Illinois Administrative Code
Title 2 - GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
Part 801 - ACCESS TO INFORMATION OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Subpart C - PROCEDURES FOR DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS
Section 801.302 - Types of Department Responses
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The Department shall respond to a request for public records in one of three ways:
b) Upon approval of a request for public records, the Department may either provide the materials immediately, give notice that the materials shall be made available upon payment of reproduction costs or give notice of the time and place for inspection of records.
c) A denial of a request for public records shall be made in writing. It shall state the reasons for the denial in accordance with either Section 3(f) or Section 7 of the FOIA and the names and titles of individuals responsible for the decision. It shall also give notice of the requestor's right to appeal to the Director of the Department.
d) Categorical requests creating an undue burden upon the Department shall be denied only after extending to the requestor an opportunity to confer in an attempt to reduce the request to manageable proportions in accordance with Section 3(f) of the FOIA.
e) Failure to respond to a written request within 7 working days may be considered by the requestor a denial of the request.