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20 ILCS 2635/20

(20 ILCS 2635/20) (from Ch. 38, par. 1620)

Sec. 20.

State liability and indemnification of units of local
government.

(A) The State of Illinois shall guarantee the accuracy and
completeness of conviction information disseminated by the Illinois State Police that
is based upon fingerprint identification.  The State of Illinois shall not
be liable for the accuracy and completeness of any information disseminated
upon identifying information other than fingerprints.

(B) The State of Illinois shall indemnify a clerk of the circuit court,
a criminal justice agency, and their employees and officials from, and
against, all damage claims brought by others due to dissemination by the Illinois State Police
 of inaccurate or incomplete conviction information based upon
positive fingerprint identification, provided that the conviction
information in question was initially reported to the Illinois State Police accurately
and in the timely manner mandated by Section 2.1 of the Criminal Identification Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)