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5 ILCS 140/5

(5 ILCS 140/5) (from Ch. 116, par. 205)

Sec. 5.

As to public records prepared or received after the effective
date of this Act, each public body shall maintain and make available for inspection
and copying a reasonably current list of all types or categories of records
under its control.  The list shall be reasonably detailed in order to aid
persons in obtaining access to public records pursuant to this Act. Each
public body shall furnish upon request a description of the manner in which
public records stored by means of electronic data processing may be obtained in a form
 comprehensible to persons lacking knowledge of computer
language or printout format.

(Source: P.A. 83-1013.)