{
 "topic": "FOIA section 3(e)",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/3(e)",
 "family": "Responding to requests: deadlines, extensions, copies",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-3-e/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 1,
  "no_violation": 1,
  "no_determination": 1,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Village's extension notice failed to cite statutory reasons",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body extending its FOIA response time must notify the requester of the enumerated statutory reasons for the extension within five business days.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Body-camera footage and response deadline extension",
    "date": "2024-11-06",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-83592/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Inc. v. The Board of Education of the City of Chicago, 2018 IL App (1st) 171846",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2018%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20171846/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Timeliness of FOIA extension and premature request for review",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "A public body may unilaterally extend its FOIA response deadline by five business days, and a request for review filed before the extended deadline is premature.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Records on removal of homeless individuals from O'Hare Airport",
    "date": "2023-07-03",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-76927/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Inc. v. The Board of Education of the City of Chicago, 2018 IL App (1st) 171846, ¶25, 122 N.E.3d 729, 735 (2018)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2018%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20171846/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "University's five-day extension of FOIA response time",
   "outcome": "no_determination",
   "rule": "The Public Access Counselor lacks jurisdiction to review a public body's unilateral statutory extension of its response deadline because no denial has occurred.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A university's five-day extension to respond to a FOIA request",
    "date": "2019-04-15",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-57623/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Inc. v, The Board of Education of the City of Chicago, 2018 IL App (1st) 171846, ¶ 25",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2018%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20171846/"
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}