Bill Text: IL SB1524 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed


Bill Title: Creates the Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009. Requires that institutions of higher education that enter into an agreement to market credit cards to students pursuing an education, or that allow their student groups, alumni associations, or affiliates to enter into agreements must make a financial education program available to all students. Contains provisions requiring institutions of higher education to disclose certain agreements with credit card companies. Prohibits certain gifts and inducements. Prohibits the distribution of personally identifiable student information for the purpose of marketing credit cards. Provides that the Attorney General may enforce the Act. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Includes reports prepared by institutions of higher education documenting their relationships with credit card issuers as a public record. Exempts information about students exempted from disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the School Code, and information about undergraduate students enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted from disclosure under Section 6 of the Illinois Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009 from the Act. Amends the School Code to provide that a school district, including its agents, employees, student or alumni associations, or any affiliates, may not provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information to a business organization or financial institution that issues credit or debit cards. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois to prohibit the provision of student information to certain parties. Contains a severability clause.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB1524 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1524-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning higher education credit card marketing.
2 WHEREAS, in 2005, student loan provider Nellie Mae found
3 that over half of all students graduating from an undergraduate
4 program of study had an average of 4 credit cards and an
5 average outstanding balance of $3,000; and
6 WHEREAS, credit card debt compounds the significant
7 student loan debt that many students pursuing an undergraduate
8 education have assumed; and
9 WHEREAS, the cost of attending a program of undergraduate
10 study has increased significantly in recent years; and
11 WHEREAS, the historically cash-strapped undergraduate
12 student is particularly vulnerable to the activities of
13 predatory lenders; and
14 WHEREAS, the General Assembly finds that it is in the best
15 interest of the State of Illinois to ensure that its
16 institutions of higher education prepare students to handle
17 credit and debt responsibly; therefore
18 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
19 represented in the General Assembly:

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1 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Credit
2 Card Marketing Act of 2009.
3 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
4 "Credit card" means a card or device issued under an
5 agreement by which the credit card issuer gives to a cardholder
6 residing in the State of Illinois the privilege of obtaining
7 credit from the credit card issuer or another person in
8 connection with the purchase or lease of goods or services
9 primarily for personal, family, or household use.
10 "Credit card issuer" means a financial institution, a
11 lender other than a financial institution, or a merchant that
12 receives applications and issues credit cards to individuals.
13 "Credit card marketing activity" means any action designed
14 to promote the completion of an application by a student to
15 qualify to receive a credit card. Credit card marketing
16 activity includes, but is not limited to, the act of placing a
17 display or poster together with credit card applications on a
18 campus of an institution of higher education in the State of
19 Illinois, whether or not an employee or agent of the credit
20 card issuer attends the display. "Credit card marketing
21 activity" does not include promotional activity of a credit
22 card issuer in a newspaper, magazine, or other similar
23 publication or within the physical location of a financial
24 services business located on the campus of an institution of
25 higher education, when that activity is conducted as a part of

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1 the financial services business's regular course of business.
2 "Institution of higher education" means any publicly or
3 privately operated university, college, community college,
4 junior college, business, technical or vocational school, or
5 other educational institution offering degrees and instruction
6 beyond the secondary school level.
7 "Student pursuing an undergraduate education" means any
8 individual under the age of 21 admitted to or applying for
9 admission to an institution of higher education, or enrolled on
10 a full or part time basis in a course or program of academic,
11 business, or vocational instruction offered by or through an
12 institution of higher education, where credits earned could be
13 applied toward the earning of a bachelor's or associate's
14 degree.
15 "Tangible personal property" means personal property that
16 can be seen, weighed, measured, or touched, or that is in any
17 other matter perceptible to the senses, including, but not
18 limited to, gift cards, t-shirts, and other giveaways.
19 Section 10. Financial education. Any institution of higher
20 education that enters into an agreement to market credit cards
21 to students pursuing an undergraduate education, or that allows
22 its student groups, alumni associations, or affiliates to enter
23 into such agreements must make a financial education program
24 available to all students. Additionally, an institution of
25 higher education shall make available to all its students, via

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1 posting in a conspicuous location on its webpages, the
2 financial education information required by this Section. The
3 financial education program shall include, at a minimum:
4 (1) an explanation of the consequences of not paying
5 credit card balances in full within the time specified by
6 the billing statement, including an explanation of the
7 methods employed by credit card issuers to compute interest
8 on unpaid balances;
9 (2) an explanation of common industry practices that
10 have a negative impact to consumer credit card holders;
11 current examples include low introductory rates, a
12 description of acts on the part of cardholder that would
13 cause an immediate shift to a higher interest rate, and
14 complex timing calculations which can trigger higher
15 rates;
16 (3) examples illustrating the length of time it will
17 take to pay off various balance amounts if only the minimum
18 monthly payment required under the agreement is paid;
19 (4) an explanation of credit related terms, including
20 but not limited to fixed rates, variable rates,
21 introductory rates, balance transfers, grace periods, and
22 annual fees;
23 (5) information concerning the federal government's
24 opt-out program to limit credit card solicitations, and how
25 students may participate in it; and
26 (6) an explanation of the impact of and potential

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1 consequences that could result from using a debit card for
2 purchases that exceed the deposits in the account tied to
3 the debit card.
4 Section 15. Disclosure of agreements with credit card
5 issuers.
6 (a) Any institution of higher education, including its
7 agents, employees, or student or alumni organizations, or
8 affiliates that receives any funds or items of value from the
9 distribution of applications for credit cards to students
10 pursuing an undergraduate education, or whose student groups,
11 alumni associations or affiliates, or both, receive funds or
12 items of value from the distribution, must disclose the
13 following:
14 (1) the name of the credit card issuer that has entered
15 into an agreement with the institution of higher education;
16 (2) the nature of the institution of higher education's
17 relationship with the credit card issuer, including the
18 amount of funds or other items of value received from the
19 arrangement; and
20 (3) the way in which those funds were expended during
21 the previous school year.
22 (b) Disclosures must appear in the following locations:
23 (1) in a conspicuous location on the webpages of the
24 institution of higher education;
25 (2) in an annual report to the Illinois Board of Higher

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1 Education; and
2 (3) in any notices mailed to students marketing or
3 promoting the credit card.
4 (c) To the extent that the institution of higher education
5 is a State or government entity receiving public funds and
6 otherwise subject to the Freedom of Information Act, all
7 agreements with credit card issuers shall be subject to
8 disclosure to any requester pursuant to the Freedom of
9 Information Act.
10 (d) This Section applies to all contracts or agreements
11 entered into after the effective date of this Act. Nothing in
12 this Section is intended to or shall impair the obligations,
13 terms, conditions, or value of contracts between credit card
14 issuers and institutions of higher education that were entered
15 into before the effective date of this Act.
16 Section 20. Gifts and inducements. No institution of higher
17 education shall knowingly allow on its campus credit card
18 marketing activity that involves the offer of gifts, coupons,
19 or other tangible personal property to students pursuing an
20 undergraduate education where the ultimate goal is to induce a
21 student to complete an application for a credit card. All
22 institutions of higher education shall prohibit their
23 students, student groups, alumni associations, or affiliates
24 from providing gifts, coupons, or other tangible personal
25 property to students pursuing an undergraduate education where

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1 the ultimate goal is to induce a student to complete an
2 application for a credit card.
3 Section 25. Provision of student information prohibited.
4 Institutions of higher education, including their agents,
5 employees, student groups, alumni organizations, or any
6 affiliates may not provide to a business organization or
7 financial institution for purposes of marketing credit cards
8 the following information about students pursuing an
9 undergraduate education: (i) name, (ii) address, (iii)
10 telephone number, (iv) social security number, (v) e-mail
11 address, or (vi) other personally identifying information.
12 This requirement is waived if the student pursuing an
13 undergraduate education is 21 years of age or older.
14 Section 30. Enforcement; violations. Whenever the Attorney
15 General has reason to believe that any institution of higher
16 education is knowingly using, has used, or is about to use any
17 method, act, or practice in violation of this Act, or knows or
18 should have reason to know that agents, employees, students,
19 student groups, alumni associations, or affiliates used or are
20 about to use any method, act, or practice in violation of this
21 Act, the Attorney General may bring an action in the name of
22 the State against any institution of higher education to
23 restrain and prevent any violation of this Act and seek
24 penalties in amounts up to $1000 per incident.

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1 Section 35. Attorney General; investigations; issuance of
2 subpoenas.
3 (a) The Attorney General may conduct any investigation
4 deemed necessary regarding possible violations of this Act
5 including, but not limited to, the issuance of subpoenas to:
6 (1) require the filing of a statement or report or
7 answer interrogatories in writing as to all information
8 relevant to the alleged violations;
9 (2) examine under oath any person who possesses
10 knowledge or information directly related to the alleged
11 violations; and
12 (3) examine any record, book, document, account, or
13 paper necessary to investigate the alleged violation.
14 (b) Service by the Attorney General of any notice requiring
15 a person to file a statement or report, or of a subpoena upon
16 any person, shall be made:
17 (1) personally by delivery of a duly executed copy
18 thereof to the person to be served or, if the person is not
19 a natural person, in the manner provided in the Code of
20 Civil Procedure when a complaint is filed; or
21 (2) by mailing by certified mail a duly executed copy
22 thereof to the person to be served at his or her last known
23 abode or principal place of business within this State.
24 (c) If any person fails or refuses to file any statement or
25 report, or obey any subpoena issued by the Attorney General,

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1 then the Attorney General may file a complaint in the circuit
2 court for the:
3 (1) granting of injunctive relief, restraining the
4 sale or advertisement of any merchandise by such persons,
5 or the conduct of any trade or commerce that is involved;
6 and
7 (2) granting of such other relief as may be required;
8 until the person files the statement or report, or obeys
9 the subpoena.
10 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
11 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
12 Section 900. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
13 changing Sections 2 and 7 as follows:
14 (5 ILCS 140/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 202)
15 Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
16 (a) "Public body" means any legislative, executive,
17 administrative, or advisory bodies of the State, state
18 universities and colleges, counties, townships, cities,
19 villages, incorporated towns, school districts and all other
20 municipal corporations, boards, bureaus, committees, or
21 commissions of this State, any subsidiary bodies of any of the
22 foregoing including but not limited to committees and
23 subcommittees which are supported in whole or in part by tax

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1 revenue, or which expend tax revenue, and a School Finance
2 Authority created under Article 1E of the School Code. "Public
3 body" does not include a child death review team or the
4 Illinois Child Death Review Teams Executive Council
5 established under the Child Death Review Team Act.
6 (b) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
7 partnership, firm, organization or association, acting
8 individually or as a group.
9 (c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms,
10 writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps,
11 photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
12 data processing records, recorded information and all other
13 documentary materials, regardless of physical form or
14 characteristics, having been prepared, or having been or being
15 used, received, possessed or under the control of any public
16 body. "Public records" includes, but is expressly not limited
17 to: (i) administrative manuals, procedural rules, and
18 instructions to staff, unless exempted by Section 7(p) of this
19 Act; (ii) final opinions and orders made in the adjudication of
20 cases, except an educational institution's adjudication of
21 student or employee grievance or disciplinary cases; (iii)
22 substantive rules; (iv) statements and interpretations of
23 policy which have been adopted by a public body; (v) final
24 planning policies, recommendations, and decisions; (vi)
25 factual reports, inspection reports, and studies whether
26 prepared by or for the public body; (vii) all information in

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1 any account, voucher, or contract dealing with the receipt or
2 expenditure of public or other funds of public bodies; (viii)
3 the names, salaries, titles, and dates of employment of all
4 employees and officers of public bodies; (ix) materials
5 containing opinions concerning the rights of the state, the
6 public, a subdivision of state or a local government, or of any
7 private persons; (x) the name of every official and the final
8 records of voting in all proceedings of public bodies; (xi)
9 applications for any contract, permit, grant, or agreement
10 except as exempted from disclosure by subsection (g) of Section
11 7 of this Act; (xii) each report, document, study, or
12 publication prepared by independent consultants or other
13 independent contractors for the public body; (xiii) all other
14 information required by law to be made available for public
15 inspection or copying; (xiv) information relating to any grant
16 or contract made by or between a public body and another public
17 body or private organization; (xv) waiver documents filed with
18 the State Superintendent of Education or the president of the
19 University of Illinois under Section 30-12.5 of the School
20 Code, concerning nominees for General Assembly scholarships
21 under Sections 30-9, 30-10, and 30-11 of the School Code; (xvi)
22 complaints, results of complaints, and Department of Children
23 and Family Services staff findings of licensing violations at
24 day care facilities, provided that personal and identifying
25 information is not released; and (xvii) records, reports,
26 forms, writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, and other

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1 documentary information, regardless of physical form or
2 characteristics, having been prepared, or having been or being
3 used, received, possessed, or under the control of the Illinois
4 Sports Facilities Authority dealing with the receipt or
5 expenditure of public funds or other funds of the Authority in
6 connection with the reconstruction, renovation, remodeling,
7 extension, or improvement of all or substantially all of an
8 existing "facility" as that term is defined in the Illinois
9 Sports Facilities Authority Act; and (xviii) reports prepared
10 by institutions of higher education in the State of Illinois
11 documenting their relationship with credit card issuers,
12 otherwise disclosed to the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
13 (d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public record
14 by means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical or other
15 process, device or means.
16 (e) "Head of the public body" means the president, mayor,
17 chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
18 manager, supervisor or individual otherwise holding primary
19 executive and administrative authority for the public body, or
20 such person's duly authorized designee.
21 (f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical
22 issued at regular intervals whether in print or electronic
23 format, a news service whether in print or electronic format, a
24 radio station, a television station, a television network, a
25 community antenna television service, or a person or
26 corporation engaged in making news reels or other motion

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1 picture news for public showing.
2 (Source: P.A. 91-935, eff. 6-1-01; 92-335, eff. 8-10-01;
3 92-468, eff. 8-22-01; 92-547, eff. 6-13-02; 92-651, eff.
4 7-11-02.)
5 (5 ILCS 140/7) (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
6 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-988)
7 Sec. 7. Exemptions.
8 (1) The following shall be exempt from inspection and
9 copying:
10 (a) Information specifically prohibited from
11 disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
12 adopted under federal or State law.
13 (b) Information that, if disclosed, would constitute a
14 clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
15 the disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
16 subjects of the information. The disclosure of information
17 that bears on the public duties of public employees and
18 officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
19 privacy. Information exempted under this subsection (b)
20 shall include but is not limited to:
21 (i) files and personal information maintained with
22 respect to clients, patients, residents, students or
23 other individuals receiving social, medical,
24 educational, vocational, financial, supervisory or
25 custodial care or services directly or indirectly from

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1 federal agencies or public bodies;
2 (ii) personnel files and personal information
3 maintained with respect to employees, appointees or
4 elected officials of any public body or applicants for
5 those positions;
6 (iii) files and personal information maintained
7 with respect to any applicant, registrant or licensee
8 by any public body cooperating with or engaged in
9 professional or occupational registration, licensure
10 or discipline;
11 (iv) information required of any taxpayer in
12 connection with the assessment or collection of any tax
13 unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
14 statute;
15 (v) information revealing the identity of persons
16 who file complaints with or provide information to
17 administrative, investigative, law enforcement or
18 penal agencies; provided, however, that identification
19 of witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
20 reports, and rescue reports may be provided by agencies
21 of local government, except in a case for which a
22 criminal investigation is ongoing, without
23 constituting a clearly unwarranted per se invasion of
24 personal privacy under this subsection; and
25 (vi) the names, addresses, or other personal
26 information of participants and registrants in park

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1 district, forest preserve district, and conservation
2 district programs.
3 (c) Records compiled by any public body for
4 administrative enforcement proceedings and any law
5 enforcement or correctional agency for law enforcement
6 purposes or for internal matters of a public body, but only
7 to the extent that disclosure would:
8 (i) interfere with pending or actually and
9 reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
10 conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
11 agency;
12 (ii) interfere with pending administrative
13 enforcement proceedings conducted by any public body;
14 (iii) deprive a person of a fair trial or an
15 impartial hearing;
16 (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
17 confidential source or confidential information
18 furnished only by the confidential source;
19 (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
20 techniques other than those generally used and known or
21 disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
22 related to detection, observation or investigation of
23 incidents of crime or misconduct;
24 (vi) constitute an invasion of personal privacy
25 under subsection (b) of this Section;
26 (vii) endanger the life or physical safety of law

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1 enforcement personnel or any other person; or
2 (viii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation.
3 (d) Criminal history record information maintained by
4 State or local criminal justice agencies, except the
5 following which shall be open for public inspection and
6 copying:
7 (i) chronologically maintained arrest information,
8 such as traditional arrest logs or blotters;
9 (ii) the name of a person in the custody of a law
10 enforcement agency and the charges for which that
11 person is being held;
12 (iii) court records that are public;
13 (iv) records that are otherwise available under
14 State or local law; or
15 (v) records in which the requesting party is the
16 individual identified, except as provided under part
17 (vii) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this
18 Section.
19 "Criminal history record information" means data
20 identifiable to an individual and consisting of
21 descriptions or notations of arrests, detentions,
22 indictments, informations, pre-trial proceedings, trials,
23 or other formal events in the criminal justice system or
24 descriptions or notations of criminal charges (including
25 criminal violations of local municipal ordinances) and the
26 nature of any disposition arising therefrom, including

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1 sentencing, court or correctional supervision,
2 rehabilitation and release. The term does not apply to
3 statistical records and reports in which individuals are
4 not identified and from which their identities are not
5 ascertainable, or to information that is for criminal
6 investigative or intelligence purposes.
7 (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
8 correctional institutions and detention facilities.
9 (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
10 memoranda and other records in which opinions are
11 expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
12 that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
13 shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
14 identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
15 provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
16 of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
17 pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
18 (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
19 information obtained from a person or business where the
20 trade secrets or information are proprietary, privileged
21 or confidential, or where disclosure of the trade secrets
22 or information may cause competitive harm, including:
23 (i) All information determined to be confidential
24 under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
25 Development Act.
26 (ii) All trade secrets and commercial or financial

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1 information obtained by a public body, including a
2 public pension fund, from a private equity fund or a
3 privately held company within the investment portfolio
4 of a private equity fund as a result of either
5 investing or evaluating a potential investment of
6 public funds in a private equity fund. The exemption
7 contained in this item does not apply to the aggregate
8 financial performance information of a private equity
9 fund, nor to the identity of the fund's managers or
10 general partners. The exemption contained in this item
11 does not apply to the identity of a privately held
12 company within the investment portfolio of a private
13 equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
14 privately held company may cause competitive harm.
15 Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be construed
16 to prevent a person or business from consenting to disclosure.
17 (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
18 agreement, including information which if it were
19 disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
20 to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
21 agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
22 is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
23 preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
24 award or final selection is made.
25 (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
26 designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by

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1 any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
2 expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
3 exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
4 this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news
5 media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
6 requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
7 purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
8 information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
9 legal rights of the general public.
10 (j) Test questions, scoring keys and other examination
11 data used to administer an academic examination or
12 determined the qualifications of an applicant for a license
13 or employment.
14 (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
15 submissions, and other construction related technical
16 documents for projects not constructed or developed in
17 whole or in part with public funds and the same for
18 projects constructed or developed with public funds, but
19 only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
20 security, including but not limited to water treatment
21 facilities, airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention
22 centers, and all government owned, operated, or occupied
23 buildings.
24 (l) Library circulation and order records identifying
25 library users with specific materials.
26 (m) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the

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1 public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
2 public body makes the minutes available to the public under
3 Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
4 (n) Communications between a public body and an
5 attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
6 not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
7 prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
8 anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
9 proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
10 public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
11 respect to internal audits of public bodies.
12 (o) Information received by a primary or secondary
13 school, college or university under its procedures for the
14 evaluation of faculty members by their academic peers.
15 (p) Administrative or technical information associated
16 with automated data processing operations, including but
17 not limited to software, operating protocols, computer
18 program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
19 modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
20 pertaining to all logical and physical design of
21 computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
22 information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
23 security of the system or its data or the security of
24 materials exempt under this Section.
25 (q) Documents or materials relating to collective
26 negotiating matters between public bodies and their

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1 employees or representatives, except that any final
2 contract or agreement shall be subject to inspection and
3 copying.
4 (r) Drafts, notes, recommendations and memoranda
5 pertaining to the financing and marketing transactions of
6 the public body. The records of ownership, registration,
7 transfer, and exchange of municipal debt obligations, and
8 of persons to whom payment with respect to these
9 obligations is made.
10 (s) The records, documents and information relating to
11 real estate purchase negotiations until those negotiations
12 have been completed or otherwise terminated. With regard to
13 a parcel involved in a pending or actually and reasonably
14 contemplated eminent domain proceeding under the Eminent
15 Domain Act, records, documents and information relating to
16 that parcel shall be exempt except as may be allowed under
17 discovery rules adopted by the Illinois Supreme Court. The
18 records, documents and information relating to a real
19 estate sale shall be exempt until a sale is consummated.
20 (t) Any and all proprietary information and records
21 related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
22 management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
23 self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
24 (u) Information concerning a university's adjudication
25 of student or employee grievance or disciplinary cases, to
26 the extent that disclosure would reveal the identity of the

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1 student or employee and information concerning any public
2 body's adjudication of student or employee grievances or
3 disciplinary cases, except for the final outcome of the
4 cases.
5 (v) Course materials or research materials used by
6 faculty members.
7 (w) Information related solely to the internal
8 personnel rules and practices of a public body.
9 (x) Information contained in or related to
10 examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
11 on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
12 for the regulation or supervision of financial
13 institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
14 otherwise required by State law.
15 (y) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
16 under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
17 (z) Manuals or instruction to staff that relate to
18 establishment or collection of liability for any State tax
19 or that relate to investigations by a public body to
20 determine violation of any criminal law.
21 (aa) Applications, related documents, and medical
22 records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
23 Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
24 prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
25 Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
26 has received.

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1 (bb) Insurance or self insurance (including any
2 intergovernmental risk management association or self
3 insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
4 information, records, data, advice or communications.
5 (cc) Information and records held by the Department of
6 Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
7 to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
8 disease or any information the disclosure of which is
9 restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
10 Disease Control Act.
11 (dd) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
12 under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
13 (ee) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
14 the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
15 Qualifications Based Selection Act.
16 (ff) Security portions of system safety program plans,
17 investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
18 information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
19 Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
20 the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
21 County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
22 Act.
23 (gg) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
24 and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
25 Tuition Act.
26 (hh) Information the disclosure of which is exempted

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1 under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
2 (ii) Beginning July 1, 1999, information that would
3 disclose or might lead to the disclosure of secret or
4 confidential information, codes, algorithms, programs, or
5 private keys intended to be used to create electronic or
6 digital signatures under the Electronic Commerce Security
7 Act.
8 (jj) Information contained in a local emergency energy
9 plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
10 emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
11 Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
12 (kk) Information and data concerning the distribution
13 of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by wireless
14 carriers under the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety
15 Act.
16 (ll) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
17 response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
18 prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's
19 population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
20 destruction or contamination of which would constitute a
21 clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
22 community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
23 reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
24 the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement
25 them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
26 include such things as details pertaining to the

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1 mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
2 the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
3 tactical operations.
4 (mm) Maps and other records regarding the location or
5 security of generation, transmission, distribution,
6 storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
7 owned by a utility or by the Illinois Power Agency.
8 (nn) Law enforcement officer identification
9 information or driver identification information compiled
10 by a law enforcement agency or the Department of
11 Transportation under Section 11-212 of the Illinois
12 Vehicle Code.
13 (oo) Records and information provided to a residential
14 health care facility resident sexual assault and death
15 review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
16 Prevention Review Team Act.
17 (pp) Information provided to the predatory lending
18 database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
19 Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
20 authorized under that Article.
21 (qq) Defense budgets and petitions for certification
22 of compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
23 counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
24 Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (qq) shall apply
25 until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
26 prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior

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1 to trial or sentencing.
2 (rr) Information contained in or related to proposals,
3 bids, or negotiations related to electric power
4 procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
5 Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act that
6 is determined to be confidential and proprietary by the
7 Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
8 Commission.
9 (ss) Information that is prohibited from being
10 disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
11 Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
12 (tt) Information about students exempted from
13 disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
14 School Code, and information about undergraduate students
15 enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
16 from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
17 Card Marketing Act of 2009.
18 (2) This Section does not authorize withholding of
19 information or limit the availability of records to the public,
20 except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
21 Act.
22 (Source: P.A. 94-280, eff. 1-1-06; 94-508, eff. 1-1-06; 94-664,
23 eff. 1-1-06; 94-931, eff. 6-26-06; 94-953, eff. 6-27-06;
24 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-481, eff.
25 8-28-07; 95-941, eff. 8-29-08.)

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1 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-988)
2 Sec. 7. Exemptions.
3 (1) The following shall be exempt from inspection and
4 copying:
5 (a) Information specifically prohibited from
6 disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
7 adopted under federal or State law.
8 (b) Information that, if disclosed, would constitute a
9 clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
10 the disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
11 subjects of the information. The disclosure of information
12 that bears on the public duties of public employees and
13 officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
14 privacy. Information exempted under this subsection (b)
15 shall include but is not limited to:
16 (i) files and personal information maintained with
17 respect to clients, patients, residents, students or
18 other individuals receiving social, medical,
19 educational, vocational, financial, supervisory or
20 custodial care or services directly or indirectly from
21 federal agencies or public bodies;
22 (ii) personnel files and personal information
23 maintained with respect to employees, appointees or
24 elected officials of any public body or applicants for
25 those positions;
26 (iii) files and personal information maintained

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1 with respect to any applicant, registrant or licensee
2 by any public body cooperating with or engaged in
3 professional or occupational registration, licensure
4 or discipline;
5 (iv) information required of any taxpayer in
6 connection with the assessment or collection of any tax
7 unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
8 statute;
9 (v) information revealing the identity of persons
10 who file complaints with or provide information to
11 administrative, investigative, law enforcement or
12 penal agencies; provided, however, that identification
13 of witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
14 reports, and rescue reports may be provided by agencies
15 of local government, except in a case for which a
16 criminal investigation is ongoing, without
17 constituting a clearly unwarranted per se invasion of
18 personal privacy under this subsection;
19 (vi) the names, addresses, or other personal
20 information of participants and registrants in park
21 district, forest preserve district, and conservation
22 district programs; and
23 (vii) the Notarial Record or other medium
24 containing the thumbprint or fingerprint required by
25 Section 3-102(c)(6) of the Illinois Notary Public Act.
26 (c) Records compiled by any public body for

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1 administrative enforcement proceedings and any law
2 enforcement or correctional agency for law enforcement
3 purposes or for internal matters of a public body, but only
4 to the extent that disclosure would:
5 (i) interfere with pending or actually and
6 reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
7 conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
8 agency;
9 (ii) interfere with pending administrative
10 enforcement proceedings conducted by any public body;
11 (iii) deprive a person of a fair trial or an
12 impartial hearing;
13 (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
14 confidential source or confidential information
15 furnished only by the confidential source;
16 (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
17 techniques other than those generally used and known or
18 disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
19 related to detection, observation or investigation of
20 incidents of crime or misconduct;
21 (vi) constitute an invasion of personal privacy
22 under subsection (b) of this Section;
23 (vii) endanger the life or physical safety of law
24 enforcement personnel or any other person; or
25 (viii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation.
26 (d) Criminal history record information maintained by

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1 State or local criminal justice agencies, except the
2 following which shall be open for public inspection and
3 copying:
4 (i) chronologically maintained arrest information,
5 such as traditional arrest logs or blotters;
6 (ii) the name of a person in the custody of a law
7 enforcement agency and the charges for which that
8 person is being held;
9 (iii) court records that are public;
10 (iv) records that are otherwise available under
11 State or local law; or
12 (v) records in which the requesting party is the
13 individual identified, except as provided under part
14 (vii) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this
15 Section.
16 "Criminal history record information" means data
17 identifiable to an individual and consisting of
18 descriptions or notations of arrests, detentions,
19 indictments, informations, pre-trial proceedings, trials,
20 or other formal events in the criminal justice system or
21 descriptions or notations of criminal charges (including
22 criminal violations of local municipal ordinances) and the
23 nature of any disposition arising therefrom, including
24 sentencing, court or correctional supervision,
25 rehabilitation and release. The term does not apply to
26 statistical records and reports in which individuals are

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1 not identified and from which their identities are not
2 ascertainable, or to information that is for criminal
3 investigative or intelligence purposes.
4 (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
5 correctional institutions and detention facilities.
6 (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
7 memoranda and other records in which opinions are
8 expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
9 that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
10 shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
11 identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
12 provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
13 of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
14 pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
15 (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
16 information obtained from a person or business where the
17 trade secrets or information are proprietary, privileged
18 or confidential, or where disclosure of the trade secrets
19 or information may cause competitive harm, including:
20 (i) All information determined to be confidential
21 under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
22 Development Act.
23 (ii) All trade secrets and commercial or financial
24 information obtained by a public body, including a
25 public pension fund, from a private equity fund or a
26 privately held company within the investment portfolio

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1 of a private equity fund as a result of either
2 investing or evaluating a potential investment of
3 public funds in a private equity fund. The exemption
4 contained in this item does not apply to the aggregate
5 financial performance information of a private equity
6 fund, nor to the identity of the fund's managers or
7 general partners. The exemption contained in this item
8 does not apply to the identity of a privately held
9 company within the investment portfolio of a private
10 equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
11 privately held company may cause competitive harm.
12 Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be construed
13 to prevent a person or business from consenting to disclosure.
14 (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
15 agreement, including information which if it were
16 disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
17 to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
18 agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
19 is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
20 preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
21 award or final selection is made.
22 (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
23 designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by
24 any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
25 expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
26 exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in

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1 this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news
2 media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
3 requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
4 purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
5 information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
6 legal rights of the general public.
7 (j) Test questions, scoring keys and other examination
8 data used to administer an academic examination or
9 determined the qualifications of an applicant for a license
10 or employment.
11 (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
12 submissions, and other construction related technical
13 documents for projects not constructed or developed in
14 whole or in part with public funds and the same for
15 projects constructed or developed with public funds, but
16 only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
17 security, including but not limited to water treatment
18 facilities, airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention
19 centers, and all government owned, operated, or occupied
20 buildings.
21 (l) Library circulation and order records identifying
22 library users with specific materials.
23 (m) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
24 public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
25 public body makes the minutes available to the public under
26 Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.

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1 (n) Communications between a public body and an
2 attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
3 not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
4 prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
5 anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
6 proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
7 public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
8 respect to internal audits of public bodies.
9 (o) Information received by a primary or secondary
10 school, college or university under its procedures for the
11 evaluation of faculty members by their academic peers.
12 (p) Administrative or technical information associated
13 with automated data processing operations, including but
14 not limited to software, operating protocols, computer
15 program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
16 modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
17 pertaining to all logical and physical design of
18 computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
19 information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
20 security of the system or its data or the security of
21 materials exempt under this Section.
22 (q) Documents or materials relating to collective
23 negotiating matters between public bodies and their
24 employees or representatives, except that any final
25 contract or agreement shall be subject to inspection and
26 copying.

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1 (r) Drafts, notes, recommendations and memoranda
2 pertaining to the financing and marketing transactions of
3 the public body. The records of ownership, registration,
4 transfer, and exchange of municipal debt obligations, and
5 of persons to whom payment with respect to these
6 obligations is made.
7 (s) The records, documents and information relating to
8 real estate purchase negotiations until those negotiations
9 have been completed or otherwise terminated. With regard to
10 a parcel involved in a pending or actually and reasonably
11 contemplated eminent domain proceeding under the Eminent
12 Domain Act, records, documents and information relating to
13 that parcel shall be exempt except as may be allowed under
14 discovery rules adopted by the Illinois Supreme Court. The
15 records, documents and information relating to a real
16 estate sale shall be exempt until a sale is consummated.
17 (t) Any and all proprietary information and records
18 related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
19 management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
20 self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
21 (u) Information concerning a university's adjudication
22 of student or employee grievance or disciplinary cases, to
23 the extent that disclosure would reveal the identity of the
24 student or employee and information concerning any public
25 body's adjudication of student or employee grievances or
26 disciplinary cases, except for the final outcome of the

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1 cases.
2 (v) Course materials or research materials used by
3 faculty members.
4 (w) Information related solely to the internal
5 personnel rules and practices of a public body.
6 (x) Information contained in or related to
7 examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
8 on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
9 for the regulation or supervision of financial
10 institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
11 otherwise required by State law.
12 (y) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
13 under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
14 (z) Manuals or instruction to staff that relate to
15 establishment or collection of liability for any State tax
16 or that relate to investigations by a public body to
17 determine violation of any criminal law.
18 (aa) Applications, related documents, and medical
19 records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
20 Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
21 prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
22 Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
23 has received.
24 (bb) Insurance or self insurance (including any
25 intergovernmental risk management association or self
26 insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management

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1 information, records, data, advice or communications.
2 (cc) Information and records held by the Department of
3 Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
4 to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
5 disease or any information the disclosure of which is
6 restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
7 Disease Control Act.
8 (dd) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
9 under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
10 (ee) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
11 the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
12 Qualifications Based Selection Act.
13 (ff) Security portions of system safety program plans,
14 investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
15 information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
16 Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
17 the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
18 County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
19 Act.
20 (gg) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
21 and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
22 Tuition Act.
23 (hh) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
24 under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
25 (ii) Beginning July 1, 1999, information that would
26 disclose or might lead to the disclosure of secret or

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1 confidential information, codes, algorithms, programs, or
2 private keys intended to be used to create electronic or
3 digital signatures under the Electronic Commerce Security
4 Act.
5 (jj) Information contained in a local emergency energy
6 plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
7 emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
8 Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
9 (kk) Information and data concerning the distribution
10 of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by wireless
11 carriers under the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety
12 Act.
13 (ll) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
14 response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
15 prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's
16 population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
17 destruction or contamination of which would constitute a
18 clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
19 community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
20 reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
21 the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement
22 them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
23 include such things as details pertaining to the
24 mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
25 the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
26 tactical operations.

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1 (mm) Maps and other records regarding the location or
2 security of generation, transmission, distribution,
3 storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
4 owned by a utility or by the Illinois Power Agency.
5 (nn) Law enforcement officer identification
6 information or driver identification information compiled
7 by a law enforcement agency or the Department of
8 Transportation under Section 11-212 of the Illinois
9 Vehicle Code.
10 (oo) Records and information provided to a residential
11 health care facility resident sexual assault and death
12 review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
13 Prevention Review Team Act.
14 (pp) Information provided to the predatory lending
15 database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
16 Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
17 authorized under that Article.
18 (qq) Defense budgets and petitions for certification
19 of compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
20 counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
21 Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (qq) shall apply
22 until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
23 prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
24 to trial or sentencing.
25 (rr) Information contained in or related to proposals,
26 bids, or negotiations related to electric power

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1 procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
2 Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act that
3 is determined to be confidential and proprietary by the
4 Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
5 Commission.
6 (ss) Information that is prohibited from being
7 disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
8 Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
9 (tt) Information about students exempted from
10 disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
11 School Code, and information about undergraduate students
12 enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
13 from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
14 Card Marketing Act of 2009.
15 (2) This Section does not authorize withholding of
16 information or limit the availability of records to the public,
17 except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
18 Act.
19 (Source: P.A. 94-280, eff. 1-1-06; 94-508, eff. 1-1-06; 94-664,
20 eff. 1-1-06; 94-931, eff. 6-26-06; 94-953, eff. 6-27-06;
21 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-481, eff.
22 8-28-07; 95-941, eff. 8-29-08; 95-988, eff. 6-1-09; revised
23 10-20-08.)
24 Section 905. The School Code is amended by changing
25 Sections 10-20.38 and 34-18.29 as follows:

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1 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.38)
2 Sec. 10-20.38. Provision of student information
3 prohibited. A school district, including its agents,
4 employees, student or alumni associations, or any affiliates,
5 may not provide a student's name, address, telephone number,
6 social security number, e-mail address, or other personal
7 identifying information to a business organization or
8 financial institution that issues credit or debit cards.
9 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
10 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.29)
11 Sec. 34-18.29. Provision of student information
12 prohibited. The school district, including its agents,
13 employees, student or alumni associations, or any affiliates,
14 may not provide a student's name, address, telephone number,
15 social security number, e-mail address, or other personal
16 identifying information to a business organization or
17 financial institution that issues credit or debit cards.
18 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
19 Section 910. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
20 changing Section 30 as follows:
21 (110 ILCS 305/30)
22 Sec. 30. Provision of student and social security

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1 information prohibited.
2 (a) The University, including its agents, employees,
3 student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not
4 provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social
5 security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
6 information to a business organization or financial
7 institution that issues credit or debit cards, unless the
8 student is 21 years of age or older.
9 (b) The University may not print an individual's social
10 security number on any card or other document required for the
11 individual to access products or services provided by the
12 University.
13 (Source: P.A. 93-549, eff. 8-19-03; 94-226, eff. 1-1-06.)
14 Section 915. The Southern Illinois University Management
15 Act is amended by changing Section 16 as follows:
16 (110 ILCS 520/16)
17 Sec. 16. Provision of student and social security
18 information prohibited.
19 (a) The University, including its agents, employees,
20 student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not
21 provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social
22 security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
23 information to a business organization or financial
24 institution that issues credit or debit cards, unless the

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1 student is 21 years of age or older.
2 (b) The University may not print an individual's social
3 security number on any card or other document required for the
4 individual to access products or services provided by the
5 University.
6 (Source: P.A. 93-549, eff. 8-19-03; 94-226, eff. 1-1-06.)
7 Section 920. The Chicago State University Law is amended by
8 changing Section 5-125 as follows:
9 (110 ILCS 660/5-125)
10 Sec. 5-125. Provision of student and social security
11 information prohibited.
12 (a) The University, including its agents, employees,
13 student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not
14 provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social
15 security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
16 information to a business organization or financial
17 institution that issues credit or debit cards, unless the
18 student is 21 years of age or older.
19 (b) The University may not print an individual's social
20 security number on any card or other document required for the
21 individual to access products or services provided by the
22 University.
23 (Source: P.A. 93-549, eff. 8-19-03; 94-226, eff. 1-1-06.)

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1 Section 925. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended
2 by changing Section 10-125 as follows:
3 (110 ILCS 665/10-125)
4 Sec. 10-125. Provision of student and social security
5 information prohibited.
6 (a) The University, including its agents, employees,
7 student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not
8 provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social
9 security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
10 information to a business organization or financial
11 institution that issues credit or debit cards, unless the
12 student is 21 years of age or older.
13 (b) The University may not print an individual's social
14 security number on any card or other document required for the
15 individual to access products or services provided by the
16 University.
17 (Source: P.A. 93-549, eff. 8-19-03; 94-226, eff. 1-1-06.)
18 Section 930. The Governors State University Law is amended
19 by changing Section 15-125 as follows:
20 (110 ILCS 670/15-125)
21 Sec. 15-125. Provision of student and social security
22 information prohibited.
23 (a) The University, including its agents, employees,

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1 student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not
2 provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social
3 security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
4 information to a business organization or financial
5 institution that issues credit or debit cards, unless the
6 student is 21 years of age or older.
7 (b) The University may not print an individual's social
8 security number on any card or other document required for the
9 individual to access products or services provided by the
10 University.
11 (Source: P.A. 93-549, eff. 8-19-03; 94-226, eff. 1-1-06.)
12 Section 935. The Illinois State University Law is amended
13 by changing Section 20-130 as follows:
14 (110 ILCS 675/20-130)
15 Sec. 20-130. Provision of student and social security
16 information prohibited.
17 (a) The University, including its agents, employees,
18 student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not
19 provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social
20 security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
21 information to a business organization or financial
22 institution that issues credit or debit cards, unless the
23 student is 21 years of age or older.
24 (b) The University may not print an individual's social

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1 security number on any card or other document required for the
2 individual to access products or services provided by the
3 University.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-549, eff. 8-19-03; 94-226, eff. 1-1-06.)
5 Section 940. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
6 amended by changing Section 25-125 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 680/25-125)
8 Sec. 25-125. Provision of student and social security
9 information prohibited.
10 (a) The University, including its agents, employees,
11 student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not
12 provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social
13 security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
14 information to a business organization or financial
15 institution that issues credit or debit cards, unless the
16 student is 21 years of age or older.
17 (b) The University may not print an individual's social
18 security number on any card or other document required for the
19 individual to access products or services provided by the
20 University.
21 (Source: P.A. 93-549, eff. 8-19-03; 94-226, eff. 1-1-06.)
22 Section 945. The Northern Illinois University Law is
23 amended by changing Section 30-135 as follows:

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1 (110 ILCS 685/30-135)
2 Sec. 30-135. Provision of student and social security
3 information prohibited.
4 (a) The University, including its agents, employees,
5 student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not
6 provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social
7 security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
8 information to a business organization or financial
9 institution that issues credit or debit cards, unless the
10 student is 21 years of age or older.
11 (b) The University may not print an individual's social
12 security number on any card or other document required for the
13 individual to access products or services provided by the
14 University.
15 (Source: P.A. 93-549, eff. 8-19-03; 94-226, eff. 1-1-06.)
16 Section 950. The Western Illinois University Law is amended
17 by changing Section 35-130 as follows:
18 (110 ILCS 690/35-130)
19 Sec. 35-130. Provision of student and social security
20 information prohibited.
21 (a) The University, including its agents, employees,
22 student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not
23 provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social

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1 security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
2 information to a business organization or financial
3 institution that issues credit or debit cards, unless the
4 student is 21 years of age or older.
5 (b) The University may not print an individual's social
6 security number on any card or other document required for the
7 individual to access products or services provided by the
8 University.
9 (Source: P.A. 93-549, eff. 8-19-03; 94-226, eff. 1-1-06.)
10 Section 955. The Public Community College Act is amended by
11 changing Section 3-60 as follows:
12 (110 ILCS 805/3-60)
13 Sec. 3-60. Provision of student and social security
14 information prohibited.
15 (a) A community college, including its agents, employees,
16 student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not
17 provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social
18 security number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying
19 information to a business organization or financial
20 institution that issues credit or debit cards, unless the
21 student is 21 years of age or older.
22 (b) A community college may not print an individual's
23 social security number on any card or other document required
24 for the individual to access products or services provided by

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1 the community college.
2 (Source: P.A. 93-549, eff. 8-19-03; 94-226, eff. 1-1-06.)
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