98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5875

 

Introduced , by Rep. Sam Yingling

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 140/2  from Ch. 116, par. 202

    Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that "public body" includes any State-wide organization which receives 75% or more of its funding through contributions from taxing bodies for the sake of membership or dues in order to participate in the organization's activities, including, but not limited to, educational endeavors, legislative initiatives, or a general liability insurance pool.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/2)  (from Ch. 116, par. 202)
7    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    (a) "Public body" means all legislative, executive,
9administrative, or advisory bodies of the State, state
10universities and colleges, counties, townships, cities,
11villages, incorporated towns, school districts and all other
12municipal corporations, boards, bureaus, committees, or
13commissions of this State, any subsidiary bodies of any of the
14foregoing including but not limited to committees and
15subcommittees thereof, and a School Finance Authority created
16under Article 1E of the School Code. "Public body" includes any
17State-wide organization which receives 75% or more of its
18funding through contributions from taxing bodies for the sake
19of membership or dues in order to participate in the
20organization's activities, including, but not limited to,
21educational endeavors, legislative initiatives, or a general
22liability insurance pool. "Public body" does not include a
23child death review team or the Illinois Child Death Review

 

 

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1Teams Executive Council established under the Child Death
2Review Team Act.
3    (b) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
4partnership, firm, organization or association, acting
5individually or as a group.
6    (c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms,
7writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps,
8photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
9data processing records, electronic communications, recorded
10information and all other documentary materials pertaining to
11the transaction of public business, regardless of physical form
12or characteristics, having been prepared by or for, or having
13been or being used by, received by, in the possession of, or
14under the control of any public body.
15    (c-5) "Private information" means unique identifiers,
16including a person's social security number, driver's license
17number, employee identification number, biometric identifiers,
18personal financial information, passwords or other access
19codes, medical records, home or personal telephone numbers, and
20personal email addresses. Private information also includes
21home address and personal license plates, except as otherwise
22provided by law or when compiled without possibility of
23attribution to any person.
24    (c-10) "Commercial purpose" means the use of any part of a
25public record or records, or information derived from public
26records, in any form for sale, resale, or solicitation or

 

 

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1advertisement for sales or services. For purposes of this
2definition, requests made by news media and non-profit,
3scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered
4to be made for a "commercial purpose" when the principal
5purpose of the request is (i) to access and disseminate
6information concerning news and current or passing events, (ii)
7for articles of opinion or features of interest to the public,
8or (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public
9research or education.
10    (d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public record
11by means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical or other
12process, device or means now known or hereafter developed and
13available to the public body.
14    (e) "Head of the public body" means the president, mayor,
15chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
16manager, supervisor or individual otherwise holding primary
17executive and administrative authority for the public body, or
18such person's duly authorized designee.
19    (f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical
20issued at regular intervals whether in print or electronic
21format, a news service whether in print or electronic format, a
22radio station, a television station, a television network, a
23community antenna television service, or a person or
24corporation engaged in making news reels or other motion
25picture news for public showing.
26    (g) "Recurrent requester", as used in Section 3.2 of this

 

 

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1Act, means a person that, in the 12 months immediately
2preceding the request, has submitted to the same public body
3(i) a minimum of 50 requests for records, (ii) a minimum of 15
4requests for records within a 30-day period, or (iii) a minimum
5of 7 requests for records within a 7-day period. For purposes
6of this definition, requests made by news media and non-profit,
7scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered
8in calculating the number of requests made in the time periods
9in this definition when the principal purpose of the requests
10is (i) to access and disseminate information concerning news
11and current or passing events, (ii) for articles of opinion or
12features of interest to the public, or (iii) for the purpose of
13academic, scientific, or public research or education.
14    For the purposes of this subsection (g), "request" means a
15written document (or oral request, if the public body chooses
16to honor oral requests) that is submitted to a public body via
17personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
18means available to the public body and that identifies the
19particular public record the requester seeks. One request may
20identify multiple records to be inspected or copied.
21(Source: P.A. 96-261, eff. 1-1-10; 96-542, eff. 1-1-10;
2296-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-579, eff. 8-26-11.)