{
 "topic": "FOIA section 3.2",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/3.2",
 "family": "Recurrent requesters and voluminous requests",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-3-2/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 0,
  "no_violation": 3,
  "no_determination": 0,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Recurrent requester designation for DHS request",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "A requester who fails to show they qualify as news media may be treated as a recurrent requester.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A journalist's recurrent requester designation",
    "date": "2024-07-03",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81798/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 71808",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Recurrent requester designation for Department of Veterans' Affairs request",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "A requester who fails to show they qualify as news media may be treated as a recurrent requester.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A journalist's recurrent requester designation",
    "date": "2024-07-03",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81798/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 71808",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Whether requester is subject to recurrent requester provision",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Because requester is not news media, the recurrent requester time limits apply to his requests.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Cellular phone bills and credit card expenditures",
    "date": "2016-12-02",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-44649/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  }
 ]
}