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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5464

Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Justin Slaughter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 140/7
35 ILCS 200/Art. 9 Div. 6 heading new
35 ILCS 200/9-280 new
35 ILCS 200/9-290 new

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties in which the
county board so provides, by ordinance or resolution, owners of
income-producing properties in the county shall file physical descriptions
of their properties with the chief county assessment officer upon request
of the chief county assessment officer. Sets forth the period of time
during which those provisions apply. Provides that the request for
information shall include an individualized statement specifying all
physical description information that the assessor's office has on record
or recorded against the property and shall contain a statement that the
owner may confirm the information if no changes are required. Imposes
certain penalties if the property owner fails to respond to a request for
information. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide that
financial records and data related to real estate income, expenses, and
occupancy submitted by or on behalf of a property owner to a chief county
assessment officer, except if submitted as part of an assessment appeal,
are exempt from disclosure. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning revenue.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
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changing Section 7 as follows:

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(5 ILCS 140/7)
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(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-300
)
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Sec. 7.
Exemptions.
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(1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
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record that contains information that is exempt from
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disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
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that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
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to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
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shall make the remaining information available for inspection
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and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
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be exempt from inspection and copying:
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(a) Information specifically prohibited from
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disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
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regulations implementing federal or State law.
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(b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
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by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
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or a court order.
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(b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases

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maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
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specifically designed to provide information to one or
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more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
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mental status of one or more individual subjects.
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(c) Personal information contained within public
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records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
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clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
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the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
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individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
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invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
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information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
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reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
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privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
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obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
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that bears on the public duties of public employees and
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officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
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privacy.
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(d) Records in the possession of any public body
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created in the course of administrative enforcement
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proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
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agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
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extent that disclosure would:
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(i) interfere with pending or actually and
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reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
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conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
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agency that is the recipient of the request;

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(ii) interfere with active administrative
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enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
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that is the recipient of the request;
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(iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
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person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
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hearing;
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(iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
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confidential source, confidential information
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furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
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who file complaints with or provide information to
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administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
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penal agencies; except that the identities of
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witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
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and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
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local government, except when disclosure would
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interfere with an active criminal investigation
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conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
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request;
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(v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
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techniques other than those generally used and known
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or disclose internal documents of correctional
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agencies related to detection, observation, or
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investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
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disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
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agency or public body that is the recipient of the
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request;

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(vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
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enforcement personnel or any other person; or
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(vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
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by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
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(d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
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enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
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record management system if the law enforcement agency or
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criminal justice agency that is the recipient of the
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request did not create the record, did not participate in
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or have a role in any of the events which are the subject
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of the record, and only has access to the record through
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the shared electronic record management system. As used in
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this subsection (d-5), "criminal justice agency" means the
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Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority or the
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Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council.
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(d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
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Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
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Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
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Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
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Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
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Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
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Board.
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(d-7) Information gathered or records created from the
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use of automatic license plate readers in connection with
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Section 2-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
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(e) Records that relate to or affect the security of

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correctional institutions and detention facilities.
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(e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
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Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
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Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
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materials are available in the library of the correctional
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institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
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confined.
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(e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
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Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
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Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
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materials include records from staff members' personnel
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files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
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information.
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(e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
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Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
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Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
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through an administrative request to the Department of
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Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
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Mental Health.
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(e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
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Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
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Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
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disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
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person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
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institution or facility.
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(e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail

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or committed to the Department of Corrections or
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Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
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containing personal information pertaining to the person's
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victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
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to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
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or school address, work telephone number, social security
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number, or any other identifying information, except as
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may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
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or claim.
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(e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
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requested by a person committed to the Department of
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Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
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Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
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limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
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crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
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relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
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claim.
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(f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
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memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
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expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
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that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
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shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
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identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
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provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
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records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
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that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.

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(g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
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information obtained from a person or business where the
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trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
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furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
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privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
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trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
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cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
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insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
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requested.
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The information included under this exemption includes
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all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
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obtained by a public body, including a public pension
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fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
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company within the investment portfolio of a private
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equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
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a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
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fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
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to the aggregate financial performance information of a
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private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
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managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
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this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
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held company within the investment portfolio of a private
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equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
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privately held company may cause competitive harm.
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Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
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construed to prevent a person or business from consenting

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to disclosure.
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(h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
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agreement, including information which if it were
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disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
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to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
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agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
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is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
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preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
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award or final selection is made.
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(i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
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designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
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by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
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expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
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exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
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this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
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news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
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requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
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purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
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information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
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legal rights of the general public.
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(j) The following information pertaining to
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educational matters:
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(i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
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examination data used to administer an academic
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examination;
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(ii) information received by a primary or

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secondary school, college, or university under its
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procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
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their academic peers;
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(iii) information concerning a school or
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university's adjudication of student disciplinary
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cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
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unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
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(iv) course materials or research materials used
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by faculty members.
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(k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
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submissions, and other construction related technical
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documents for projects not constructed or developed in
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whole or in part with public funds and the same for
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projects constructed or developed with public funds,
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including, but not limited to, power generating and
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distribution stations and other transmission and
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distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
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airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
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and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
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but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
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security.
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(l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
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public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
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public body makes the minutes available to the public
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under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
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(m) Communications between a public body and an

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attorney or auditor representing the public body that
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would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
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materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
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anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
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proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
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public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
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respect to internal audits of public bodies.
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(n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
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of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
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this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
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cases in which discipline is imposed.
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(o) Administrative or technical information associated
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with automated data processing operations, including, but
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not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
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program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
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modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
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pertaining to all logical and physical design of
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computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
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information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
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security of the system or its data or the security of
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materials exempt under this Section.
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(p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
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between public bodies and their employees or
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representatives, except that any final contract or
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agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
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(q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other

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examination data used to determine the qualifications of
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an applicant for a license or employment.
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(r) The records, documents, and information relating
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to real estate purchase negotiations until those
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negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
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With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
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and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
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under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
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information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
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as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
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Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
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information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
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until a sale is consummated.
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(s) Any and all proprietary information and records
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related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
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management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
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self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
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Insurance or self-insurance (including any
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intergovernmental risk management association or
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self-insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
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information, records, data, advice, or communications.
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(t) Information contained in or related to
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examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
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on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
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for the regulation or supervision of financial
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institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit

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managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
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law.
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(u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
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the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
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codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
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be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
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Electronic Transactions Act.
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(v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
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response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
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prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
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community's population or systems, facilities, or
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installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
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could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
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or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
15

or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
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them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
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include such things as details pertaining to the
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mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
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the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
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cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
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(w) (Blank).
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(x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
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security of generation, transmission, distribution,
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storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
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owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
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Illinois Power Agency.

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(y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
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bids, or negotiations related to electric power
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procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
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Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
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Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
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by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
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Commission.
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(z) Information about students exempted from
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disclosure under Section 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
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School Code, and information about undergraduate students
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enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
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from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
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Card Marketing Act of 2009.
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(aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
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under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
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(bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
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review team and records maintained by a mortality review
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team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
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Mortality Review Team Act.
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(cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
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inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
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Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
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the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
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(dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
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disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
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Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of

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the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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(ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
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information of persons who are minors and are also
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participants and registrants in programs of park
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districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
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districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
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associations.
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(ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
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information of participants and registrants in programs of
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park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
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districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
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associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
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minors.
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(gg) Confidential information described in Section
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1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
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2012.
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(hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
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Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
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under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
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School Code and any information contained in that report.
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(ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
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detained by the Department of Human Services under the
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Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
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the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
25

Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
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library of the facility where the individual is confined;

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(ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
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staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
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or (iii) are available through an administrative request
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to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
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Corrections.
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(jj) Confidential information described in Section
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5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
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(kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
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numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
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Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
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and similar account information, the disclosure of which
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could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
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of a governmental entity or a person.
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(ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
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assessment team of a school district, including, but not
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limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
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School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
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the procedure.
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(mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
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subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
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Confidential Reporting Act.
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(nn) Proprietary information submitted to the
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Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
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Act.
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(oo) Records described in subsection (f) of Section
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3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.

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(pp) Any and all information regarding burials,
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interments, or entombments of human remains as required to
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be reported to the Department of Natural Resources
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pursuant either to the Archaeological and Paleontological
5

Resources Protection Act or the Human Remains Protection
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Act.
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(qq) Reports described in subsection (e) of Section
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16-15 of the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Act.
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(rr) Information obtained by a certified local health
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department under the Access to Public Health Data Act.
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(ss) For a request directed to a public body that is
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also a HIPAA-covered entity, all information that is
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protected health information, including demographic
14

information, that may be contained within or extracted
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from any record held by the public body in compliance with
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State and federal medical privacy laws and regulations,
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including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance
18

Portability and Accountability Act and its regulations, 45
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CFR Parts 160 and 164. As used in this paragraph,
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"HIPAA-covered entity" has the meaning given to the term
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"covered entity" in 45 CFR 160.103 and "protected health
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information" has the meaning given to that term in 45 CFR
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160.103.
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(tt) Proposals or bids submitted by engineering
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consultants in response to requests for proposal or other
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competitive bidding requests by the Department of

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Transportation or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.
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(uu) Documents that, pursuant to the State of
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Illinois' 1987 Agreement with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
4

Commission and the corresponding requirement to maintain
5

compatibility with the National Materials Program, have
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been determined to be security sensitive. These documents
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include information classified as safeguards,
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safeguards-modified, and sensitive unclassified
9

nonsafeguards information, as identified in U.S. Nuclear
10

Regulatory Commission regulatory information summaries,
11

security advisories, and other applicable communications
12

or regulations related to the control and distribution of
13

security sensitive information.
14

(vv) Financial records and data related to real estate
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income, expenses, and occupancy submitted by or on behalf
16

of a property owner to a chief county assessment officer,
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except if submitted as part of an assessment appeal.
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However, nothing in this paragraph (vv) prohibits a chief
19

county assessment officer from disclosing compiled and
20

anonymized data, and nothing in this paragraph (vv) shall
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be construed to permit the chief county assessment officer
22

to withhold from public disclosure methodologies and
23

compiled and anonymized data used by any assessing
24

official in the valuation of property for assessment
25

purposes.

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(1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the

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Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
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prior to disclosure under this Act.
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(1.6) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
4
Public Official Safety and Privacy Act shall be redacted from
5
public records prior to disclosure under this Act.
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(1.7) Any information exempt from disclosure under
7
paragraph (3.5) of Section 9-15 of the Election Code shall be
8
redacted from public records prior to disclosure under this
9
Act.
10

(2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
11
public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
12
agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
13
behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
14
governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
15
Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
16
for purposes of this Act.
17

(3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
18
information or limit the availability of records to the
19
public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
20
in this Act.
21
(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-423, eff. 1-1-24;
22
103-446, eff. 8-4-23; 103-462, eff. 8-4-23; 103-540, eff.
23
1-1-24; 103-554, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-865,
24
eff. 1-1-25; 104-438, eff. 1-1-26; 104-443, eff. 1-1-26;
25
revised 1-7-26.)

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(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-300
)
2

Sec. 7.
Exemptions.
3

(1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
4
record that contains information that is exempt from
5
disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
6
that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
7
to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
8
shall make the remaining information available for inspection
9
and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
10
be exempt from inspection and copying:
11

(a) Records created or compiled by a State public
12

defender agency or commission subject to the State Public
13

Defender Act that contain: individual client identity;
14

individual case file information; individual investigation
15

records and other records that are otherwise subject to
16

attorney-client privilege; records that would not be
17

discoverable in litigation; records under Section 2.15;
18

training materials; records related to attorney
19

consultation and representation strategy; or any of the
20

above concerning clients of county public defenders or
21

other defender agencies and firms. This exclusion does not
22

apply to deidentified, aggregated, administrative records,
23

such as general case processing and workload information.
24

(a-5) Information specifically prohibited from
25

disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
26

regulations implementing federal or State law.

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(b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
2

by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
3

or a court order.
4

(b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
5

maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
6

specifically designed to provide information to one or
7

more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
8

mental status of one or more individual subjects.
9

(c) Personal information contained within public
10

records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
11

clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
12

the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
13

individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
14

invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
15

information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
16

reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
17

privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
18

obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
19

that bears on the public duties of public employees and
20

officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
21

privacy.
22

(d) Records in the possession of any public body
23

created in the course of administrative enforcement
24

proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
25

agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
26

extent that disclosure would:

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(i) interfere with pending or actually and
2

reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
3

conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
4

agency that is the recipient of the request;
5

(ii) interfere with active administrative
6

enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
7

that is the recipient of the request;
8

(iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
9

person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
10

hearing;
11

(iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
12

confidential source, confidential information
13

furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
14

who file complaints with or provide information to
15

administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
16

penal agencies; except that the identities of
17

witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
18

and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
19

local government, except when disclosure would
20

interfere with an active criminal investigation
21

conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
22

request;
23

(v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
24

techniques other than those generally used and known
25

or disclose internal documents of correctional
26

agencies related to detection, observation, or

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investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
2

disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
3

agency or public body that is the recipient of the
4

request;
5

(vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
6

enforcement personnel or any other person; or
7

(vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
8

by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
9

(d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
10

enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
11

record management system if the law enforcement agency or
12

criminal justice agency that is the recipient of the
13

request did not create the record, did not participate in
14

or have a role in any of the events which are the subject
15

of the record, and only has access to the record through
16

the shared electronic record management system. As used in
17

this subsection (d-5), "criminal justice agency" means the
18

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority or the
19

Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council.
20

(d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
21

Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
22

Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
23

Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
24

Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
25

Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
26

Board.

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(d-7) Information gathered or records created from the
2

use of automatic license plate readers in connection with
3

Section 2-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
4

(e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
5

correctional institutions and detention facilities.
6

(e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
7

Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
8

Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
9

materials are available in the library of the correctional
10

institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
11

confined.
12

(e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
13

Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
14

Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
15

materials include records from staff members' personnel
16

files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
17

information.
18

(e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
19

Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
20

Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
21

through an administrative request to the Department of
22

Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
23

Mental Health.
24

(e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
25

Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
26

Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the

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disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
2

person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
3

institution or facility.
4

(e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
5

or committed to the Department of Corrections or
6

Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
7

containing personal information pertaining to the person's
8

victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
9

to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
10

or school address, work telephone number, social security
11

number, or any other identifying information, except as
12

may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
13

or claim.
14

(e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
15

requested by a person committed to the Department of
16

Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
17

Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
18

limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
19

crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
20

relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
21

claim.
22

(f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
23

memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
24

expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
25

that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
26

shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and

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identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
2

provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
3

records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
4

that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
5

(g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
6

information obtained from a person or business where the
7

trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
8

furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
9

privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
10

trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
11

cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
12

insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
13

requested.
14

The information included under this exemption includes
15

all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
16

obtained by a public body, including a public pension
17

fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
18

company within the investment portfolio of a private
19

equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
20

a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
21

fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
22

to the aggregate financial performance information of a
23

private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
24

managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
25

this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
26

held company within the investment portfolio of a private

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equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
2

privately held company may cause competitive harm.
3

Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
4

construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
5

to disclosure.
6

(h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
7

agreement, including information which if it were
8

disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
9

to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
10

agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
11

is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
12

preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
13

award or final selection is made.
14

(i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
15

designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
16

by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
17

expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
18

exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
19

this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
20

news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
21

requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
22

purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
23

information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
24

legal rights of the general public.
25

(j) The following information pertaining to
26

educational matters:

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(i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
2

examination data used to administer an academic
3

examination;
4

(ii) information received by a primary or
5

secondary school, college, or university under its
6

procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
7

their academic peers;
8

(iii) information concerning a school or
9

university's adjudication of student disciplinary
10

cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
11

unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
12

(iv) course materials or research materials used
13

by faculty members.
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,
19

including, but not limited to, power generating and
20

distribution stations and other transmission and
21

distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
22

airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
23

and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
24

but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
25

security.
26

(l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the

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public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
2

public body makes the minutes available to the public
3

under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
4

(m) Communications between a public body and an
5

attorney or auditor representing the public body that
6

would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
7

materials 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

(n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
13

of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
14

this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
15

cases in which discipline is imposed.
16

(o) Administrative or technical information associated
17

with automated data processing operations, including, but
18

not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
19

program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
20

modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
21

pertaining to all logical and physical design of
22

computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
23

information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
24

security of the system or its data or the security of
25

materials exempt under this Section.
26

(p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters

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between public bodies and their employees or
2

representatives, except that any final contract or
3

agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
4

(q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
5

examination data used to determine the qualifications of
6

an applicant for a license or employment.
7

(r) The records, documents, and information relating
8

to real estate purchase negotiations until those
9

negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
10

With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
11

and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
12

under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
13

information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
14

as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
15

Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
16

information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
17

until a sale is consummated.
18

(s) Any and all proprietary information and records
19

related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
20

management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
21

self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
22

Insurance or self-insurance (including any
23

intergovernmental risk management association or
24

self-insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
25

information, records, data, advice, or communications.
26

(t) Information contained in or related to

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examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
2

on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
3

for the regulation or supervision of financial
4

institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
5

managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
6

law.
7

(u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
8

the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
9

codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
10

be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
11

Electronic Transactions Act.
12

(v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
13

response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
14

prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
15

community's population or systems, facilities, or
16

installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
17

could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
18

or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
19

or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
20

them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
21

include such things as details pertaining to the
22

mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
23

the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
24

cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
25

(w) (Blank).
26

(x) Maps and other records regarding the location or

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security of generation, transmission, distribution,
2

storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
3

owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
4

Illinois Power Agency.
5

(y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
6

bids, or negotiations related to electric power
7

procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
8

Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
9

Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
10

by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
11

Commission.
12

(z) Information about students exempted from
13

disclosure under Section 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

(aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
19

under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
20

(bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
21

review team and records maintained by a mortality review
22

team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
23

Mortality Review Team Act.
24

(cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
25

inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
26

Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or

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the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
2

(dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
3

disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
4

Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
5

the Illinois Public Aid Code.
6

(ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
7

information of persons who are minors and are also
8

participants and registrants in programs of park
9

districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
10

districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
11

associations.
12

(ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
13

information of participants and registrants in programs of
14

park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
15

districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
16

associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
17

minors.
18

(gg) Confidential information described in Section
19

1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
20

2012.
21

(hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
22

Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
23

under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
24

School Code and any information contained in that report.
25

(ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
26

detained by the Department of Human Services under the

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Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
2

the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
3

Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
4

library of the facility where the individual is confined;
5

(ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
6

staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
7

or (iii) are available through an administrative request
8

to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
9

Corrections.
10

(jj) Confidential information described in Section
11

5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
12

(kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
13

numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
14

Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
15

and similar account information, the disclosure of which
16

could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
17

of a governmental entity or a person.
18

(ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
19

assessment team of a school district, including, but not
20

limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
21

School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
22

the procedure.
23

(mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
24

subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
25

Confidential Reporting Act.
26

(nn) Proprietary information submitted to the

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Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
2

Act.
3

(oo) Records described in subsection (f) of Section
4

3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
5

(pp) Any and all information regarding burials,
6

interments, or entombments of human remains as required to
7

be reported to the Department of Natural Resources
8

pursuant either to the Archaeological and Paleontological
9

Resources Protection Act or the Human Remains Protection
10

Act.
11

(qq) Reports described in subsection (e) of Section
12

16-15 of the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Act.
13

(rr) Information obtained by a certified local health
14

department under the Access to Public Health Data Act.
15

(ss) For a request directed to a public body that is
16

also a HIPAA-covered entity, all information that is
17

protected health information, including demographic
18

information, that may be contained within or extracted
19

from any record held by the public body in compliance with
20

State and federal medical privacy laws and regulations,
21

including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance
22

Portability and Accountability Act and its regulations, 45
23

CFR Parts 160 and 164. As used in this paragraph,
24

"HIPAA-covered entity" has the meaning given to the term
25

"covered entity" in 45 CFR 160.103 and "protected health
26

information" has the meaning given to that term in 45 CFR

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160.103.
2

(tt) Proposals or bids submitted by engineering
3

consultants in response to requests for proposal or other
4

competitive bidding requests by the Department of
5

Transportation or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.
6

(uu) Documents that, pursuant to the State of
7

Illinois' 1987 Agreement with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
8

Commission and the corresponding requirement to maintain
9

compatibility with the National Materials Program, have
10

been determined to be security sensitive. These documents
11

include information classified as safeguards,
12

safeguards-modified, and sensitive unclassified
13

nonsafeguards information, as identified in U.S. Nuclear
14

Regulatory Commission regulatory information summaries,
15

security advisories, and other applicable communications
16

or regulations related to the control and distribution of
17

security sensitive information.
18

(vv) Financial records and data related to real estate
19

income, expenses, and occupancy submitted by or on behalf
20

of a property owner to a chief county assessment officer,
21

except if submitted as part of an assessment appeal.
22

However, nothing in this paragraph (vv) prohibits a chief
23

county assessment officer from disclosing compiled and
24

anonymized data, and nothing in this paragraph (vv) shall
25

be construed to permit the chief county assessment officer
26

to withhold from public disclosure methodologies and

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compiled and anonymized data used by any assessing
2

official in the valuation of property for assessment
3

purposes.

4

(1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
5
Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
6
prior to disclosure under this Act.
7

(1.6) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
8
Public Official Safety and Privacy Act shall be redacted from
9
public records prior to disclosure under this Act.
10

(1.7) Any information exempt from disclosure under
11
paragraph (3.5) of Section 9-15 of the Election Code shall be
12
redacted from public records prior to disclosure under this
13
Act.
14

(2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
15
public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
16
agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
17
behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
18
governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
19
Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
20
for purposes of this Act.
21

(3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
22
information or limit the availability of records to the
23
public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
24
in this Act.
25
(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-423, eff. 1-1-24;
26
103-446, eff. 8-4-23; 103-462, eff. 8-4-23; 103-540, eff.

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1-1-24; 103-554, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-865,
2
eff. 1-1-25; 104-300, eff. 1-1-27; 104-438, eff. 1-1-26;
3
104-443, eff. 1-1-26; revised 1-7-26.)

4

Section 10.
The Property Tax Code is amended by adding
5
Division 6 to Article 9 as follows:

6

(35 ILCS 200/Art. 9 Div. 6 heading new)
7
Division 6.

Physical Descriptions of Income-Producing Property

8

(35 ILCS 200/9-280 new)
9

Sec. 9-280.
Definitions.
As used in this Division:
10

"Income" means revenue generated by the real property and
11
directed to or received by the property owner in the form of
12
rent from unrelated persons or entities and ancillary revenue
13
payable to the owner from unrelated persons or entities and
14
generated exclusively from the operation of the real property.
15
"Income" includes revenue from parking or other amenities
16
provided to or for the benefit of the property's tenants.
17
"Income" does not include revenue generated from personal
18
property, including, but not limited to, revenue from a
19
business enterprise that is operated on the real property or
20
improvements made to the property by a tenant.

21

"Income-producing property" means property that is not
22
owner-occupied property, as defined in this Section, and that
23
is owned for the purpose of generating income from the

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property itself, regardless of whether the property actually
2
generates income in a particular year. "Income-producing
3
property" does not include:
4

(1) property with a market value of $500,000 or less
5

in the most recent assessment year for which an assessment
6

is certified;
7

(2) residential property containing fewer than 7
8

residential units;
9

(3) property assessed under Article 10 of this Code
10

and stadiums that are not qualified property under Section
11

10-215 that have a seating capacity of 20,000 or more and
12

host major professional sporting events;
13

(4) property assessed by the Department under Article
14

11 of this Code;
15

(5) property that is owned or leased by a hospital
16

licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or operated
17

under the University of Illinois Hospital Act, including
18

any hospital affiliate that directly or indirectly
19

controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
20

with a hospital; and
21

(6) property that is owned or leased by a facility
22

licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act that is an
23

intermediate or skilled facility.

24

"Owner-occupied property" means real property that is used
25
or occupied by its owner or by a related person or entity as
26
described in subsection (b) of Section 267 of the Internal

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Revenue Code.

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"Physical description" means the land size and information
3
about the construction type, year built, total development
4
size, number of buildings, number of stories in each building,
5
and the capacity of structured parking garages, measured in
6
the number of parking spaces. "Physical description" also
7
includes the following:

8

(1) for residential property of 7 or more units:
9

(A) whether any rented area is below grade;
10

(B) the number of studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom,
11

3-bedroom, and larger units;
12

(C) whether or not the property offers tenants
13

access to a pool area;
14

(D) whether or not the property offers tenants
15

access to an exercise area; and
16

(E) whether any units in the building are enrolled
17

in any government-administered affordable housing
18

program.

19

(2) for office properties, a description of the net
20

rentable area of the property and a statement indicating
21

whether the owner represents to actual or prospective
22

tenants that the office space can accommodate x-ray or
23

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment or surgical
24

procedures;

25

(3) for retail properties, a description of the net
26

rentable area;

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(4) for industrial properties:
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(A) the size and location of any office area or
3

areas on the property;
4

(B) the number of loading bay doors;
5

(C) whether the clear ceiling height on the first
6

floor is at least 18 feet but less than 24 feet, at
7

least 24 feet but less than 30 feet, or at least 30
8

feet;
9

(D) whether the property provides refrigerated
10

storage; and
11

(E) if the property is a data center, whether the
12

total electrical capacity in the property is: (i) less
13

than 250 megawatts; (ii) at least 250 megawatts but
14

less than 500 megawatts; (iii) at least 500 megawatts
15

but less than one gigawatt; (iv) at least one gigawatt
16

but less than 5 gigawatts; or (v) 5 or more gigawatts;
17

and

18

(5) for hospitality properties, a statement indicating
19

whether the property has more than 10,000 square feet of
20

conference area and the room count.

21

"Property" has the meaning set forth in Section 1-130 of
22
this Code and includes contiguous parcels or property index
23
numbers that comprise one functional property location.

24

(35 ILCS 200/9-290 new)
25

Sec. 9-290.
Real property descriptions.

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(a) This Section applies to all counties in which the
2
county board provides, by ordinance or resolution, that owners
3
of income-producing properties must comply with this Section.
4
Any ordinance or resolution providing that owners of
5
income-producing properties must comply with this Section
6
shall be adopted no later than December 31, 2029.

7

(b) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
8
provisions of this Section apply as follows:

9

(1) if the general assessment year for the property is
10

2028, this Section applies from the effective date of the
11

ordinance or resolution adopted by the county board under
12

subsection (a) until December 31, 2030;

13

(2) if the general assessment year for the property is
14

2029, this Section applies from the effective date of the
15

ordinance or resolution adopted by the county board under
16

subsection (a) until December 31, 2031; and

17

(3) if the general assessment year for the property is
18

2030, this Section applies from the effective date of the
19

ordinance or resolution adopted by the county board under
20

subsection (a) until December 31, 2032.

21

In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
22
provisions of this Section apply on and after the effective
23
date of the ordinance or resolution adopted by the county
24
board under subsection (a) and until December 31 of the fourth
25
year following the adoption of the ordinance or resolution.

26

(c) For the applicable period set forth in subsection (b),

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owners of income-producing properties in the county shall file
2
physical descriptions of their properties with the chief
3
county assessment officer in the form and manner determined by
4
the chief county assessment officer. Such a filing by the
5
owner is required only after the chief county assessment
6
officer notifies the owner of the property of the request for
7
information. That notice shall include an individualized
8
statement specifying all physical description information that
9
the assessor's office has on record or recorded against the
10
property and shall contain a statement that the owner may
11
confirm the information if no changes are required. A filing
12
by the owner that no changes are required is compliance with
13
the request for information. The notice shall include
14
description records or a link to an Internet resource of
15
description records for that property.

16

(d) A request for information under subsection (c) may be
17
issued with respect to a property only once during one general
18
reassessment cycle for the property. A response to the request
19
for information shall be submitted to the chief county
20
assessment officer within 90 days after the chief county
21
assessment officer mails the notice to the property owner
22
under subsection (c).

23

(e) If, upon receiving a request for information under
24
this Section, the owner of a property fails to submit the
25
required physical description within 90 days after the chief
26
county assessment officer mails the notice to the property

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owner and fails to adequately explain why no submission is
2
required, the owner shall pay a penalty to the chief county
3
assessment officer as determined by the chief county
4
assessment officer of up to 0.025% of the prior year's market
5
value for the property at issue, as indicated by the most
6
recent certified assessed value, but in no case shall the
7
owner be required to pay more than a maximum penalty of $1,000
8
per property. All penalties under this Section shall be
9
deposited into the county's general fund or as otherwise
10
allocated by the county board. The penalty under this Section
11
shall be waived if, upon notice of failure to file and the
12
imposition of the penalty, the owner provides the requested
13
physical descriptions within 30 days after the postmark date
14
of the notice of failure to file and the imposition of the
15
penalty. An owner who responds to a request for information
16
received under this Section with good faith efforts based on
17
reasonable information and belief, or who, upon diligent
18
investigation, is unable to provide specific requested
19
information and provides an answer to this effect, shall be
20
determined to be in substantial compliance with this Section
21
and shall not be subject to a penalty. Responses to requests
22
for information under this Section consistent with documents
23
from the sale or transfer of the property to the current owner
24
or with published advertisements made by the owner to current
25
or prospective tenants, unless the owner has modified those
26
particular aspects of the property since the sale, transfer,

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lease, or lease proffer, shall be deemed to be made in good
2
faith. The owner may explain the reasons for any
3
inconsistencies and be deemed to have responded in good faith,
4
and any inconsistencies related to documents from the sale or
5
transfer of the property prepared by a prior owner shall not be
6
attributable to the current owner. The chief county assessment
7
officer shall review all submissions and determine whether the
8
owner provided sufficient evidence that the owner was not
9
required to report a property description or that the
10
submission complies based on available documentation.

11

(f) If a party is dissatisfied with a decision of the chief
12
county assessment officer, the party may request review of
13
that decision. Upon such a request, at least 30 days' notice
14
shall be provided to the party of a hearing to be conducted by
15
a hearing officer designated by the chief county assessment
16
officer. If a party is dissatisfied with a hearing officer's
17
decision, the party may appeal that decision to the circuit
18
court of the county in which the property is located as a final
19
administrative decision under the Administrative Review Law.
20
If a party is unsuccessful at hearing, the penalty imposed
21
under this Section shall bear interest at 0.05% per month
22
thereafter, beginning 21 days after the date of the decision
23
or 21 days after the date of the issuance of a final decision
24
on administrative review, as applicable.

25

Section 95.
No acceleration or delay.
Where this Act makes

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changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
2
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
3
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
4
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
5
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
6
Public Act.

7

Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
8
becoming law.

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