{
 "topic": "FOIA section 8.5(b)",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/8.5(b)",
 "family": "Denials and notice requirements",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-8-5-b/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 1,
  "no_violation": 0,
  "no_determination": 0,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Refusal to provide copies of records not reasonably accessible online",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "When a requester states an inability to reasonably access records online, the public body must provide copies rather than direct the requester to review voluminous non-responsive materials.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Records concerning fourteen specific properties",
    "date": "2016-07-26",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-39089/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Southern Illinoisan v. Illinois Dep't of Public Health, 218 Ill. 2d 390 (2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Citizens Opposing Pollution v. ExxonMobil Coal U.S.A., 2012 IL 111286",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co. v. Pappas, 194 Ill. 2d 99 (2000)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Niven v. Siqueira, 109 Ill. 2d 357 (1985)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Bowie v. Evanston Community Consolidated School District No. 65, 128 Ill. 2d 373 (1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-126805/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Electronic Frontier Foundation v. Dep't of Justice, No. C 10-4892 RS, 2012 WL 5372103 (N.D. Cal. 2012)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}