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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 5. The Chicago Park District Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 16a-5 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 1505/16a-5)
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7 | Sec. 16a-5. Criminal background investigations.
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8 | (a) An applicant for employment with the Chicago Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | District is
required as a condition of employment to authorize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | an investigation to
determine if the applicant has been | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | convicted of any of the enumerated criminal
or drug
offenses in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | subsection (c) of this Section
or has been convicted, within 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | years of the application for employment with
the Chicago Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | District, of any other felony under the laws of this State or
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15 | of any
offense committed or attempted in any other state or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | against the laws of
the United States that, if committed or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | attempted in this State, would
have been punishable as a felony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | under the laws of this State. Authorization
for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | investigation shall be furnished by the applicant to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Chicago
Park District. Upon receipt of this authorization, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Chicago Park
District shall submit the applicant's name, sex, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | race, date of birth, and
social security number to the Federal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Bureau of Investigation Department of State Police on forms
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1 | prescribed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of | ||||||
2 | State Police . The Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of | ||||||
3 | State
Police shall conduct a search of its the Illinois | ||||||
4 | criminal history record
information database to ascertain if | ||||||
5 | the applicant being
considered for employment has been | ||||||
6 | convicted of committing or attempting to
commit any of the | ||||||
7 | enumerated criminal
or drug
offenses in subsection (c) of this | ||||||
8 | Section or has been
convicted, of committing or attempting to | ||||||
9 | commit within 7 years of the
application for employment with | ||||||
10 | the
Chicago Park District, any other felony under the laws of | ||||||
11 | this State. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of | ||||||
12 | State Police shall charge the Chicago Park District a fee
for | ||||||
13 | conducting the investigation , which fee shall be deposited in | ||||||
14 | the State
Police Services Fund and the fee shall not exceed the | ||||||
15 | cost of the inquiry. The
applicant shall not be charged a fee | ||||||
16 | by the Chicago Park District for the
investigation.
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17 | (b) If the search of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | ||||||
18 | Illinois criminal history record database
indicates that the | ||||||
19 | applicant has been convicted of committing or attempting to
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20 | commit any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in | ||||||
21 | subsection (c) or has
been convicted of committing or | ||||||
22 | attempting to commit, within 7 years of the
application for | ||||||
23 | employment with the Chicago Park District, any other felony
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24 | under the laws of this State, the Department of State Police | ||||||
25 | and the
Federal Bureau of
Investigation shall furnish, pursuant | ||||||
26 | to
a fingerprint based background check, records
of |
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1 | convictions, until expunged, to the
General Superintendent and | ||||||
2 | Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Park
District or his or | ||||||
3 | her designee . Any information concerning the
record of | ||||||
4 | convictions obtained by the General Superintendent or his or | ||||||
5 | her designee and Chief
Executive Officer shall be confidential | ||||||
6 | and
may only be transmitted to those persons who are necessary | ||||||
7 | to the decision on
whether to hire the applicant for | ||||||
8 | employment. A copy of the record of
convictions
obtained from | ||||||
9 | the Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of State Police | ||||||
10 | shall be provided to the
applicant for employment. Any person | ||||||
11 | who releases any confidential
information concerning any | ||||||
12 | criminal convictions of an applicant for
employment shall be | ||||||
13 | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless the release
of such | ||||||
14 | information is authorized by this Section.
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15 | (c) The Chicago Park District may not knowingly employ a | ||||||
16 | person
who has been convicted for committing attempted first | ||||||
17 | degree murder
or
for committing or attempting to commit first | ||||||
18 | degree murder, a Class X felony,
or
any one or more of the | ||||||
19 | following offenses: (i) those defined in
Sections 11-6, 11-9, | ||||||
20 | 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19,
11-19.1, | ||||||
21 | 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15,
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22 | and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (ii) those defined in | ||||||
23 | the
Cannabis Control Act, except those defined in Sections | ||||||
24 | 4(a), 4(b), and
5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined in the | ||||||
25 | Illinois Controlled Substances
Act; (iv) those defined in the | ||||||
26 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act; and (v) |
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1 | any offense committed or attempted in any
other state or
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2 | against the laws of the United States, which, if committed or | ||||||
3 | attempted in
this State, would have been punishable as one or | ||||||
4 | more of the foregoing
offenses. Further, the Chicago Park | ||||||
5 | District may not knowingly employ a
person who has been found | ||||||
6 | to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical
abuse of any minor | ||||||
7 | under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
Article II | ||||||
8 | of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The Chicago Park District
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9 | may not knowingly employ a person for whom a criminal | ||||||
10 | background
investigation has not been initiated.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 93-418, eff. 1-1-04; 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
13 | 1, 2010.
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