26 expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
638	638
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648	648	1 exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
649	649	2 this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
650	650	3 news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
651	651	4 requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
652	652	5 purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
653	653	6 information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
654	654	7 legal rights of the general public.
655	655	8 (j) The following information pertaining to
656	656	9 educational matters:
657	657	10 (i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
658	658	11 examination data used to administer an academic
659	659	12 examination;
660	660	13 (ii) information received by a primary or
661	661	14 secondary school, college, or university under its
662	662	15 procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
663	663	16 their academic peers;
664	664	17 (iii) information concerning a school or
665	665	18 university's adjudication of student disciplinary
666	666	19 cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
667	667	20 unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
668	668	21 (iv) course materials or research materials used
669	669	22 by faculty members.
670	670	23 (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
671	671	24 submissions, and other construction related technical
672	672	25 documents for projects not constructed or developed in
673	673	26 whole or in part with public funds and the same for
674	674
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676	676
677	677
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684	684	1 projects constructed or developed with public funds,
685	685	2 including, but not limited to, power generating and
686	686	3 distribution stations and other transmission and
687	687	4 distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
688	688	5 airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
689	689	6 and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
690	690	7 but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
691	691	8 security.
692	692	9 (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
693	693	10 public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
694	694	11 public body makes the minutes available to the public
695	695	12 under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
696	696	13 (m) Communications between a public body and an
697	697	14 attorney or auditor representing the public body that
698	698	15 would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
699	699	16 materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
700	700	17 anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
701	701	18 proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
702	702	19 public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
703	703	20 respect to internal audits of public bodies.
704	704	21 (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
705	705	22 of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
706	706	23 this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
707	707	24 cases in which discipline is imposed.
708	708	25 (o) Administrative or technical information associated
709	709	26 with automated data processing operations, including, but
710	710
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712	712
713	713
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720	720	1 not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
721	721	2 program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
722	722	3 modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
723	723	4 pertaining to all logical and physical design of
724	724	5 computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
725	725	6 information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
726	726	7 security of the system or its data or the security of
727	727	8 materials exempt under this Section.
728	728	9 (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
729	729	10 between public bodies and their employees or
730	730	11 representatives, except that any final contract or
731	731	12 agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
732	732	13 (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
733	733	14 examination data used to determine the qualifications of
734	734	15 an applicant for a license or employment.
735	735	16 (r) The records, documents, and information relating
736	736	17 to real estate purchase negotiations until those
737	737	18 negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
738	738	19 With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
739	739	20 and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
740	740	21 under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
741	741	22 information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
742	742	23 as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
743	743	24 Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
744	744	25 information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
745	745	26 until a sale is consummated.
746	746
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756	756	1 (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
757	757	2 related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
758	758	3 management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
759	759	4 self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
760	760	5 Insurance or self-insurance (including any
761	761	6 intergovernmental risk management association or
762	762	7 self-insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
763	763	8 information, records, data, advice, or communications.
764	764	9 (t) Information contained in or related to
765	765	10 examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
766	766	11 on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
767	767	12 for the regulation or supervision of financial
768	768	13 institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
769	769	14 managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
770	770	15 law.
771	771	16 (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
772	772	17 the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
773	773	18 codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
774	774	19 be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
775	775	20 Electronic Transactions Act.
776	776	21 (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
777	777	22 response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
778	778	23 prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
779	779	24 community's population or systems, facilities, or
780	780	25 installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
781	781	26 could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
782	782
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784	784
785	785
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792	792	1 or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
793	793	2 or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
794	794	3 them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
795	795	4 include such things as details pertaining to the
796	796	5 mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
797	797	6 the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
798	798	7 cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
799	799	8 (w) (Blank).
800	800	9 (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
801	801	10 security of generation, transmission, distribution,
802	802	11 storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
803	803	12 owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
804	804	13 Illinois Power Agency.
805	805	14 (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
806	806	15 bids, or negotiations related to electric power
807	807	16 procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
808	808	17 Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
809	809	18 Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
810	810	19 by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
811	811	20 Commission.
812	812	21 (z) Information about students exempted from
813	813	22 disclosure under Section 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
814	814	23 School Code, and information about undergraduate students
815	815	24 enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
816	816	25 from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
817	817	26 Card Marketing Act of 2009.
818	818
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828	828	1 (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
829	829	2 under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
830	830	3 (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
831	831	4 review team and records maintained by a mortality review
832	832	5 team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
833	833	6 Mortality Review Team Act.
834	834	7 (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
835	835	8 inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
836	836	9 Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
837	837	10 the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
838	838	11 (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
839	839	12 disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
840	840	13 Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
841	841	14 the Illinois Public Aid Code.
842	842	15 (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
843	843	16 information of persons who are minors and are also
844	844	17 participants and registrants in programs of park
845	845	18 districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
846	846	19 districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
847	847	20 associations.
848	848	21 (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
849	849	22 information of participants and registrants in programs of
850	850	23 park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
851	851	24 districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
852	852	25 associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
853	853	26 minors.
854	854
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857	857
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864	864	1 (gg) Confidential information described in Section
865	865	2 1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
866	866	3 2012.
867	867	4 (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
868	868	5 Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
869	869	6 under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
870	870	7 School Code and any information contained in that report.
871	871	8 (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
872	872	9 detained by the Department of Human Services under the
873	873	10 Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
874	874	11 the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
875	875	12 Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
876	876	13 library of the facility where the individual is confined;
877	877	14 (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
878	878	15 staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
879	879	16 or (iii) are available through an administrative request
880	880	17 to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
881	881	18 Corrections.
882	882	19 (jj) Confidential information described in Section
883	883	20 5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
884	884	21 (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
885	885	22 numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
886	886	23 Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
887	887	24 and similar account information, the disclosure of which
888	888	25 could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
889	889	26 of a governmental entity or a person.
890	890
891	891
892	892
893	893
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900	900	1 (ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
901	901	2 assessment team of a school district, including, but not
902	902	3 limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
903	903	4 School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
904	904	5 the procedure.
905	905	6 (mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
906	906	7 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
907	907	8 Confidential Reporting Act.
908	908	9 (nn) Proprietary information submitted to the
909	909	10 Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
910	910	11 Act.
911	911	12 (oo) Records described in subsection (f) of Section
912	912	13 3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
913	913	14 (pp) Any and all information regarding burials,
914	914	15 interments, or entombments of human remains as required to
915	915	16 be reported to the Department of Natural Resources
916	916	17 pursuant either to the Archaeological and Paleontological
917	917	18 Resources Protection Act or the Human Remains Protection
918	918	19 Act.
919	919	20 (qq) (pp) Reports described in subsection (e) of
920	920	21 Section 16-15 of the Abortion Care Clinical Training
921	921	22 Program Act.
922	922	23 (rr) (pp) Information obtained by a certified local
923	923	24 health department under the Access to Public Health Data
924	924	25 Act.
925	925	26 (ss) (pp) For a request directed to a public body that
926	926
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936	936	1 is also a HIPAA-covered entity, all information that is
937	937	2 protected health information, including demographic
938	938	3 information, that may be contained within or extracted
939	939	4 from any record held by the public body in compliance with
940	940	5 State and federal medical privacy laws and regulations,
941	941	6 including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance
942	942	7 Portability and Accountability Act and its regulations, 45
943	943	8 CFR Parts 160 and 164. As used in this paragraph,
944	944	9 "HIPAA-covered entity" has the meaning given to the term
945	945	10 "covered entity" in 45 CFR 160.103 and "protected health
946	946	11 information" has the meaning given to that term in 45 CFR
947	947	12 160.103.
948	948	13 (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
949	949	14 Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
950	950	15 prior to disclosure under this Act.
951	951	16 (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
952	952	17 public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
953	953	18 agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
954	954	19 behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
955	955	20 governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
956	956	21 Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
957	957	22 for purposes of this Act.
958	958	23 (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
959	959	24 information or limit the availability of records to the
960	960	25 public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
961	961	26 in this Act.
962	962
963	963
964	964
965	965
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972	972	1 (Source: P.A. 102-38, eff. 6-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
973	973	2 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752, eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff.
974	974	3 1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23; 102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-982,
975	975	4 eff. 7-1-23; 102-1055, eff. 6-10-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23;
976	976	5 103-423, eff. 1-1-24; 103-446, eff. 8-4-23; 103-462, eff.
977	977	6 8-4-23; 103-540, eff. 1-1-24; 103-554, eff. 1-1-24; revised
978	978	7 9-7-23.)
979	979	8 (5 ILCS 140/9.5)
980	980	9 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-69)
981	981	10 Sec. 9.5. Public Access Counselor; opinions.
982	982	11 (a) A person whose request to inspect or copy a public
983	983	12 record is denied by a public body, except the General Assembly
984	984	13 and committees, commissions, and agencies thereof, may file a
985	985	14 request for review with the Public Access Counselor
986	986	15 established in the Office of the Attorney General not later
987	987	16 than 60 days after the date of the final denial. The request
988	988	17 for review must be in writing, signed by the requester, and
989	989	18 include (i) a copy of the request for access to records and
990	990	19 (ii) any responses from the public body.
991	991	20 (b) A person whose request to inspect or copy a public
992	992	21 record is made for a commercial purpose as defined in
993	993	22 subsection (c-10) of Section 2 of this Act may not file a
994	994	23 request for review with the Public Access Counselor. A person
995	995	24 whose request to inspect or copy a public record was treated by
996	996	25 the public body as a request for a commercial purpose under
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1007	1007	1 Section 3.1 of this Act may file a request for review with the
1008	1008	2 Public Access Counselor for the limited purpose of reviewing
1009	1009	3 whether the public body properly determined that the request
1010	1010	4 was made for a commercial purpose.
1011	1011	5 (b-5) A person whose request to inspect or copy a public
1012	1012	6 record was treated by a public body, except the General
1013	1013	7 Assembly and committees, commissions, and agencies thereof, as
1014	1014	8 a voluminous request under Section 3.6 of this Act may file a
1015	1015	9 request for review with the Public Access Counselor for the
1016	1016	10 purpose of reviewing whether the public body properly
1017	1017	11 determined that the request was a voluminous request.
1018	1018	12 (c) Upon receipt of a request for review, the Public
1019	1019	13 Access Counselor shall determine whether further action is
1020	1020	14 warranted. If the Public Access Counselor determines that the
1021	1021	15 alleged violation is unfounded, he or she shall so advise the
1022	1022	16 requester and the public body and no further action shall be
1023	1023	17 undertaken. In all other cases, the Public Access Counselor
1024	1024	18 shall forward a copy of the request for review to the public
1025	1025	19 body within 7 business days after receipt and shall specify
1026	1026	20 the records or other documents that the public body shall
1027	1027	21 furnish to facilitate the review. Within 7 business days after
1028	1028	22 receipt of the request for review, the public body shall
1029	1029	23 provide copies of records requested and shall otherwise fully
1030	1030	24 cooperate with the Public Access Counselor. If a public body
1031	1031	25 fails to furnish specified records pursuant to this Section,
1032	1032	26 or if otherwise necessary, the Attorney General may issue a
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1043	1043	1 subpoena to any person or public body having knowledge of or
1044	1044	2 records pertaining to a request for review of a denial of
1045	1045	3 access to records under the Act. To the extent that records or
1046	1046	4 documents produced by a public body contain information that
1047	1047	5 is claimed to be exempt from disclosure under Section 7 of this
1048	1048	6 Act, the Public Access Counselor shall not further disclose
1049	1049	7 that information.
1050	1050	8 (d) Within 7 business days after it receives a copy of a
1051	1051	9 request for review and request for production of records from
1052	1052	10 the Public Access Counselor, the public body may, but is not
1053	1053	11 required to, answer the allegations of the request for review.
1054	1054	12 The answer may take the form of a letter, brief, or memorandum.
1055	1055	13 The Public Access Counselor shall forward a copy of the answer
1056	1056	14 to the person submitting the request for review, with any
1057	1057	15 alleged confidential information to which the request pertains
1058	1058	16 redacted from the copy. The requester may, but is not required
1059	1059	17 to, respond in writing to the answer within 7 business days and
1060	1060	18 shall provide a copy of the response to the public body.
1061	1061	19 (e) In addition to the request for review, and the answer
1062	1062	20 and the response thereto, if any, a requester or a public body
1063	1063	21 may furnish affidavits or records concerning any matter
1064	1064	22 germane to the review.
1065	1065	23 (f) Unless the Public Access Counselor extends the time by
1066	1066	24 no more than 30 business days by sending written notice to the
1067	1067	25 requester and the public body that includes a statement of the
1068	1068	26 reasons for the extension in the notice, or decides to address
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1079	1079	1 the matter without the issuance of a binding opinion, the
1080	1080	2 Attorney General shall examine the issues and the records,
1081	1081	3 shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law, and shall
1082	1082	4 issue to the requester and the public body an opinion in
1083	1083	5 response to the request for review within 60 days after its
1084	1084	6 receipt. The opinion shall be binding upon both the requester
1085	1085	7 and the public body, subject to administrative review under
1086	1086	8 Section 11.5.
1087	1087	9 In responding to any request under this Section 9.5, the
1088	1088	10 Attorney General may exercise his or her discretion and choose
1089	1089	11 to resolve a request for review by mediation or by a means
1090	1090	12 other than the issuance of a binding opinion. The decision not
1091	1091	13 to issue a binding opinion shall not be reviewable.
1092	1092	14 Upon receipt of a binding opinion concluding that a
1093	1093	15 violation of this Act has occurred, the public body shall
1094	1094	16 either take necessary action immediately to comply with the
1095	1095	17 directive of the opinion or shall initiate administrative
1096	1096	18 review under Section 11.5. If the opinion concludes that no
1097	1097	19 violation of the Act has occurred, the requester may initiate
1098	1098	20 administrative review under Section 11.5.
1099	1099	21 A public body that discloses records in accordance with an
1100	1100	22 opinion of the Attorney General is immune from all liabilities
1101	1101	23 by reason thereof and shall not be liable for penalties under
1102	1102	24 this Act.
1103	1103	25 (g) If the requester files suit under Section 11 with
1104	1104	26 respect to the same denial that is the subject of a pending
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1115	1115	1 request for review, the requester shall notify the Public
1116	1116	2 Access Counselor, and the Public Access Counselor shall take
1117	1117	3 no further action with respect to the request for review and
1118	1118	4 shall so notify the public body.
1119	1119	5 (h) The Attorney General may also issue advisory opinions
1120	1120	6 to public bodies regarding compliance with this Act. A review
1121	1121	7 may be initiated upon receipt of a written request from the
1122	1122	8 head of the public body or its attorney, which shall contain
1123	1123	9 sufficient accurate facts from which a determination can be
1124	1124	10 made. The Public Access Counselor may request additional
1125	1125	11 information from the public body in order to assist in the
1126	1126	12 review. A public body that relies in good faith on an advisory
1127	1127	13 opinion of the Attorney General in responding to a request is
1128	1128	14 not liable for penalties under this Act, so long as the facts
1129	1129	15 upon which the opinion is based have been fully and fairly
1130	1130	16 disclosed to the Public Access Counselor.
1131	1131	17 (Source: P.A. 97-579, eff. 8-26-11; 98-1129, eff. 12-3-14.)
1132	1132	18 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-69)
1133	1133	19 Sec. 9.5. Public Access Counselor; opinions.
1134	1134	20 (a) A person whose request to inspect or copy a public
1135	1135	21 record is denied by a public body, except the General Assembly
1136	1136	22 and committees, commissions, and agencies thereof and the
1137	1137	23 judicial branch and the components of the judicial branch, may
1138	1138	24 file a request for review with the Public Access Counselor
1139	1139	25 established in the Office of the Attorney General not later
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1150	1150	1 than 60 days after the date of the final denial. The request
1151	1151	2 for review must be in writing, signed by the requester, and
1152	1152	3 include (i) a copy of the request for access to records and
1153	1153	4 (ii) any responses from the public body.
1154	1154	5 (b) A person whose request to inspect or copy a public
1155	1155	6 record is made for a commercial purpose as defined in
1156	1156	7 subsection (c-10) of Section 2 of this Act may not file a
1157	1157	8 request for review with the Public Access Counselor. A person
1158	1158	9 whose request to inspect or copy a public record was treated by
1159	1159	10 the public body as a request for a commercial purpose under
1160	1160	11 Section 3.1 of this Act may file a request for review with the
1161	1161	12 Public Access Counselor for the limited purpose of reviewing
1162	1162	13 whether the public body properly determined that the request
1163	1163	14 was made for a commercial purpose.
1164	1164	15 (b-5) A person whose request to inspect or copy a public
1165	1165	16 record was treated by a public body, except the General
1166	1166	17 Assembly and committees, commissions, and agencies thereof and
1167	1167	18 the judicial branch and the components of the judicial branch,
1168	1168	19 as a voluminous request under Section 3.6 of this Act may file
1169	1169	20 a request for review with the Public Access Counselor for the
1170	1170	21 purpose of reviewing whether the public body properly
1171	1171	22 determined that the request was a voluminous request.
1172	1172	23 (c) Upon receipt of a request for review, the Public
1173	1173	24 Access Counselor shall determine whether further action is
1174	1174	25 warranted. If the Public Access Counselor determines that the
1175	1175	26 alleged violation is unfounded, he or she shall so advise the
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1186	1186	1 requester and the public body and no further action shall be
1187	1187	2 undertaken. In all other cases, the Public Access Counselor
1188	1188	3 shall forward a copy of the request for review to the public
1189	1189	4 body within 7 business days after receipt and shall specify
1190	1190	5 the records or other documents that the public body shall
1191	1191	6 furnish to facilitate the review. Within 7 business days after
1192	1192	7 receipt of the request for review, the public body shall
1193	1193	8 provide copies of records requested and shall otherwise fully
1194	1194	9 cooperate with the Public Access Counselor. If a public body
1195	1195	10 fails to furnish specified records pursuant to this Section,
1196	1196	11 or if otherwise necessary, the Attorney General may issue a
1197	1197	12 subpoena to any person or public body having knowledge of or
1198	1198	13 records pertaining to a request for review of a denial of
1199	1199	14 access to records under the Act. Records or documents obtained
1200	1200	15 by the Public Access Counselor from a public body for the
1201	1201	16 purpose of addressing a request for review under this Section
1202	1202	17 may not be disclosed to the public, including the requester,
1203	1203	18 by the Public Access Counselor. These records, while in the
1204	1204	19 possession of the Public Access Counselor, are exempt under
1205	1205	20 this Act from disclosure by the Public Access Counselor.
1206	1206	21 (d) Within 7 business days after it receives a copy of a
1207	1207	22 request for review and request for production of records from
1208	1208	23 the Public Access Counselor, the public body may, but is not
1209	1209	24 required to, answer the allegations of the request for review.
1210	1210	25 The answer may take the form of a letter, brief, or memorandum.
1211	1211	26 The Public Access Counselor shall forward a copy of the answer
1212	1212
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1222	1222	1 to the person submitting the request for review, with any
1223	1223	2 alleged confidential information to which the request pertains
1224	1224	3 redacted from the copy. The requester may, but is not required
1225	1225	4 to, respond in writing to the answer within 7 business days and
1226	1226	5 shall provide a copy of the response to the public body.
1227	1227	6 (e) In addition to the request for review, and the answer
1228	1228	7 and the response thereto, if any, a requester or a public body
1229	1229	8 may furnish affidavits or records concerning any matter
1230	1230	9 germane to the review.
1231	1231	10 (f) Unless the Public Access Counselor extends the time by
1232	1232	11 no more than 30 business days by sending written notice to the
1233	1233	12 requester and the public body that includes a statement of the
1234	1234	13 reasons for the extension in the notice, or decides to address
1235	1235	14 the matter without the issuance of a binding opinion, the
1236	1236	15 Attorney General shall examine the issues and the records,
1237	1237	16 shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law, and shall
1238	1238	17 issue to the requester and the public body an opinion in
1239	1239	18 response to the request for review within 60 days after its
1240	1240	19 receipt. The opinion shall be binding upon both the requester
1241	1241	20 and the public body, subject to administrative review under
1242	1242	21 Section 11.5.
1243	1243	22 In responding to any request under this Section 9.5, the
1244	1244	23 Attorney General may exercise his or her discretion and choose
1245	1245	24 to resolve a request for review by mediation or by a means
1246	1246	25 other than the issuance of a binding opinion. The decision not
1247	1247	26 to issue a binding opinion shall not be reviewable.
1248	1248
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1258	1258	1 Upon receipt of a binding opinion concluding that a
1259	1259	2 violation of this Act has occurred, the public body shall
1260	1260	3 either take necessary action immediately to comply with the
1261	1261	4 directive of the opinion or shall initiate administrative
1262	1262	5 review under Section 11.5. If the opinion concludes that no
1263	1263	6 violation of the Act has occurred, the requester may initiate
1264	1264	7 administrative review under Section 11.5.
1265	1265	8 A public body that discloses records in accordance with an
1266	1266	9 opinion of the Attorney General is immune from all liabilities
1267	1267	10 by reason thereof and shall not be liable for penalties under
1268	1268	11 this Act.
1269	1269	12 (g) If the requester files suit under Section 11 with
1270	1270	13 respect to the same denial that is the subject of a pending
1271	1271	14 request for review, the requester shall notify the Public
1272	1272	15 Access Counselor, and the Public Access Counselor shall take
1273	1273	16 no further action with respect to the request for review and
1274	1274	17 shall so notify the public body.
1275	1275	18 (h) The Attorney General may also issue advisory opinions
1276	1276	19 to public bodies regarding compliance with this Act. A review
1277	1277	20 may be initiated upon receipt of a written request from the
1278	1278	21 head of the public body or its attorney, which shall contain
1279	1279	22 sufficient accurate facts from which a determination can be
1280	1280	23 made. The Public Access Counselor may request additional
1281	1281	24 information from the public body in order to assist in the
1282	1282	25 review. A public body that relies in good faith on an advisory
1283	1283	26 opinion of the Attorney General in responding to a request is
1284	1284
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1294	1294	1 not liable for penalties under this Act, so long as the facts
1295	1295	2 upon which the opinion is based have been fully and fairly
1296	1296	3 disclosed to the Public Access Counselor.
1297	1297	4 (Source: P.A. 103-69, eff. 1-1-24.)
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