Bill Text: IL HB3664 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed


Bill Title: Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a settlement agreement that is funded in whole or part by public moneys or that releases a claim against a public body shall not require or impose any condition on any party to keep allegations, evidence, settlement amounts, or any other information confidential, except that which is necessary to protect a trade secret, proprietary information, or information that is otherwise exempt from disclosure under the Act. Provides that a severance agreement that is funded in whole or part by public moneys or that releases a claim against a public body shall not require or impose any condition on any party to keep allegations, evidence, settlement amounts, or any other information confidential, except that which is necessary to protect a trade secret, proprietary information, or information that is otherwise exempt from disclosure under the Act. Defines "settlement agreement" and "severance agreement".

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3664 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB3664-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Sections 2 and 2.20 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 140/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 202)
7 Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8 (a) "Public body" means all legislative, executive,
9administrative, or advisory bodies of the State, state
10universities and colleges, counties, townships, cities,
11villages, incorporated towns, school districts and all other
12municipal corporations, boards, bureaus, committees, or
13commissions of this State, any subsidiary bodies of any of the
14foregoing including but not limited to committees and
15subcommittees thereof, and a School Finance Authority created
16under Article 1E of the School Code. "Public body" does not
17include a child death review team or the Illinois Child Death
18Review Teams Executive Council established under the Child
19Death Review Team Act.
20 (b) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
21partnership, firm, organization or association, acting
22individually or as a group.
23 (c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms,

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1writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps,
2photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
3data processing records, electronic communications, recorded
4information and all other documentary materials pertaining to
5the transaction of public business, regardless of physical form
6or characteristics, having been prepared by or for, or having
7been or being used by, received by, in the possession of, or
8under the control of any public body.
9 (c-5) "Private information" means unique identifiers,
10including a person's social security number, driver's license
11number, employee identification number, biometric identifiers,
12personal financial information, passwords or other access
13codes, medical records, home or personal telephone numbers, and
14personal email addresses. Private information also includes
15home address and personal license plates, except as otherwise
16provided by law or when compiled without possibility of
17attribution to any person.
18 (c-10) "Commercial purpose" means the use of any part of a
19public record or records, or information derived from public
20records, in any form for sale, resale, or solicitation or
21advertisement for sales or services. For purposes of this
22definition, requests made by news media and non-profit,
23scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered
24to be made for a "commercial purpose" when the principal
25purpose of the request is (i) to access and disseminate
26information concerning news and current or passing events, (ii)

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1for articles of opinion or features of interest to the public,
2or (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public
3research or education.
4 (d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public record
5by means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical or other
6process, device or means now known or hereafter developed and
7available to the public body.
8 (e) "Head of the public body" means the president, mayor,
9chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
10manager, supervisor or individual otherwise holding primary
11executive and administrative authority for the public body, or
12such person's duly authorized designee.
13 (f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical
14issued at regular intervals whether in print or electronic
15format, a news service whether in print or electronic format, a
16radio station, a television station, a television network, a
17community antenna television service, or a person or
18corporation engaged in making news reels or other motion
19picture news for public showing.
20 (g) "Recurrent requester", as used in Section 3.2 of this
21Act, means a person that, in the 12 months immediately
22preceding the request, has submitted to the same public body
23(i) a minimum of 50 requests for records, (ii) a minimum of 15
24requests for records within a 30-day period, or (iii) a minimum
25of 7 requests for records within a 7-day period. For purposes
26of this definition, requests made by news media and non-profit,

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1scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered
2in calculating the number of requests made in the time periods
3in this definition when the principal purpose of the requests
4is (i) to access and disseminate information concerning news
5and current or passing events, (ii) for articles of opinion or
6features of interest to the public, or (iii) for the purpose of
7academic, scientific, or public research or education.
8 For the purposes of this subsection (g), "request" means a
9written document (or oral request, if the public body chooses
10to honor oral requests) that is submitted to a public body via
11personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
12means available to the public body and that identifies the
13particular public record the requester seeks. One request may
14identify multiple records to be inspected or copied.
15 (h) "Severance agreement" means a mutual agreement between
16any public body and its employee for the employee's resignation
17in exchange for payment by the public body.
18(Source: P.A. 96-261, eff. 1-1-10; 96-542, eff. 1-1-10;
1996-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-579, eff. 8-26-11.)
20 (5 ILCS 140/2.20)
21 Sec. 2.20. Settlement and severance agreements.
22 (a) All settlement agreements entered into by or on behalf
23of a public body are public records subject to inspection and
24copying by the public, provided that information exempt from
25disclosure under Section 7 of this Act may be redacted.

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1 (b) A severance agreement that is funded in whole or part
2by public moneys or that releases a claim against a public body
3shall not require or impose any condition on any party to keep
4allegations, evidence, settlement amounts, or any other
5information confidential, except that which is necessary to
6protect a trade secret, proprietary information, or
7information otherwise exempt from disclosure under Section 7 of
8this Act.
9 (c) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 98th
10General Assembly do not apply to severance agreements signed
11before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
12General Assembly.
13(Source: P.A. 96-542, eff. 1-1-10.)
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