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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Sections 2.15 and 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/2.15)
7    Sec. 2.15. Arrest reports and criminal history records.
8    (a) Arrest reports. The following chronologically
9maintained arrest and criminal history information maintained
10by State or local criminal justice agencies shall be furnished
11as soon as practical, but in no event later than 72 hours after
12the arrest, notwithstanding the time limits otherwise provided
13for in Section 3 of this Act: (i) information that identifies
14the individual, including the name, age, address, and
15photograph, when and if available; (ii) information detailing
16any charges relating to the arrest; (iii) the time and location
17of the arrest; (iv) the name of the investigating or arresting
18law enforcement agency; (v) if the individual is incarcerated,
19the amount of any bail or bond; and (vi) if the individual is
20incarcerated, the time and date that the individual was
21received into, discharged from, or transferred from the
22arresting agency's custody.
23    (b) Criminal history records. The following documents

 

 

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1maintained by a public body pertaining to criminal history
2record information are public records subject to inspection and
3copying by the public pursuant to this Act: (i) court records
4that are public; (ii) records that are otherwise available
5under State or local law; and (iii) records in which the
6requesting party is the individual identified, except as
7provided under Section 7(1)(d)(vi).
8    (c) Information described in items (iii) through (vi) of
9subsection (a) may be withheld if it is determined that
10disclosure would: (i) interfere with pending or actually and
11reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings conducted
12by any law enforcement agency; (ii) endanger the life or
13physical safety of law enforcement or correctional personnel or
14any other person; or (iii) compromise the security of any
15correctional facility.
16    (d) The provisions of this Section do not supersede the
17confidentiality provisions for law enforcement or arrest
18records of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
19(Source: P.A. 96-542, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
20    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
21    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions Exemptions. To the extent
22provided for by the statutes referenced below, the following
23shall be exempt from inspection and copying:
24        (a) All information determined to be confidential
25    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and

 

 

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1    Development Act.
2        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
3    library users with specific materials under the Library
4    Records Confidentiality Act.
5        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
6    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
7    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
8    prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
9    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
10    has received.
11        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
12    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
13    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
14    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
15    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
16    Disease Control Act.
17        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
18    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
19        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
20    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
21    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
22        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
23    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
24    Tuition Act.
25        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
26    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and

 

 

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1    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
2    general's office that would be exempt if created or
3    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
4    that Act.
5        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
6    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
7    emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
8    Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
9        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
10    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by wireless
11    carriers under the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety
12    Act.
13        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
14    or driver identification information compiled by a law
15    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
16    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
17        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
18    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
19    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
20    Prevention Review Team Act.
21        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
22    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
23    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
24    authorized under that Article.
25        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
26    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial

 

 

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1    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
2    Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply
3    until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
4    prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
5    to trial or sentencing.
6        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
7    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
8    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
9        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
10    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
11    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
12    Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
13    the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
14    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
15    Act.
16        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
17    Personnel Records Review Act.
18        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
19    Illinois School Student Records Act.
20        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
21    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
22        (t) All identified or deidentified health information
23    in the form of health data or medical records contained in,
24    stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from
25    the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified
26    or deidentified health information in the form of health

 

 

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1    data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information
2    Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health
3    Information Exchange Authority due to its administration
4    of the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms
5    "identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same
6    meaning as in the Health Insurance Accountability and
7    Portability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any
8    subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations
9    promulgated thereunder.
10        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
11    team of experts under Brian's Law.
12        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
13    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
14    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
15    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
16    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
17    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
18    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry
19    Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry
20    Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
21    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
22        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
23    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
24    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
25        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
26    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section

 

 

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1    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
2        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
3    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
4    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
5    information about the identity and administrative finding
6    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
7    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an
8    eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
9    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
10        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
11    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
12    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
13    Act.
14        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
15    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
16        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
17    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
18(Source: P.A. 97-80, eff. 7-5-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-342,
19eff. 8-12-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-976, eff. 1-1-13; 98-49,
20eff. 7-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1039,
21eff. 8-25-14; 98-1045, eff. 8-25-14; revised 10-1-14.)
 
22    Section 10. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
23changing Sections 1-7 and 5-905 as follows:
 
24    (705 ILCS 405/1-7)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-7)

 

 

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1    Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of law enforcement records.
2    (A) Inspection and copying of law enforcement records
3maintained by law enforcement agencies that relate to a minor
4who has been investigated, arrested, or taken into custody
5before his or her 18th birthday shall be restricted to the
6following:
7        (1) Any local, State or federal law enforcement
8    officers of any jurisdiction or agency when necessary for
9    the discharge of their official duties during the
10    investigation or prosecution of a crime or relating to a
11    minor who has been adjudicated delinquent and there has
12    been a previous finding that the act which constitutes the
13    previous offense was committed in furtherance of criminal
14    activities by a criminal street gang, or, when necessary
15    for the discharge of its official duties in connection with
16    a particular investigation of the conduct of a law
17    enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff
18    created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
19    government with the duty of investigating the conduct of
20    law enforcement officers. For purposes of this Section,
21    "criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
22    Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
23    Prevention Act.
24        (2) Prosecutors, probation officers, social workers,
25    or other individuals assigned by the court to conduct a
26    pre-adjudication or pre-disposition investigation, and

 

 

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1    individuals responsible for supervising or providing
2    temporary or permanent care and custody for minors pursuant
3    to the order of the juvenile court, when essential to
4    performing their responsibilities.
5        (3) Prosecutors and probation officers:
6            (a) in the course of a trial when institution of
7        criminal proceedings has been permitted or required
8        under Section 5-805; or
9            (b) when institution of criminal proceedings has
10        been permitted or required under Section 5-805 and such
11        minor is the subject of a proceeding to determine the
12        amount of bail; or
13            (c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
14        or required under Section 5-805 and such minor is the
15        subject of a pre-trial investigation, pre-sentence
16        investigation, fitness hearing, or proceedings on an
17        application for probation.
18        (4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
19        (5) Authorized military personnel.
20        (6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
21    permission of the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court and
22    the chief executive of the respective law enforcement
23    agency; provided that publication of such research results
24    in no disclosure of a minor's identity and protects the
25    confidentiality of the minor's record.
26        (7) Department of Children and Family Services child

 

 

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1    protection investigators acting in their official
2    capacity.
3        (8) The appropriate school official only if the agency
4    or officer believes that there is an imminent threat of
5    physical harm to students, school personnel, or others who
6    are present in the school or on school grounds.
7             (A) Inspection and copying shall be limited to law
8        enforcement records transmitted to the appropriate
9        school official or officials whom the school has
10        determined to have a legitimate educational or safety
11        interest by a local law enforcement agency under a
12        reciprocal reporting system established and maintained
13        between the school district and the local law
14        enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the
15        School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
16        within the school district who has been arrested or
17        taken into custody for any of the following offenses:
18                (i) any violation of Article 24 of the Criminal
19            Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
20                (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
21            Substances Act;
22                (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
23                (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
24            2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
25            Code of 2012;
26                (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control

 

 

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1            and Community Protection Act;
2                (vi) a violation of Section 1-2 of the
3            Harassing and Obscene Communications Act;
4                (vii) a violation of the Hazing Act; or
5                (viii) a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2,
6            12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5,
7            12-5, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 25-1, or 25-5 of the
8            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
9            The information derived from the law enforcement
10        records shall be kept separate from and shall not
11        become a part of the official school record of that
12        child and shall not be a public record. The information
13        shall be used solely by the appropriate school official
14        or officials whom the school has determined to have a
15        legitimate educational or safety interest to aid in the
16        proper rehabilitation of the child and to protect the
17        safety of students and employees in the school. If the
18        designated law enforcement and school officials deem
19        it to be in the best interest of the minor, the student
20        may be referred to in-school or community based social
21        services if those services are available.
22        "Rehabilitation services" may include interventions by
23        school support personnel, evaluation for eligibility
24        for special education, referrals to community-based
25        agencies such as youth services, behavioral healthcare
26        service providers, drug and alcohol prevention or

 

 

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1        treatment programs, and other interventions as deemed
2        appropriate for the student.
3            (B) Any information provided to appropriate school
4        officials whom the school has determined to have a
5        legitimate educational or safety interest by local law
6        enforcement officials about a minor who is the subject
7        of a current police investigation that is directly
8        related to school safety shall consist of oral
9        information only, and not written law enforcement
10        records, and shall be used solely by the appropriate
11        school official or officials to protect the safety of
12        students and employees in the school and aid in the
13        proper rehabilitation of the child. The information
14        derived orally from the local law enforcement
15        officials shall be kept separate from and shall not
16        become a part of the official school record of the
17        child and shall not be a public record. This limitation
18        on the use of information about a minor who is the
19        subject of a current police investigation shall in no
20        way limit the use of this information by prosecutors in
21        pursuing criminal charges arising out of the
22        information disclosed during a police investigation of
23        the minor. For purposes of this paragraph,
24        "investigation" means an official systematic inquiry
25        by a law enforcement agency into actual or suspected
26        criminal activity.

 

 

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1        (9) Mental health professionals on behalf of the
2    Illinois Department of Corrections or the Department of
3    Human Services or prosecutors who are evaluating,
4    prosecuting, or investigating a potential or actual
5    petition brought under the Sexually Violent Persons
6    Commitment Act relating to a person who is the subject of
7    juvenile law enforcement records or the respondent to a
8    petition brought under the Sexually Violent Persons
9    Commitment Act who is the subject of the juvenile law
10    enforcement records sought. Any records and any
11    information obtained from those records under this
12    paragraph (9) may be used only in sexually violent persons
13    commitment proceedings.
14        (10) The president of a park district. Inspection and
15    copying shall be limited to law enforcement records
16    transmitted to the president of the park district by the
17    Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the Park
18    District Code or Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park District
19    Act concerning a person who is seeking employment with that
20    park district and who has been adjudicated a juvenile
21    delinquent for any of the offenses listed in subsection (c)
22    of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code or subsection (c)
23    of Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park District Act.
24        (B)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law
25    enforcement officer or other person or agency may knowingly
26    transmit to the Department of Corrections or the Department

 

 

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1    of State Police or to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
2    any fingerprint or photograph relating to a minor who has
3    been arrested or taken into custody before his or her 18th
4    birthday, unless the court in proceedings under this Act
5    authorizes the transmission or enters an order under
6    Section 5-805 permitting or requiring the institution of
7    criminal proceedings.
8        (2) Law enforcement officers or other persons or
9    agencies shall transmit to the Department of State Police
10    copies of fingerprints and descriptions of all minors who
11    have been arrested or taken into custody before their 18th
12    birthday for the offense of unlawful use of weapons under
13    Article 24 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
14    Code of 2012, a Class X or Class 1 felony, a forcible
15    felony as defined in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of
16    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a Class 2 or greater
17    felony under the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois
18    Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and
19    Community Protection Act, or Chapter 4 of the Illinois
20    Vehicle Code, pursuant to Section 5 of the Criminal
21    Identification Act. Information reported to the Department
22    pursuant to this Section may be maintained with records
23    that the Department files pursuant to Section 2.1 of the
24    Criminal Identification Act. Nothing in this Act prohibits
25    a law enforcement agency from fingerprinting a minor taken
26    into custody or arrested before his or her 18th birthday

 

 

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1    for an offense other than those listed in this paragraph
2    (2).
3    (C) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
4independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
5of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
6of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 18
7years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
8arrests and may not be open to public inspection or their
9contents disclosed to the public except by order of the court
10presiding over matters pursuant to this Act or when the
11institution of criminal proceedings has been permitted or
12required under Section 5-805 or such a person has been
13convicted of a crime and is the subject of pre-sentence
14investigation or proceedings on an application for probation or
15when provided by law. For purposes of obtaining documents
16pursuant to this Section, a civil subpoena is not an order of
17the court.
18        (1) In cases where the law enforcement, or independent
19    agency, records concern a pending juvenile court case, the
20    party seeking to inspect the records shall provide actual
21    notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem of the minor
22    whose records are sought.
23        (2) In cases where the records concern a juvenile court
24    case that is no longer pending, the party seeking to
25    inspect the records shall provide actual notice to the
26    minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the

 

 

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1    matter shall be referred to the chief judge presiding over
2    matters pursuant to this Act.
3        (3) In determining whether the records should be
4    available for inspection, the court shall consider the
5    minor's interest in confidentiality and rehabilitation
6    over the moving party's interest in obtaining the
7    information. Any records obtained in violation of this
8    subsection (C) shall not be admissible in any criminal or
9    civil proceeding, or operate to disqualify a minor from
10    subsequently holding public office or securing employment,
11    or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit, right,
12    privilege, or right to receive any license granted by
13    public authority.
14    (D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section
15shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure to victims and
16witnesses of photographs contained in the records of law
17enforcement agencies when the inspection and disclosure is
18conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the
19purpose of the identification or apprehension of any person
20subject to the provisions of this Act or for the investigation
21or prosecution of any crime.
22    (E) Law enforcement officers, and personnel of an
23independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
24of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
25of law enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of
26any minor in releasing information to the general public as to

 

 

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1the arrest, investigation or disposition of any case involving
2a minor.
3    (F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
4enforcement agencies from communicating with each other by
5letter, memorandum, teletype or intelligence alert bulletin or
6other means the identity or other relevant information
7pertaining to a person under 18 years of age if there are
8reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real and
9present danger to the safety of the public or law enforcement
10officers. The information provided under this subsection (F)
11shall remain confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed,
12except as otherwise allowed by law.
13    (G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of a
14Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of any state,
15county or municipality examining the character and fitness of
16an applicant for employment with a law enforcement agency,
17correctional institution, or fire department from obtaining
18and examining the records of any law enforcement agency
19relating to any record of the applicant having been arrested or
20taken into custody before the applicant's 18th birthday.
21    (H) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
22apply to law enforcement records of a minor who has been
23arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014 (the
24effective date of Public Act 98-61).
25(Source: P.A. 97-700, eff. 6-22-12; 97-1083, eff. 8-24-12;
2697-1104, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-61, eff.

 

 

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11-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
2    (705 ILCS 405/5-905)
3    Sec. 5-905. Law enforcement records.
4    (1) Law Enforcement Records. Inspection and copying of law
5enforcement records maintained by law enforcement agencies
6that relate to a minor who has been investigated, arrested, or
7taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday shall be
8restricted to the following and when necessary for the
9discharge of their official duties:
10        (a) A judge of the circuit court and members of the
11    staff of the court designated by the judge;
12        (b) Law enforcement officers, probation officers or
13    prosecutors or their staff, or, when necessary for the
14    discharge of its official duties in connection with a
15    particular investigation of the conduct of a law
16    enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff
17    created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
18    government with the duty of investigating the conduct of
19    law enforcement officers;
20        (c) The minor, the minor's parents or legal guardian
21    and their attorneys, but only when the juvenile has been
22    charged with an offense;
23        (d) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Boards;
24        (e) Authorized military personnel;
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1    permission of the judge of juvenile court and the chief
2    executive of the agency that prepared the particular
3    recording: provided that publication of such research
4    results in no disclosure of a minor's identity and protects
5    the confidentiality of the record;
6        (g) Individuals responsible for supervising or
7    providing temporary or permanent care and custody of minors
8    pursuant to orders of the juvenile court or directives from
9    officials of the Department of Children and Family Services
10    or the Department of Human Services who certify in writing
11    that the information will not be disclosed to any other
12    party except as provided under law or order of court;
13        (h) The appropriate school official only if the agency
14    or officer believes that there is an imminent threat of
15    physical harm to students, school personnel, or others who
16    are present in the school or on school grounds.
17             (A) Inspection and copying shall be limited to law
18        enforcement records transmitted to the appropriate
19        school official or officials whom the school has
20        determined to have a legitimate educational or safety
21        interest by a local law enforcement agency under a
22        reciprocal reporting system established and maintained
23        between the school district and the local law
24        enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the
25        School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
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1        taken into custody for any of the following offenses:
2                (i) any violation of Article 24 of the Criminal
3            Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
4                (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
5            Substances Act;
6                (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
7                (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
8            2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
9            Code of 2012;
10                (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control
11            and Community Protection Act;
12                (vi) a violation of Section 1-2 of the
13            Harassing and Obscene Communications Act;
14                (vii) a violation of the Hazing Act; or
15                (viii) a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2,
16            12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5,
17            12-5, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 25-1, or 25-5 of the
18            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
19            The information derived from the law enforcement
20        records shall be kept separate from and shall not
21        become a part of the official school record of that
22        child and shall not be a public record. The information
23        shall be used solely by the appropriate school official
24        or officials whom the school has determined to have a
25        legitimate educational or safety interest to aid in the
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1        safety of students and employees in the school. If the
2        designated law enforcement and school officials deem
3        it to be in the best interest of the minor, the student
4        may be referred to in-school or community based social
5        services if those services are available.
6        "Rehabilitation services" may include interventions by
7        school support personnel, evaluation for eligibility
8        for special education, referrals to community-based
9        agencies such as youth services, behavioral healthcare
10        service providers, drug and alcohol prevention or
11        treatment programs, and other interventions as deemed
12        appropriate for the student.
13            (B) Any information provided to appropriate school
14        officials whom the school has determined to have a
15        legitimate educational or safety interest by local law
16        enforcement officials about a minor who is the subject
17        of a current police investigation that is directly
18        related to school safety shall consist of oral
19        information only, and not written law enforcement
20        records, and shall be used solely by the appropriate
21        school official or officials to protect the safety of
22        students and employees in the school and aid in the
23        proper rehabilitation of the child. The information
24        derived orally from the local law enforcement
25        officials shall be kept separate from and shall not
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1        child and shall not be a public record. This limitation
2        on the use of information about a minor who is the
3        subject of a current police investigation shall in no
4        way limit the use of this information by prosecutors in
5        pursuing criminal charges arising out of the
6        information disclosed during a police investigation of
7        the minor. For purposes of this paragraph,
8        "investigation" means an official systematic inquiry
9        by a law enforcement agency into actual or suspected
10        criminal activity;
11        (i) The president of a park district. Inspection and
12    copying shall be limited to law enforcement records
13    transmitted to the president of the park district by the
14    Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the Park
15    District Code or Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park District
16    Act concerning a person who is seeking employment with that
17    park district and who has been adjudicated a juvenile
18    delinquent for any of the offenses listed in subsection (c)
19    of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code or subsection (c)
20    of Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park District Act.
21    (2) Information identifying victims and alleged victims of
22sex offenses, shall not be disclosed or open to public
23inspection under any circumstances. Nothing in this Section
24shall prohibit the victim or alleged victim of any sex offense
25from voluntarily disclosing his or her identity.
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1battery, attempted first degree murder, or other non-sexual
2violent offense, the identity of the victim may be disclosed to
3appropriate school officials, for the purpose of preventing
4foreseeable future violence involving minors, by a local law
5enforcement agency pursuant to an agreement established
6between the school district and a local law enforcement agency
7subject to the approval by the presiding judge of the juvenile
8court.
9    (3) Relevant information, reports and records shall be made
10available to the Department of Juvenile Justice when a juvenile
11offender has been placed in the custody of the Department of
12Juvenile Justice.
13    (4) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the inspection
14or disclosure to victims and witnesses of photographs contained
15in the records of law enforcement agencies when the inspection
16or disclosure is conducted in the presence of a law enforcement
17officer for purposes of identification or apprehension of any
18person in the course of any criminal investigation or
19prosecution.
20    (5) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
21independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
22of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
23of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 18
24years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
25adults and may not be open to public inspection or their
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1or when the institution of criminal proceedings has been
2permitted under Section 5-130 or 5-805 or required under
3Section 5-130 or 5-805 or such a person has been convicted of a
4crime and is the subject of pre-sentence investigation or when
5provided by law.
6    (6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (6),
7law enforcement officers, and personnel of an independent
8agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
9government with the duty of investigating the conduct of law
10enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of any
11minor in releasing information to the general public as to the
12arrest, investigation or disposition of any case involving a
13minor. Any victim or parent or legal guardian of a victim may
14petition the court to disclose the name and address of the
15minor and the minor's parents or legal guardian, or both. Upon
16a finding by clear and convincing evidence that the disclosure
17is either necessary for the victim to pursue a civil remedy
18against the minor or the minor's parents or legal guardian, or
19both, or to protect the victim's person or property from the
20minor, then the court may order the disclosure of the
21information to the victim or to the parent or legal guardian of
22the victim only for the purpose of the victim pursuing a civil
23remedy against the minor or the minor's parents or legal
24guardian, or both, or to protect the victim's person or
25property from the minor.
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1enforcement agencies when acting in their official capacity
2from communicating with each other by letter, memorandum,
3teletype or intelligence alert bulletin or other means the
4identity or other relevant information pertaining to a person
5under 18 years of age. The information provided under this
6subsection (7) shall remain confidential and shall not be
7publicly disclosed, except as otherwise allowed by law.
8    (8) No person shall disclose information under this Section
9except when acting in his or her official capacity and as
10provided by law or order of court.
11    (9) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
12apply to law enforcement records of a minor who has been
13arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014 (the
14effective date of Public Act 98-61).
15(Source: P.A. 97-700, eff. 6-22-12; 97-1104, eff. 1-1-13;
1697-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-61, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff.
177-16-14.)