99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5908

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 1205/8-23a new

    Amends the Park District Code. Requires volunteers to complete an application prior to beginning work as a volunteer including disclosing whether they have been convicted of or found to be a perpetrator of a sex offense. Provides that if a current volunteer is convicted of or found to be the perpetrator of a sex offense, the volunteer shall immediately disclose the conviction or finding to the park district and resign. Provides for penalties for a volunteer who fails to disclose his or her sex offender status. Defines "volunteer" to mean any individual who without compensation or benefits reports to, and is under the direct supervision of, a park district's administrative staff and provides personal services to a park district recreational program that is offered to children. Effective immediately.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding
5Section 8-23a as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 1205/8-23a new)
7    Sec. 8-23a. Application for volunteers; disclosure of sex
8offenses; penalty for failure to disclose.
9    (a) For purposes of this Section, "sex offense" means:
10        (1) any offense defined in Sections 11-6, 11-9 through
11    11-9.5, inclusive, and 11-30, of the Criminal Code of 1961
12    or the Criminal Code of 2012; Sections 11-14 through 11-21,
13    inclusive, of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
14    Code of 2012; Sections 11-23 (if punished as a Class 3
15    felony), 11-24, 11-25, and 11-26 of the Criminal Code of
16    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; and Sections 11-1.20,
17    11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-4.9, 12-13, 12-14,
18    12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-32, 12-33, and 12C-45 of the
19    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
20        (2) any attempt to commit any of the offenses listed in
21    paragraph (1) of this definition;
22        (3) any offense committed or attempted in any other
23    state that, if committed or attempted in this State, would

 

 

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1    have been punishable as one or more of the offenses listed
2    in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this definition; and
3        (4) sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18
4    years of age that subjects a perpetrator to proceedings
5    under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
6    (b) For purposes of this Section, "volunteer" means any
7individual who without compensation or benefits reports to, and
8is under the direct supervision of, a park district's
9administrative staff and provides personal services to a park
10district recreational program that is offered to children.
11    (c) Every park district shall require volunteers to
12complete an application prior to beginning any work as a
13volunteer. The application shall include, but shall not be
14limited to, a question for the applicant to answer concerning
15whether they have been convicted of or found to be the
16perpetrator of a sex offense. No park district shall knowingly
17engage a volunteer who has been convicted of or found to be the
18perpetrator of a sex offense and shall terminate the services
19of the volunteer upon discovery of such offense.
20    (d) If a current volunteer with a park district is
21convicted of or found to be the perpetrator of a sex offense,
22the volunteer shall immediately disclose the conviction or
23finding to the park district.
24    (e) Failure of a volunteer to disclose that they are a sex
25offender pursuant to this Section is a Class A misdemeanor,
26except that a second or subsequent violation is a Class 4

 

 

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1felony. Any person convicted of a violation under this
2subsection shall, in addition to any other penalty required by
3law, be required to serve a minimum period of 7 days
4confinement in the local county jail, and the court shall
5impose a mandatory minimum fine of $500. These fines shall be
6deposited in the Sex Offender Registration Fund.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.