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1 | AN ACT concerning State employment.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Employment Application Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definition. In this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Application for State employment" means a written or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | electronic form submitted by an applicant who is seeking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | employment with a State agency. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Violent offense" means an offense that is a violent crime | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | as defined in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | "State agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 1-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
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14 | Section 10. State employment application; required | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | question. Subject to the exception set out in Section 15 of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | this Act, an application for State employment may not contain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | any question as to whether the applicant was convicted of or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | placed on supervision for a non-violent criminal offense but | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | must contain a question as to whether the applicant for State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | employment has ever been convicted of a violent offense that is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | classified as a felony. |
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1 | Section 15. Criminal background checks required. Each | ||||||
2 | applicant for State employment must undergo a criminal | ||||||
3 | background check conducted by the Department of State Police. | ||||||
4 | Each applicant for State employment shall submit his or her | ||||||
5 | fingerprints to the Department of State Police in an electronic | ||||||
6 | format that complies with the form and manner for requesting | ||||||
7 | and furnishing criminal history record information prescribed | ||||||
8 | by the Department of State Police. The fingerprints submitted | ||||||
9 | under this Section shall be checked against the fingerprint | ||||||
10 | records now and hereafter filed in the Department of State | ||||||
11 | Police criminal history record databases and the National | ||||||
12 | Instant Criminal Background Check System. The Department of | ||||||
13 | State Police shall charge a fee for conducting the criminal | ||||||
14 | history records check, which shall not exceed the actual cost | ||||||
15 | of the records check. Fees collected from criminal background | ||||||
16 | checks shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund. | ||||||
17 | The Department of State Police shall provide information | ||||||
18 | concerning any criminal convictions, now or hereafter filed, | ||||||
19 | against the individual in its files and those of the Federal | ||||||
20 | Bureau of Investigation, including the National Instant | ||||||
21 | Criminal Background Check System, to the State agency in which | ||||||
22 | the applicant applies for State employment. | ||||||
23 | Section 20. Application of federal or State law. If a | ||||||
24 | federal or State law disqualifies a person convicted of certain | ||||||
25 | offenses from holding a position, an application for that |
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1 | position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been | ||||||
2 | convicted of a disqualifying offense. If an applicant is | ||||||
3 | applying for a position of peace officer as defined in Section | ||||||
4 | 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 1961, an application for that | ||||||
5 | position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been | ||||||
6 | convicted of a disqualifying offense. | ||||||
7 | Section 25. Refusal to hire for conviction of a criminal | ||||||
8 | offense. Nothing in this Act prohibits a decision to refuse to | ||||||
9 | hire on the basis that the applicant has been convicted of a | ||||||
10 | criminal offense. | ||||||
11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
12 | becoming law.
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