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1   AN ACT concerning courts.

2   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4   Section 5. The Judicial Privacy Act is amended by changing

5 Section 1-10 as follows:

6   (705 ILCS 90/1-10)

7   Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

8   "Government agency" includes all agencies, authorities,

9 boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and

10 any other bodies politic and corporate of the State created by

11 the constitution or statute, whether in the executive,

12 judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate

13 outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any

14 constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution

15 of the General Assembly; or agencies, authorities, boards,

16 commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other

17 bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or

18 school district.

19  "Home address" includes a judicial officer's permanent

20 residence and any secondary residences affirmatively

21 identified by the judicial officer, but does not include a

22 judicial officer's work address.

23  "Immediate family" includes a judicial officer's spouse,
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1 child, parent, or any blood relative of the judicial officer

2 or the judicial officer's spouse who lives in the same

3 residence.

4   "Judicial officer" includes actively employed and former

5 or deceased:

6   (1) Justices of the United States Supreme Court and

7   the Illinois Supreme Court;

8   (2) Judges of the United States Court of Appeals;

9   (3) Judges and magistrate judges of the United States

10  District Court;

11  (4) Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court;

12  (5) Judges of the Illinois Appellate Court; and

13  (6) Judges and associate judges of the Illinois

14  Circuit Courts; and.

15  (7) Administrative law judges as defined in Section

16  1-15 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

17  "Personal information" means a home address, home

18 telephone number, mobile telephone number, pager number,

19 personal email address, social security number, federal tax

20 identification number, checking and savings account numbers,

21 credit card numbers, marital status, and identity of children

22 under the age of 18.

23  "Publicly available content" means any written, printed,

24 or electronic document or record that provides information or

25 that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or

26 in the possession of a government agency that may be obtained
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1 by any person or entity, from the Internet, from the

2 government agency upon request either free of charge or for a

3 fee, or in response to a request under the Freedom of

4 Information Act.

5  "Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to communicate

6 to another or otherwise make available to the general public.

7  "Written request" means written notice signed by a

8 judicial officer or a representative of the judicial officer's

9 employer requesting a government agency, person, business, or

10 association to refrain from posting or displaying publicly

11 available content that includes the judicial officer's

12 personal information.

13 (Source: P.A. 100-98, eff. 8-11-17.)
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