Bill Text: IL HB1297 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning lists of available records.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1297 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1297-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1297 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 140/5 from Ch. 116, par. 205
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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AN ACT concerning government.
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 5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 140/5) (from Ch. 116, par. 205)
Sec. 5. As to public records prepared or received after
the the effective date of this Act, each public body shall
maintain and make available for inspection and copying a
reasonably current list of all types or categories of records
under its control. The list shall be reasonably detailed in
order to aid persons in obtaining access to public records
pursuant to this Act. Each public body shall furnish upon
request a description of the manner in which public records
stored by means of electronic data processing may be obtained
in a form comprehensible to persons lacking knowledge of
computer language or printout format.
(Source: P.A. 83-1013.)