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Public Act 104-0018 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 7.5 as follows: | ||||
(5 ILCS 140/7.5) | ||||
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for | ||||
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be | ||||
exempt from inspection and copying: | ||||
(a) All information determined to be confidential | ||||
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and | ||||
Development Act. | ||||
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying | ||||
library users with specific materials under the Library | ||||
Records Confidentiality Act. | ||||
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical | ||||
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation | ||||
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other | ||||
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation | ||||
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it | ||||
has received. | ||||
(d) Information and records held by the Department of | ||||
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating |
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted | ||
infection or any information the disclosure of which is | ||
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted | ||
Infection Control Act. | ||
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted | ||
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act. | ||
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of | ||
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying | ||
Qualifications Based Selection Act. | ||
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | ||
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid | ||
Tuition Act. | ||
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted | ||
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and | ||
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector | ||
general's office that would be exempt if created or | ||
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under | ||
that Act. | ||
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy | ||
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a | ||
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted | ||
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | ||
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution | ||
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers | ||
under the Emergency Telephone System Act. | ||
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information |
or driver identification information compiled by a law | ||
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation | ||
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||
(l) Records and information provided to a residential | ||
health care facility resident sexual assault and death | ||
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse | ||
Prevention Review Team Act. | ||
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending | ||
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential | ||
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent | ||
authorized under that Article. | ||
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of | ||
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial | ||
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the | ||
Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection | ||
(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the | ||
case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the | ||
death penalty prior to trial or sentencing. | ||
(o) Information that is prohibited from being | ||
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and | ||
Hazardous Substances Registry Act. | ||
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans, | ||
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or | ||
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the | ||
Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and | ||
2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the |
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional | ||
Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the | ||
Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair | ||
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety | ||
Act (repealed). | ||
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the | ||
Personnel Record Review Act. | ||
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the | ||
Illinois School Student Records Act. | ||
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | ||
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act. | ||
(t) (Blank). | ||
(u) Records and information provided to an independent | ||
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and | ||
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law). | ||
(v) Names and information of people who have applied | ||
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under | ||
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for | ||
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm | ||
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the | ||
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the | ||
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed | ||
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed | ||
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the | ||
Firearm Concealed Carry Act. | ||
(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification |
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under | ||
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. | ||
(w) Personally identifiable information which is | ||
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section | ||
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act. | ||
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure | ||
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section | ||
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | ||
(y) Confidential information under the Adult | ||
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling | ||
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including | ||
information about the identity and administrative finding | ||
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated | ||
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of | ||
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established | ||
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act. | ||
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality | ||
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory | ||
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services | ||
Act. | ||
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure | ||
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code. | ||
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from | ||
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement | ||
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent |
authorized under that Act. | ||
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being | ||
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common | ||
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act. | ||
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure | ||
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act. | ||
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure | ||
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. | ||
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being | ||
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle | ||
Code. | ||
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under | ||
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code. | ||
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure | ||
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of | ||
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be | ||
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day | ||
and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from | ||
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day | ||
and Temporary Labor Services Act. | ||
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the | ||
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act. | ||
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | ||
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public | ||
Aid Code. |
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under | ||
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act. | ||
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under | ||
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. | ||
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports | ||
arising out of a peer support counseling session | ||
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders | ||
Suicide Prevention Act. | ||
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to | ||
an employee of an emergency services provider or law | ||
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide | ||
Prevention Act. | ||
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of | ||
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected | ||
under the Reproductive Health Act. | ||
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under | ||
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. | ||
(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of | ||
Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois | ||
Human Rights Act. | ||
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy | ||
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that | ||
Act. | ||
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under | ||
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. | ||
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under |
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois | ||
Public Aid Code. | ||
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under | ||
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act. | ||
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or | ||
information that shall not be made public under the | ||
Illinois Insurance Code. | ||
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under | ||
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. | ||
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under | ||
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. | ||
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed | ||
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code. | ||
(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure | ||
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State | ||
Police Act. | ||
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section | ||
2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil | ||
Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed | ||
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for | ||
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human | ||
Trafficking, or Stalking Act. | ||
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed | ||
under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic | ||
Violence Fatality Review Act. |
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera | ||
Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR) | ||
information used and collected by the Illinois State | ||
Police. "ALPR information" means information gathered by | ||
an ALPR or created from the analysis of data generated by | ||
an ALPR . This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after | ||
July 1, 2028 2025 . | ||
(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under | ||
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse | ||
Agency Licensing Act. | ||
(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State | ||
Police in an affidavit or application for an assault | ||
weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement, | ||
.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge | ||
endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card | ||
Act. | ||
(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of | ||
the School Safety Drill Act. | ||
(jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section | ||
30 of the Insurance Data Security Law. | ||
(kkk) Confidential business information prohibited | ||
from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship | ||
Act. | ||
(lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section | ||
2-3.196 of the School Code. | ||
(mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed |
under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois | ||
Power Agency Act. | ||
(nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce | ||
and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the | ||
Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act. | ||
(ooo) (nnn) Data or information provided pursuant to | ||
Section 20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment | ||
Act. | ||
(ppp) (nnn) Information that is exempt from disclosure | ||
under Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity | ||
Act. | ||
(qqq) (nnn) Information that is exempt from disclosure | ||
under Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. | ||
(rrr) (mmm) Information prohibited from being | ||
disclosed under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money | ||
Transmission Modernization Act. | ||
(sss) (nnn) Information exempt from disclosure under | ||
Section 40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act. | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; | ||
102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff. | ||
8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22; | ||
102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff. | ||
6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372, | ||
eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; | ||
103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592, eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff. | ||
7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24; 103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786, |
eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff. 8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24; | ||
103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; revised 11-26-24.) | ||
Section 10. The Expressway Camera Act is amended by | ||
changing Sections 3, 5, and 90 and by adding Section 10 as | ||
follows: | ||
(605 ILCS 140/3) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | ||
Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||
"Aggravated vehicular hijacking" has the meaning provided | ||
in Section 18-4 of the Criminal Code of 2012. | ||
"Authorized user" means a designated peace officer or | ||
member of law enforcement personnel who has received training | ||
in the review and use of images and associated technology. | ||
"Expressway" has the meaning provided in Section 1-119.3 | ||
of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||
"Forcible felony" means the following offenses as defined | ||
in the Criminal Code of 2012 or substantially similar federal | ||
or other state criminal laws : treason, first degree murder, | ||
second degree murder, predatory criminal sexual assault of a | ||
child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual | ||
assault, trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, | ||
robbery, burglary, residential burglary, aggravated arson, | ||
arson, aggravated kidnaping, kidnaping, and aggravated battery | ||
resulting in great bodily harm or permanent disability or |
disfigurement. | ||
"Terrorism" has the meaning provided in Section 29D-14.9 | ||
of the Criminal Code of 2012. | ||
"Vehicular hijacking" has the meaning provided in Section | ||
18-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012. | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22.) | ||
(605 ILCS 140/5) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | ||
Sec. 5. Camera program. | ||
(a) The Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of | ||
Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | ||
shall work together to conduct a program to increase the | ||
amount of cameras along (i) expressways and the State highway | ||
system in the counties of Boone, Bureau, Champaign, Cook, | ||
DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Henry, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, | ||
Lee, Macon, Madison, McHenry, Morgan, Ogle, Peoria, Rock | ||
Island, Sangamon, St. Clair, Whiteside, Will, and Winnebago | ||
and (ii) Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Cook | ||
County. Within 90 days after June 3, 2022 (the effective date | ||
of Public Act 102-1042), details about the program objectives, | ||
counties where the program is operational, and policies under | ||
which the program operates shall be made publicly available | ||
and posted online. | ||
(b) Images from the cameras, including, but not limited | ||
to, images of license plates collected by state-operated |
cameras and cameras operated by the Illinois State Toll | ||
Highway Authority, may be used by any law enforcement agency | ||
conducting an active law enforcement investigation subject to | ||
the limitations in this subsection. Images from the cameras | ||
may be extracted by any authorized user and used by any | ||
municipal police department, county sheriff's office, State | ||
Police officer, or other law enforcement agency with | ||
jurisdiction in the investigation of any offenses involving | ||
vehicular hijacking, aggravated vehicular hijacking, | ||
terrorism, motor vehicle theft, or any forcible felony, | ||
including, but not limited to, offenses involving the use of a | ||
firearm; to detect expressway hazards and highway conditions; | ||
and to facilitate highway safety and incident management. | ||
Images from the cameras shall not be used to enforce petty | ||
offenses or offenses not listed in this subsection, unless use | ||
of the images pertains to expressway or highway safety or | ||
hazards. Images from the cameras may be used by any law | ||
enforcement agency conducting an active law enforcement | ||
investigation. All images from the cameras that are exported | ||
through a law enforcement database shall be deleted from that | ||
law enforcement database within 120 days, unless the images | ||
are relevant to an ongoing investigation or pending criminal | ||
trial. Cameras shall not be used to monitor individuals or | ||
groups in a discriminatory manner contrary to applicable State | ||
or federal law. | ||
(b-5) By August 1st June 30th of each year, the Illinois |
State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and | ||
the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall issue a joint | ||
report to the General Assembly detailing the program | ||
operations, including, but not limited to: | ||
(1) the cost of installation of cameras by county; | ||
(2) the cost of ongoing maintenance of the camera | ||
systems per county, including electrical costs and data | ||
transfer costs; | ||
(3) the number of inquiries where the investigation | ||
involved the criminal offenses outlined in subsection (b); | ||
and | ||
(4) the number of incidents in which law enforcement | ||
searched the stored data for the criminal offenses | ||
outlined in subsection (b). | ||
(c) Subject to appropriation, any funds needed to conduct | ||
the program for use on the expressways or State highway system | ||
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation | ||
shall be taken from the Road Fund and shall be included in | ||
requests for qualification processes. Any funds needed to | ||
conduct the program for use on expressways under the | ||
jurisdiction of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | ||
shall be paid for by funds from the Illinois State Tollway | ||
Highway Authority and shall be included in requests for | ||
qualification processes. | ||
(c-5) Any forcible felony, gunrunning, or firearms | ||
trafficking offense, as defined in Section 2-8, 24-3a, or |
24-3b of the Criminal Code of 2012, respectively, committed on | ||
an expressway monitored by a camera system funded by money | ||
from the Road Fund or money from the Illinois State Toll | ||
Highway Authority and investigated by officers of the Illinois | ||
State Police may be prosecuted by the Attorney General or the | ||
State's Attorney where the offense was committed. | ||
(d) (Blank). | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1043, eff. 6-3-22; | ||
103-154, eff. 6-30-23.) | ||
(605 ILCS 140/10 new) | ||
Sec. 10. Controlling law. This Act supersedes Section 19.1 | ||
of the Toll Highway Act. This Act does not supersede Section | ||
2-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||
(605 ILCS 140/90) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | ||
Sec. 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2028 2025 . | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-42, eff. 1-1-20; 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; | ||
102-1043, eff. 6-3-22.) | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. |