102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2427

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Bill Cunningham

 

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

    Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that "public body" includes: (1) a nonprofit entity that is created to manage State-owned real property under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority; and (2) a nonprofit entity that, in furtherance of a public purpose, enters into a contract to provide goods or services related to State-owned real property under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority.


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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:
17(1) a nonprofit entity that is created to manage State-owned
18real property under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Pier
19and Exposition Authority; and (2) a nonprofit entity that, in
20furtherance of a public purpose, enters into a contract to
21provide goods or services related to State-owned real property
22under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
23Authority. "Public body" does not include a child death review

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1corporation engaged in making news reels or other motion
2picture news for public showing.
3    (g) "Recurrent requester", as used in Section 3.2 of this
4Act, means a person that, in the 12 months immediately
5preceding the request, has submitted to the same public body
6(i) a minimum of 50 requests for records, (ii) a minimum of 15
7requests for records within a 30-day period, or (iii) a
8minimum of 7 requests for records within a 7-day period. For
9purposes of this definition, requests made by news media and
10non-profit, scientific, or academic organizations shall not be
11considered in calculating the number of requests made in the
12time periods in this definition when the principal purpose of
13the requests is (i) to access and disseminate information
14concerning news and current or passing events, (ii) for
15articles of opinion or features of interest to the public, or
16(iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public
17research or education.
18    For the purposes of this subsection (g), "request" means a
19written document (or oral request, if the public body chooses
20to honor oral requests) that is submitted to a public body via
21personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
22means available to the public body and that identifies the
23particular public record the requester seeks. One request may
24identify multiple records to be inspected or copied.
25    (h) "Voluminous request" means a request that: (i)
26includes more than 5 individual requests for more than 5

 

 

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1different categories of records or a combination of individual
2requests that total requests for more than 5 different
3categories of records in a period of 20 business days; or (ii)
4requires the compilation of more than 500 letter or
5legal-sized pages of public records unless a single requested
6record exceeds 500 pages. "Single requested record" may
7include, but is not limited to, one report, form, e-mail,
8letter, memorandum, book, map, microfilm, tape, or recording.
9    "Voluminous request" does not include a request made by
10news media and non-profit, scientific, or academic
11organizations if the principal purpose of the request is: (1)
12to access and disseminate information concerning news and
13current or passing events; (2) for articles of opinion or
14features of interest to the public; or (3) for the purpose of
15academic, scientific, or public research or education.
16    For the purposes of this subsection (h), "request" means a
17written document, or oral request, if the public body chooses
18to honor oral requests, that is submitted to a public body via
19personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
20means available to the public body and that identifies the
21particular public record or records the requester seeks. One
22request may identify multiple individual records to be
23inspected or copied.
24    (i) "Severance agreement" means a mutual agreement between
25any public body and its employee for the employee's
26resignation in exchange for payment by the public body.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15; 98-1129, eff. 12-3-14;
299-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-478, eff. 6-1-16.)