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1 | AN ACT concerning children.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil | ||||||
5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section | ||||||
6 | 2605-323 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-323 new)
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8 | Sec. 2605-323. Conviction information for Department of | ||||||
9 | Public Health. On the request of the Department of Public | ||||||
10 | Health, the Department of State Police shall conduct an inquiry | ||||||
11 | pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Youth Camp Act to ascertain | ||||||
12 | whether an employee of a youth camp or a person seeking | ||||||
13 | employment at a youth camp has been convicted of any offense | ||||||
14 | set forth in Section 6.5 of the Youth Camp Act. The Department | ||||||
15 | of State Police shall furnish the conviction information to the | ||||||
16 | Department of Public Health. | ||||||
17 | Section 10. The Youth Camp Act is amended by changing | ||||||
18 | Sections 3.01 and 6 and by adding Sections 3.01a, 3.01b, and | ||||||
19 | 6.5 as follows:
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20 | (210 ILCS 100/3.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 549.3-01)
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21 | Sec. 3.01. Youth camp.
"Youth camp
Camp " means any parcel | ||||||
22 | of land having the general characteristics
and features of a | ||||||
23 | camp as the term is generally understood, used wholly or
in | ||||||
24 | part for recreational or instructional purposes and | ||||||
25 | accommodating, for
profit or under philanthropic or charitable | ||||||
26 | auspices, 5 or more children
under 18 years of age, apart from | ||||||
27 | their parents, relatives or legal
guardians for a period of 3 | ||||||
28 | or more consecutive days or 5 days during the
calendar year or | ||||||
29 | more. This site may be equipped with temporary or
permanent | ||||||
30 | buildings and may be operated as a day camp or as a resident
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1 | camp.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 78-715.)
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3 | (210 ILCS 100/3.01a new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 3.01a. Day camp. "Day camp" means any business or | ||||||
5 | program operated wholly or in part for recreational or | ||||||
6 | instructional purposes and accommodating, for profit or under | ||||||
7 | philanthropic or charitable auspices, 5 or more children under | ||||||
8 | 18 years of age, apart from their parents, relatives, or legal | ||||||
9 | guardians, whether operated by an individual, a private | ||||||
10 | organization, or a unit of local government or other public | ||||||
11 | entity. The term includes any such program operated for any | ||||||
12 | part of a day or for a longer period. The term does not include | ||||||
13 | any of the following: classroom-based summer instructional | ||||||
14 | programs; or schools subject to the School Code. | ||||||
15 | (210 ILCS 100/3.01b new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 3.01b. Resident camp. "Resident camp" means any parcel | ||||||
17 | of land having the general characteristics and features of a | ||||||
18 | camp as the term is generally understood, used wholly or in | ||||||
19 | part for recreational or instructional purposes, whether | ||||||
20 | operated by an individual, a private organization, or a unit of | ||||||
21 | local government or other public entity, and accommodating, for | ||||||
22 | profit or under philanthropic or charitable auspices, 5 or more | ||||||
23 | children under 18 years of age, apart from their parents, | ||||||
24 | relatives, or legal guardians, for a period of 3 or more | ||||||
25 | consecutive days or 5 or more days during the calendar year.
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26 | (210 ILCS 100/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 549.6)
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27 | Sec. 6. Resident camp; construction permit.
After | ||||||
28 | January 1, 2005
1974 , it shall be unlawful for any person to | ||||||
29 | construct
any resident
youth camp as herein defined unless he | ||||||
30 | holds a valid construction
permit issued by the Department. | ||||||
31 | Construction permits shall be issued to
the person identified | ||||||
32 | in the application for the specific construction
described | ||||||
33 | therein and shall be valid for one year from date of issue. All
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1 | applications for a construction permit shall be made to the | ||||||
2 | Department on
forms furnished by the Department and shall | ||||||
3 | contain the following:
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4 | (a) Name and address of applicant.
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5 | (b) The name and address of all persons having an interest | ||||||
6 | in the
proposed resident
youth camp.
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7 | (c) Location and legal description of the proposed resident
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8 | youth camp.
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9 | (d) Plans and specifications for the construction of the | ||||||
10 | proposed resident
youth
camp which shall include:
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11 | (1) The area and the dimensions of the tract of land;
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12 | (2) The location of roadways;
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13 | (3) The location of service buildings, sanitary stations, | ||||||
14 | and any other
proposed structures or facilities;
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15 | (4) The location of water and sewer lines and rise pipes;
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16 | (5) Plans and specifications of food handling facilities, | ||||||
17 | water supply,
refuse and sewage disposal facilities;
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18 | (6) Plans and specifications of all buildings constructed, | ||||||
19 | or to be
constructed within the resident
youth camp;
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20 | (7) The location and details of all lighting and electrical | ||||||
21 | systems;
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22 | (8) The location and description of all swimming and | ||||||
23 | bathing areas;
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24 | (e) The calendar months of the year during which the | ||||||
25 | applicant will
operate the resident
youth camp.
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26 | (f) A statement of the fire fighting facilities, public or | ||||||
27 | private,
which are available to the resident
youth camp.
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28 | (g) Such other information as may be required by rules | ||||||
29 | adopted by the
Department hereunder.
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30 | (Source: P.A. 78-715.)
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31 | (210 ILCS 100/6.5 new)
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32 | Sec. 6.5. Youth camp employees; criminal history records | ||||||
33 | checks. | ||||||
34 | (a) After January 1, 2005, every person who is 18 years of | ||||||
35 | age or older and who is an employee of a licensee or a person |
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1 | seeking employment with a licensee must, as a condition of such | ||||||
2 | employment, authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history | ||||||
3 | records check to determine whether the employee or person | ||||||
4 | seeking employment (i) has been convicted, after attaining the | ||||||
5 | age of 18 years, of any of
the enumerated criminal or drug | ||||||
6 | offenses in subsection (c) of this Section or
(ii) has been | ||||||
7 | convicted, after attaining the age of 18 years and within 7 | ||||||
8 | years preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
9 | the 93rd General Assembly or the date of the application for | ||||||
10 | employment with
the
licensee, whichever is earlier, of any | ||||||
11 | other felony under the laws of this State or of any
offense | ||||||
12 | committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws | ||||||
13 | of
the United States that, if committed or attempted in this | ||||||
14 | State, would
have been punishable as a felony under the laws of | ||||||
15 | this State.
Authorization for the criminal history records | ||||||
16 | check shall be furnished to the licensee by the employee or | ||||||
17 | person seeking employment. Upon receipt of this authorization, | ||||||
18 | the licensee, as a condition of licensure under this Act, shall | ||||||
19 | submit the applicant's
name, sex, race, date of birth, social | ||||||
20 | security number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers as | ||||||
21 | prescribed by the Department of State Police to the Department | ||||||
22 | of Public Health, which shall then submit that information to | ||||||
23 | the Department
of State Police in the form and manner | ||||||
24 | prescribed by the Department of State Police. The Department of | ||||||
25 | Public Health shall charge the licensee a fee for conducting | ||||||
26 | the criminal history records check, and the fee shall not | ||||||
27 | exceed the cost of processing the inquiry. Fees collected under | ||||||
28 | this subsection shall be deposited into the State Police | ||||||
29 | Services Fund. The licensee may not charge the employee or the | ||||||
30 | person seeking employment a fee for the criminal history | ||||||
31 | records check. The Department of
Public Health shall promptly | ||||||
32 | notify the licensee that the
Department has requested the | ||||||
33 | criminal history records check. | ||||||
34 | The Department of State
Police and the Federal Bureau of | ||||||
35 | Investigation shall furnish to the Department of Public Health, | ||||||
36 | pursuant to a fingerprint-based criminal history records |
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1 | check, records of convictions, until expunged, to ascertain | ||||||
2 | whether an employee of a licensee or a person seeking | ||||||
3 | employment with a licensee has been convicted, after attaining | ||||||
4 | the age of 18 years, of committing or attempting to
commit any | ||||||
5 | of the enumerated
criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) | ||||||
6 | or has been convicted of
committing or attempting to commit, | ||||||
7 | after attaining the age of 18 years and within 7
years
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8 | preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||||||
9 | General Assembly or the date of the application for employment | ||||||
10 | with the
licensee, whichever is earlier, any other felony under | ||||||
11 | the laws of this State or of any
offense committed or attempted | ||||||
12 | in any other state or against the laws of
the United States | ||||||
13 | that, if committed or attempted in this State, would
have been | ||||||
14 | punishable as a felony under the laws of this State.
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15 | (b) Any information
concerning the record of convictions | ||||||
16 | obtained by the Department of Public Health shall be | ||||||
17 | confidential and may
be transmitted only to the licensee. A | ||||||
18 | copy
of the record of convictions obtained from the Department | ||||||
19 | of State Police
shall be provided to the employee or person | ||||||
20 | seeking employment. Any person who releases any
confidential | ||||||
21 | information concerning any criminal convictions of an employee | ||||||
22 | of a licensee or a person seeking employment with a licensee is | ||||||
23 | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless
the release of such | ||||||
24 | information is authorized by this Section.
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25 | (c) A licensee may not knowingly employ a person who has | ||||||
26 | been
convicted for committing attempted first degree murder or | ||||||
27 | for committing or
attempting to commit first degree murder or a | ||||||
28 | Class X felony or any one or
more of the
following offenses: | ||||||
29 | (i) those defined in Sections 11-6, 11-9, 11-14, 11-15,
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30 | 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, | ||||||
31 | 11-20.1,
11-21, 12-13, 12-14,
12-14.1,
12-15 and 12-16 of the | ||||||
32 | Criminal Code of 1961; (ii)
those defined in the Cannabis | ||||||
33 | Control Act except those defined in Sections
4(a), 4(b) and | ||||||
34 | 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined in the Illinois
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35 | Controlled Substances Act; and (iv) any
offense committed or | ||||||
36 | attempted in
any other state or against the laws of the United |
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1 | States that, if
committed or attempted in this State, would | ||||||
2 | have been punishable as one or
more of the foregoing offenses.
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3 | Further, a licensee may not knowingly employ a person who has | ||||||
4 | been found
to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of | ||||||
5 | any minor under 18 years
of age pursuant to proceedings under | ||||||
6 | Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of
1987. | ||||||
7 | (d) A licensee may not knowingly employ a person for whom a | ||||||
8 | criminal
history records check has not been initiated under | ||||||
9 | this Section. | ||||||
10 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
11 | Section 8.28 as
follows:
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12 | (30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)
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13 | Sec. 8.28. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
14 | of this
Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
15 | implementation of
any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
16 | the 93rd General Assembly.
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
18 | 1, 2005.
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