SB3110 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 18071 MKM 43758 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3110

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Lawrence M. Walsh

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2630/3

from Ch. 38, par. 206-3

Provides that certain information furnished by the Department of State Police to the commanding officer of a military installation and sought pursuant to a federally mandated security or criminal history check shall include all conviction and non-conviction criminal history record databases held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, now and hereafter filed. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal identification.

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

Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2630/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 206-3)

Sec. 3. Information to be furnished peace officers and commanding officers of certain military installations in Illinois.

(A) The Department shall file or cause to be filed all plates, photographs, outline pictures, measurements, descriptions and information which shall be received by it by virtue of its office and shall make a complete and systematic record and index of the same, providing thereby a method of convenient reference and comparison. The Department shall furnish, upon application, all information pertaining to the identification of any person or persons, a plate, photograph, outline picture, description, measurements, or any data of which there is a record in its office. Such information shall be furnished to peace officers of the United States, of other states or territories, of the Insular possessions of the United States, of foreign countries duly authorized to receive the same, to all peace officers of the State of Illinois, to investigators of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and, conviction information only, to units of local government, school districts and private organizations, under the provisions of Section 2605-10, 2605-15, 2605-75, 2605-100, 2605-105, 2605-110, 2605-115, 2605-120, 2605-130, 2605-140, 2605-190, 2605-200, 2605-205, 2605-210, 2605-215, 2605-250, 2605-275, 2605-300, 2605-305, 2605-315, 2605-325, 2605-335, 2605-340, 2605-350, 2605-355, 2605-360, 2605-365, 2605-375, 2605-390, 2605-400, 2605-405, 2605-420, 2605-430, 2605-435, 2605-500, 2605-525, or 2605-550 of the Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-10, 2605/2605-15, 2605/2605-75, 2605/2605-100, 2605/2605-105, 2605/2605-110, 2605/2605-115, 2605/2605-120, 2605/2605-130, 2605/2605-140, 2605/2605-190, 2605/2605-200, 2605/2605-205, 2605/2605-210, 2605/2605-215, 2605/2605-250, 2605/2605-275, 2605/2605-300, 2605/2605-305, 2605/2605-315, 2605/2605-325, 2605/2605-335, 2605/2605-340, 2605/2605-350, 2605/2605-355, 2605/2605-360, 2605/2605-365, 2605/2605-375, 2605/2605-390, 2605/2605-400, 2605/2605-405, 2605/2605-420, 2605/2605-430, 2605/2605-435, 2605/2605-500, 2605/2605-525, or 2605/2605-550). Applications shall be in writing and accompanied by a certificate, signed by the peace officer or chief administrative officer or his designee making such application, to the effect that the information applied for is necessary in the interest of and will be used solely in the due administration of the criminal laws or for the purpose of evaluating the qualifications and character of employees, prospective employees, volunteers, or prospective volunteers of units of local government, school districts, and private organizations.

For the purposes of this subsection, "chief administrative officer" is defined as follows:

a) The city manager of a city or, if a city does not employ a city manager, the mayor of the city.

b) The manager of a village or, if a village does not employ a manager, the president of the village.

c) The chairman or president of a county board or, if a county has adopted the county executive form of government, the chief executive officer of the county.

d) The president of the school board of a school district.

e) The supervisor of a township.

f) The official granted general administrative control of a special district, an authority, or organization of government establishment by law which may issue obligations and which either may levy a property tax or may expend funds of the district, authority, or organization independently of any parent unit of government.

g) The executive officer granted general administrative control of a private organization defined in Section 2605-335 of the Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-335).

(B) Upon written application and payment of fees authorized by this subsection, State agencies and units of local government, not including school districts, are authorized to submit fingerprints of employees, prospective employees and license applicants to the Department for the purpose of obtaining conviction information maintained by the Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation about such persons. The Department shall submit such fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on behalf of such agencies and units of local government. The Department shall charge an application fee, based on actual costs, for the dissemination of conviction information pursuant to this subsection. The Department is empowered to establish this fee and shall prescribe the form and manner for requesting and furnishing conviction information pursuant to this subsection.

(C) Upon payment of fees authorized by this subsection, the Department shall furnish to the commanding officer of a military installation in Illinois having an arms storage facility, upon written request of such commanding officer or his designee, and in the form and manner prescribed by the Department, all criminal history record information pertaining to any individual seeking access to such a storage facility, where such information is sought pursuant to a federally-mandated security or criminal history check. This information shall include all conviction and non-conviction criminal history record databases held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, now and hereafter filed.

The Department shall establish and charge a fee, not to exceed actual costs, for providing information pursuant to this subsection.

(Source: P.A. 91-176, eff. 7-16-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.