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92_HB0300

 
                                               LRB9204051RCcd

 1        AN ACT in relation to  the  expungement  and  sealing  of
 2    arrest and court records.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Criminal Identification Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 5 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 2630/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 206-5)
 8        Sec. 5. Arrest reports; expungement.
 9        (a)  All policing bodies of this State shall  furnish  to
10    the  Department, daily, in the form and detail the Department
11    requires, fingerprints and descriptions of  all  persons  who
12    are  arrested  on  charges  of violating any penal statute of
13    this State for offenses that are classified as  felonies  and
14    Class  A or B misdemeanors and of all minors of the age of 10
15    and over who have been arrested for an offense which would be
16    a felony if committed by  an  adult,  and  may  forward  such
17    fingerprints and descriptions for minors arrested for Class A
18    or  B  misdemeanors.   Moving or nonmoving traffic violations
19    under the Illinois Vehicle Code shall not be reported  except
20    for  violations  of  Chapter  4, Section 11-204.1, or Section
21    11-501 of that Code.  In addition, conservation offenses,  as
22    defined in the Supreme Court Rule 501(c), that are classified
23    as Class B misdemeanors shall not be reported.
24        Whenever  an  adult  or minor prosecuted as an adult, not
25    having previously been convicted of any criminal  offense  or
26    municipal  ordinance violation, charged with a violation of a
27    municipal ordinance or a felony or misdemeanor, is  acquitted
28    or released without being convicted, whether the acquittal or
29    release  occurred  before, on, or after the effective date of
30    this amendatory Act of 1991, the Chief Judge of  the  circuit
31    wherein  the  charge  was  brought, any judge of that circuit
 
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 1    designated by the Chief Judge, or in counties  of  less  than
 2    3,000,000  inhabitants,  the  presiding  trial  judge  at the
 3    defendant's trial may upon verified petition of the defendant
 4    order the record of arrest expunged from the official records
 5    of the arresting authority and the Department and order  that
 6    the records of the clerk of the circuit court be sealed until
 7    further order of the court upon good cause shown and the name
 8    of  the  defendant obliterated on the official index required
 9    to be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the
10    Clerks of Courts Act, but the  order  shall  not  affect  any
11    index  issued  by the circuit court clerk before the entry of
12    the order.  The Department may charge the  petitioner  a  fee
13    equivalent  to the cost of processing any order to expunge or
14    seal the records, and the fee shall  be  deposited  into  the
15    State  Police  Services  Fund.  The records of those arrests,
16    however, that result in a disposition of supervision for  any
17    offense  shall  not  be  expunged  from  the  records  of the
18    arresting authority or the Department nor  impounded  by  the
19    court   until  2  years  after  discharge  and  dismissal  of
20    supervision.  Those records that result  from  a  supervision
21    for  a  violation of Section 3-707, 3-708, 3-710, 5-401.3, or
22    11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of
23    a local ordinance, or for  a  violation  of  Section  12-3.2,
24    12-15  or  16A-3  of  the Criminal Code of 1961, or probation
25    under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410  of
26    the  Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 12-4.3(b)(1)
27    and (2) of the Criminal Code of  1961  (as  those  provisions
28    existed  before their deletion by Public Act 89-313), Section
29    10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other  Drug  Dependency
30    Act when the judgment of conviction has been vacated, Section
31    40-10  of  the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency
32    Act when the judgment of  conviction  has  been  vacated,  or
33    Section  10  of the Steroid Control Act shall not be expunged
34    from the records of the arresting authority nor impounded  by
 
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 1    the  court  until  5  years after termination of probation or
 2    supervision.  Those records that result  from  a  supervision
 3    for  a  violation  of  Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle
 4    Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance,  shall  not
 5    be expunged.  All records set out above may be ordered by the
 6    court  to  be  expunged  from  the  records  of the arresting
 7    authority and impounded by the court after 5 years, but shall
 8    not be expunged by the Department, but shall, on court  order
 9    be  sealed  by  the Department and may be disseminated by the
10    Department only as  required  by  law  or  to  the  arresting
11    authority,  the  State's Attorney, and the court upon a later
12    arrest for the same or a similar offense or for  the  purpose
13    of sentencing for any subsequent felony.  Upon conviction for
14    any  offense, the Department of Corrections shall have access
15    to all sealed records of the Department  pertaining  to  that
16    individual.
17        (a-5)  Those  records  maintained  by  the Department for
18    persons arrested  prior  to  their  17th  birthday  shall  be
19    expunged  as  provided in Section 5-915 of the Juvenile Court
20    Act of 1987.
21        (b)  Whenever a person has been convicted of a  crime  or
22    of  the  violation of a municipal ordinance, in the name of a
23    person whose identity he has stolen or  otherwise  come  into
24    possession  of,  the  aggrieved person from whom the identity
25    was stolen or otherwise obtained without authorization,  upon
26    learning  of  the  person  having  been  arrested  using  his
27    identity,  may,  upon verified petition to the chief judge of
28    the circuit wherein the arrest was made, have a  court  order
29    entered  nunc  pro  tunc  by  the  chief judge to correct the
30    arrest record, conviction record, if any,  and  all  official
31    records  of  the  arresting  authority, the Department, other
32    criminal justice agencies,  the  prosecutor,  and  the  trial
33    court  concerning  such  arrest, if any, by removing his name
34    from all such records  in  connection  with  the  arrest  and
 
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 1    conviction,  if any, and by inserting in the records the name
 2    of the offender, if known or ascertainable, in  lieu  of  the
 3    has  name.   The  records  of  the clerk of the circuit court
 4    clerk shall be sealed until further order of the  court  upon
 5    good  cause  shown  and  the  name  of  the  aggrieved person
 6    obliterated on the official index required to be kept by  the
 7    circuit  court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts
 8    Act, but the order shall not affect any index issued  by  the
 9    circuit court clerk before the entry of the order. Nothing in
10    this  Section  shall  limit the Department of State Police or
11    other criminal justice agencies or prosecutors  from  listing
12    under  an offender's name the false names he or she has used.
13    For purposes of this  Section,  convictions  for  moving  and
14    nonmoving  traffic  violations  other  than  convictions  for
15    violations  of  Chapter 4, Section 11-204.1 or Section 11-501
16    of the Illinois Vehicle Code shall not be a bar to  expunging
17    the  record  of  arrest  and court records for violation of a
18    misdemeanor or municipal ordinance.
19        (c)  Whenever a person  who  has  been  convicted  of  an
20    offense   is   granted   a   pardon  by  the  Governor  which
21    specifically authorizes expungement, he  may,  upon  verified
22    petition  to  the chief judge of the circuit where the person
23    had been convicted, any judge of the  circuit  designated  by
24    the  Chief  Judge,  or  in  counties  of  less than 3,000,000
25    inhabitants, the presiding trial  judge  at  the  defendant's
26    trial, may have a court order entered expunging the record of
27    arrest  from  the official records of the arresting authority
28    and order that the records of the clerk of the circuit  court
29    and the Department be sealed until further order of the court
30    upon  good  cause  shown or as otherwise provided herein, and
31    the name of the defendant obliterated from the official index
32    requested to be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section
33    16 of the Clerks of Courts Act in connection with the  arrest
34    and conviction for the offense for which he had been pardoned
 
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 1    but  the  order  shall  not  affect  any  index issued by the
 2    circuit court clerk before  the  entry  of  the  order.   All
 3    records  sealed  by the Department may be disseminated by the
 4    Department only as  required  by  law  or  to  the  arresting
 5    authority,  the  State's Attorney, and the court upon a later
 6    arrest for the same or similar offense or for the purpose  of
 7    sentencing  for  any  subsequent felony.  Upon conviction for
 8    any subsequent offense, the Department of  Corrections  shall
 9    have   access   to  all  sealed  records  of  the  Department
10    pertaining to that individual.  Upon entry of  the  order  of
11    expungement,  the  clerk  of the circuit court shall promptly
12    mail a copy of the order to the person who was pardoned.
13        (c-5)  Whenever a person has been convicted  of  criminal
14    sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory
15    criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or
16    aggravated  criminal sexual abuse, the victim of that offense
17    may request that the State's Attorney of the county in  which
18    the  conviction  occurred  file  a verified petition with the
19    presiding trial judge at the  defendant's  trial  to  have  a
20    court  order  entered to seal the records of the clerk of the
21    circuit court in connection with the proceedings of the trial
22    court concerning that offense.  However, the records  of  the
23    arresting  authority  and  the  Department  of  State  Police
24    concerning  the offense shall not be sealed.  The court, upon
25    good cause shown, shall make the records of the clerk of  the
26    circuit court in connection with the proceedings of the trial
27    court concerning the offense available for public inspection.
28        (c-6)  When  the conviction of a person is reversed after
29    a new trial, judgment notwithstanding the verdict, on appeal,
30    or in a post-conviction, or habeas corpus proceeding and  the
31    court  makes  a finding that the person was actually innocent
32    of the crime for which he or she  was  convicted,  the  chief
33    judge of the circuit where the person had been convicted, any
34    judge  of  the  circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or, in
 
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 1    counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants,  the  judge  who
 2    terminated  the  original  court disposition must immediately
 3    have a court order entered expunging  the  record  of  arrest
 4    from  the  official  records  of  the arresting authority and
 5    order that the records of the clerk of the circuit court  and
 6    the  Department  be  sealed  until further order of the court
 7    upon good cause  shown  or  as  otherwise  provided  in  this
 8    Section,  and  the name of the defendant obliterated from the
 9    official index requested to be  kept  by  the  circuit  court
10    clerk  under  Section  16  of  the  Clerks  of  Courts Act in
11    connection with the arrest and conviction for the offense for
12    which he or she had been convicted but the  order  shall  not
13    affect any index issued by the circuit court clerk before the
14    entry of the order.  All records sealed by the Department may
15    be  disseminated by the Department only as required by law or
16    to the arresting authority, the  State's  Attorney,  and  the
17    court  upon a later arrest for the same or similar offense or
18    for the purpose of  sentencing  for  any  subsequent  felony.
19    Upon conviction for any subsequent offense, the Department of
20    Corrections  shall  have  access to all sealed records of the
21    Department pertaining to that individual.  Upon entry of  the
22    order  of  expungement,  the clerk of the circuit court shall
23    promptly mail a copy of the order to the person whose records
24    were expunged and sealed.
25        (d)  Notice of the petition for subsections (a), (b), and
26    (c), and notice of the order of expungement  and  sealing  of
27    records  under  subsection  (c-6),  shall  be served upon the
28    State's Attorney or  prosecutor  charged  with  the  duty  of
29    prosecuting  the offense, the Department of State Police, the
30    arresting agency and the chief legal officer of the  unit  of
31    local  government  affecting  the arrest.  Unless the State's
32    Attorney or prosecutor, the Department of State  Police,  the
33    arresting  agency  or such chief legal officer objects to the
34    petition under subsection (a), (b), or  (c)  within  30  days
 
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 1    from  the  date of the notice, the court shall enter an order
 2    granting or denying the petition.  The  clerk  of  the  court
 3    shall  promptly  mail  a copy of the order to the person, the
 4    arresting agency, the prosecutor,  the  Department  of  State
 5    Police  and  such  other  criminal justice agencies as may be
 6    ordered by the judge.
 7        (e)  Nothing herein shall prevent the Department of State
 8    Police from maintaining all records  of  any  person  who  is
 9    admitted  to  probation  upon  terms  and  conditions and who
10    fulfills those terms and conditions pursuant to Section 10 of
11    the  Cannabis  Control  Act,  Section  410  of  the  Illinois
12    Controlled Substances Act, Section  12-4.3  of  the  Criminal
13    Code  of  1961, Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and
14    Other Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10  of  the  Alcoholism
15    and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the
16    Steroid Control Act.
17        (f)  No  court  order  issued pursuant to the expungement
18    provisions of this Section shall become final for purposes of
19    appeal  until  30  days  after  notice  is  received  by  the
20    Department.  Any court order contrary to  the  provisions  of
21    this Section is void.
22        (g)  Except  as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5) of
23    this Section, the  court  shall  not  order  the  sealing  or
24    expungement  of the arrest records and records of the circuit
25    court  clerk  of  any  person  granted  supervision  for   or
26    convicted  of  any  sexual  offense committed against a minor
27    under 18 years of age.  For the  purposes  of  this  Section,
28    "sexual  offense  committed  against a minor" includes but is
29    not limited to the offenses of  indecent  solicitation  of  a
30    child  or  criminal  sexual  abuse  when  the  victim of such
31    offense is under 18 years of age.
32    (Source: P.A.  90-590,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-295,  eff.  1-1-00;
33    91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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