Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2005	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

5 ILCS 140/3

from Ch. 116, par. 203

5 ILCS 140/4.5 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Requires the Secretary of State to maintain an updated directory of contact information about persons designated by public bodies to whom requests should be directed for copying and inspection of public records. Requires each public body to provide the Secretary of State with updated information. Requires the Secretary of State to make the directory available to the public in print and on the Internet. Provides that an officer or employee of a public body that purposely stalls the processing of a request under the Act by asserting in bad faith one or more of the Act's reasons for delaying such processing is guilty of a business offense subject to a $1,000 fine.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Changes an incorrect reference to a subsection.

	Fiscal Note (S-AM1) (Dept of Commerce and Community Affairs)
	No fiscal impact on DCCA. In situations where a local government officer or employee purposely stalls a FOIA request in bad faith, then that person is guilty of a business offense and may receive a maximum fine of $1,000.

	Fiscal Note (Office of the Secretary of State)
	SB 1416 has a fiscal impact of $125,900 on the Secretary of State's office.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/20/2003	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama
2/20/2003	Senate	First Reading
2/20/2003	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/27/2003	Senate	Assigned to Executive
3/5/2003	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Barack Obama
3/5/2003	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
3/5/2003	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
3/5/2003	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/6/2003	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Executive; 013-000-000
3/6/2003	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2003
3/11/2003	Senate	Fiscal Note Requested by Sen. Peter J. Roskam
3/27/2003	Senate	Fiscal Note Filed as Amended by Committee Amendment No. 1
4/1/2003	Senate	Fiscal Note Filed for the Office of the Secretary of State
4/2/2003	Senate	Second Reading
4/2/2003	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003
4/4/2003	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-005
4/4/2003	House	Arrived in House
4/4/2003	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/10/2003	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
4/10/2003	House	First Reading
4/10/2003	House	Referred to Rules Committee
4/14/2003	House	Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
5/2/2003	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2005	Senate	Session Sine Die

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