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1 AN ACT concerning corporate officers.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The General Not For Profit Corporation Act of
5 1986 is amended by adding Section 102.13 as follows:
6 (805 ILCS 105/102.13 new)
7 Sec. 102.13. Criminal history check; fingerprints.
8 (a) For the purpose of this Section, "Department" means
9 the Department of State Police.
10 (b) If the articles of incorporation are for the
11 incorporation of a corporation having a purpose of working
12 with or for the benefit of youths, there shall be annexed to
13 the articles of incorporation 2 sets of fingerprints for each
14 director of that corporation, for the purpose of determining
15 the criminal history of that director, in the form and manner
16 that shall be specified by the Department of State Police,
17 but in any event, no less than 2 digit imprints.
18 (c) Every set of fingerprints annexed to articles of
19 incorporation pursuant to this Section shall be promptly
20 submitted to the Department.
21 (d) The first set of fingerprints received by the
22 Department shall be used to identify the individual and to
23 conduct a criminal history record search of the Department's
24 State files to determine whether or not that individual has
25 been convicted of a Class 4 felony in this State.
26 (e) The Department shall forward the second set of that
27 individual's fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of
28 Investigation for the purpose of a nationwide criminal
29 history record check to determine whether that individual has
30 been convicted of a criminal offense in any state or federal
31 jurisdiction that, if the individual had been convicted in
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1 Illinois, would have constituted a Class 4 felony in this
2 State.
3 (f) The Department shall promptly transmit the reports
4 of the State and nationwide criminal records searches to the
5 Secretary of State.
6 (g) Each director of a corporation described in
7 subsection (b) shall sign a release authorizing the Secretary
8 of State to submit that director's fingerprints to the
9 Department and to receive the results of the criminal history
10 record searches supplied by the Department and the Federal
11 Bureau of Investigation.
12 (h) Each director shall, in advance, make payment to the
13 Department of any fee authorized by law that is reasonably
14 related to the cost of conducting the searches required by
15 this Section.
16 (i) The Secretary of State and the Director of State
17 Police are authorized to adopt all rules necessary or
18 convenient to implement the provisions of this Section.