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815 ILCS 705/39

(815 ILCS 705/39) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1739)

Sec. 39.

Destruction of records.

(a) Period of retention.  The
Administrator may destroy any disclosure statements or orders, together with
the files and folders, as useless or obsolete, 4 years after the date of
receipt or issuance.  A permanent record shall be maintained of any civil
or criminal enforcement of this Act by the Administrator.

(b) Microfilm.  Copies on microfilm or in other form which may be
retained by the Administrator in his discretion of any records destroyed
under authority of this Section shall be accepted for all purposes as
equivalent to the original when certified by the Administrator.

(Source: P.A. 85-551.)