Sen. Dan Duffy
Filed: 2/28/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3344




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3344 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 11.5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2630/11.5 new)
7    Sec. 11.5. Expungement and sealing information. The county 
8public defender and circuit court clerk shall provide 
9information to persons eligible to have their arrest or 
10criminal history records expunged or sealed, which clearly and 
11concisely explains the expungement and sealing eligibility 
12requirements and procedure to apply for the expungement or 
13sealing of eligible records. The county public defender and 
14circuit court clerk may comply with this requirement by:
15        (1) providing access to this information by means of a 
16    hyperlink labeled "Expungement and Sealing" on their or the 
 
 
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1    county's World Wide Web homepage; or
2        (2) providing a link to the State Appellate Defender's 
3    World Wide Web homepage expungement and sealing 
4    information hyperlink; and
5        (3) making the State Appellate Defender's expungement 
6    and sealing instruction guide developed under Section 11 
7    available for inspection in their respective office or the 
8    county courthouse.
 
9    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended  by adding Section 
103-4006.5 as follows:
 
11    (55 ILCS 5/3-4006.5 new)
12    Sec. 3-4006.5. Expungement and sealing information. The 
13Public Defender shall provide information to persons eligible 
14to have their arrest or criminal history records expunged or 
15sealed, which clearly and concisely explains the expungement 
16and sealing eligibility requirements and procedure to apply for 
17the expungement or sealing of eligible records. The Public 
18Defender may comply with this requirement by:
19        (1) providing access to this information by means of a 
20    hyperlink labeled "Expungement and Sealing" on their or the 
21    county's World Wide Web homepage; or
22        (2) providing a link to the State Appellate Defender's 
23    World Wide Web homepage expungement and sealing 
24    information hyperlink; and
 
 
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1        (3) making the State Appellate Defender's expungement 
2    and sealing instruction guide developed under Section 11 of 
3    the Criminal Identification Act available for inspection 
4    in the Public Defender's office or the county courthouse.
 
5    Section 15. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended  by adding 
6Section 13.5 as follows:
 
7    (705 ILCS 105/13.5 new)
8    Sec. 13.5. Expungement and sealing information. The clerks 
9shall provide information to persons eligible to have their 
10arrest or criminal history records expunged or sealed, which 
11clearly and concisely explains the expungement and sealing 
12eligibility requirements and procedure to apply for the 
13expungement or sealing of eligible records. The clerks may 
14comply with this requirement by:
15        (1) providing access to this information by means of a 
16    hyperlink labeled "Expungement and Sealing" on their or the 
17    county's World Wide Web homepage; or
18        (2) providing a link to the State Appellate Defender's 
19    World Wide Web homepage expungement and sealing 
20    information hyperlink; and
21        (3) making the State Appellate Defender's expungement 
22    and sealing instruction guide developed under Section 11 of 
23    the Criminal Identification Act available for inspection 
24    in the clerk's office or the county courthouse.".