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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2792
Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 2605/2605-326 new |
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Amends Department of State Police Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a unit of local government may request the Department of State Police to conduct a fingerprint-based criminal history records check to determine if an applicant for employment with the unit of local government has been convicted of any offense that would disqualify the applicant for employment with the unit of local government. Provides that the information obtained from the background check is confidential. Provides that any person who releases any confidential information concerning any criminal convictions of an applicant for employment shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is authorized by law.
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| CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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SB2792 |
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LRB094 18763 RLC 54146 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal history records checks.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil |
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| Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section |
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| 2605-326 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2605/2605-326 new) |
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| Sec. 2605-326. Criminal history records check. |
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| (a) The Department of State Police may, upon request of a |
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| unit of local government, conduct a fingerprint-based criminal |
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| history records check to determine if an applicant for |
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| employment with the unit of local government has been convicted |
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| of any offense that would disqualify the applicant for |
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| employment with the unit of local government. Authorization for |
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| the check shall be furnished by the applicant to the unit of |
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| local government. Upon receipt of this authorization, the unit |
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| of local government shall submit the applicant's name, sex, |
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| race, date of birth, social security number, fingerprint |
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| images, and other identifiers, as prescribed by the Department |
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| of State Police, to the Department of State Police. The |
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| Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of |
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| Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based |
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| criminal history records check, records of convictions, until |
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| expunged, to the chief executive officer of the unit of local |
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| government that requested the check. The Department of State |
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| Police shall charge the unit of local government a fee for |
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| conducting such check, which fee shall be deposited into the |
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| State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the |
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| inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a fee for such |
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| check by the unit of local government. |
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| (b) Any information concerning the record of convictions |
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| obtained by the chief executive officer of the unit of local |