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Re: Open records legislation



The Illinois State Records Act specifies that no records deposited in the
state archives should be restricted for more than 75 years  "except  as
provided   in   the   Mental   Health   and  Developmental  Disabilities
Confidentiality Act." See
http://www.legis.state.il.us/ilcs/ch5/ch5act160.htm

The Illinois Vital Records Act specifies time periods for access to birth,
marriage, and death records:

"Original, photographic or microphotographic reproductions of
original records of births 100 years old and older and deaths  50  years
old  and  older,  and marriage records 75 years old and older on file in
the State Office of Vital Records and  in  the  custody  of  the  county
clerks  may  be  made  available  for  inspection  in the Illinois State
Archives reference area, Illinois Regional  Archives  Depositories,  and
other  libraries  approved  by  the  Illinois  State  Registrar  and the
Director of the Illinois State Archives, provided that the  photographic
or  microphotographic copies are made at no cost to the county or to the
State  of  Illinois."

See http://www.legis.state.il.us/ilcs/ch410/ch410act535.htm

Thomas J. Wood
Archivist
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
P.O. Box 19243
Springfield IL 62794-9243
217-206-6520 | wood@uis.edu | http://www.uis.edu/~lib-arch


-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn Foster [mailto:cfoster@TSL.STATE.TX.US]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:50 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Open records legislation


The posting earlier today of Colorado's open records act prompts me to ask,
especially of other archivists for state governments, do any of your open
records laws have a specific date for termination of privacy?  Texas' open
records opinions make it clear that privacy terminates with death, but that
is really (!) hard to administer.  What I'm wondering is if there are state
laws out there that say the "closed because of personal privacy
restrictions" documents may be opened xx years after date of creation?  If
any can say, "Yes," I'd appreciate the citation.

Carolyn Foster
Assistant Director for Archives
Archives and Information Services Division
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

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