Ill. Admin. Code tit. 2, § 1176.210 - Types of Department Response
a) The Department's Office of
Press/Communications shall respond to a request for public records in one of
four ways:
1) Approve the request.
2) Approve in part and deny in
part.
3) Deny the
request.
4) Notify the requestor of
necessary delay in its processing as provided in Section 3(d) of FOIA.
[5
ILCS 140/3 ]
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 FOIA [5 ILCS 140/3 and 7 ]
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 Secretary 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 FOIA
[5
ILCS 140/3(f) ].
e) Failure to respond to a written request
within 7 working days may be considered by the requestor a denial of the
request.
Notes
Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 13658, effective August 24, 2000
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