Public Act 90-0670 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0670
HB2503 Enrolled LRB9007222KDks
AN ACT to amend the Freedom of Information Act by
changing Section 2.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
(5 ILCS 140/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 202)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
(a) "Public body" means any legislative, executive,
administrative, or advisory bodies of the State, state
universities and colleges, counties, townships, cities,
villages, incorporated towns, school districts and all other
municipal corporations, boards, bureaus, committees, or
commissions of this State, and any subsidiary bodies of any
of the foregoing including but not limited to committees and
subcommittees which are supported in whole or in part by tax
revenue, or which expend tax revenue. "Public body" does not
include a child death review team established under the Child
Death Review Team Act.
(b) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
partnership, firm, organization or association, acting
individually or as a group.
(c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms,
writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps,
photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
data processing records, recorded information and all other
documentary materials, regardless of physical form or
characteristics, having been prepared, or having been or
being used, received, possessed or under the control of any
public body. "Public records" includes, but is expressly not
limited to: (i) administrative manuals, procedural rules,
and instructions to staff, unless exempted by Section 7(p) of
this Act; (ii) final opinions and orders made in the
adjudication of cases, except an educational institution's
adjudication of student or employee grievance or disciplinary
cases; (iii) substantive rules; (iv) statements and
interpretations of policy which have been adopted by a public
body; (v) final planning policies, recommendations, and
decisions; (vi) factual reports, inspection reports, and
studies whether prepared by or for the public body; (vii) all
information in any account, voucher, or contract dealing with
the receipt or expenditure of public or other funds of public
bodies; (viii) the names, salaries, titles, and dates of
employment of all employees and officers of public bodies;
(ix) materials containing opinions concerning the rights of
the state, the public, a subdivision of state or a local
government, or of any private persons; (x) the name of every
official and the final records of voting in all proceedings
of public bodies; (xi) applications for any contract, permit,
grant, or agreement except as exempted from disclosure by
subsection (g) of Section 7 of this Act; (xii) each report,
document, study, or publication prepared by independent
consultants or other independent contractors for the public
body; (xiii) all other information required by law to be made
available for public inspection or copying; (xiv) information
relating to any grant or contract made by or between a public
body and another public body or private organization; and
(xv) waiver documents filed with the State Superintendent of
Education or the president of the University of Illinois
under Section 30-12.5 of the School Code, concerning nominees
for General Assembly scholarships under Sections 30-9, 30-10,
and 30-11 of the School Code and (xvi) complaints, results of
complaints, and Department of Children and Family Services
staff findings of licensing violations at day care
facilities, provided that personal and identifying
information is not released.
(d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public
record by means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical
or other process, device or means.
(e) "Head of the public body" means the president,
mayor, chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
manager, supervisor or individual otherwise holding primary
executive and administrative authority for the public body,
or such person's duly authorized designee.
(f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical
issued at regular intervals, a news service, a radio station,
a television station, a community antenna television service,
or a person or corporation engaged in making news reels or
other motion picture news for public showing.
(Source: P.A. 89-681, eff. 12-13-96; 90-144, eff. 7-23-97.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.