Bill Text: IL HB4216 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that any person who knowingly, without lawful authority and with the intent to defraud any party, public officer, or entity, alters, destroys, defaces, removes, or conceals any public record commits a Class 4 felony.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1063 [HB4216 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4216-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that any person who knowingly, without lawful authority and with the intent to defraud any party, public officer, or entity, alters, destroys, defaces, removes, or conceals any public record commits a Class 4 felony.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1063 [HB4216 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4216-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 4 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 205/4) (from Ch. 116, par. 43.104)
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7 | Sec. 4.
All public records made or received by, or under | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | the
authority of, or coming into the custody, control or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | possession of any
officer or agency shall not be mutilated, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | destroyed, transferred,
removed or otherwise damaged or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | disposed of, in whole or in part, except
as provided by law. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Any person who knowingly, without lawful authority and with the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | intent to defraud any party, public officer, or entity, alters, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | destroys, defaces, removes, or conceals any public record | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | commits a Class 4 felony.
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16 | Court records filed with the clerks of the Circuit Court | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | shall be
destroyed in accordance with the Supreme
Court's | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | General Administrative Order on Recordkeeping in the Circuit
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19 | Courts. The clerks of the Circuit Courts shall notify the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Supreme Court,
in writing, specifying case records or other | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | documents which they intend to
destroy. The Supreme Court shall | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | review the schedule of items to be destroyed
and notify the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | appropriate Local Records Commission of the Court's intent to
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1 | destroy such records. The Local Records Commission, within 90 | ||||||
2 | days after
receipt of the Supreme Court's notice, may undertake | ||||||
3 | to photograph,
microphotograph, or digitize electronically any | ||||||
4 | or all such records and
documents, or, in the
alternative, may | ||||||
5 | transport such original records to the State Archives
or other | ||||||
6 | storage location under its supervision.
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7 | The Archivist may accept for deposit in the State Archives | ||||||
8 | or
regional depositories official papers, drawings, maps, | ||||||
9 | writings and
records of every description of counties, | ||||||
10 | municipal corporations,
political subdivisions and courts of | ||||||
11 | this State, when such materials are
deemed by the Archivist to | ||||||
12 | have sufficient historical or other value to
warrant their | ||||||
13 | continued preservation by the State of Illinois.
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14 | The officer or clerk depositing such records may, upon | ||||||
15 | request,
obtain from the Archivist, without charge, a certified | ||||||
16 | copy or
reproduction of any specific record, paper or document | ||||||
17 | when such record,
paper or document is required for public use.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 89-272, eff. 8-10-95.)
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