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| Public Act 104-0278 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning courts. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Judicial Privacy Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 1-10 as follows: | ||||
(705 ILCS 90/1-10) | ||||
Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||
"Government agency" includes all agencies, authorities, | ||||
boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and | ||||
any other bodies politic and corporate of the State created by | ||||
the constitution or statute, whether in the executive, | ||||
judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate | ||||
outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any | ||||
constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution | ||||
of the General Assembly; or agencies, authorities, boards, | ||||
commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other | ||||
bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or | ||||
school district. | ||||
"Home address" includes a judicial officer's permanent | ||||
residence and any secondary residences affirmatively | ||||
identified by the judicial officer, but does not include a | ||||
judicial officer's work address. | ||||
"Immediate family" includes a judicial officer's spouse, | ||||
child, parent, or any blood relative of the judicial officer | ||
or the judicial officer's spouse who lives in the same | ||
residence. | ||
"Judicial officer" includes actively employed and former | ||
or deceased: | ||
(1) Justices of the United States Supreme Court and | ||
the Illinois Supreme Court; | ||
(2) Judges of the United States Court of Appeals; | ||
(3) Judges and magistrate judges of the United States | ||
District Court; | ||
(4) Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court; | ||
(5) Judges of the Illinois Appellate Court; and | ||
(6) Judges and associate judges of the Illinois | ||
Circuit Courts; and . | ||
(7) Administrative law judges as defined in Section | ||
1-15 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. | ||
"Personal information" means a home address, home | ||
telephone number, mobile telephone number, pager number, | ||
personal email address, social security number, federal tax | ||
identification number, checking and savings account numbers, | ||
credit card numbers, marital status, and identity of children | ||
under the age of 18. | ||
"Publicly available content" means any written, printed, | ||
or electronic document or record that provides information or | ||
that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or | ||
in the possession of a government agency that may be obtained | ||
by any person or entity, from the Internet, from the | ||
government agency upon request either free of charge or for a | ||
fee, or in response to a request under the Freedom of | ||
Information Act. | ||
"Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to communicate | ||
to another or otherwise make available to the general public. | ||
"Written request" means written notice signed by a | ||
judicial officer or a representative of the judicial officer's | ||
employer requesting a government agency, person, business, or | ||
association to refrain from posting or displaying publicly | ||
available content that includes the judicial officer's | ||
personal information. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-98, eff. 8-11-17.) | ||