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Illinois Freedom of Information

NCJ Number
154715
Date Published
1995
Length
38 pages
Annotation
This document presents the text of Illinois laws regarding privacy and security related to criminal history information and other types of records.
Abstract
Individual sections present the provisions of the State's Freedom of Information Act, the State Records Act, and the law relating to the records of the Department of State Police. Topics include rights of access to public records regarding receipts and expenditures of public funds, the preservation of State agency records, the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System, records of convicted persons, crime statistics, fingerprint records, restrictions on the use of conviction information, and the responsibilities and functions of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.