Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 General Provisions: Article -
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 1
This Act may be cited as the State Records Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 1.5
Purpose. Pursuant to the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of government, it is declared to be the public policy of the State...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 2
For the purposes of this Act: "Secretary" means Secretary of State. "Record" or "records" means all books, papers, digitized electronic material, maps, photographs, databases,...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 3
Records as property of State. (a) All records created or received by or under the authority of or coming into the custody, control, or possession...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 3.5
Confidentiality of foster placement records. All records concerning foster placement and foster parent identifying information shall be released only in accordance with Section 35.3...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 4
Any person shall have the right of access to any public records of the expenditure or receipt of public funds as defined in Section...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 4a
Arrest reports. (a) When an individual is arrested, the following information must be made available to the news media for inspection and copying: (1) Information...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 5
The Secretary of State shall provide for a State Archives Division as a repository of State records. The State Archives may utilize space in...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 6
The Secretary of State shall be the State Archivist and Records Administrator and he shall appoint such assistants, who shall be technically qualified and...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 7
Powers and duties of the Secretary. (1) The Secretary, whenever it appears to him to be in the public interest, may accept for deposit in...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 8
The head of each agency shall cause to be made and preserved records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions,...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 9
The head of each agency shall establish, and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the records of the agency....
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 10
Whenever the head of an agency determines that substantial economies or increased operating efficiency can be effected thereby, he may, subject to the approval...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 11
Violation. All records made or received by or under the authority of or coming into the custody, control or possession of public officials of...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 12
The Secretary shall make continuing surveys of State records management and disposal practices and obtain reports thereon from agencies and their staff. (Source: P.A....
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 13
The Secretary, with due regard to the program activities of the agencies concerned, shall make provision for the economical and efficient management of records...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 14
The Secretary shall establish standards for the selective retention of records of continuing value and assist agencies in applying such standards to records in...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 15
The Secretary shall establish, maintain, and operate records centers for the storage, care, and servicing of records of State agencies pending their deposit in...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 15a
The head of each agency shall establish a system for the protection and preservation of essential State records necessary for the continuity of governmental...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 15b
The head of each agency shall: (1) Determine what records are "essential" for emergency government operation through consultation with all branches of government, State...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 16
There is created the State Records Commission. The Commission shall consist of the following State officials or their authorized representatives: the Secretary of State, who...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 17
Regardless of other authorization to the contrary, no record shall be disposed of by any agency of the State, unless approval of the State...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 18
The head of each agency shall submit to the Commission, in accordance with the regulations of the Commission, lists or schedules of records in...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 19
All lists and schedules submitted to the Commission shall be referred to the Archivist who shall ascertain whether the records proposed for disposal have...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 20
Nonrecord materials or materials not included within the definition of records as contained in this Act may be destroyed at any time by the...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 21
The Archivist shall submit to the Commission, with his recommendations in writing, disposal lists of records that have been deposited in the State Archives...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 22
Upon the termination of any State agency whose function or functions have not been transferred to another agency, the records of such terminated agency...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 22a
There is hereby created the State Archives Advisory Board consisting of 12 voting members and 2 nonvoting members. The voting members shall be appointed...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 22b
The State Archives Advisory Board shall meet at the call of the chairman, but not less than 3 times in each calendar year, and...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 22c
The State Archives Advisory Board shall also serve as the Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board. This Board shall: (1) serve as the State...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 23
"An Act creating the State Records Commission and defining its powers and duties," approved July 23, 1943, as amended, is repealed, but all orders...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 24
Auditor General. The Auditor General shall audit agencies for compliance with this Act when conducting compliance audits and shall report his or her findings...
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 25
The invalidity of any section or part or portion of this act shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or parts thereof....
- Illinois State Records Act. - 5 ILCS 160, Section 26
Beginning July 1, 1984, the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of this Act, as they relate to inspection and copying of records, shall...
Last modified: February 18, 2015