(a) Any public record which a state agency provides to a contractor or subcontractor shall remain a public record for the purposes of subsection (a) of section 1-210.
(b) With regard to any public record, the state agency and the contractor or subcontractor shall have a joint and several obligation to comply with the obligations of the state agency under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, provided the determination of whether or not to disclose a particular record or type of record shall be made by such state agency.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9, S. 35, 50.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9 effective July 1, 1997.