Bill Text: IL SB3076 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a public body shall include in its list of records available under the Act the identification and a plain-text description of each of the types or categories of information of each field of each database of the public body. Provides that the public body shall provide a sufficient description of the structures of all databases under the control of the public body to allow a requester to request the public body to perform specific database queries.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3076 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3076-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) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 5. As to public records prepared or received after | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | the effective date of this Act, each public body shall | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | maintain and make available for inspection and copying a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | reasonably current list of all types or categories of records | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | under its control. The list shall be reasonably detailed in | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | order to aid persons in obtaining access to public records | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | pursuant to this Act and shall include the identification and | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | a plain-text description of each of the types or categories of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | information of each field of each database of the public body . | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Each public body shall furnish upon request a description of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the manner in which public records stored by means of | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | electronic data processing may be obtained in a form | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | comprehensible to persons lacking knowledge of computer | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | language or printout format and shall provide a sufficient | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | description of the structures of all databases under the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | control of the public body to allow a requester to request the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | public body to perform specific database queries . |
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