96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3040

 

Introduced 2/4/2010, by Sen. William R. Haine

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 140/7   from Ch. 116, par. 207

    Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from disclosure information relating to performance evaluations of law enforcement officers covered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board and sworn peace officers employed by the State. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5 changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 140/7)  (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
7     (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-736)
8     Sec. 7. Exemptions.
9     (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
10 record that contains information that is exempt from disclosure
11 under this Section, but also contains information that is not
12 exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect to redact the
13 information that is exempt. The public body shall make the
14 remaining information available for inspection and copying.
15 Subject to this requirement, the following shall be exempt from
16 inspection and copying:
17         (a) Information specifically prohibited from
18     disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
19     implementing federal or State law.
20         (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
21     by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law or
22     a court order.
23         (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases

 

 

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1     maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
2     specifically designed to provide information to one or more
3     law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or mental
4     status of one or more individual subjects.
5         (c) Personal information contained within public
6     records, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly
7     unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless the
8     disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
9     subjects of the information. "Unwarranted invasion of
10     personal privacy" means the disclosure of information that
11     is highly personal or objectionable to a reasonable person
12     and in which the subject's right to privacy outweighs any
13     legitimate public interest in obtaining the information.
14     The disclosure of information that bears on the public
15     duties of public employees and officials shall not be
16     considered an invasion of personal privacy.
17         (d) Records in the possession of any public body
18     created in the course of administrative enforcement
19     proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
20     agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent
21     that disclosure would:
22             (i) interfere with pending or actually and
23         reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
24         conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
25         agency that is the recipient of the request;
26             (ii) interfere with active administrative

 

 

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1         enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
2         that is the recipient of the request;
3             (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
4         person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
5         hearing;
6             (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
7         confidential source, confidential information
8         furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
9         who file complaints with or provide information to
10         administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
11         penal agencies; except that the identities of
12         witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
13         reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
14         agencies of local government, except when disclosure
15         would interfere with an active criminal investigation
16         conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
17         request;
18             (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
19         techniques other than those generally used and known or
20         disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
21         related to detection, observation or investigation of
22         incidents of crime or misconduct, and disclosure would
23         result in demonstrable harm to the agency or public
24         body that is the recipient of the request;
25             (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
26         enforcement personnel or any other person; or

 

 

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1             (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
2         by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
3         (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
4     correctional institutions and detention facilities.
5         (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
6     memoranda and other records in which opinions are
7     expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
8     that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
9     shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
10     identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
11     provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
12     of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
13     pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
14         (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
15     information obtained from a person or business where the
16     trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
17     furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
18     privileged or confidential, and that disclosure of the
19     trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
20     cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
21     insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
22     requested.
23         The information included under this exemption includes
24     all All trade secrets and commercial or financial
25     information obtained by a public body, including a public
26     pension fund, from a private equity fund or a privately

 

 

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1     held company within the investment portfolio of a private
2     equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating a
3     potential investment of public funds in a private equity
4     fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
5     to the aggregate financial performance information of a
6     private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
7     managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
8     this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
9     held company within the investment portfolio of a private
10     equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
11     privately held company may cause competitive harm.
12         Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
13     construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
14     to disclosure.
15         (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
16     agreement, including information which if it were
17     disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
18     to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
19     agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
20     is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
21     preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
22     award or final selection is made.
23         (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
24     designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by
25     any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
26     expected to produce private gain or public loss. The

 

 

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1     exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
2     this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news
3     media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
4     requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
5     purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
6     information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
7     legal rights of the general public.
8         (j) The following information pertaining to
9     educational matters:
10             (i) test questions, scoring keys and other
11         examination data used to administer an academic
12         examination;
13             (ii) information received by a primary or
14         secondary school, college, or university under its
15         procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
16         their academic peers;
17             (iii) information concerning a school or
18         university's adjudication of student disciplinary
19         cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
20         unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
21             (iv) course materials or research materials used
22         by faculty members.
23         (j-5) Information related to the performance
24     evaluation of (i) any law enforcement officer covered under
25     the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board,
26     as defined in the Illinois Police Training Act, or (ii) any

 

 

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1     sworn peace officer employed by the State.
2         (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
3     submissions, and other construction related technical
4     documents for projects not constructed or developed in
5     whole or in part with public funds and the same for
6     projects constructed or developed with public funds,
7     including but not limited to power generating and
8     distribution stations and other transmission and
9     distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
10     airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
11     and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
12     but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
13     security.
14         (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
15     public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
16     public body makes the minutes available to the public under
17     Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
18         (m) Communications between a public body and an
19     attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
20     not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
21     prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
22     anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
23     proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
24     public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
25     respect to internal audits of public bodies.
26         (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication of

 

 

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1     employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however, this
2     exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of cases in
3     which discipline is imposed.
4         (o) Administrative or technical information associated
5     with automated data processing operations, including but
6     not limited to software, operating protocols, computer
7     program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
8     modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
9     pertaining to all logical and physical design of
10     computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
11     information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
12     security of the system or its data or the security of
13     materials exempt under this Section.
14         (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
15     between public bodies and their employees or
16     representatives, except that any final contract or
17     agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
18         (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
19     examination data used to determine the qualifications of an
20     applicant for a license or employment.
21         (r) The records, documents, and information relating
22     to real estate purchase negotiations until those
23     negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
24     With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
25     and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
26     under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents and

 

 

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1     information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
2     as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
3     Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents and
4     information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
5     until a sale is consummated.
6         (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
7     related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
8     management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
9     self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
10     Insurance or self insurance (including any
11     intergovernmental risk management association or self
12     insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
13     information, records, data, advice or communications.
14         (t) Information contained in or related to
15     examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
16     on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
17     for the regulation or supervision of financial
18     institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
19     otherwise required by State law.
20         (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
21     the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
22     codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to be
23     used to create electronic or digital signatures under the
24     Electronic Commerce Security Act.
25         (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
26     response policies or plans that are designed to identify,

 

 

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1     prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's
2     population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
3     destruction or contamination of which would constitute a
4     clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
5     community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
6     reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
7     the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement
8     them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
9     include such things as details pertaining to the
10     mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
11     the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
12     tactical operations.
13         (w) (Blank).
14         (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
15     security of generation, transmission, distribution,
16     storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
17     owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
18     Illinois Power Agency.
19         (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
20     bids, or negotiations related to electric power
21     procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
22     Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act that
23     is determined to be confidential and proprietary by the
24     Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
25     Commission.
26         (z) Information about students exempted from

 

 

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1     disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
2     School Code, and information about undergraduate students
3     enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
4     from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
5     Card Marketing Act of 2009.
6         (bb) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
7     inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
8     Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
9     the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
10     (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
11 public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
12 agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
13 behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
14 governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
15 Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
16 for purposes of this Act.
17     (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
18 information or limit the availability of records to the public,
19 except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
20 Act.
21 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07;
22 95-941, eff. 8-29-08; 95-988, eff. 6-1-09; 96-261, eff. 1-1-10;
23 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-542, eff. 1-1-10; 96-558, eff. 1-1-10;
24 96-863, eff. 3-1-10; revised 1-26-10.)
 
25     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-736)

 

 

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1     Sec. 7. Exemptions.
2     (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
3 record that contains information that is exempt from disclosure
4 under this Section, but also contains information that is not
5 exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect to redact the
6 information that is exempt. The public body shall make the
7 remaining information available for inspection and copying.
8 Subject to this requirement, the following shall be exempt from
9 inspection and copying:
10         (a) Information specifically prohibited from
11     disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
12     implementing federal or State law.
13         (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
14     by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law or
15     a court order.
16         (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
17     maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
18     specifically designed to provide information to one or more
19     law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or mental
20     status of one or more individual subjects.
21         (c) Personal information contained within public
22     records, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly
23     unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless the
24     disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
25     subjects of the information. "Unwarranted invasion of
26     personal privacy" means the disclosure of information that

 

 

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1     is highly personal or objectionable to a reasonable person
2     and in which the subject's right to privacy outweighs any
3     legitimate public interest in obtaining the information.
4     The disclosure of information that bears on the public
5     duties of public employees and officials shall not be
6     considered an invasion of personal privacy.
7         (d) Records in the possession of any public body
8     created in the course of administrative enforcement
9     proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
10     agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent
11     that disclosure would:
12             (i) interfere with pending or actually and
13         reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
14         conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
15         agency that is the recipient of the request;
16             (ii) interfere with active administrative
17         enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
18         that is the recipient of the request;
19             (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
20         person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
21         hearing;
22             (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
23         confidential source, confidential information
24         furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
25         who file complaints with or provide information to
26         administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or

 

 

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1         penal agencies; except that the identities of
2         witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
3         reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
4         agencies of local government, except when disclosure
5         would interfere with an active criminal investigation
6         conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
7         request;
8             (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
9         techniques other than those generally used and known or
10         disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
11         related to detection, observation or investigation of
12         incidents of crime or misconduct, and disclosure would
13         result in demonstrable harm to the agency or public
14         body that is the recipient of the request;
15             (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
16         enforcement personnel or any other person; or
17             (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
18         by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
19         (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
20     correctional institutions and detention facilities.
21         (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
22     memoranda and other records in which opinions are
23     expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
24     that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
25     shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
26     identified by the head of the public body. The exemption

 

 

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1     provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
2     of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
3     pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
4         (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
5     information obtained from a person or business where the
6     trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
7     furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
8     privileged or confidential, and that disclosure of the
9     trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
10     cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
11     insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
12     requested.
13         The information included under this exemption includes
14     all All trade secrets and commercial or financial
15     information obtained by a public body, including a public
16     pension fund, from a private equity fund or a privately
17     held company within the investment portfolio of a private
18     equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating a
19     potential investment of public funds in a private equity
20     fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
21     to the aggregate financial performance information of a
22     private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
23     managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
24     this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
25     held company within the investment portfolio of a private
26     equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a

 

 

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1     privately held company may cause competitive harm.
2         Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
3     construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
4     to disclosure.
5         (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
6     agreement, including information which if it were
7     disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
8     to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
9     agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
10     is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
11     preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
12     award or final selection is made.
13         (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
14     designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by
15     any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
16     expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
17     exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
18     this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news
19     media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
20     requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
21     purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
22     information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
23     legal rights of the general public.
24         (j) The following information pertaining to
25     educational matters:
26             (i) test questions, scoring keys and other

 

 

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1         examination data used to administer an academic
2         examination;
3             (ii) information received by a primary or
4         secondary school, college, or university under its
5         procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
6         their academic peers;
7             (iii) information concerning a school or
8         university's adjudication of student disciplinary
9         cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
10         unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
11             (iv) course materials or research materials used
12         by faculty members.
13         (j-5) Information related to the performance
14     evaluation of (i) any law enforcement officer covered under
15     the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board,
16     as defined in the Illinois Police Training Act, or (ii) any
17     sworn peace officer employed by the State.
18         (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
19     submissions, and other construction related technical
20     documents for projects not constructed or developed in
21     whole or in part with public funds and the same for
22     projects constructed or developed with public funds,
23     including but not limited to power generating and
24     distribution stations and other transmission and
25     distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
26     airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,

 

 

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1     and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
2     but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
3     security.
4         (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
5     public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
6     public body makes the minutes available to the public under
7     Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
8         (m) Communications between a public body and an
9     attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
10     not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
11     prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
12     anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
13     proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
14     public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
15     respect to internal audits of public bodies.
16         (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication of
17     employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however, this
18     exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of cases in
19     which discipline is imposed.
20         (o) Administrative or technical information associated
21     with automated data processing operations, including but
22     not limited to software, operating protocols, computer
23     program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
24     modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
25     pertaining to all logical and physical design of
26     computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other

 

 

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1     information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
2     security of the system or its data or the security of
3     materials exempt under this Section.
4         (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
5     between public bodies and their employees or
6     representatives, except that any final contract or
7     agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
8         (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
9     examination data used to determine the qualifications of an
10     applicant for a license or employment.
11         (r) The records, documents, and information relating
12     to real estate purchase negotiations until those
13     negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
14     With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
15     and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
16     under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents and
17     information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
18     as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
19     Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents and
20     information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
21     until a sale is consummated.
22         (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
23     related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
24     management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
25     self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
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1     intergovernmental risk management association or self
2     insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
3     information, records, data, advice or communications.
4         (t) Information contained in or related to
5     examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
6     on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
7     for the regulation or supervision of financial
8     institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
9     otherwise required by State law.
10         (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
11     the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
12     codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to be
13     used to create electronic or digital signatures under the
14     Electronic Commerce Security Act.
15         (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
16     response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
17     prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's
18     population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
19     destruction or contamination of which would constitute a
20     clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
21     community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
22     reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
23     the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement
24     them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
25     include such things as details pertaining to the
26     mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to

 

 

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1     the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
2     tactical operations.
3         (w) (Blank).
4         (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
5     security of generation, transmission, distribution,
6     storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
7     owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
8     Illinois Power Agency.
9         (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
10     bids, or negotiations related to electric power
11     procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
12     Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act that
13     is determined to be confidential and proprietary by the
14     Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
15     Commission.
16         (z) Information about students exempted from
17     disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
18     School Code, and information about undergraduate students
19     enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
20     from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
21     Card Marketing Act of 2009.
22         (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
23     under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
24         (bb) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
25     inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
26     Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or

 

 

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1     the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
2     (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
3 public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
4 agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
5 behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
6 governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
7 Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
8 for purposes of this Act.
9     (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
10 information or limit the availability of records to the public,
11 except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
12 Act.
13 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07;
14 95-941, eff. 8-29-08; 95-988, eff. 6-1-09; 96-261, eff. 1-1-10;
15 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-542, eff. 1-1-10; 96-558, eff. 1-1-10;
16 96-736, eff. 7-1-10; 96-863, eff. 3-1-10; revised 1-26-10.)
 
17     Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
18 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
19 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
20 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
21 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
22 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
23 Public Act.
 
24     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25 becoming law.