Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas

Filed: 4/25/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3413

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3413 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
5amended by adding Section 5-45.35 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 100/5-45.35 new)
7    Sec. 5-45.35. Emergency rulemaking; Department of Natural
8Resources. To provide for the expeditious and timely
9implementation of Section 13 of the Human Remains Protection
10Act, emergency rules implementing Section 13 of the Human
11Remains Protection Act may be adopted in accordance with
12Section 5-45 by the Department of Natural Resources. The
13adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and
14this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public
15interest, safety, and welfare.
16    This Section is repealed one year after the effective date

 

 

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1of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
 
2    Section 10. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
3changing Section 7 as follows:
 
4    (5 ILCS 140/7)
5    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-982)
6    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
7    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
8record that contains information that is exempt from
9disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
10that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
11to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
12shall make the remaining information available for inspection
13and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
14be exempt from inspection and copying:
15        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
16    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
17    regulations implementing federal or State law.
18        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
19    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
20    or a court order.
21        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
22    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
23    specifically designed to provide information to one or
24    more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or

 

 

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1    mental status of one or more individual subjects.
2        (c) Personal information contained within public
3    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
4    clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
5    the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
6    individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
7    invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
8    information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
9    reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
10    privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
11    obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
12    that bears on the public duties of public employees and
13    officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
14    privacy.
15        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
16    created in the course of administrative enforcement
17    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
18    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
19    extent that disclosure would:
20            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
21        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
22        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
23        agency that is the recipient of the request;
24            (ii) interfere with active administrative
25        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
26        that is the recipient of the request;

 

 

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1            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
2        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
3        hearing;
4            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
5        confidential source, confidential information
6        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
7        who file complaints with or provide information to
8        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
9        penal agencies; except that the identities of
10        witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
11        reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
12        agencies of local government, except when disclosure
13        would interfere with an active criminal investigation
14        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
15        request;
16            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
17        techniques other than those generally used and known
18        or disclose internal documents of correctional
19        agencies related to detection, observation, or
20        investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
21        disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
22        agency or public body that is the recipient of the
23        request;
24            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
25        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
26            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation

 

 

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1        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
2        (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
3    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
4    record management system if the law enforcement agency
5    that is the recipient of the request did not create the
6    record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
7    events which are the subject of the record, and only has
8    access to the record through the shared electronic record
9    management system.
10        (d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
11    Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
12    Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
13    Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
14    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
15    Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
16    Board.
17        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
18    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
19        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
20    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
21    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
22    materials are available in the library of the correctional
23    institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
24    confined.
25        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
26    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services

 

 

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1    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
2    materials include records from staff members' personnel
3    files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
4    information.
5        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
6    Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
7    Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
8    through an administrative request to the Department of
9    Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
10    Mental Health.
11        (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
12    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
13    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
14    disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
15    person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
16    institution or facility.
17        (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
18    or committed to the Department of Corrections or
19    Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
20    containing personal information pertaining to the person's
21    victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
22    to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
23    or school address, work telephone number, social security
24    number, or any other identifying information, except as
25    may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
26    or claim.

 

 

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1        (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
2    requested by a person committed to the Department of
3    Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
4    Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
5    limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
6    crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
7    relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
8    claim.
9        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
10    memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
11    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
12    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
13    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
14    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
15    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
16    records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
17    that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
18        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
19    information obtained from a person or business where the
20    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
21    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
22    privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
23    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
24    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
25    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
26    requested.

 

 

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1        The information included under this exemption includes
2    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
3    obtained by a public body, including a public pension
4    fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
5    company within the investment portfolio of a private
6    equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
7    a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
8    fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
9    to the aggregate financial performance information of a
10    private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
11    managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
12    this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
13    held company within the investment portfolio of a private
14    equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
15    privately held company may cause competitive harm.
16        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
17    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
18    to disclosure.
19        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
20    agreement, including information which if it were
21    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
22    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
23    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
24    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
25    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
26    award or final selection is made.

 

 

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1        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
2    designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
3    by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
4    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
5    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
6    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
7    news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
8    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
9    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
10    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
11    legal rights of the general public.
12        (j) The following information pertaining to
13    educational matters:
14            (i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
15        examination data used to administer an academic
16        examination;
17            (ii) information received by a primary or
18        secondary school, college, or university under its
19        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
20        their academic peers;
21            (iii) information concerning a school or
22        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
23        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
24        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
25            (iv) course materials or research materials used
26        by faculty members.

 

 

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1        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
2    submissions, and other construction related technical
3    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
4    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
5    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
6    including, but not limited to, power generating and
7    distribution stations and other transmission and
8    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
9    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
10    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
11    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
12    security.
13        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
14    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
15    public body makes the minutes available to the public
16    under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
17        (m) Communications between a public body and an
18    attorney or auditor representing the public body that
19    would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
20    materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
21    anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
22    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
23    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
24    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
25        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
26    of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,

 

 

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1    this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
2    cases in which discipline is imposed.
3        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
4    with automated data processing operations, including, but
5    not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
6    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
7    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
8    pertaining to all logical and physical design of
9    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
10    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
11    security of the system or its data or the security of
12    materials exempt under this Section.
13        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
14    between public bodies and their employees or
15    representatives, except that any final contract or
16    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
17        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
18    examination data used to determine the qualifications of
19    an applicant for a license or employment.
20        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
21    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
22    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
23    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
24    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
25    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
26    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except

 

 

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1    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
2    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
3    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
4    until a sale is consummated.
5        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
6    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
7    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
8    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
9    Insurance or self-insurance self insurance (including any
10    intergovernmental risk management association or
11    self-insurance self insurance pool) claims, loss or risk
12    management information, records, data, advice, or
13    communications.
14        (t) Information contained in or related to
15    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
16    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
17    for the regulation or supervision of financial
18    institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
19    managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
20    law.
21        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
22    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
23    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
24    be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
25    Electronic Transactions Act.
26        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and

 

 

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1    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
2    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
3    community's population or systems, facilities, or
4    installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
5    could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
6    or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
7    or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
8    them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
9    include such things as details pertaining to the
10    mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
11    the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
12    cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
13        (w) (Blank).
14        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
15    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
16    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
17    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
18    Illinois Power Agency.
19        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
20    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
21    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
22    Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
23    Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
24    by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
25    Commission.
26        (z) Information about students exempted from

 

 

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1    disclosure under Section Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of
2    the School Code, and information about undergraduate
3    students enrolled at an institution of higher education
4    exempted from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois
5    Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009.
6        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
7    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
8        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
9    review team and records maintained by a mortality review
10    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
11    Mortality Review Team Act.
12        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
13    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
14    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
15    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
16        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
17    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
18    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
19    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
20        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
21    information of persons who are minors and are also
22    participants and registrants in programs of park
23    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
24    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
25    associations.
26        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal

 

 

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1    information of participants and registrants in programs of
2    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
3    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
4    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
5    minors.
6        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
7    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
8    2012.
9        (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
10    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
11    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
12    School Code and any information contained in that report.
13        (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
14    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
15    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
16    the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
17    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
18    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
19    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
20    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
21    or (iii) are available through an administrative request
22    to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
23    Corrections.
24        (jj) Confidential information described in Section
25    5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
26        (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card

 

 

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1    numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
2    Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
3    and similar account information, the disclosure of which
4    could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
5    of a governmental entity or a person.
6        (ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
7    assessment team of a school district, including, but not
8    limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
9    School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
10    the procedure.
11        (mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
12    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
13    Confidential Reporting Act.
14        (nn) (mm) Proprietary information submitted to the
15    Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
16    Act.
17        (oo) (mm) Records described in subsection (f) of
18    Section 3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
19        (pp) Any and all information regarding burials,
20    interments, or entombments of human remains as required to
21    be reported to the Department of Natural Resources
22    pursuant either to the Archaeological and Paleontological
23    Resources Protection Act or the Human Remains Protection
24    Act.
25    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
26Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records

 

 

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1prior to disclosure under this Act.
2    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
3public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
4agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
5behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
6governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
7Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
8for purposes of this Act.
9    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
10information or limit the availability of records to the
11public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
12in this Act.
13(Source: P.A. 101-434, eff. 1-1-20; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20;
14101-455, eff. 8-23-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-38, eff.
156-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752,
16eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff. 1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23;
17102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1055, eff. 6-10-22; revised
1812-13-22.)
 
19    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-982)
20    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
21    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
22record that contains information that is exempt from
23disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
24that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
25to redact the information that is exempt. The public body

 

 

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1shall make the remaining information available for inspection
2and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
3be exempt from inspection and copying:
4        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
5    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
6    regulations implementing federal or State law.
7        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
8    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
9    or a court order.
10        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
11    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
12    specifically designed to provide information to one or
13    more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
14    mental status of one or more individual subjects.
15        (c) Personal information contained within public
16    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
17    clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
18    the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
19    individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
20    invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
21    information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
22    reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
23    privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
24    obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
25    that bears on the public duties of public employees and
26    officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal

 

 

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1    privacy.
2        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
3    created in the course of administrative enforcement
4    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
5    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
6    extent that disclosure would:
7            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
8        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
9        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
10        agency that is the recipient of the request;
11            (ii) interfere with active administrative
12        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
13        that is the recipient of the request;
14            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
15        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
16        hearing;
17            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
18        confidential source, confidential information
19        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
20        who file complaints with or provide information to
21        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
22        penal agencies; except that the identities of
23        witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
24        and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
25        local government, except when disclosure would
26        interfere with an active criminal investigation

 

 

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1        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
2        request;
3            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
4        techniques other than those generally used and known
5        or disclose internal documents of correctional
6        agencies related to detection, observation, or
7        investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
8        disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
9        agency or public body that is the recipient of the
10        request;
11            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
12        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
13            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
14        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
15        (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
16    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
17    record management system if the law enforcement agency
18    that is the recipient of the request did not create the
19    record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
20    events which are the subject of the record, and only has
21    access to the record through the shared electronic record
22    management system.
23        (d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
24    Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
25    Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
26    Section. This includes the documents supplied to the

 

 

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1    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
2    Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
3    Board.
4        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
5    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
6        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
7    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
8    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
9    materials are available in the library of the correctional
10    institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
11    confined.
12        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
13    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
14    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
15    materials include records from staff members' personnel
16    files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
17    information.
18        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
19    Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
20    Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
21    through an administrative request to the Department of
22    Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
23    Mental Health.
24        (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
25    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
26    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the

 

 

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1    disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
2    person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
3    institution or facility.
4        (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
5    or committed to the Department of Corrections or
6    Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
7    containing personal information pertaining to the person's
8    victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
9    to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
10    or school address, work telephone number, social security
11    number, or any other identifying information, except as
12    may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
13    or claim.
14        (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
15    requested by a person committed to the Department of
16    Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
17    Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
18    limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
19    crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
20    relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
21    claim.
22        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
23    memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
24    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
25    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
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1    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
2    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
3    records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
4    that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
5        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
6    information obtained from a person or business where the
7    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
8    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
9    privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
10    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
11    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
12    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
13    requested.
14        The information included under this exemption includes
15    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
16    obtained by a public body, including a public pension
17    fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
18    company within the investment portfolio of a private
19    equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
20    a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
21    fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
22    to the aggregate financial performance information of a
23    private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
24    managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
25    this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
26    held company within the investment portfolio of a private

 

 

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1    equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
2    privately held company may cause competitive harm.
3        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
4    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
5    to disclosure.
6        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
7    agreement, including information which if it were
8    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
9    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
10    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
11    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
12    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
13    award or final selection is made.
14        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
15    designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
16    by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
17    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
18    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
19    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
20    news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
21    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
22    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
23    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
24    legal rights of the general public.
25        (j) The following information pertaining to
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1            (i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
2        examination data used to administer an academic
3        examination;
4            (ii) information received by a primary or
5        secondary school, college, or university under its
6        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
7        their academic peers;
8            (iii) information concerning a school or
9        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
10        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
11        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
12            (iv) course materials or research materials used
13        by faculty members.
14        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
15    submissions, and other construction related technical
16    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
17    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
18    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
19    including, but not limited to, power generating and
20    distribution stations and other transmission and
21    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
22    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
23    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
24    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
25    security.
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1    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
2    public body makes the minutes available to the public
3    under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
4        (m) Communications between a public body and an
5    attorney or auditor representing the public body that
6    would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
7    materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
8    anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
9    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
10    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
11    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
12        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
13    of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
14    this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
15    cases in which discipline is imposed.
16        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
17    with automated data processing operations, including, but
18    not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
19    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
20    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
21    pertaining to all logical and physical design of
22    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
23    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
24    security of the system or its data or the security of
25    materials exempt under this Section.
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1    between public bodies and their employees or
2    representatives, except that any final contract or
3    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
4        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
5    examination data used to determine the qualifications of
6    an applicant for a license or employment.
7        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
8    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
9    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
10    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
11    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
12    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
13    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
14    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
15    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
16    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
17    until a sale is consummated.
18        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
19    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
20    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
21    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
22    Insurance or self-insurance self insurance (including any
23    intergovernmental risk management association or
24    self-insurance self insurance pool) claims, loss or risk
25    management information, records, data, advice, or
26    communications.

 

 

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1        (t) Information contained in or related to
2    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
3    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
4    for the regulation or supervision of financial
5    institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
6    managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
7    law.
8        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
9    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
10    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
11    be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
12    Electronic Transactions Act.
13        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
14    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
15    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
16    community's population or systems, facilities, or
17    installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
18    could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
19    or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
20    or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
21    them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
22    include such things as details pertaining to the
23    mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
24    the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
25    cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
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1        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
2    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
3    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
4    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
5    Illinois Power Agency.
6        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
7    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
8    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
9    Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
10    Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
11    by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
12    Commission.
13        (z) Information about students exempted from
14    disclosure under Section Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of
15    the School Code, and information about undergraduate
16    students enrolled at an institution of higher education
17    exempted from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois
18    Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009.
19        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
20    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
21        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
22    review team and records maintained by a mortality review
23    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
24    Mortality Review Team Act.
25        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
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1    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
2    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
3        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
4    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
5    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
6    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
7        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
8    information of persons who are minors and are also
9    participants and registrants in programs of park
10    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
11    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
12    associations.
13        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
14    information of participants and registrants in programs of
15    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
16    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
17    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
18    minors.
19        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
20    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
21    2012.
22        (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
23    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
24    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
25    School Code and any information contained in that report.
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1    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
2    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
3    the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
4    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
5    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
6    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
7    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
8    or (iii) are available through an administrative request
9    to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
10    Corrections.
11        (jj) Confidential information described in Section
12    5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
13        (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
14    numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
15    Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
16    and similar account information, the disclosure of which
17    could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
18    of a governmental entity or a person.
19        (ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
20    assessment team of a school district, including, but not
21    limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
22    School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
23    the procedure.
24        (mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
25    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
26    Confidential Reporting Act.

 

 

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1        (nn) (mm) Proprietary information submitted to the
2    Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
3    Act.
4        (oo) (mm) Records described in subsection (f) of
5    Section 3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
6        (pp) Any and all information regarding burials,
7    interments, or entombments of human remains as required to
8    be reported to the Department of Natural Resources
9    pursuant either to the Archaeological and Paleontological
10    Resources Protection Act or the Human Remains Protection
11    Act.
12    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
13Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
14prior to disclosure under this Act.
15    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
16public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
17agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
18behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
19governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
20Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
21for purposes of this Act.
22    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
23information or limit the availability of records to the
24public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
25in this Act.
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1101-455, eff. 8-23-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-38, eff.
26-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752,
3eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff. 1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23;
4102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23; 102-1055, eff.
56-10-22; revised 12-13-22.)
 
6    Section 15. The Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act is
7amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
8    (5 ILCS 810/5)
9    Sec. 5. Applicability. This Act is applicable to property
10seized or forfeited under the following provisions of law:
11        (1) Section 3.23 of the Illinois Food, Drug and
12    Cosmetic Act;
13        (2) Section 44.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;
14        (3) Section 105-55 of the Herptiles-Herps Act;
15        (4) Section 1-215 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code;
16        (5) Section 1.25 of the Wildlife Code;
17        (6) Section 17-10.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012
18    (financial institution fraud);
19        (7) Section 28-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012
20    (gambling);
21        (8) Article 29B of the Criminal Code of 2012 (money
22    laundering);
23        (9) Article 33G of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Illinois
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1    Organizations Law);
2        (10) Article 36 of the Criminal Code of 2012 (seizure
3    and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft);
4        (11) Section 47-15 of the Criminal Code of 2012
5    (dumping garbage upon real property);
6        (12) Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
7    1963 (forfeiture);
8        (13) the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act;
9        (14) the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act;
10        (15) the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
11    Prevention Act; and
12        (16) the Illinois Securities Law of 1953; .
13        (17) the Archaeological and Paleontological Resources
14    Protection Act; and
15        (18) the Human Remains Protection Act.
16(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
17    Section 20. The Archaeological and Paleontological
18Resources Protection Act is amended by changing Sections .02,
193, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11 and by adding Section 12 as follows:
 
20    (20 ILCS 3435/.02)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c.02)
21    Sec. .02. Definitions. For purposes of this Act:
22    (a) "Archaeological resource" means any significant
23material remains or localities of past human life or
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1artifacts, historic and prehistoric human skeletal remains,
2mounds, earthworks, shipwrecks, forts, village sites or mines.
3    (b) "Department" means the Department of Natural
4Resources.
5    "Disturb" includes defacing, mutilating, injuring,
6exposing, removing, destroying, desecrating or molesting in
7any way.
8    "Human remains" include the bones and decomposed fleshy
9parts of a deceased human body.
10    (c) "Paleontological resource" means any significant
11fossil or material remains on public lands including traces or
12impressions of animals or plants that occur as part of the
13geological record that are known and are included in the files
14maintained by the Department Illinois State Museum under
15Section 10.
16    (d) "Person" means any natural individual, firm, trust,
17estate, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint
18venture, corporation or a receiver, trustee, guardian or other
19representative appointed by order of any court, the federal
20and State governments, including State universities created by
21statute or any city, town, county or other political
22subdivision of this State.
23    (e) "Public land" means any land owned, but does not
24include land leased as lessee, by the State of Illinois or its
25agencies, a State university created by statute, a
26municipality or a unit of local government.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 86-459; 86-707.)
 
2    (20 ILCS 3435/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c3)
3    Sec. 3. Permits.
4    (a) It is unlawful for any person, either by himself or
5through an agent, to knowingly explore, excavate, possess, or
6collect any of the archaeological or paleontological resources
7protected by this Act, unless such person obtains a permit
8issued by the Department of Natural Resources.
9    (b) It is unlawful for any person, either by himself or
10through an agent, to knowingly disturb any archaeological or
11paleontological resource protected under this Act.
12    (c) It is unlawful for any person, either by himself or
13through an agent, to offer any object for sale or exchange with
14the knowledge that it has been previously collected or
15excavated in violation of this Act.
16(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
17    (20 ILCS 3435/5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c5)
18    Sec. 5. Penalties. Any violation of Section 3 not
19involving the disturbance of human skeletal remains is a Class
20A misdemeanor and the violator shall also be subject to
21imprisonment and a fine not in excess of $5,000; any
22subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony. Any violation of
23Section 3 involving disturbance of human skeletal remains is a
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1a paleontological site shall constitute a single offense.
2Persons convicted of a violation of Section 3 shall also be
3ordered to pay restitution. Such restitution is liable for
4civil damages to be assessed by the circuit court land
5managing agency and the Department of Natural Resources.
6Restitution Civil damages may include, but is not limited to:
7        (a) (blank); forfeiture of any and all equipment used
8    in acquiring the protected material;
9        (b) any and all costs incurred in cleaning, restoring,
10    analyzing, accessioning and curating the recovered
11    materials;
12        (c) any and all costs associated with restoring the
13    land to its original contour;
14        (d) any and all costs associated with recovery of data
15    and analyzing, publishing, accessioning and curating
16    materials when the prohibited activity is so extensive as
17    to preclude the restoration of the archaeological or
18    paleontological site;
19        (e) any and all costs associated with the
20    determination and collection of restitution the civil
21    damages.
22    When restitution is ordered in a case that is prosecuted
23by civil damages are recovered through the Attorney General,
24all restitution the proceeds shall be deposited into the
25Historic Sites Fund; when restitution is ordered in a case
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1State's Attorney, the proceeds shall be deposited into the
2county fund designated by the county board.
3(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
4    (20 ILCS 3435/7)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c7)
5    Sec. 7. Property of the State; Department management. All
6materials and associated records remain the property of the
7State and are managed by the Department Illinois State Museum.
8The Illinois State Museum, in consultation with the Department
9of Natural Resources, is authorized to establish long-term
10curation agreements with Tribal Nations, universities, museums
11and other organizations.
12(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
13    (20 ILCS 3435/8)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c8)
14    Sec. 8. Department exempt from permit requirements.
15    (a) The Department Illinois State Museum shall be exempt
16from the permit requirements established by this Act for lands
17under its direct management but shall register that
18exploration with the Department of Natural Resources; such
19registration shall include the information required under
20subsection (c) of Section 6.
21    (b) Any agency or department of the State of Illinois
22which has on its staff a professional archaeologist or
23paleontologist who meets the minimum qualifications
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1of agreement with the Department of Natural Resources for the
2protection, preservation and management of archaeological and
3paleontological resources shall be exempt from the permit
4requirements established by this Act.
5    (c) Activities reviewed by the Department of Natural
6Resources pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic
7Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) shall be exempt from these
8permitting requirements.
9    (d) Where a local government's activities are funded in
10whole or in part by a State agency and the funded activities
11are supervised or controlled by the State agency, the local
12government shall be exempt from the permit requirements
13established by this Act to the same extent that the State
14agency is exempt. The State agency shall be responsible for
15undertaking or causing to be undertaken any steps necessary to
16comply with this Act for those local government actions so
17exempted.
18(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
19    (20 ILCS 3435/10)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c10)
20    Sec. 10. Files containing information on known
21archaeological and paleontological sites. The Illinois State
22Museum, in cooperation with the Department of Natural
23Resources, shall develop and maintain files containing
24information on known archaeological and paleontological sites
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1property. The Department of Natural Resources shall ensure the
2safety of those sites by promulgating regulations limiting
3access to those files as necessary.
4(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
5    (20 ILCS 3435/11)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133c11)
6    Sec. 11. Violation of administrative rules. The Department
7of Natural Resources, in consultation with other State
8agencies and Departments that own or control land, shall
9promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out
10the purposes of this Act.
11    It is unlawful to violate any administrative rule
12promulgated pursuant to this Act. A violation of
13administrative rules promulgated pursuant to this Act is a
14Class B misdemeanor.
15(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
16    (20 ILCS 3435/12 new)
17    Sec. 12. Seizure.
18    (a) Every device, equipment, tool, vehicle or conveyance,
19when used or operated illegally, or attempted to be used or
20operated illegally by any person in taking, transporting,
21holding, disturbing, exploring, excavating, collecting or
22conveying any archaeological or paleontological resources,
23contrary to the provisions of this Act, including
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1seizure and confiscation by any authorized employee of the
2Department; upon the seizure of such item the Department shall
3take and hold the same until disposed of as hereinafter
4provided.
5    (b) Upon the seizure of any property as herein provided,
6the authorized employee of the Department making such seizure
7shall forthwith cause a complaint to be filed before the
8circuit court and a summons to be issued requiring the person
9who illegally used or operated or attempted to use or operate
10such property and the owner and person in possession of such
11property to appear in court and show cause why the property
12seized should not be forfeited to the State. Upon the return of
13the summons duly served or other notice as herein provided,
14the court shall proceed to determine the question of the
15illegality of the use of the seized property and upon judgment
16being entered to the effect that such property was illegally
17used, an order may be entered providing for the forfeiture of
18such seized property to the Department and shall thereupon
19become the property of the Department; but the owner of such
20property may have a jury determine the illegality of its use,
21and shall have the right of an appeal, as in other cases. Such
22confiscation or forfeiture shall not preclude or mitigate
23against prosecution and assessment of penalties otherwise
24provided in this Act.
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1abandoned, lost or stolen or otherwise illegally possessed or
2used contrary to the provisions of this Act, except property
3seized during a search or arrest, and ultimately returned,
4destroyed, or otherwise disposed of pursuant to order of a
5court in accordance with this Act, the Department shall make
6reasonable inquiry and efforts to identify and notify the
7owner or other person entitled to possession thereof, and
8shall return the property after such person provides
9reasonable and satisfactory proof of his ownership or right to
10possession and reimburses the Department for all reasonable
11expenses of such custody. If the identity or location of the
12owner or other person entitled to possession of the property
13has not been ascertained within 6 months after the Department
14obtains such possession, the Department shall effectuate the
15sale of the property for cash to the highest bidder at a public
16auction. The owner or other person entitled to possession of
17such property may claim and recover possession of the property
18at any time before its sale at public auction, upon providing
19reasonable and satisfactory proof of ownership or right of
20possession and reimbursing the Department for all reasonable
21expenses of custody thereof.
22    (d) Any property forfeited to the State by court order
23pursuant to this Section may be disposed of by public auction,
24except that any property which is the subject of such a court
25order shall not be disposed of pending appeal of the order. The
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1Historic Sites Fund.
2    (e) The Department shall pay all costs of notices required
3by this Section.
4    Property seized or forfeited under this Section is subject
5to reporting under the Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
6    (f) This Section does not apply to archaeological or
7paleontological resources that were recovered by the
8Department or other law enforcement agency during an
9investigation of a violation of this Act.
 
10    Section 25. The Human Skeletal Remains Protection Act is
11amended by changing Sections 0.01, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12,
1213, 14, 15, and 16 and by adding Sections 3.5, 16.1, 16.2, and
1316.3 as follows:
 
14    (20 ILCS 3440/0.01)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2660)
15    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Human
16Skeletal Remains Protection Act.
17(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
18    (20 ILCS 3440/1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2661)
19    Sec. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
20    "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
21    "Disturb" or "disturbance" includes excavating, removing,
22exposing, probing, defacing, mutilating, destroying,
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1unregistered graves, grave artifacts, and grave markers.
2    "Encounter" means to come upon human remains, grave
3artifacts, grave markers, or unregistered graves at a location
4where such viewing was not expected or anticipated.
5    "Grave artifacts" means any item of human manufacture or
6use that is associated with the human remains in an
7unregistered grave.
8    "Grave markers" means any tomb, monument, stone, ornament,
9mound, or other item of human manufacture that is associated
10with an unregistered grave.
11    (a) "Human skeletal remains" include the bones and
12decomposed fleshy parts of a deceased human body.
13    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, trust,
14estate, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint
15venture, limited-liability company, corporation or a receiver,
16trustee, guardian or other representatives appointed by order
17of any court, the Federal and State governments, including
18State Universities created by statute or any city, town,
19county or other political subdivision of this State.
20    "Tribal consultation" means a form of communication
21centered in trust, respect and shared responsibility that
22upholds Tribal sovereignty. It is a free and open process
23where the exchange of information and opinions are shared
24among the participating parties.
25    "Undertaking" means any project, activity, or construction
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1destruction of human remains, grave artifacts, grave markers
2or unregistered graves.
3    (b) "Unregistered grave graves" means are any grave graves
4or location locations where a human body has been buried or
5deposited; is over 100 years old; and is not in a cemetery
6registered with or licensed by the State Comptroller under the
7Cemetery Care Act or under the authority of the Illinois
8Department of Financial and Professional Regulation pursuant
9to the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
10    (c) "Grave artifacts" are any item of human manufacture or
11use that is associated with the human skeletal remains in an
12unregistered grave.
13    (d) "Grave markers" are any tomb, monument, stone,
14ornament, mound, or other item of human manufacture that is
15associated with an unregistered grave.
16    (e) "Person" means any natural individual, firm, trust,
17estate, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint
18venture, corporation or a receiver, trustee, guardian or other
19representatives appointed by order of any court, the Federal
20and State governments, including State Universities created by
21statute or any city, town, county or other political
22subdivision of this State.
23    (f) "Disturb" includes excavating, removing, exposing,
24defacing, mutilating, destroying, molesting, or desecrating in
25any way human skeletal remains, unregistered graves, and grave
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1(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10; 97-679, eff. 2-6-12.)
 
2    (20 ILCS 3440/2)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2662)
3    Sec. 2. Legislative finding and intentions. The General
4Assembly finds that existing laws do not provide equal or
5adequate protection for all human graves. There is a real and
6growing threat to the safety and sanctity of unregistered and
7unmarked graves. Numerous incidents in Illinois have resulted
8in the desecration of human remains and vandalism to graves
9and grave markers. Similar incidents have occurred in
10neighboring states and as a result those states have increased
11their criminal penalties for such conduct. Strong and
12meaningful relationships between the State of Illinois and
13tribal nations geographically and culturally affiliated to the
14land now known as the State of Illinois must be cultivated.
15There is a strong likelihood that persons engaged for personal
16or financial gain in the mining of prehistoric and historic
17Indian, pioneer, and Civil War veteran's graves will move
18their operations to Illinois to avoid the increased penalties
19being imposed in neighboring states. There is an immediate
20need for legislation to protect the graves of Native Americans
21and any other peoples geographically and culturally affiliated
22to the land now known as the State of Illinois these earlier
23Illinoisans from such desecration. The General Assembly
24intends to assure with this Act that all human burials be
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1reference to ethnic origins, cultural backgrounds or religious
2affiliations.
3    The General Assembly finds that the intentional looting
4of, desecration of, or profiting from human remains and
5mortuary objects are deplorable actions that must be
6prohibited. When human remains and unregistered graves are
7unintentionally encountered, they must be treated with respect
8and in accordance with law. This Act is not intended The
9General Assembly also finds that those persons engaged in the
10scientific study or collecting of artifacts which have not
11been acquired in violation of law are engaged in legitimate
12and worthy scientific, educational and recreational
13activities. This Act is not intended to interfere with the
14continued legitimate collecting activities or studies of such
15persons; nor is it intended to interfere with the normal
16enjoyment of private property owners, farmers, or those
17engaged in the development, mining or improvement of real
18property.
19(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
20    (20 ILCS 3440/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2663)
21    Sec. 3. Notification to coroner and Department. Any person
22who encounters discovers human skeletal remains subject to
23this Act shall promptly notify the coroner and shall notify
24the Department within 48 hours of the encounter. Any person
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1this section a discovery within 48 hours is guilty of a Class C
2misdemeanor, unless such person has reasonable cause to
3believe that the coroner and the Department had already been
4so notified. If the human skeletal remains appear to be from an
5unregistered grave, the coroner shall promptly notify the
6Department of Natural Resources prior to their removal.
7Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to human
8skeletal remains subject to "An Act to revise the law in
9relation to coroners".
10(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
11    (20 ILCS 3440/3.5 new)
12    Sec. 3.5. Encounter procedure. When an undertaking
13encounters human remains, unregistered graves, grave markers,
14or grave artifacts, all activities shall cease within a
15100-foot radius of the encounter. The encountering party shall
16notify the coroner and the Department as required in Section
173. If the coroner determines that the human remains are not
18over 100 years old, no further action is required under this
19Act. If the coroner does determine that the human remains are
20over 100 years old, the Department shall review the
21undertaking and may issue a permit pursuant to Section 13.
22During its review, if it is determined by the Department that
23the human remains, unregistered grave, grave marker, or grave
24artifact are Native American in origin, the Department shall
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1identify as having or having had a historical, cultural, or
2geographic affiliation on the land where the undertaking will
3occur.
 
4    (20 ILCS 3440/4)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2664)
5    Sec. 4. Disturbing human remains.
6    (a) It is unlawful for any person, either by himself or
7through an agent, to knowingly or recklessly disturb or to
8knowingly or recklessly allow the disturbance of human
9skeletal remains, unregistered graves, grave markers, or and
10grave artifacts that originated from any land that is now part
11of the State of Illinois and in unregistered graves protected
12by this Act unless such disturbance is authorized by person
13obtains a permit issued by the Department of Natural
14Resources. A violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
15    (b) This Section does not apply to:
16        (1) persons employed by or agents of a county medical
17    examiner's office or coroner's office acting within the
18    scope of their employment;
19        (2) the acts of a licensed funeral director or
20    embalmer while performing acts authorized by the Funeral
21    Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code;
22        (3) cemeteries and cemetery personnel while performing
23    acts pursuant to a bona fide request from the involved
24    cemetery consumer or his or her heirs, or pursuant to an
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1    authorized under Section 14.5 of the Cemetery Protection
2    Act, or any other actions legally authorized for cemetery
3    employees;
4        (4) the acts of emergency medical personnel or
5    physicians performed in good faith and according to the
6    usual and customary standards of medical practice in an
7    attempt to resuscitate a life;
8        (5) physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of
9    its branches or holding a visiting professor, physician,
10    or resident permit under the Medical Practice Act of 1987,
11    performing acts in accordance with usual and customary
12    standards of medical practice, or a currently enrolled
13    student in an accredited medical school in furtherance of
14    his or her education at the accredited medical school;
15        (6) removing or carrying away human remains by the
16    employees, independent contractors, or other persons
17    designated by the federally designated organ procurement
18    agency engaged in the organ and tissue procurement
19    process; or
20        (7) Department employees in the course of their
21    official duties pursuant to this Act.
22(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
23    (20 ILCS 3440/6)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2666)
24    Sec. 6. Violations.
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1through an agent, to knowingly or recklessly:
2        (1) charge admission or a fee to observe;
3        (2) sell;
4        (3) purchase; or
5        (4) transport for sale or to a location that will
6    charge admission or a fee to observe any human remains,
7    grave artifacts, or grave markers that are Native American
8    in origin or that originated from any land that is now part
9    of the State of Illinois.
10    A person who violates this Section commits a Class A
11misdemeanor for a first violation and a Class 4 felony for a
12second or subsequent violation offer any human skeletal
13remains, grave artifacts or grave markers for sale or exchange
14with the knowledge that they have been collected or excavated
15in violation of this Act.
16    (b) This Section does not apply to:
17        (1) the acts of a licensed funeral director or
18    embalmer while performing acts authorized by the Funeral
19    Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code; or
20        (2) cemeteries and cemetery personnel while performing
21    acts pursuant to a bona fide request from the involved
22    cemetery consumer or his or her heirs, or pursuant to an
23    interment or disinterment permit or a court order, or as
24    authorized under Section 14.5 of the Cemetery Protection
25    Act, or any other actions legally authorized for cemetery
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1(Source: P.A. 86-151.)
 
2    (20 ILCS 3440/8)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2668)
3    Sec. 8. Duties of the State's Attorney and Attorney
4General. The State's Attorney of the county in which a
5violation of Sections 4, 5, 6, or 7 of this Act or
6administrative rules is alleged to have occurred, or the
7Attorney General, may be requested by the Department Director
8of Natural Resources to initiate criminal prosecutions and or
9to seek restitution, civil damages, injunctive relief and any
10other appropriate relief. The Department of Natural Resources
11shall co-operate with the State's Attorney or the Attorney
12General. Persons wishing to report aware of any violations of
13this Act shall contact the Department of Natural Resources.
14(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
15    (20 ILCS 3440/9)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2669)
16    Sec. 9. Rewards for information leading to arrest of
17violators of the Act. The Department of Natural Resources is
18authorized to offer a reward of up to $5,000 $2000 for
19information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons
20who violate Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Act.
21(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
22    (20 ILCS 3440/10)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2670)
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1this Act, unless otherwise specified, is a Class A misdemeanor
2for a first violation and a Class 4 felony for a second or
3subsequent violation. Any violation of administrative rules
4adopted under this Act is a Class B misdemeanor and the
5violator shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than 1
6year and a fine not in excess of $10,000; any subsequent
7violation is a Class 4 felony. Each disturbance of human
8remains, an unregistered graves, grave markers, or grave
9artifacts grave constitutes a separate offense.
10(Source: P.A. 86-151.)
 
11    (20 ILCS 3440/12)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2672)
12    Sec. 12. Restitution. Persons convicted of a violation of
13Section 3, 3.5, 4, or 6 Section 4 or 5 of this Act shall also
14be liable for restitution civil damages to be assessed by the
15circuit court Historic Preservation Agency. Restitution Civil
16damages may include, but is not limited to:
17    (a) (blank); forfeiture of any and all equipment used in
18disturbing the protected unregistered graves or grave markers;
19    (b) any and all costs incurred in cleaning, restoring,
20repairing, analyzing, accessioning and curating the recovered
21materials, including, but not limited to, fees for experts the
22Department needed to complete any restoration or
23identification required under this Act;
24    (c) any and all costs associated with restoring the land
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1condition;
2    (d) any and all costs associated with recovery of data,
3and analyzing, publishing, accessioning and curating materials
4when the prohibited activity is so extensive as to preclude
5the restoration of the unregistered burials or grave markers;
6    (e) any and all costs associated with the reinterment of
7the human skeletal remains;
8    (f) any and all costs associated with the determination
9and collection of restitution; and the civil damages.
10    (g) for Native American remains and materials, any and all
11costs of traveling for tribal nation representatives for
12reinterment or repatriation activities and for non-Native
13American remains and materials, any and all costs of traveling
14for experts the Department needed to complete any restoration
15or identification required under this Act.
16    When restitution is ordered in a case prosecuted by civil
17damages are recovered through the Attorney General, the
18restitution proceeds shall be deposited into the Repatriation
19and Reinterment Historic Sites Fund; when restitution is
20ordered in a case prosecuted by civil damages are recovered
21through the State's Attorney, the proceeds shall be deposited
22into the county funds designated by the county board that may
23only be used for repatriation or reinterment.
24(Source: P.A. 86-151.)
 
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1    Sec. 13. Notification.
2    (a) If an undertaking will occur on property that the
3property owner has been notified in writing by the Department
4that the land is likely to contain human remains, unregistered
5graves, grave markers, or grave artifacts, a permit shall be
6obtained by the landowner from the Department.
7    (b) If human remains, unregistered graves, grave markers,
8or grave artifacts that were unknown and were encountered by
9any person, a permit shall be obtained from the Department
10before any work on the undertaking may continue.
11    (c) The Department of Natural Resources shall adopt
12administrative rules develop regulations, in consultation with
13the Illinois State Museum, whereby permits shall may be issued
14for the avoidance, disturbance, or removal of human remains,
15unregistered graves, grave markers, or grave artifacts, or a
16combination of those activities removal of human skeletal
17remains and grave artifacts from unregistered graves or the
18removal of grave markers. The Department may adopt emergency
19rules in accordance with Sections 5-45 and 5-45.35 of the
20Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The adoption of
21emergency rules authorized by Sections 5-45 and 5-45.35 of the
22Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and this paragraph is
23deemed to be necessary for the public interest, safety, and
24welfare.
25    (d) (b) Each permit shall specify all terms and conditions
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1skeletal remains, grave artifacts, or grave markers, or
2unregistered graves shall be carried out. All costs accrued in
3the removal of the aforementioned materials shall be borne by
4the permit applicant. Within 60 days of the Upon completion of
5the undertaking project, the permit holder shall submit a
6report, on a form provided by the Department, of the results to
7the Department of Natural Resources.
8(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
9    (20 ILCS 3440/14)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2674)
10    Sec. 14. Native American human remains. All Native
11American human remains, unregistered graves, grave markers,
12and grave artifacts are the property of the Native American
13nations geographically and culturally affiliated with
14Illinois. The Department shall maintain and care for Native
15American property until tribal consultation has been completed
16and the tribes have made the final decision for repatriation
17or other arrangements have been established. The Department
18shall:
19        (1) maintain records;
20        (2) conduct tribal consultation;
21        (3) provide reports to tribal nations; and
22        (4) facilitate repatriation and reinterment efforts.
23    Such repatriation and reinterment efforts shall be with
24tribal approval.
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1and grave artifacts in unregistered graves are held in trust
2for the people of Illinois by the State and are under the
3jurisdiction of the Department until and unless they are
4repatriated to descendants or other arrangements have been
5established. Unless and until they are repatriated, all of
6Natural Resources. All materials collected under this Act
7shall be maintained, with dignity and respect, for the people
8of the State under the care of the Department Illinois State
9Museum.
10(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
11    (20 ILCS 3440/15)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2675)
12    Sec. 15. Rules. The Department of Natural Resources shall
13adopt promulgate such administrative rules regulations as may
14be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act in
15accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
16(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
17    (20 ILCS 3440/16)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2676)
18    Sec. 16. Exemptions. Activities reviewed by the Department
19of Natural Resources pursuant to Section 106 of the National
20Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) and activities
21permitted pursuant to the Federal Surface Mining Control and
22Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87), or the rules and
23regulations promulgated thereunder or any law, rule or
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1be exempt from these permitting requirements.
2(Source: P.A. 100-695, eff. 8-3-18.)
 
3    (20 ILCS 3440/16.1 new)
4    Sec. 16.1. Burial site on Department owned lands. The
5Department may create a burial site on Department owned lands
6for the reburial of repatriated Native American human remains,
7unregistered graves, grave markers, or grave artifacts after
8tribal consultation with the federally recognized tribes with
9geographical and cultural affiliation with Illinois. The
10burial site shall not be used by the public and shall be
11protected by the State of Illinois.
 
12    (20 ILCS 3440/16.2 new)
13    Sec. 16.2. Repatriation and Reinterment Fund. The
14Repatriation and Reinterment Fund is created in the State
15treasury. All restitution collected from the prosecution of
16any violation of this Act shall be deposited in the fund and
17each deposit shall only be used to cover the restitution that
18was so ordered in an individual case pursuant to Section 12.
19The General Assembly may allocate appropriations to this fund
20to cover the cost of, including but not limited to,
21reinterment, repatriation, repair, or restoration of human
22remains, unregistered graves, grave markers, or grave
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1    (20 ILCS 3440/16.3 new)
2    Sec. 16.3. Forfeiture.
3    (a) Every device, equipment, tool, vehicle or conveyance,
4when used or operated illegally, or attempted to be used or
5operated illegally by any person in taking, transporting,
6holding, disturbing, exploring, excavating, collecting or
7conveying any human remains, grave artifacts, or grave
8markers, contrary to the provisions of this Act, including
9administrative rules, is a public nuisance and subject to
10seizure and confiscation by any authorized employee of the
11Department; upon the seizure of such item the Department shall
12take and hold the same until disposed of as hereinafter
13provided.
14    (b) Upon the seizure of any property as herein provided,
15the authorized employee of the Department making such seizure
16shall forthwith cause a complaint to be filed before the
17circuit court and a summons to be issued requiring the person
18who illegally used or operated or attempted to use or operate
19such property and the owner and person in possession of such
20property to appear in court and show cause why the property
21seized should not be forfeited to the State. Upon the return of
22the summons duly served or other notice as herein provided,
23the court shall proceed to determine the question of the
24illegality of the use of the seized property and upon judgment
25being entered to the effect that such property was illegally
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1such seized property to the Department and shall thereupon
2become the property of the Department; but the owner of such
3property may have a jury determine the illegality of its use,
4and shall have the right of an appeal, as in other cases. Such
5confiscation or forfeiture shall not preclude or mitigate
6against prosecution and assessment of penalties otherwise
7provided in this Act.
8    (c) Upon seizure of any property under circumstances
9supporting a reasonable belief that such property was
10abandoned, lost or stolen or otherwise illegally possessed or
11used contrary to the provisions of this Act, except property
12seized during a search or arrest, and ultimately returned,
13destroyed, or otherwise disposed of pursuant to order of a
14court in accordance with this Act, the Department shall make
15reasonable inquiry and efforts to identify and notify the
16owner or other person entitled to possession thereof, and
17shall return the property after such person provides
18reasonable and satisfactory proof of his ownership or right to
19possession and reimburses the Department for all reasonable
20expenses of such custody. If the identity or location of the
21owner or other person entitled to possession of the property
22has not been ascertained within 6 months after the Department
23obtains such possession, the Department shall effectuate the
24sale of the property for cash to the highest bidder at a public
25auction. The owner or other person entitled to possession of
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1at any time before its sale at public auction, upon providing
2reasonable and satisfactory proof of ownership or right of
3possession and reimbursing the Department for all reasonable
4expenses of custody thereof.
5    (d) Any property forfeited to the State by court order
6pursuant to this Section may be disposed of by public auction,
7except that any property which is the subject of such a court
8order shall not be disposed of pending appeal of the order. The
9proceeds of the sales at auction shall be deposited in the
10Repatriation and Reinterment Fund.
11    (e) The Department shall pay all costs of notices required
12by this Section.
13    (f) Property seized or forfeited under this Section is
14subject to reporting under the Seizure and Forfeiture
15Reporting Act.
16    (g) This Section does not apply to human remains, grave
17artifacts, or grave markers that were recovered by the
18Department or other law enforcement agency during an
19investigation of a violation of this Act.
 
20    (20 ILCS 3440/5 rep.)
21    (20 ILCS 3440/7 rep.)
22    (20 ILCS 3440/11 rep.)
23    Section 30. The Human Skeletal Remains Protection Act is
24amended by repealing Sections 5, 7, and 11.
 

 

 

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1    Section 35. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
2Section 5.990 as follows:
 
3    (30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
4    Sec. 5.990. The Repatriation and Reinterment Fund.
 
5    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
6changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
7that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
8represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
9not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
10made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
11Public Act.
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.".