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                                     LRB093 06480 JAM 13885 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 690

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 690 on page 2,  in
 3    line 26, by inserting after "fees" the following:

 4    ", unless the court finds that the fundamental purpose of the
 5    request  is  to  further  the  commercial  interests  of  the
 6    requestor. If the court finds that the fundamental purpose of
 7    the  request  was  to further the commercial interests of the
 8    requestor, the court may award reasonable attorneys' fees  if
 9    the  court  finds that the record or records in question were
10    of clearly significant interest to  the  general  public  and
11    that  the  public body lacked any reasonable basis in law for
12    withholding the record. The court shall award fees and  costs
13    to  a public body that prevails in litigation under this Act,
14    but only upon the court's determination that  the  action  is
15    malicious or frivolous".