Executive Committee

Filed: 5/30/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 546

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 546 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Notary Public Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 3-101, 3-102, 3-104, and 6-102 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 312/3-101)  (from Ch. 102, par. 203-101)
7     Sec. 3-101. Official Seal and Signature.
8     (a) Each notary public shall, upon receiving the commission
9 from the county clerk, obtain an official rubber stamp seal
10 with which the notary shall authenticate his official acts. The
11 rubber stamp seal shall contain the following information:
12         (1) (a) the words "Official Seal";
13         (2) (b) the notary's official name;
14         (3) (c) the words "Notary Public", "State of Illinois",
15     and "My commission expires____________(commission
16     expiration date)"; and

 

 

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1         (4) (d) a serrated or milled edge border in a
2     rectangular form not more than one inch in height by two
3     and one-half inches in length surrounding the information.
4     (b) At the time of the notarial act, a notary public shall
5 officially sign every notary certificate and affix the rubber
6 stamp seal clearly and legibly using black ink, so that it is
7 capable of photographic reproduction. The illegibility of any
8 of the information required by this Section does not affect the
9 validity of a transaction.
10     This subsection does not apply on or after July 1, 2011.
11 (Source: P.A. 84-322.)
 
12     (5 ILCS 312/3-102)  (from Ch. 102, par. 203-102)
13     Sec. 3-102. Notarial Record; Residential Real Property
14 Transactions Official Signature.
15     (a) This Section shall apply to every notarial act in
16 Illinois involving a document of conveyance that transfers or
17 purports to transfer title to residential real property located
18 in Cook County.
19     (b) As used in this Section, the following terms shall have
20 the meanings ascribed to them:
21         (1) "Document of Conveyance" shall mean a written
22     instrument that transfers or purports to transfer title
23     effecting a change in ownership to Residential Real
24     Property, excluding:
25             (i) court-ordered and court-authorized conveyances

 

 

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1         of Residential Real Property, including without
2         limitation, quit-claim deeds executed pursuant to a
3         marital settlement agreement incorporated into a
4         judgment of dissolution of marriage, and transfers in
5         the administration of a probate estate;
6             (ii) judicial sale deeds relating to Residential
7         Real Property, including without limitation, sale
8         deeds issued pursuant to proceedings to foreclose a
9         mortgage or execute on a levy to enforce a judgment;
10             (iii) deeds transferring ownership of Residential
11         Real Property to a trust where the beneficiary is also
12         the grantor;
13             (iv) deeds from grantors to themselves that are
14         intended to change the nature or type of tenancy by
15         which they own Residential Real Property;
16             (v) deeds from a grantor to the grantor and another
17         natural person that are intended to establish a tenancy
18         by which the grantor and the other natural person own
19         Residential Real Property;
20             (vi) deeds executed to the mortgagee in lieu of
21         foreclosure of a mortgage; and
22             (vii) deeds transferring ownership to a revocable
23         or irrevocable grantor trust where the beneficiary
24         includes the grantor.
25         (2) "Financial Institution" shall mean a State or
26     federally chartered bank, savings and loan association,

 

 

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1     savings bank, or credit union.
2         (3) "Notarial Record" shall mean the written document
3     created in conformity with this Section by a notary in
4     connection with Documents of Conveyance.
5         (4) "Residential Real Property " shall mean a building
6     or buildings located in Cook County, Illinois and
7     containing one to 4 dwelling units or an individual
8     residential condominium unit.
9         (5) "Title Insurance Agent" shall have the meaning
10     ascribed to it under the Title Insurance Act.
11         (6) "Title Insurance Company" shall have the meaning
12     ascribed to it under the Title Insurance Act.
13     (c) A notary appointed and commissioned as a notary in
14 Illinois shall, in addition to compliance with other provisions
15 of this Act, create a Notarial Record of each notarial act
16 performed in connection with a Document of Conveyance. The
17 Notarial Record shall contain:
18         (1) The date of the notarial act;
19         (2) The type, title, or a description of the Document
20     of Conveyance being notarized, and the property index
21     number ("PIN") used to identify the Residential Real
22     Property for assessment or taxation purposes and the common
23     street address for the Residential Real Property that is
24     the subject of the Document of Conveyance;
25         (3) The signature, printed name, and residence street
26     address of each person whose signature is the subject of

 

 

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1     the notarial act and a certification by the person that the
2     property is Residential Real Property as defined in this
3     Section, which states "The undersigned grantor hereby
4     certifies that the real property identified in this
5     Notarial Record is Residential Real Property as defined in
6     the Illinois Notary Public Act".
7         (4) A description of the satisfactory evidence
8     reviewed by the notary to determine the identity of the
9     person whose signature is the subject of the notarial act;
10         (5) The date of notarization, the fee charged for the
11     notarial act, the Notary's home or business phone number,
12     the Notary's residence street address, the Notary's
13     commission expiration date, the correct legal name of the
14     Notary's employer or principal, and the business street
15     address of the Notary's employer or principal; and
16         (6) The notary public shall require the person signing
17     the Document of Conveyance (including an agent acting on
18     behalf of a principal under a duly executed power of
19     attorney), whose signature is the subject of the notarial
20     act, to place his or her right thumbprint on the Notarial
21     Record. If the right thumbprint is not available, then the
22     notary shall have the party use his or her left thumb, or
23     any available finger, and shall so indicate on the Notarial
24     Record. If the party signing the document is physically
25     unable to provide a thumbprint or fingerprint, the notary
26     shall so indicate on the Notarial Record and shall also

 

 

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1     provide an explanation of that physical condition. The
2     notary may obtain the thumbprint by any means that reliably
3     captures the image of the finger in a physical or
4     electronic medium.
5     (d) If a notarial act under this Section is performed by a
6 notary who is a principal, employee, or agent of a Title
7 Insurance Company, Title Insurance Agent, Financial
8 Institution, or attorney at law, the notary shall deliver the
9 original Notarial Record to the notary's employer or principal
10 within 14 days after the performance of the notarial act for
11 retention for a period of 7 years as part of the employer's or
12 principal's business records. In the event of a sale or merger
13 of any of the foregoing entities or persons, the successor or
14 assignee of the entity or person shall assume the
15 responsibility to maintain the Notarial Record for the balance
16 of the 7-year business records retention period. Liquidation or
17 other cessation of activities in the ordinary course of
18 business by any of the foregoing entities or persons shall
19 relieve the entity or person from the obligation to maintain
20 Notarial Records after delivery of Notarial Records to the
21 Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois.
22     (e) If a notarial act is performed by a notary who is not a
23 principal, employee, or agent of a Title Insurance Company,
24 Title Insurance Agent, Financial Institution, or attorney at
25 law, the notary shall deliver the original Notarial Record
26 within 14 days after the performance of the notarial act to the

 

 

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1 Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois for retention for a
2 period of 7 years, accompanied by a filing fee of $5.
3     (f) The Notarial Record required under subsection (c) of
4 this Section shall be created and maintained for each person
5 whose signature is the subject of a notarial act regarding a
6 Document of Conveyance and shall be in substantially the
7 following form:
 
8 NOTARIAL RECORD - RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Date Notarized:
10 Fee: $
 
11 The undersigned grantor hereby certifies that the real property
12 identified in this Notarial Record is Residential Real Property
13 as defined in the Illinois Notary Public Act.
 
14 Grantor's (Signer's) Printed Name:
 
15 Grantor's (Signer's) Signature:
 
16 Grantor's (Signer's) Residential Street Address, City, State,
17 and Zip
 
18 Type or Name of Document of Conveyance:
 
19 PIN No. of Residential Real Property:
 

 

 

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1 Common Street Address of Residential Real Property:
 
2 Thumbprint or Fingerprint
 
3 Description of Means of Identification:
 
4 Additional Comments:
 
5 Name of Notary Printed:
 
6 Notary Phone Number:
 
7 Commission Expiration Date:
 
8 Residential Street Address of Notary, City, State, and Zip
 
9 Name of Notary's Employer or Principal:
 
10 Business Street Address of Notary's Employer or Principal,
11 City, State, and Zip:
 
12     (g) No copies of the original Notarial Record may be made
13 or retained by the Notary. The Notary's employer or principal
14 may retain copies of the Notarial Records as part of its
15 business records, subject to applicable privacy and

 

 

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1 confidentiality standards.
2     (h) The failure of a notary to comply with the procedure
3 set forth in this Section shall not affect the validity of the
4 Residential Real Property transaction in connection to which
5 the Document of Conveyance is executed, in the absence of
6 fraud.
7     (i) The Notarial Record or other medium containing the
8 thumbprint or fingerprint required by subsection (c)(6) shall
9 be made available or disclosed only upon receipt of a subpoena
10 duly authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction. Such
11 Notarial Record or other medium shall not be subject to
12 disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and shall not
13 be made available to any other party, other than a party in
14 succession of interest to the party maintaining the Notarial
15 Record or other medium pursuant to subsection (d) or (e).
16     (j) In the event there is a breach in the security of a
17 Notarial Record maintained pursuant to subsections (d) and (e)
18 by the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois, the Recorder
19 shall notify the person identified as the "signer" in the
20 Notarial Record at the signer's residential street address set
21 forth in the Notarial Record. "Breach" shall mean unauthorized
22 acquisition of the fingerprint data contained in the Notarial
23 Record that compromises the security, confidentiality, or
24 integrity of the fingerprint data maintained by the Recorder.
25 The notification shall be in writing and made in the most
26 expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay,

 

 

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1 consistent with any measures necessary to determine the scope
2 of the breach and restore the reasonable security,
3 confidentiality, and integrity of the Recorder's data system.
4     (k) Subsections (a) through (i) shall not apply on and
5 after July 1, 2011.
6     (l) Beginning July 1, 2011, at At the time of notarization,
7 a notary public shall officially sign every notary certificate
8 and affix the rubber stamp seal clearly and legibly using black
9 ink, so that it is capable of photographic reproduction. The
10 illegibility of any of the information required by this Section
11 does not affect the validity of a transaction.
12 (Source: P.A. 84-322.)
 
13     (5 ILCS 312/3-104)  (from Ch. 102, par. 203-104)
14     Sec. 3-104. Maximum Fee.
15     (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section,
16 the maximum fee in this State is $1.00 for any notarial act
17 performed and, until July 1, 2011, up to $25 for any notarial
18 act performed pursuant to Section 3-102.
19     (b) Fees for a notary public, agency, or any other person
20 who is not an attorney or an accredited representative filling
21 out immigration forms shall be limited to the following:
22         (1) $10 per form completion;
23         (2) $10 per page for the translation of a non-English
24     language into English where such translation is required
25     for immigration forms;

 

 

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1         (3) $1 for notarizing;
2         (4) $3 to execute any procedures necessary to obtain a
3     document required to complete immigration forms; and
4         (5) A maximum of $75 for one complete application.
5     Fees authorized under this subsection shall not include
6 application fees required to be submitted with immigration
7 applications.
8     Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection
9 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense
10 and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense
11 committed within 5 years of a previous conviction for the same
12 offense.
13     (c) Upon his own information or upon complaint of any
14 person, the Attorney General or any State's Attorney, or their
15 designee, may maintain an action for injunctive relief in the
16 court against any notary public or any other person who
17 violates the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section.
18 These remedies are in addition to, and not in substitution for,
19 other available remedies.
20     If the Attorney General or any State's Attorney fails to
21 bring an action as provided pursuant to this subsection within
22 90 days of receipt of a complaint, any person may file a civil
23 action to enforce the provisions of this subsection and
24 maintain an action for injunctive relief.
25     (d) All notaries public must provide receipts and keep
26 records for fees accepted for services provided. Failure to

 

 

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1 provide receipts and keep records that can be presented as
2 evidence of no wrongdoing shall be construed as a presumptive
3 admission of allegations raised in complaints against the
4 notary for violations related to accepting prohibited fees.
5 (Source: P.A. 93-1001, eff. 8-23-04.)
 
6     (5 ILCS 312/6-102)  (from Ch. 102, par. 206-102)
7     Sec. 6-102. Notarial Acts. (a) In taking an acknowledgment,
8 the notary public must determine, either from personal
9 knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that the person
10 appearing before the notary and making the acknowledgment is
11 the person whose true signature is on the instrument.
12     (b) In taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, the
13 notary public must determine, either from personal knowledge or
14 from satisfactory evidence, that the person appearing before
15 the notary and making the verification is the person whose true
16 signature is on the statement verified.
17     (c) In witnessing or attesting a signature, the notary
18 public must determine, either from personal knowledge or from
19 satisfactory evidence, that the signature is that of the person
20 appearing before the notary and named therein.
21     (d) A notary public has satisfactory evidence that a person
22 is the person whose true signature is on a document if that
23 person:
24     (1) is personally known to the notary;
25     (2) is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a

 

 

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1 credible witness personally known to the notary; or
2     (3) is identified on the basis of identification documents.
3 Until July 1, 2011, identification documents are documents that
4 are valid at the time of the notarial act, issued by a state or
5 federal government agency, and bearing the photographic image
6 of the individual's face and signature of the individual.
7 (Source: P.A. 84-322.)
 
8     Section 10. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
9 changing Section 7 as follows:
 
10     (5 ILCS 140/7)  (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
11     Sec. 7. Exemptions.
12     (1) The following shall be exempt from inspection and
13 copying:
14         (a) Information specifically prohibited from
15     disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
16     adopted under federal or State law.
17         (b) Information that, if disclosed, would constitute a
18     clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
19     the disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
20     subjects of the information. The disclosure of information
21     that bears on the public duties of public employees and
22     officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
23     privacy. Information exempted under this subsection (b)
24     shall include but is not limited to:

 

 

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1             (i) files and personal information maintained with
2         respect to clients, patients, residents, students or
3         other individuals receiving social, medical,
4         educational, vocational, financial, supervisory or
5         custodial care or services directly or indirectly from
6         federal agencies or public bodies;
7             (ii) personnel files and personal information
8         maintained with respect to employees, appointees or
9         elected officials of any public body or applicants for
10         those positions;
11             (iii) files and personal information maintained
12         with respect to any applicant, registrant or licensee
13         by any public body cooperating with or engaged in
14         professional or occupational registration, licensure
15         or discipline;
16             (iv) information required of any taxpayer in
17         connection with the assessment or collection of any tax
18         unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
19         statute;
20             (v) information revealing the identity of persons
21         who file complaints with or provide information to
22         administrative, investigative, law enforcement or
23         penal agencies; provided, however, that identification
24         of witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
25         reports, and rescue reports may be provided by agencies
26         of local government, except in a case for which a

 

 

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1         criminal investigation is ongoing, without
2         constituting a clearly unwarranted per se invasion of
3         personal privacy under this subsection; and
4             (vi) the names, addresses, or other personal
5         information of participants and registrants in park
6         district, forest preserve district, and conservation
7         district programs; and .
8             (vii) the Notarial Record or other medium
9         containing the thumbprint or fingerprint required by
10         Section 3-102(c)(6) of the Illinois Notary Public Act.
11         (c) Records compiled by any public body for
12     administrative enforcement proceedings and any law
13     enforcement or correctional agency for law enforcement
14     purposes or for internal matters of a public body, but only
15     to the extent that disclosure would:
16             (i) interfere with pending or actually and
17         reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
18         conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
19         agency;
20             (ii) interfere with pending administrative
21         enforcement proceedings conducted by any public body;
22             (iii) deprive a person of a fair trial or an
23         impartial hearing;
24             (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
25         confidential source or confidential information
26         furnished only by the confidential source;

 

 

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1             (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
2         techniques other than those generally used and known or
3         disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
4         related to detection, observation or investigation of
5         incidents of crime or misconduct;
6             (vi) constitute an invasion of personal privacy
7         under subsection (b) of this Section;
8             (vii) endanger the life or physical safety of law
9         enforcement personnel or any other person; or
10             (viii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation.
11         (d) Criminal history record information maintained by
12     State or local criminal justice agencies, except the
13     following which shall be open for public inspection and
14     copying:
15             (i) chronologically maintained arrest information,
16         such as traditional arrest logs or blotters;
17             (ii) the name of a person in the custody of a law
18         enforcement agency and the charges for which that
19         person is being held;
20             (iii) court records that are public;
21             (iv) records that are otherwise available under
22         State or local law; or
23             (v) records in which the requesting party is the
24         individual identified, except as provided under part
25         (vii) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this
26         Section.

 

 

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1         "Criminal history record information" means data
2     identifiable to an individual and consisting of
3     descriptions or notations of arrests, detentions,
4     indictments, informations, pre-trial proceedings, trials,
5     or other formal events in the criminal justice system or
6     descriptions or notations of criminal charges (including
7     criminal violations of local municipal ordinances) and the
8     nature of any disposition arising therefrom, including
9     sentencing, court or correctional supervision,
10     rehabilitation and release. The term does not apply to
11     statistical records and reports in which individuals are
12     not identified and from which their identities are not
13     ascertainable, or to information that is for criminal
14     investigative or intelligence purposes.
15         (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
16     correctional institutions and detention facilities.
17         (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
18     memoranda and other records in which opinions are
19     expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
20     that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
21     shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
22     identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
23     provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
24     of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
25     pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
26         (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial

 

 

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1     information obtained from a person or business where the
2     trade secrets or information are proprietary, privileged
3     or confidential, or where disclosure of the trade secrets
4     or information may cause competitive harm, including:
5             (i) All information determined to be confidential
6         under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
7         Development Act.
8             (ii) All trade secrets and commercial or financial
9         information obtained by a public body, including a
10         public pension fund, from a private equity fund or a
11         privately held company within the investment portfolio
12         of a private equity fund as a result of either
13         investing or evaluating a potential investment of
14         public funds in a private equity fund. The exemption
15         contained in this item does not apply to the aggregate
16         financial performance information of a private equity
17         fund, nor to the identity of the fund's managers or
18         general partners. The exemption contained in this item
19         does not apply to the identity of a privately held
20         company within the investment portfolio of a private
21         equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
22         privately held company may cause competitive harm.
23     Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be construed
24 to prevent a person or business from consenting to disclosure.
25         (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
26     agreement, including information which if it were

 

 

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1     disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
2     to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
3     agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
4     is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
5     preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
6     award or final selection is made.
7         (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
8     designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by
9     any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
10     expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
11     exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
12     this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news
13     media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
14     requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
15     purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
16     information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
17     legal rights of the general public.
18         (j) Test questions, scoring keys and other examination
19     data used to administer an academic examination or
20     determined the qualifications of an applicant for a license
21     or employment.
22         (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
23     submissions, and other construction related technical
24     documents for projects not constructed or developed in
25     whole or in part with public funds and the same for
26     projects constructed or developed with public funds, but

 

 

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1     only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
2     security, including but not limited to water treatment
3     facilities, airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention
4     centers, and all government owned, operated, or occupied
5     buildings.
6         (l) Library circulation and order records identifying
7     library users with specific materials.
8         (m) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
9     public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
10     public body makes the minutes available to the public under
11     Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
12         (n) Communications between a public body and an
13     attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
14     not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
15     prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
16     anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
17     proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
18     public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
19     respect to internal audits of public bodies.
20         (o) Information received by a primary or secondary
21     school, college or university under its procedures for the
22     evaluation of faculty members by their academic peers.
23         (p) Administrative or technical information associated
24     with automated data processing operations, including but
25     not limited to software, operating protocols, computer
26     program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object

 

 

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1     modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
2     pertaining to all logical and physical design of
3     computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
4     information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
5     security of the system or its data or the security of
6     materials exempt under this Section.
7         (q) Documents or materials relating to collective
8     negotiating matters between public bodies and their
9     employees or representatives, except that any final
10     contract or agreement shall be subject to inspection and
11     copying.
12         (r) Drafts, notes, recommendations and memoranda
13     pertaining to the financing and marketing transactions of
14     the public body. The records of ownership, registration,
15     transfer, and exchange of municipal debt obligations, and
16     of persons to whom payment with respect to these
17     obligations is made.
18         (s) The records, documents and information relating to
19     real estate purchase negotiations until those negotiations
20     have been completed or otherwise terminated. With regard to
21     a parcel involved in a pending or actually and reasonably
22     contemplated eminent domain proceeding under the Eminent
23     Domain Act, records, documents and information relating to
24     that parcel shall be exempt except as may be allowed under
25     discovery rules adopted by the Illinois Supreme Court. The
26     records, documents and information relating to a real

 

 

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1     estate sale shall be exempt until a sale is consummated.
2         (t) Any and all proprietary information and records
3     related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
4     management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
5     self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
6         (u) Information concerning a university's adjudication
7     of student or employee grievance or disciplinary cases, to
8     the extent that disclosure would reveal the identity of the
9     student or employee and information concerning any public
10     body's adjudication of student or employee grievances or
11     disciplinary cases, except for the final outcome of the
12     cases.
13         (v) Course materials or research materials used by
14     faculty members.
15         (w) Information related solely to the internal
16     personnel rules and practices of a public body.
17         (x) Information contained in or related to
18     examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
19     on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
20     for the regulation or supervision of financial
21     institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
22     otherwise required by State law.
23         (y) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
24     under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
25         (z) Manuals or instruction to staff that relate to
26     establishment or collection of liability for any State tax

 

 

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1     or that relate to investigations by a public body to
2     determine violation of any criminal law.
3         (aa) Applications, related documents, and medical
4     records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
5     Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
6     prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
7     Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
8     has received.
9         (bb) Insurance or self insurance (including any
10     intergovernmental risk management association or self
11     insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
12     information, records, data, advice or communications.
13         (cc) Information and records held by the Department of
14     Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
15     to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
16     disease or any information the disclosure of which is
17     restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
18     Disease Control Act.
19         (dd) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
20     under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
21         (ee) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
22     the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
23     Qualifications Based Selection Act.
24         (ff) Security portions of system safety program plans,
25     investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
26     information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the

 

 

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1     Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
2     the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
3     County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
4     Act.
5         (gg) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
6     and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
7     Tuition Act.
8         (hh) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
9     under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
10         (ii) Beginning July 1, 1999, information that would
11     disclose or might lead to the disclosure of secret or
12     confidential information, codes, algorithms, programs, or
13     private keys intended to be used to create electronic or
14     digital signatures under the Electronic Commerce Security
15     Act.
16         (jj) Information contained in a local emergency energy
17     plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
18     emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
19     Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
20         (kk) Information and data concerning the distribution
21     of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by wireless
22     carriers under the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety
23     Act.
24         (ll) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
25     response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
26     prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's

 

 

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1     population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
2     destruction or contamination of which would constitute a
3     clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
4     community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
5     reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
6     the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement
7     them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
8     include such things as details pertaining to the
9     mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
10     the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
11     tactical operations.
12         (mm) Maps and other records regarding the location or
13     security of a utility's generation, transmission,
14     distribution, storage, gathering, treatment, or switching
15     facilities.
16         (nn) Law enforcement officer identification
17     information or driver identification information compiled
18     by a law enforcement agency or the Department of
19     Transportation under Section 11-212 of the Illinois
20     Vehicle Code.
21         (oo) Records and information provided to a residential
22     health care facility resident sexual assault and death
23     review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
24     Prevention Review Team Act.
25         (pp) Information provided to the predatory lending
26     database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential

 

 

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1     Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
2     authorized under that Article.
3         (qq) Defense budgets and petitions for certification
4     of compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
5     counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
6     Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (qq) shall apply
7     until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
8     prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
9     to trial or sentencing.
10     (2) This Section does not authorize withholding of
11 information or limit the availability of records to the public,
12 except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
13 Act.
14 (Source: P.A. 93-43, eff. 7-1-03; 93-209, eff. 7-18-03; 93-237,
15 eff. 7-22-03; 93-325, eff. 7-23-03, 93-422, eff. 8-5-03;
16 93-577, eff. 8-21-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; 94-280, eff.
17 1-1-06; 94-508, eff. 1-1-06; 94-664, eff. 1-1-06; 94-931, eff.
18 6-26-06; 94-953, eff. 6-27-06; 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07; revised
19 8-3-06.)
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
21 2008.".