95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1675


 
Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. William Davis
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Creates the State Employment Credit Check Act.  Provides that if a credit check is required by a State agency as part of the employment  application process, the credit check must be conducted at the beginning of the application process and not at the end of that process.
















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HB1675

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    AN ACT concerning State employment.

 
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State 
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Employment Credit Check Act.
 
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    Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
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    "Credit check" means the process of evaluating an applicant 
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for State employment's loan requests at a financial 
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institution, mortgage broker, retail mercantile establishment, 
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or other lender in order to determine the likelihood that the 
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borrower will live up to his or her obligations.
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    "State employment" means employment by a State agency as 
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defined in Section 1-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.  

 
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    Section 10. State employment applicants; credit checks. If 
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a credit check is required by a State agency as part of the 
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employment  application process, the credit check must be 
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conducted at the beginning of the application process and not 
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at the end of that process.