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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 461

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 461  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  1.  Short  title.  This Act may be cited as the
 5    State Services Accountability Act.

 6        Section  5.  Legislative  findings  and  declaration   of
 7    policy.
 8        (a)  The purpose of this Act is to set forth a program to
 9    better  provide  services and public works to the citizens of
10    Illinois by ensuring that tax dollars expended  for  services
11    or  public  works  are  properly  used  for  their  allocated
12    purpose.  The  State  of  Illinois  enters into reimbursement
13    agreements and contracts with and provides grants to  private
14    entities  (contractors  and  grantees)  for  the  purpose  of
15    providing services and building or enhancing public works for
16    the  citizens  of Illinois. The State of Illinois enters into
17    these contracts and provides these grants to provide  quality
18    services and public works for the citizens of Illinois.
19        (b)  The  General  Assembly  finds  that the needs of its
20    citizens cannot be met if the time  frame  for  provision  of
21    services  or  public  works  provided  through  reimbursement
22    agreements,  contracts, or grant agreements between the State
 
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 1    of Illinois and  contractors  and  grantees  are  subject  to
 2    disruption and further finds that likelihood of disruption is
 3    enhanced where disputes arise over unionization.
 4        (c)  The General Assembly finds that the development of a
 5    stable, well-trained, committed workforce is essential to the
 6    provision of quality services to Illinois' citizens.
 7        (d)  The  General  Assembly  further  finds  that the tax
 8    dollars intended for appropriated use should not be  used  to
 9    conduct  campaigns  aimed at influencing the outcome of union
10    representation elections. In addition, staff time, paid  with
11    tax dollars,  should be spent providing services to Illinois'
12    citizens and not consumed by attending compulsory meetings to
13    influence employees regarding unionization.
14        (e)  It  is hereby declared to be the policy of the State
15    of Illinois that, to foster  the  development  of  a  stable,
16    well-trained,  committed  workforce,  the  State  of Illinois
17    shall prohibit its contractors or grantees from  using  State
18    funding  to  influence  the decision of their employees to be
19    represented or not be represented by a union.
20        (f)  This Act is intended solely as a limitation  on  the
21    permissible  uses of State appropriations. It is not intended
22    to expand, limit, or in any manner affect existing rights  or
23    duties  of employers, employees, or labor organizations under
24    the  National  Labor  Relations  Act  or  other  federal  law
25    affecting labor relations.

26        Section 10.  Definitions. As used in this Act:
27        "Contractor or grantee" means an  individual  or  entity,
28    other  than  the  State  of  Illinois,  a  State agency, or a
29    political subdivision of the State of Illinois, which  has  a
30    reimbursement  agreement or contractual or other relationship
31    with or has received moneys from the State of Illinois  or  a
32    State  agency  to  provide  services,  or  public works which
33    reimbursement agreement, contract,  or  grant  is  funded  in
 
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 1    whole  or  in  part  by the State of Illinois, or through the
 2    Medicaid program of the State of Illinois.
 3        "Contractor" includes a subcontractor and a contractor of
 4    a grantee and any other entity, other than a  unit  of  local
 5    government  or  a  school district, that receives State funds
 6    for supplying services or public works pursuant to a  written
 7    contract  with  the State or any of its agencies and which is
 8    controlled in whole or in part by the contractor or an entity
 9    in  which  the  contractor  has  a   substantial   beneficial
10    interest.
11        "Department" means the Department of Labor.
12        "Grantee"  includes  a  sub-grantee  and  a  grantee of a
13    contractor and any other entity which  provides  services  or
14    public  works  controlled in whole or in part by the grantee,
15    or  an  entity  in  which  the  grantee  has  a   substantial
16    beneficial interest.
17        "Employee"  means  a  person  employed by a contractor or
18    grantee  other  than  a  person  employed  in  a  bona   fide
19    supervisory  or  managerial position as defined by applicable
20    law.
21        "Labor  organization",  "employee   representative",   or
22    "union"  means  an organization or union of any kind in which
23    employees participate and which exists for  the  purpose,  in
24    whole  or  in  part,  of  representing  employees  concerning
25    grievances,  labor  disputes,  wages, rates of pay, benefits,
26    hours of employment, or working conditions.
27        "State agency" includes the State and every State agency,
28    department, board, or commission.
29        "State funds" means any money provided by  the  State  of
30    Illinois or a State agency.
31        "Public  works"  means  all  fixed  works constructed for
32    public use by any public body, other than work done  directly
33    by  any  public  utility  company,  whether or not done under
34    public supervision or direction, or paid  for  wholly  or  in
 
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 1    part  out  of public funds.  "Public works" as defined herein
 2    includes all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds
 3    issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act (Article
 4    11,  Division  74  of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code),   the
 5    Industrial   Building   Revenue   Bond   Act,   the  Illinois
 6    Development  Finance  Authority  Act,  the  Illinois   Sports
 7    Facilities Authority Act, or the Build Illinois Bond Act, and
 8    all projects financed in whole or in part with loans or other
 9    funds  made  available  pursuant  to  the Build Illinois Act.
10    "Public works" also means, through  December  31,  2005,  all
11    projects  financed  in  whole  or in part with funds from the
12    Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47  of  the  State
13    Finance Act, funds for school construction under Section 5 of
14    the  General  Obligation  Bond  Act,  funds  authorized under
15    Section 3 of the School  Construction  Bond  Act,  funds  for
16    school  infrastructure  under  Section  6z-45  of  the  State
17    Finance  Act,  or  funds  for  transportation  purposes under
18    Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act.
19        "Public body" means the State or any  officer,  board  or
20    commission  of  the  State  or  any  political subdivision or
21    department thereof, or any institution supported in whole  or
22    in  part  by  public  funds,  authorized  by law to construct
23    public  works  or  to  enter  into  any  contract   for   the
24    construction  of  public  works,  and  includes every county,
25    city, town, village, township, school  district,  irrigation,
26    utility,  reclamation improvement or other district and every
27    other political subdivision, district, or municipality of the
28    State whether such political  subdivision,  municipality,  or
29    district operates under a special charter or not.

30        Section  12.  Applicability.  This  Act does not apply to
31    the following:
32             (1)  any contract or grant that has a value of  less
33        than $25,000; or
 
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 1             (2)  any  contractor  or  grantee  that  receives at
 2        least 85% of its total revenues from sources  other  than
 3        the State of Illinois.
 4        The  dollar  amount  in  this  Section  shall  be updated
 5    annually, beginning on January  20,  2005,  by  a  percentage
 6    equal  to the change in the consumer price index-u during the
 7    preceding 12-month calendar year.  "Consumer  price  index-u"
 8    means  the  index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
 9    of the United States Department of Labor  that  measures  the
10    average  change  in prices of goods and services purchased by
11    all urban consumers, United States city average,  all  items,
12    1982-84=100.   The  new  amount  resulting  from  each annual
13    adjustment shall be determined by the Illinois Department  of
14    Labor and made available to the public on January 20 of every
15    year.

16        Section 15.  Policy requirements.
17        (a)  All  contractors  and grantees shall certify as part
18    of any State contract, grant, or reimbursement agreement that
19    they will not use State funds to promote,  assist,  or  deter
20    union  organizing  or  to  otherwise  seek  to  influence the
21    decision of any of its employees to  be  represented  or  not
22    represented by a labor organization.
23        (b)  No contractor or grantee shall receive a contract or
24    grant to provide services or public works for the citizens of
25    the  State  of  Illinois unless the contractor or grantee has
26    agreed to provide certification under subsection (a).
27        (c)  Any  reimbursement  agreement,  contract,  or  grant
28    entered into by and between a contractor or a grantee and the
29    State of Illinois or a State agency to  provide  services  or
30    public  works  shall include a certification under subsection
31    (a) and an agreement by the contractor or grantee  to  comply
32    with the terms of the certification under subsection (a).
33        (d)  Any  contractor  or grantee entering into a contract
 
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 1    with any person or entity to provide services or public works
 2    directly  subject  to,  and  primarily  for  the  purpose  of
 3    performing, the  contract  or  grant  agreement  between  the
 4    contractor  or  grantee  and the State of Illinois or a State
 5    agency shall include in the contract  or  grant  agreement  a
 6    certification   under   subsection   (a)   identical  to  the
 7    certification under subsection (a) in the contract  or  grant
 8    agreement  between the contractor or grantee and the State of
 9    Illinois or State agency.

10        Section 20. Reporting.
11        (a)  Any contractor or grantee who is subject to this Act
12    and who makes expenditures to assist, promote, or deter union
13    organizing shall maintain records sufficient to show that  no
14    State funds were used for those expenditures. Expenditures to
15    be  included  in this record include, but are not limited to,
16    the cost  of:  literature  or  other  similar  communications
17    related  to  union  representation;  the  hiring  of vendors,
18    including  lawyers  and  consultants,  for  the  purpose   of
19    influencing  a  unionization effort; the holding of meetings,
20    including meetings with supervisors and managerial employees,
21    to influence employees regarding unionization; and the  wages
22    of employees, including supervisory and management employees,
23    during  any  activity  aimed  at  influencing  a unionization
24    effort or the preparation for the activity.
25        (b)  Any taxpayer, employee, or  employee  representative
26    may  file  a complaint with the Department of Labor against a
27    contractor  or  grantee  covered  under  this  Act,  if   the
28    taxpayer,  employee,  or  employee representative believes in
29    good faith that the contractor or grantee has expended  funds
30    in violation of this Act. For the purposes of this Section, a
31    complainant   is  presumed  to  act  in  good  faith  if  the
32    complainant reasonably believes  that:  (i)  the  information
33    reported  or disclosed to the complainant is true; and (ii) a
 
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 1    violation has occurred. A complainant is not acting  in  good
 2    faith  under  this  Section  if  the  complaint  is  based on
 3    information that the complainant reasonably  should  know  is
 4    false  or  misleading  with  respect  to  the occurrence of a
 5    violation, or  if  the  complainant  has  reason  to  believe
 6    another  party  has filed a similar complaint within the past
 7    14 days.
 8        (c)  Upon receipt of a complaint by the  Department,  the
 9    Department shall immediately notify the State agency that has
10    entered  into the contract, grant, or reimbursement agreement
11    with  respect  to  which  the  complainant  has  alleged   an
12    expenditure of funds that violates this Act. The State agency
13    shall,  within  5  business days, provide the Department with
14    copies of all documents in its  possession  relevant  to  the
15    amount  and  sources  of  expenditures  by  the contractor or
16    grantee  under  the   contract,   grant,   or   reimbursement
17    agreement,  and  shall otherwise give full cooperation to the
18    Department in all aspects of the Department's adjudication of
19    the complaint. The Department shall, within 3  business  days
20    after a complaint is filed, provide the contractor or grantee
21    with a copy of the complaint by personal service or certified
22    mail,  together with notice to the contractor or grantee that
23    it must provide the records described in  subsection  (a)  of
24    this  Section.  The  contractor  or grantee shall provide the
25    records to the Department within 15 business days  after  the
26    contractor  or  grantee  receives notice from the Department,
27    unless the Department gives  the  contractor  or  grantee  an
28    extension  of  10  business  days  extension  to  provide the
29    records,  based  upon  a  showing  of  good  cause  for   the
30    extension.   The   Department  shall  keep  confidential  all
31    proprietary records submitted  by  contractors  or  grantees,
32    pursuant  to the filing of a complaint that is not subject to
33    the Freedom of Information  Act  or  relevant  to  the  State
34    contract.  The Department shall not provide these proprietary
 
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 1    records  to  the  opposing  party,  except as is necessary to
 2    investigate  or  prosecute  a  complaint,  or  to  give   the
 3    complainant    the   opportunity   to   provide   additional,
 4    supplemental, or rebuttal  information  or  evidence.   These
 5    proprietary  records  shall be subject to a protective order,
 6    if appropriate, to prohibit redisclosure.  Following the last
 7    date for receipt of  all  required  records,  the  Department
 8    shall  schedule  an  expedited  hearing. The Department shall
 9    provide the parties to the hearing with at least  5  business
10    days'  advance  notice.  The  issue  at  the hearing shall be
11    whether  there  is  probable  cause  to  believe   that   the
12    contractor  or  grantee  has  violated the Act by using State
13    funds to promote, assist, or deter union  organizing,  or  to
14    otherwise  seek  to  influence  the  decision  of  any of its
15    employees to be represented or not  represented  by  a  labor
16    organization.  The hearing shall be completed, and a decision
17    rendered by the Department, within 5 business days. For  good
18    cause, the Department may extend the final date for issuing a
19    decision  by  an  additional 5 business days. The decision of
20    the  Department  shall  not   include   the   disclosure   of
21    confidential business records.

22        Section 25. Enforcement.
23        (a)  The   Department   shall   immediately  provide  the
24    Attorney General with a copy of its decision, together with a
25    copy of the full hearing record and all  documents  submitted
26    to  the Department by other State agencies and the contractor
27    or grantee. Not earlier  than  21  calendar  days  after  the
28    Department provides these documents, the Attorney General may
29    take  any  action  that  in the sole judgment of the Attorney
30    General is necessary  to  enforce  compliance  with  the  Act
31    including,  but not limited to, a civil action for injunctive
32    relief, declaratory relief, specific performance, or  damages
33    or a combination of these remedies. Between the time that the
 
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 1    Department  renders a decision and the earliest date that the
 2    Attorney General may file an action for  enforcement  of  the
 3    Act,  any  party  to  the  hearing  before the Department may
 4    provide  the  Attorney  General  with  supplementary  written
 5    information relevant to the issue of whether  an  action  for
 6    enforcement should be filed.
 7        (b)  If  the  State  of  Illinois  brings  an enforcement
 8    action for violation of this Act, any taxpayer, employee,  or
 9    employee  representative with a direct interest in compliance
10    with this Act may join in that enforcement action as  a  real
11    party in interest.
12        (c)  If  the  State  of Illinois declines to institute an
13    action for enforcement for violation of this  Act  within  30
14    calendar  days following the decision of the Department as to
15    probable  cause,  any   taxpayer,   employee,   or   employee
16    representative with a direct interest in compliance with this
17    Act may institute and enforce a civil action on his or her or
18    its  own  behalf  against  the contractor or grantee and seek
19    injunctive relief, declaratory relief, specific  performance,
20    or  damages  or a combination of those remedies. If a private
21    party  commencing  an  action  under  this  Section  makes  a
22    preliminary  showing,  supported  by  affidavit,   that   the
23    contractor  or  grantee  may have used State funds to assist,
24    promote, or deter union organizing, or to otherwise  seek  to
25    influence  the decision of its employees to be represented or
26    not represented by a labor  organization,  that  party  shall
27    have  the  right  to  obtain,  through  subpoena, the records
28    maintained by the contractor or  grantee  under  Section  20,
29    subject  to  a  protective order, if appropriate, to prohibit
30    redisclosure.
31        (d)  Remedies for violation of this Act include  but  are
32    not  limited  to  injunctive and declaratory relief, specific
33    performance, and monetary damages. In view of the  difficulty
34    of determining actual damages incurred because of a violation
 
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 1    of  this Act, liquidated damages shall be awarded at the rate
 2    of $1,000 for each violation, plus  an  additional  $500  for
 3    each  day the violation continues without remedy. All damages
 4    shall inure to the benefit of the State of Illinois.
 5        (e)  If a private party commences a  civil  action  under
 6    this  Section that the court deems frivolous, the court shall
 7    dismiss the action and may assess court costs and  attorney's
 8    fees against the plaintiff.

 9        Section  35.  Construction  of  Act.  Nothing in this Act
10    shall be construed to make a contractor responsible  for  the
11    actions of a subcontractor.

12        Section 90.  Severability. The provisions of this Act are
13    severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

14        Section  800.  The  Freedom of Information Act is amended
15    by changing Section 7 as follows:

16        (5 ILCS 140/7) (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
17        Sec. 7.  Exemptions.
18        (1)  The following shall be exempt  from  inspection  and
19    copying:
20             (a)  Information    specifically   prohibited   from
21        disclosure  by  federal  or  State  law  or   rules   and
22        regulations adopted under federal or State law.
23             (b)  Information    that,    if   disclosed,   would
24        constitute a clearly  unwarranted  invasion  of  personal
25        privacy, unless the disclosure is consented to in writing
26        by  the  individual  subjects  of  the  information.  The
27        disclosure of information that bears on the public duties
28        of public employees and officials shall not be considered
29        an invasion of personal  privacy.   Information  exempted
30        under  this  subsection  (b)  shall  include  but  is not
 
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 1        limited to:
 2                  (i)  files and personal information  maintained
 3             with   respect   to  clients,  patients,  residents,
 4             students  or  other  individuals  receiving  social,
 5             medical,   educational,    vocational,    financial,
 6             supervisory  or  custodial care or services directly
 7             or  indirectly  from  federal  agencies  or   public
 8             bodies;
 9                  (ii)  personnel  files and personal information
10             maintained with respect to employees, appointees  or
11             elected  officials  of any public body or applicants
12             for those positions;
13                  (iii)  files    and    personal     information
14             maintained with respect to any applicant, registrant
15             or  licensee  by any public body cooperating with or
16             engaged    in    professional    or     occupational
17             registration, licensure or discipline;
18                  (iv)  information  required  of any taxpayer in
19             connection with the assessment or collection of  any
20             tax unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
21             statute; and
22                  (v)  information   revealing  the  identity  of
23             persons  who  file  complaints   with   or   provide
24             information  to  administrative,  investigative, law
25             enforcement or penal  agencies;  provided,  however,
26             that   identification   of   witnesses   to  traffic
27             accidents,  traffic  accident  reports,  and  rescue
28             reports  may  be  provided  by  agencies  of   local
29             government,  except  in  a case for which a criminal
30             investigation is  ongoing,  without  constituting  a
31             clearly  unwarranted   per  se  invasion of personal
32             privacy under this subsection.
33             (c)  Records  compiled  by  any  public   body   for
34        administrative   enforcement   proceedings  and  any  law
 
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 1        enforcement or correctional agency  for  law  enforcement
 2        purposes  or  for  internal matters of a public body, but
 3        only to the extent that disclosure would:
 4                  (i)  interfere with  pending  or  actually  and
 5             reasonably  contemplated law enforcement proceedings
 6             conducted by any  law  enforcement  or  correctional
 7             agency;
 8                  (ii)  interfere   with  pending  administrative
 9             enforcement  proceedings  conducted  by  any  public
10             body;
11                  (iii)  deprive a person of a fair trial  or  an
12             impartial hearing;
13                  (iv)  unavoidably  disclose  the  identity of a
14             confidential  source  or  confidential   information
15             furnished only by the confidential source;
16                  (v)  disclose     unique     or     specialized
17             investigative  techniques other than those generally
18             used and known or  disclose  internal  documents  of
19             correctional    agencies   related   to   detection,
20             observation or investigation of incidents  of  crime
21             or misconduct;
22                  (vi)  constitute   an   invasion   of  personal
23             privacy under subsection (b) of this Section;
24                  (vii)  endanger the life or physical safety  of
25             law enforcement personnel or any other person; or
26                  (viii)  obstruct     an     ongoing    criminal
27             investigation.
28             (d)  Criminal history record information  maintained
29        by  State  or local criminal justice agencies, except the
30        following which shall be open for public  inspection  and
31        copying:
32                  (i)  chronologically      maintained     arrest
33             information, such  as  traditional  arrest  logs  or
34             blotters;
 
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 1                  (ii)  the  name of a person in the custody of a
 2             law enforcement agency and  the  charges  for  which
 3             that person is being held;
 4                  (iii)  court records that are public;
 5                  (iv)  records   that  are  otherwise  available
 6             under State or local law; or
 7                  (v)  records in which the requesting  party  is
 8             the  individual identified, except as provided under
 9             part (vii) of paragraph (c)  of  subsection  (1)  of
10             this Section.
11             "Criminal  history  record  information"  means data
12        identifiable  to  an   individual   and   consisting   of
13        descriptions   or   notations   of  arrests,  detentions,
14        indictments, informations, pre-trial proceedings, trials,
15        or other formal events in the criminal justice system  or
16        descriptions  or notations of criminal charges (including
17        criminal violations of local  municipal  ordinances)  and
18        the   nature   of   any  disposition  arising  therefrom,
19        including sentencing, court or correctional  supervision,
20        rehabilitation  and  release.  The term does not apply to
21        statistical records and reports in which individuals  are
22        not  identified  and  from which their identities are not
23        ascertainable, or to information  that  is  for  criminal
24        investigative or intelligence purposes.
25             (e)  Records  that  relate to or affect the security
26        of correctional institutions and detention facilities.
27             (f)  Preliminary  drafts,  notes,   recommendations,
28        memoranda   and  other  records  in  which  opinions  are
29        expressed, or policies or actions are formulated,  except
30        that  a  specific  record or relevant portion of a record
31        shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
32        identified by the head of the public body. The  exemption
33        provided  in  this  paragraph  (f)  extends  to all those
34        records of officers and agencies of the General  Assembly
 
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 1        that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
 2             (g)  Trade   secrets  and  commercial  or  financial
 3        information obtained from a person or business where  the
 4        trade  secrets or information are proprietary, privileged
 5        or confidential, or where disclosure of the trade secrets
 6        or information may cause competitive harm, including  all
 7        information  determined  to be confidential under Section
 8        4002 of the Technology Advancement and  Development  Act,
 9        or   the  State  Services  Accountability  Act.   Nothing
10        contained in this paragraph (g)  shall  be  construed  to
11        prevent   a   person   or  business  from  consenting  to
12        disclosure.
13             (h)  Proposals and bids for any contract, grant,  or
14        agreement,   including   information  which  if  it  were
15        disclosed  would  frustrate  procurement   or   give   an
16        advantage  to  any  person  proposing  to  enter  into  a
17        contractor  agreement  with  the  body, until an award or
18        final selection is made.  Information prepared by or  for
19        the  body  in  preparation of a bid solicitation shall be
20        exempt until an award or final selection is made.
21             (i)  Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
22        designs, drawings and research data obtained or  produced
23        by  any  public  body when disclosure could reasonably be
24        expected to produce private gain or public loss.
25             (j)  Test  questions,   scoring   keys   and   other
26        examination   data   used   to   administer  an  academic
27        examination  or  determined  the  qualifications  of   an
28        applicant for a license or employment.
29             (k)  Architects'   plans  and  engineers'  technical
30        submissions for projects not constructed or developed  in
31        whole  or  in  part  with  public  funds and for projects
32        constructed or developed with public funds, to the extent
33        that disclosure would compromise security.
34             (l)  Library   circulation   and    order    records
 
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 1        identifying library users with specific materials.
 2             (m)  Minutes  of meetings of public bodies closed to
 3        the public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
 4        public body makes the minutes  available  to  the  public
 5        under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
 6             (n)  Communications  between  a  public  body and an
 7        attorney or auditor representing  the  public  body  that
 8        would  not  be  subject  to  discovery in litigation, and
 9        materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
10        anticipation  of  a  criminal,  civil  or  administrative
11        proceeding upon the request of an attorney  advising  the
12        public  body,  and  materials  prepared  or compiled with
13        respect to internal audits of public bodies.
14             (o)  Information received by a primary or  secondary
15        school,  college  or  university under its procedures for
16        the evaluation  of  faculty  members  by  their  academic
17        peers.
18             (p)  Administrative    or    technical   information
19        associated with  automated  data  processing  operations,
20        including   but   not   limited  to  software,  operating
21        protocols,  computer  program  abstracts,  file  layouts,
22        source  listings,  object  modules,  load  modules,  user
23        guides,  documentation  pertaining  to  all  logical  and
24        physical  design  of   computerized   systems,   employee
25        manuals,  and  any  other information that, if disclosed,
26        would jeopardize the security of the system or  its  data
27        or the security of materials exempt under this Section.
28             (q)  Documents  or  materials relating to collective
29        negotiating  matters  between  public  bodies  and  their
30        employees  or  representatives,  except  that  any  final
31        contract or agreement shall be subject to inspection  and
32        copying.
33             (r)  Drafts,  notes,  recommendations  and memoranda
34        pertaining to the financing and marketing transactions of
 
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 1        the public body. The records of ownership,  registration,
 2        transfer, and exchange of municipal debt obligations, and
 3        of   persons  to  whom  payment  with  respect  to  these
 4        obligations is made.
 5             (s)  The records, documents and information relating
 6        to  real  estate  purchase   negotiations   until   those
 7        negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
 8        With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
 9        and  reasonably  contemplated  eminent  domain proceeding
10        under  Article  VII  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure,
11        records,  documents  and  information  relating  to  that
12        parcel shall be exempt except as  may  be  allowed  under
13        discovery  rules  adopted  by the Illinois Supreme Court.
14        The records, documents and information relating to a real
15        estate sale shall be exempt until a sale is consummated.
16             (t)  Any and all proprietary information and records
17        related to the operation  of  an  intergovernmental  risk
18        management  association or self-insurance pool or jointly
19        self-administered  health  and  accident  cooperative  or
20        pool.
21             (u)  Information    concerning    a     university's
22        adjudication   of   student   or  employee  grievance  or
23        disciplinary cases, to the extent that  disclosure  would
24        reveal  the  identity  of  the  student  or  employee and
25        information concerning any public body's adjudication  of
26        student  or  employee  grievances  or disciplinary cases,
27        except for the final outcome of the cases.
28             (v)  Course materials or research materials used  by
29        faculty members.
30             (w)  Information  related  solely  to  the  internal
31        personnel rules and practices of a public body.
32             (x)  Information   contained   in   or   related  to
33        examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
34        on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
 
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 1        for  the   regulation   or   supervision   of   financial
 2        institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
 3        otherwise required by State law.
 4             (y)  Information   the   disclosure   of   which  is
 5        restricted under Section 5-108 of  the  Public  Utilities
 6        Act.
 7             (z)  Manuals  or instruction to staff that relate to
 8        establishment or collection of liability  for  any  State
 9        tax  or that relate to investigations by a public body to
10        determine violation of any criminal law.
11             (aa)  Applications, related documents,  and  medical
12        records    received    by    the    Experimental    Organ
13        Transplantation   Procedures   Board   and  any  and  all
14        documents or other records prepared by  the  Experimental
15        Organ  Transplantation  Procedures  Board  or  its  staff
16        relating to applications it has received.
17             (bb)  Insurance  or  self  insurance  (including any
18        intergovernmental risk  management  association  or  self
19        insurance   pool)   claims,   loss   or  risk  management
20        information, records, data, advice or communications.
21             (cc)  Information and records held by the Department
22        of  Public  Health  and  its  authorized  representatives
23        relating  to  known  or  suspected  cases   of   sexually
24        transmissible  disease  or any information the disclosure
25        of  which  is  restricted  under  the  Illinois  Sexually
26        Transmissible Disease Control Act.
27             (dd)  Information  the  disclosure   of   which   is
28        exempted under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing
29        Act.
30             (ee)  Firm  performance evaluations under Section 55
31        of the Architectural,  Engineering,  and  Land  Surveying
32        Qualifications Based Selection Act.
33             (ff)  Security  portions  of  system  safety program
34        plans, investigation reports, surveys, schedules,  lists,
 
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 1        data,  or information compiled, collected, or prepared by
 2        or  for  the  Regional  Transportation  Authority   under
 3        Section 2.11 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act
 4        or  the  St.  Clair  County  Transit  District  under the
 5        Bi-State Transit Safety Act.
 6             (gg)  Information  the  disclosure   of   which   is
 7        restricted  and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois
 8        Prepaid Tuition Act.
 9             (hh)  Information  the  disclosure   of   which   is
10        exempted under Section 80 of the State Gift Ban Act.
11             (ii)  Beginning July 1, 1999, information that would
12        disclose  or  might  lead  to the disclosure of secret or
13        confidential information, codes, algorithms, programs, or
14        private keys intended to be used to create electronic  or
15        digital signatures under the Electronic Commerce Security
16        Act.
17             (jj)  Information  contained  in  a  local emergency
18        energy plan submitted to  a  municipality  in  accordance
19        with  a  local  emergency  energy  plan ordinance that is
20        adopted under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal
21        Code.
22             (kk)  Information   and    data    concerning    the
23        distribution  of  surcharge moneys collected and remitted
24        by  wireless  carriers  under  the   Wireless   Emergency
25        Telephone Safety Act.
26        (2)  This  Section  does  not  authorize  withholding  of
27    information  or  limit  the  availability  of  records to the
28    public,  except  as  stated  in  this  Section  or  otherwise
29    provided in this Act.
30    (Source: P.A. 91-137, eff.  7-16-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;
31    91-660,  eff.  12-22-99;  92-16,  eff.  6-28-01; 92-241, eff.
32    8-3-01; 92-281, eff. 8-7-01; 92-645,  eff.  7-11-02;  92-651,
33    eff. 7-11-02.)".