Ill. Admin. Code tit. 2, § 775.90
Denial of Request for Information
Effective Sep 21, 19848 Ill. Reg. 17275AUTHORITY: Subpart A: Implementing the Illinois Constitution, Articles 5, 8 and 13, the State Records Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 116, pars. 43.4 et seq.), the Open Meetings Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 102, pars. 41 et seq.), the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 127, pars. 1001-1 et seq.) and the Freedom of Information Act (Supp. to Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 116, pars. 201 et seq.) and authorized by "AN ACT creating the Department of Children and Family Services, codifying its powers and duties, and repealing certain Acts and Sections herein named" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 23, pars. 5001 et seq.), the Child Care Act of 1969 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 23, pars. 2211 et seq.) and the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 23, pars. 2051 et seq.); Subpart B: Implementing and authorized by "AN ACT creating the Department of Children and Family Services, codifying its powers and duties, and repealing certain Acts and Sections herein named" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 23, pars. 5001 et seq.) and Section 5-15 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 127, par. 1005-15); Subpart C: Implementing and authorized by Section 5-15 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 127, par. 1005-15).DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
- a) When a request for information must be denied, the FOIA Officer shall notify the person who made the request of the denial, including the reason(s) for denial, the name(s) and title(s) of any persons responsible for the decision to deny the request, and the right of appeal and the procedures by which to appeal the denial. Notification of denial shall be written and shall include any legal references used as justification and shall demonstrate that due consideration was given to the spirit of the Freedom of Information Act.
- b) Repeated requests for the same public records by the same person shall be deemed unduly burdensome and shall be rejected.
- c) Copies of all denials made under terms of the Freedom of Information Act shall be retained in the office of the FOIA Officer, organized both by the type of exemption claimed and, as far as possible, by the type of materials requested. The file of denied requests shall be open to inspection by the public.
(Source: Former Section 775.90 renumbered to Section 775.100, new Section 775.90 adopted at 8 Ill. Reg. 17275, effective September 21, 1984)