Changing FOIA

Gov. Pat Quinn’s signing of House Bill 1716 amended the state’s Freedom of Information Act laws in four areas.

타 Creates “recurrent requesters” who submit more than seven requests in a week, 15 in a month or 50 in a year and allows government to delay responding to their FOIA requests.

타 Allows government agencies to charge commercial entities for requests that consume significant time and resources.

타 Ends pre-authorization from attorney general’s office for governments wanting to withhold information they consider private.

타 Ends pre-authorization from attorney general’s office for governments wanting to withhold information they consider to be in “draft form.”