SB2019 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2019

Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 110/15.2 new

Amends the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Provides that all records relating to the obligation, receipt, and use of public funds of the State or county for probation and court services shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying. Provides that the Supreme Court may by rule establish procedures governing public access to records and appropriate fees for copies of records. Provides that the procedures and fees shall not be more than those in the Freedom of Information Act. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Probation and Probation Officers Act is amended by adding Section 15.2 as follows:

(730 ILCS 110/15.2 new)

Sec. 15.2. Public access of probation and court services funds. All records relating to the obligation, receipt, and use of public funds of the State or county for probation and court services shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying. The Supreme Court may by rule establish procedures governing public access to records and appropriate fees for copies of records. The procedures and fees shall not be more than those in the Freedom of Information Act.

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