Bill Text: IL HB3805 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3805 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3805-Introduced.html
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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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