Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 3/23/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3007 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3007  by replacing 
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the title with the following:

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    "AN ACT concerning the sealing of criminal records."; and
 
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by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

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



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    (20 ILCS 2630/5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 206-5)



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    Sec. 5. Arrest reports; expungement. 

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    (a) All policing bodies of this State shall furnish to the 
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Department,
daily, in the form and detail the Department 
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requires, fingerprints and
descriptions of all persons who are 
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arrested on charges of violating any penal
statute of this 
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State for offenses that are classified as felonies and Class
A 
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or B misdemeanors and of all minors of the age of 10 and over 
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who have been
arrested for an offense which would be a felony 
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if committed by an adult, and
may forward such fingerprints and 
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descriptions for minors arrested for Class A
or B misdemeanors.  
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Moving or nonmoving traffic violations under the Illinois

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Vehicle Code shall not be reported except for violations of 
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Chapter 4, Section
11-204.1, or Section 11-501 of that Code.  In 
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addition, conservation offenses,
as defined in the Supreme 
 


 






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Court Rule 501(c), that are classified as Class B
misdemeanors 
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shall not be reported.

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    Whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as an adult,
not 
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having previously been convicted of any criminal offense or 
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municipal
ordinance violation, charged with a violation of a 
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municipal ordinance or a
felony or misdemeanor, is acquitted or 
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released without being convicted,
whether the acquittal or 
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release occurred before, on, or after the
effective date of 
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this amendatory Act of 1991, the Chief Judge of the circuit

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wherein the charge was brought, any judge of that circuit 
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designated by the
Chief Judge, or in counties of less than 
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3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding
trial judge at the 
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defendant's trial may upon verified petition of the
defendant 
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order the record of arrest expunged from the official records 
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of the
arresting authority and the Department and order that 
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the records of the clerk
of the circuit court be sealed until 
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further order of the court upon good cause
shown and the name 
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of the defendant obliterated on the official index required
to 
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be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the 
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Clerks of Courts
Act, but the order shall not affect any index 
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issued by the circuit court clerk
before the entry of the 
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order.  The Department may charge the petitioner a fee

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equivalent to the cost of processing any order to expunge or 
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seal the records,
and the fee shall be deposited into the State 
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Police Services Fund.  The
records of those arrests, however, 
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that result in a disposition of
supervision for any offense 
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shall not be expunged from the records of the
arresting 
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authority or the Department nor impounded by the court until 2 
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years
after discharge and dismissal of supervision.  Those 
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records
that result from a supervision for a violation of 
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Section 3-707, 3-708, 3-710,
5-401.3, or 11-503 of the Illinois 
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Vehicle Code or a similar provision
of a local ordinance, or 
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for a violation of Section 12-3.2, 12-15 or 16A-3
of the 
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Criminal Code of 1961, or probation under Section 10 of the 
 


 






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Cannabis
Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled 
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Substances Act, Section
12-4.3(b)(1) and (2) of the Criminal 
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Code of 1961 (as those provisions
existed before their deletion 
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by Public Act 89-313), Section 10-102 of the
Illinois 
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Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act when the judgment of

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conviction has been vacated, Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism 
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and Other Drug
Abuse and Dependency Act when the judgment of 
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conviction has been vacated,
or Section 10 of the Steroid 
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Control Act shall not be expunged from the records
of the 
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arresting authority nor impounded by the court until 5 years 
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after
termination of probation or supervision.  Those records 
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that result from a
supervision for a violation of Section 
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11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or
a similar provision of a 
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local ordinance, shall not be expunged.  All records
set out 
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above may be ordered by the court to be expunged from the 
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records of
the arresting authority and impounded by the court 
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after 5 years, but shall
not be expunged by the Department, but 
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shall, on court order be sealed by the
Department and may be 
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disseminated by the Department only as required by law or
to 
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the arresting authority, the State's Attorney, and the court 
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upon a later
arrest for the same or a similar offense or for 
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the purpose of sentencing for
any subsequent felony.  Upon 
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conviction for any offense, the Department of
Corrections shall 
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have access to all sealed records of the Department
pertaining 
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to that individual.

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    (a-5) Those records maintained by the Department for 
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persons arrested
prior to their 17th birthday shall be expunged 
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as provided in Section 5-915 of
the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.

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    (b) Whenever a person has been convicted of a crime or of 
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the violation of
a municipal ordinance, in the name of a person 
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whose identity he has stolen
or otherwise come into possession 
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of, the aggrieved person from whom the
identity was stolen or 
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otherwise obtained without authorization, upon learning
of the 
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verified
petition to the chief judge of the circuit wherein the 
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arrest was made,
have a court order entered nunc pro tunc by 
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the chief judge to correct
the arrest record, conviction 
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record, if any, and all official records of the
arresting 
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authority, the Department, other criminal justice agencies, 
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the
prosecutor, and the trial court concerning such arrest, if 
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any, by removing his
name from all such records in connection 
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with the arrest and conviction, if
any, and by inserting in the 
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records the name of the offender, if known or
ascertainable, in 
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lieu of the aggrieved's name.  The records of the
clerk of
the 
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circuit court clerk shall be sealed until further order of the 
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court upon
good cause shown and the name of the aggrieved 
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person obliterated on the
official index required to be kept by 
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the circuit court clerk under Section 16
of the Clerks of 
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Courts Act, but the order shall not affect any index issued by

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the circuit court clerk before the entry of the order.  Nothing 
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in this Section
shall limit the Department of State Police or 
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other criminal justice agencies
or prosecutors from listing 
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under an offender's name the false names he or she
has used.  
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For purposes of this Section, convictions for moving and 
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nonmoving
traffic violations other than convictions for 
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violations of Chapter 4, Section
11-204.1 or Section 11-501 of 
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the Illinois Vehicle Code shall not be a bar to
expunging the 
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record of arrest and court records for
violation of a 
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misdemeanor or municipal ordinance.

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    (c) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an offense 
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is granted
a pardon by the Governor which specifically 
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authorizes expungement, he may,
upon verified petition to the 
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chief judge of the circuit where the person had
been convicted, 
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any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or in

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counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding 
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trial judge at the
defendant's trial, may have a court order 
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entered expunging the record of
arrest from the official 
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records of the arresting authority and order that the
records 
 


 






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of the clerk of the circuit court and the Department be sealed 
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until
further order of the court upon good cause shown or as 
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otherwise provided
herein, and the name of the defendant 
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obliterated from the official index
requested to be kept by the 
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circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks
of Courts 
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Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for the 
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offense for
which he had been pardoned but the order shall not 
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affect any index issued by
the circuit court clerk before the 
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entry of the order.  All records sealed by
the Department may be 
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disseminated by the Department only as required by law or
to 
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the arresting authority, the State's Attorney, and the court 
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upon a later
arrest for the same or similar offense or for the 
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purpose of sentencing for any
subsequent felony.  Upon 
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conviction for any subsequent offense, the Department
of 
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Corrections shall have access to all sealed records of the 
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Department
pertaining to that individual.  Upon entry of the 
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order of expungement, the
clerk of the circuit court shall 
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promptly mail a copy of the order to the
person who was 
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pardoned.

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    (c-5) Whenever a person has been convicted of criminal 
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sexual assault,
aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory 
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criminal sexual assault of a
child, criminal sexual abuse, or 
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aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the victim
of that offense 
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may request that the State's Attorney of the county in which

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the conviction occurred file a verified petition with the 
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presiding trial judge
at the defendant's trial to have a court 
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order entered to seal the records of
the clerk of the circuit 
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court in connection with the proceedings of the trial
court 
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concerning that offense.  However, the records of the arresting 
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authority
and the Department of State Police concerning the 
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offense shall not be
sealed.  The court, upon good cause shown, 
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shall make the records of the clerk
of the circuit court in 
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connection with the proceedings of the trial court
concerning 
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the offense available for public inspection.

 


 






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    (c-6) If a conviction has been set aside on direct review 
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or on
collateral attack
and the court determines by clear and 
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convincing evidence that the defendant
was factually innocent 
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of
the charge, the court shall enter an expungement order as 
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provided in
subsection (b) of Section 5-5-4
of the Unified Code 
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of Corrections.

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    (d) Notice of the petition for subsections (a), (b), and 
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(c) shall be
served upon the State's Attorney or prosecutor 
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charged with the duty
of prosecuting the offense, the 
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Department of State Police, the arresting
agency and the chief 
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legal officer of the unit of local government
affecting the 
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arrest.  Unless the State's Attorney or prosecutor, the

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Department of State Police, the arresting agency or such chief 
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legal officer
objects to the petition within 30 days from the 
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date of the notice, the
court shall enter an order granting or 
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denying the petition. The clerk
of the court shall promptly 
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mail a copy of the order to the person, the
arresting agency, 
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the prosecutor, the Department of State Police and such
other 
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criminal justice agencies as may be ordered by the judge.

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    (e) Nothing herein shall prevent the Department of State 
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Police from
maintaining all records of any person who is 
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admitted to probation upon
terms and conditions and who 
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fulfills those terms and conditions pursuant
to Section 10 of 
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the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois

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Controlled Substances Act, Section 12-4.3 of the Criminal Code

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of 1961, Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other 
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Drug
Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism and Other 
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Drug Abuse and
Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid 
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Control Act. 

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    (f) No court order issued under
pursuant to the expungement 
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provisions of this
Section shall become final for purposes of 
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appeal until 30 days after
notice is received by the 
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Department.  Any court order contrary to the
provisions of this 
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Section is void.

 


 






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    (g) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5) of 
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this Section,
the court shall not order the sealing or 
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expungement of the arrest
records and records of the circuit 
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court clerk of any person granted
supervision for or convicted 
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of any sexual offense committed against a minor
under 18 years 
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of age.  For the purposes of this Section, "sexual offense

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committed against a minor" includes but is not limited to the 
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offenses of
indecent solicitation of a child or criminal sexual 
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abuse when the victim of
such offense is under 18 years of age.

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    (h) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to 
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the contrary
and cumulative with any rights to expungement of 
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criminal
records, whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as an 
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adult charged with a
violation of a municipal ordinance or a 
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misdemeanor is acquitted or released
without being convicted, 
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or if the person is convicted but the conviction is
reversed, 
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or if the person has
been placed on supervision for a 
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misdemeanor and has not been
convicted of a felony or 
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misdemeanor or placed on supervision for a
misdemeanor within 3 
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years after the acquittal or release or reversal of
conviction, 
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or the
completion of the terms and conditions of the 
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supervision, if the
acquittal, release, finding of not guilty, 
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or reversal of conviction occurred
on
or
after the
effective 
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date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the

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Chief Judge of the circuit in which the charge was brought may 
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have the
official records of the arresting authority, the

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Department, and the clerk of the circuit court sealed 3 years 
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after the
dismissal of the charge, the finding of not guilty, 
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the reversal of conviction,
or the
completion of the terms and 
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conditions of the supervision,
except those records are subject 
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to inspection and use by the court for the
purposes of 
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subsequent sentencing for misdemeanor and felony violations 
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and
inspection and use by law enforcement agencies and State's 
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Attorneys or other
prosecutors in carrying out the duties of 
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their offices.
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this
This subsection (h) does not apply to persons placed on

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supervision for:
(1) a violation of Section 11-501 of the 
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Illinois Vehicle
Code or a similar provision of a local 
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ordinance; (2) a misdemeanor
violation of Article 11 of the 
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Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of
a
local 
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ordinance; (3) a misdemeanor
violation of Section 12-15, 12-30, 
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or 26-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a
similar
provision of 
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a local ordinance; (4) a
misdemeanor violation that is a crime 
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of violence as defined in Section 2 of
the Crime Victims 
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Compensation Act or a similar provision of a local ordinance;

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(5) a Class A misdemeanor violation of the Humane Care for 
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Animals Act; or
(6) any offense or attempted offense that would 
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subject a person to
registration under the Sex Offender 
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Registration Act.

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    (2) Upon acquittal, release without conviction, or being 
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placed on
supervision,
the person charged with the offense 
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shall be informed by the court of the right
to have the records 
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sealed and the procedures for the sealing of the records.
Three 
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years after the dismissal of the charge, the finding of not 
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guilty, the
reversal of conviction, or the completion of the 
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terms and
conditions of the supervision, the defendant
shall 
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provide the clerk of the
court with a notice of request for 
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sealing of records and payment of the
applicable fee and a 
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current
address and shall promptly notify the clerk of the 
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court
of any change of address. The clerk shall promptly serve 
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notice that the
person's records are to be sealed on the 
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State's Attorney or prosecutor charged
with the
duty of 
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prosecuting the offense, the Department of State Police, the

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arresting agency and the chief legal officer of the unit of 
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local
government effecting the arrest.
Unless the State's 
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Attorney or prosecutor, the Department of
State Police, the 
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arresting agency or such chief legal officer objects to
sealing 
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of the records within 90 days of notice
the court shall enter 
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an
order sealing the defendant's records 3 years after the 
 


 






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dismissal of the
charge, the finding of not guilty, the 
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reversal of conviction, or the
completion of the terms and 
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conditions of the supervision.
The clerk of the court shall 
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promptly serve by mail or in person a copy of the
order to the 
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person,
the arresting agency, the prosecutor, the Department of

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State Police and such other criminal justice agencies as may be 
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ordered
by the judge. If an objection is filed, the court shall 
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set a date for hearing.
At
the hearing the court shall hear 
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evidence on whether the sealing of the
records should or should 
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not be granted.

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    (3) The clerk may charge
a fee equivalent to the cost 
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associated with the sealing
of records by the clerk and the 
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Department of State Police.
The clerk shall forward the 
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Department of State Police portion of the fee to
the Department 
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and it shall be
deposited into the State Police Services Fund.

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    (4) Whenever sealing of records is required under this

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subsection (h), the notification of the sealing must be given 
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by the circuit
court where the arrest occurred to the 
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Department in a form and manner
prescribed by the Department.

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    (5) An adult or a minor prosecuted as an adult who was 
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charged with a
violation of a municipal ordinance or a 
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misdemeanor who was acquitted,
released without being 
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convicted, convicted and the conviction was
reversed, or placed 
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on supervision for a
misdemeanor before the date of this 
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amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly and was not 
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convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or placed on
supervision 
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for a misdemeanor for 3 years after the acquittal or release or

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reversal of conviction, or completion of the
terms and 
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conditions of the supervision may petition the Chief Judge of 
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the
circuit in which the charge was brought, any judge of that 
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circuit in which
the charge was brought, any judge of the 
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circuit designated by the Chief
Judge, or, in counties of less 
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than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial
judge at that 
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defendant's trial, to seal the official records of the 
 


 






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arresting
authority, the Department, and the clerk of the 
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court, except those records
are subject to inspection and use 
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by the court for the purposes of subsequent
sentencing for 
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misdemeanor and felony violations and inspection and use by
law 
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enforcement agencies, the Department of Corrections, and 
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State's
Attorneys and other prosecutors in carrying out the 
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duties of their offices.
Except as otherwise provided in 
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subsection (j), this
This subsection (h) does not apply to 
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persons placed on
supervision for: (1) a violation of Section 
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11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code or a similar provision of a 
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local ordinance; (2) a misdemeanor
violation of Article 11 of 
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the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision
of a local 
13
ordinance; (3) a misdemeanor violation of Section 12-15, 12-30, 
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or
26-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of 
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a local ordinance;
(4) a misdemeanor violation that is a crime 
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of violence as defined in
Section
2 of the Crime Victims 
17
Compensation Act or a similar provision of a local
ordinance; 
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(5) a Class A misdemeanor violation of the Humane Care for

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Animals Act; or (6) any offense or attempted offense that would 
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subject a
person to registration under the Sex Offender 
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Registration Act.
 The State's Attorney or prosecutor charged 
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with the duty of
prosecuting the offense, the Department of 
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State Police, the arresting agency
and the chief legal officer 
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of the unit of local government effecting the
arrest
shall be 
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served with a copy of the verified petition and shall have 90 
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days to
object. If an objection is filed, the court shall set a 
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date for hearing. At
the
hearing the court shall hear evidence 
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on whether the sealing of the records
should or should not be 
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granted. The person whose records are sealed under
the 
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provisions of this Act shall pay to the clerk of the court and 
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the
Department of State Police a fee equivalent to the cost 
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associated
with the sealing of records. The fees shall be paid 
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to the clerk of the court
who shall forward the appropriate 
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portion to the Department at the time the
court order to seal

 


 






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the defendant's record is forwarded to the Department for

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processing. The Department of State Police portion of the fee 
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shall be
deposited into the
State Police Services Fund.

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    (i) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to 
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the contrary
and cumulative with any rights to expungement of 
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criminal
records, whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as an 
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adult charged with a
violation of a municipal ordinance or a 
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misdemeanor is convicted of
a misdemeanor and has not been

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convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or placed on supervision 
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for a
misdemeanor within 4 years after the
completion of the 
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sentence, if the
conviction occurred on
or
after the
effective 
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date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the

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Chief Judge of the circuit in which the charge was brought may 
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have the
official records of the arresting authority, the

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Department, and the clerk of the circuit court sealed 4 years 
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after the
completion of the sentence,
except those records are 
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subject to inspection and use by the court for the
purposes of 
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subsequent sentencing for misdemeanor and felony violations 
19
and
inspection and use by law enforcement agencies and State's 
20
Attorneys or other
prosecutors in carrying out the duties of 
21
their offices.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (j), 
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this
This subsection (i) does not apply to persons convicted 
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of:
(1) a violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle

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Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance; (2) a 
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misdemeanor
violation of Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 
26
1961 or a similar provision of
a
local ordinance; (3) a 
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misdemeanor
violation of Section 12-15, 12-30, or 26-5 of the 
28
Criminal Code of 1961 or a
similar
provision of a local 
29
ordinance; (4) a
misdemeanor violation that is a crime of 
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violence as defined in Section 2 of
the Crime Victims 
31
Compensation Act or a similar provision of a local ordinance;

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(5) a Class A misdemeanor violation of the Humane Care for 
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Animals Act; or
(6) any offense or attempted offense that would 
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Registration Act.

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    (2) Upon the conviction of such offense,
the person charged 
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with the offense shall be informed by the court of the right
to 
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have the records sealed and the procedures for the sealing of 
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the records.
Four years after the
completion of the sentence, 
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the defendant
shall provide the clerk of the
court with a 
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notice of request for sealing of records and payment of the

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applicable fee and a current
address and shall promptly notify 
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the clerk of the court
of any change of address. The clerk 
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shall promptly serve notice that the
person's records are to be 
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sealed on the State's Attorney or prosecutor charged
with the

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duty of prosecuting the offense, the Department of State 
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Police, the
arresting agency and the chief legal officer of the 
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unit of local
government effecting the arrest.
Unless the 
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State's Attorney or prosecutor, the Department of
State Police, 
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the arresting agency or such chief legal officer objects to

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sealing of the records within 90 days of notice
the court shall 
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enter an
order sealing the defendant's records 4 years after 
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the
completion of the sentence.
The clerk of the court shall 
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promptly serve by mail or in person a copy of the
order to the 
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person,
the arresting agency, the prosecutor, the Department of

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State Police and such other criminal justice agencies as may be 
23
ordered
by the judge. If an objection is filed, the court shall 
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set a date for hearing.
At
the hearing the court shall hear 
25
evidence on whether the sealing of the
records should or should 
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not be granted.

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    (3) The clerk may charge
a fee equivalent to the cost 
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associated with the sealing
of records by the clerk and the 
29
Department of State Police.
The clerk shall forward the 
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Department of State Police portion of the fee to
the Department 
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and it shall be
deposited into the State Police Services Fund.

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    (4) Whenever sealing of records is required under this

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subsection (i), the notification of the sealing must be given 
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Department in a form and manner
prescribed by the Department.

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    (5) An adult or a minor prosecuted as an adult who was 
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charged with a
violation of a municipal ordinance or a 
4
misdemeanor who was convicted of a
misdemeanor
before the date 
5
of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly and was not 
6
convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or placed on
supervision 
7
for a misdemeanor for 4 years after the completion of the 
8
sentence
may petition the Chief Judge of the
circuit in which 
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the charge was brought, any judge of that circuit in which
the 
10
charge was brought, any judge of the circuit designated by the 
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Chief
Judge, or, in counties of less than 3,000,000 
12
inhabitants, the presiding trial
judge at that defendant's 
13
trial, to seal the official records of the arresting
authority, 
14
the Department, and the clerk of the court, except those 
15
records
are subject to inspection and use by the court for the 
16
purposes of subsequent
sentencing for misdemeanor and felony 
17
violations and inspection and use by
law enforcement agencies, 
18
the Department of Corrections, and State's
Attorneys and other 
19
prosecutors in carrying out the duties of their offices.
Except 
20
as otherwise provided in subsection (j), this
This subsection 
21
(i) does not apply to persons convicted of: (1) a violation of

22
Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code or a similar 
23
provision of a local ordinance; (2) a misdemeanor
violation of 
24
Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision

25
of a local ordinance; (3) a misdemeanor violation of Section 
26
12-15, 12-30, or
26-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar 
27
provision of a local ordinance;
(4) a misdemeanor violation 
28
that is a crime of violence as defined in
Section
2 of the 
29
Crime Victims Compensation Act or a similar provision of a 
30
local
ordinance; (5) a Class A misdemeanor violation of the 
31
Humane Care for
Animals Act; or (6) any offense or attempted 
32
offense that would subject a
person to registration under the 
33
Sex Offender Registration Act.
 The State's Attorney or 
34
prosecutor charged with the duty of
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the Department of State Police, the arresting agency
and the 
2
chief legal officer of the unit of local government effecting 
3
the
arrest
shall be served with a copy of the verified petition 
4
and shall have 90 days to
object. If an objection is filed, the 
5
court shall set a date for hearing. At
the
hearing the court 
6
shall hear evidence on whether the sealing of the records

7
should or should not be granted. The person whose records are 
8
sealed under
the provisions of this Act shall pay to the clerk 
9
of the court and the
Department of State Police a fee 
10
equivalent to the cost associated
with the sealing of records. 
11
The fees shall be paid to the clerk of the court
who shall 
12
forward the appropriate portion to the Department at the time 
13
the
court order to seal
the defendant's record is forwarded to 
14
the Department for
processing. The Department of State Police 
15
portion of the fee shall be
deposited into the
State Police 
16
Services Fund.

17
    (j) Subsections (h) and (i) apply to a person placed on 
18
supervision for a  misdemeanor violation of or who is convicted 
19
of a misdemeanor or felony violation of Section 11-14 of the 
20
Criminal Code of 1961, a misdemeanor or Class 4 felony 
21
violation of Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act, or a 
22
misdemeanor or Class 4 felony violation of Section 402 of the 
23
Illinois Controlled Substances Act or who is acquitted or 
24
released
without being convicted, or whose conviction is

25
reversed for any of those offenses provided that the other 
26
requirements of subsection (h) or (i) are met.
27
    (k) The Illinois Department of Corrections, in cooperation 
28
with the Illinois Department of Employment Security, shall 
29
conduct a blind study utilizing a random sample of those who 
30
apply for the sealing of their criminal records  under Public 
31
Act 93-211. The random sample shall be large enough to have a 
32
margin of error of 3% or less. Utilizing the random sample of 
33
those who applied for the sealing of their criminal records 
34
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subject the following: (i) how soon they applied for work after 
2
their release and how many times they applied for employment at 
3
different entities as reported to the Illinois Department of 
4
Employment Security; (ii) how soon they applied for work after 
5
having their records sealed and how many times they applied for 
6
employment at different entities as reported to the Illinois 
7
Department of Employment Security; (iii) their employment 
8
history following their release; and (iv) their employment 
9
history following the sealing of their records.
In addition, if 
10
the subjects were recidivist, the study shall note: (i) when 
11
they were arrested following their release; (ii) when they were 
12
arrested following the sealing of the criminal records; (iii) 
13
how often they were arrested; (iv) what they were arrested for 
14
and  what they were charged with; (v) what sentence they 
15
received, if any; and (vi) how long they were re-incarcerated, 
16
if at all.

The study shall be delivered to the chairpersons of 
17
the House and Senate Judiciary Committees no later than 
18
September 1, 2006.

19
(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff.
7-11-02; 93-210, eff. 7-18-03; 
20
93-211, eff. 1-1-04; revised 8-25-03.)".