99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1632

 

Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/17-8.3  was 720 ILCS 5/17-22

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to knowingly use a false academic degree, or an academic degree issued under false pretenses, for the purpose of either obtaining employment, obtaining admission to an institution of higher learning, obtaining admission to an advanced degree program at an institution of higher learning, or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or higher compensation in employment (rather than knowingly use a false academic degree for the purpose of obtaining employment or admission to an institution of higher learning or admission to an advanced degree program at an institution of higher learning or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or higher compensation in employment).


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 17-8.3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/17-8.3)   (was 720 ILCS 5/17-22)
7    Sec. 17-8.3. False information on an application for
8employment with certain public or private agencies; use of
9false academic degree.
10    (a) It is unlawful for an applicant for employment with a
11public or private agency that provides State funded services to
12persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities to
13knowingly furnish false information regarding professional
14certification, licensing, criminal background, or employment
15history for the 5 years immediately preceding the date of
16application on an application for employment with the agency if
17the position of employment requires or provides opportunity for
18contact with persons with mental illness or developmental
19disabilities.
20    (b) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly use a false
21academic degree, or an academic degree issued under false
22pretenses, for the purpose of obtaining employment, obtaining
23or admission to an institution of higher learning, obtaining or

 

 

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1admission to an advanced degree program at an institution of
2higher learning, or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or
3higher compensation in employment.
4    (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A
5misdemeanor.
6(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)