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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0211 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 5 ILCS 140/5 | from Ch. 116, par. 205 |
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Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
lists of available records.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0211 | | LRB097 03978 JDS 44017 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 140/5) (from Ch. 116, par. 205)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5.
As to public records prepared or received after the
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| 8 | | the effective
date of this Act, each public body shall maintain |
| 9 | | and make available for inspection
and copying a reasonably |
| 10 | | current list of all types or categories of records
under its |
| 11 | | control. The list shall be reasonably detailed in order to aid
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| 12 | | persons in obtaining access to public records pursuant to this |
| 13 | | Act. Each
public body shall furnish upon request a description |
| 14 | | of the manner in which
public records stored by means of |
| 15 | | electronic data processing may be obtained in a form
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| 16 | | comprehensible to persons lacking knowledge of computer
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| 17 | | language or printout format. |
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 83-1013.)
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