101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4040

 

Introduced 1/13/2020, by Rep. Sue Scherer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/3-9005  from Ch. 34, par. 3-9005
705 ILCS 405/2-35 new
750 ILCS 5/603.9 new
750 ILCS 46/808.1 new
755 ILCS 5/11-7.2 new

    Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, and the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a State's Attorney, within 5 days of the filing of a charge that a person has committed an illegal act perpetrated upon a victim less than 18 years of age, including, but not limited to, certain violations the Articles of the Criminal Code of 2012 concerning sex offenses and bodily harm, shall determine whether the person or his or her minor child is a party or subject to a proceeding under the applicable Act. Provides that if the person or his or her minor child is a party or subject to such a proceeding, the State's Attorney shall notify the court having jurisdiction over the matter. Provides that the notification shall be in a form and manner as determined by the clerk of the court, and shall include the case number and caption, if known. Provides that if a notification expressly indicates that it includes facts that constitute confidential personnel matters, the clerk of the court shall place the notification under seal. Provides that upon the receipt of a notification, the clerk of the court shall schedule the matter related to the notification for a hearing no later than 30 days after the receipt of the notification, and shall send no less than 10 days' notice of the hearing to each party to the proceeding. Provides that after the hearing, the court shall make a written finding whether modification or restriction of the person's access to the child is appropriate. Provides that the court may enter any order that it deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, a requirement that visitation be conducted under the supervision of an employee of the Department of Children and Family Services. Makes a corresponding change in the Counties Code.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning children.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
53-9005 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-9005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9005)
7    Sec. 3-9005. Powers and duties of State's Attorney.
8    (a) The duty of each State's Attorney shall be:
9        (1) To commence and prosecute all actions, suits,
10    indictments and prosecutions, civil and criminal, in the
11    circuit court for his county, in which the people of the
12    State or county may be concerned.
13        (2) To prosecute all forfeited bonds and
14    recognizances, and all actions and proceedings for the
15    recovery of debts, revenues, moneys, fines, penalties and
16    forfeitures accruing to the State or his county, or to any
17    school district or road district in his county; also, to
18    prosecute all suits in his county against railroad or
19    transportation companies, which may be prosecuted in the
20    name of the People of the State of Illinois.
21        (3) To commence and prosecute all actions and
22    proceedings brought by any county officer in his official
23    capacity.

 

 

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1        (4) To defend all actions and proceedings brought
2    against his county, or against any county or State officer,
3    in his official capacity, within his county.
4        (5) To attend the examination of all persons brought
5    before any judge on habeas corpus, when the prosecution is
6    in his county.
7        (6) To attend before judges and prosecute charges of
8    felony or misdemeanor, for which the offender is required
9    to be recognized to appear before the circuit court, when
10    in his power so to do.
11        (7) To give his opinion, without fee or reward, to any
12    county officer in his county, upon any question or law
13    relating to any criminal or other matter, in which the
14    people or the county may be concerned.
15        (8) To assist the Attorney General whenever it may be
16    necessary, and in cases of appeal from his county to the
17    Supreme Court, to which it is the duty of the Attorney
18    General to attend, he shall furnish the Attorney General at
19    least 10 days before such is due to be filed, a manuscript
20    of a proposed statement, brief and argument to be printed
21    and filed on behalf of the people, prepared in accordance
22    with the rules of the Supreme Court. However, if such
23    brief, argument or other document is due to be filed by law
24    or order of court within this 10-day period, then the
25    State's Attorney shall furnish such as soon as may be
26    reasonable.

 

 

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1        (9) To pay all moneys received by him in trust, without
2    delay, to the officer who by law is entitled to the custody
3    thereof.
4        (10) To notify, by first class mail, complaining
5    witnesses of the ultimate disposition of the cases arising
6    from an indictment or an information.
7        (11) To perform such other and further duties as may,
8    from time to time, be enjoined on him by law.
9        (12) To appear in all proceedings by collectors of
10    taxes against delinquent taxpayers for judgments to sell
11    real estate, and see that all the necessary preliminary
12    steps have been legally taken to make the judgment legal
13    and binding.
14        (13) To notify, by first-class mail, the State
15    Superintendent of Education, the applicable regional
16    superintendent of schools, and the superintendent of the
17    employing school district or the chief school
18    administrator of the employing nonpublic school, if any,
19    upon the conviction of any individual known to possess a
20    certificate or license issued pursuant to Article 21 or
21    21B, respectively, of the School Code of any offense set
22    forth in Section 21B-80 of the School Code or any other
23    felony conviction, providing the name of the certificate
24    holder, the fact of the conviction, and the name and
25    location of the court where the conviction occurred. The
26    certificate holder must also be contemporaneously sent a

 

 

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1    copy of the notice.
2        (14) To send notifications as required by Section 2-35
3    of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, Section 603.9 of the
4    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Section
5    808.1 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, and Section
6    11-7.2 of the Probate Act of 1975.
7    (b) The State's Attorney of each county shall have
8authority to appoint one or more special investigators to serve
9subpoenas and summonses, make return of process, and conduct
10investigations which assist the State's Attorney in the
11performance of his duties. In counties of the first and second
12class, the fees for service of subpoenas and summonses are
13allowed by this Section and shall be consistent with those set
14forth in Section 4-5001 of this Act, except when increased by
15county ordinance as provided for in Section 4-5001. In counties
16of the third class, the fees for service of subpoenas and
17summonses are allowed by this Section and shall be consistent
18with those set forth in Section 4-12001 of this Act. A special
19investigator shall not carry firearms except with permission of
20the State's Attorney and only while carrying appropriate
21identification indicating his employment and in the
22performance of his assigned duties.
23    Subject to the qualifications set forth in this subsection,
24special investigators shall be peace officers and shall have
25all the powers possessed by investigators under the State's
26Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.

 

 

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1    No special investigator employed by the State's Attorney
2shall have peace officer status or exercise police powers
3unless he or she successfully completes the basic police
4training course mandated and approved by the Illinois Law
5Enforcement Training Standards Board or such board waives the
6training requirement by reason of the special investigator's
7prior law enforcement experience or training or both. Any
8State's Attorney appointing a special investigator shall
9consult with all affected local police agencies, to the extent
10consistent with the public interest, if the special
11investigator is assigned to areas within that agency's
12jurisdiction.
13    Before a person is appointed as a special investigator, his
14fingerprints shall be taken and transmitted to the Department
15of State Police. The Department shall examine its records and
16submit to the State's Attorney of the county in which the
17investigator seeks appointment any conviction information
18concerning the person on file with the Department. No person
19shall be appointed as a special investigator if he has been
20convicted of a felony or other offense involving moral
21turpitude. A special investigator shall be paid a salary and be
22reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performing his
23assigned duties. The county board shall approve the salary and
24actual expenses and appropriate the salary and expenses in the
25manner prescribed by law or ordinance.
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1employers, labor unions, telephone companies, and utility
2companies location information concerning putative fathers and
3noncustodial parents for the purpose of establishing a child's
4paternity or establishing, enforcing, or modifying a child
5support obligation. In this subsection, "location information"
6means information about (i) the physical whereabouts of a
7putative father or noncustodial parent, (ii) the putative
8father or noncustodial parent's employer, or (iii) the salary,
9wages, and other compensation paid and the health insurance
10coverage provided to the putative father or noncustodial parent
11by the employer of the putative father or noncustodial parent
12or by a labor union of which the putative father or
13noncustodial parent is a member.
14    (d) (Blank).
15    (e) The State's Attorney shall have the authority to enter
16into a written agreement with the Department of Revenue for
17pursuit of civil liability under subsection (E) of Section 17-1
18of the Criminal Code of 2012 against persons who have issued to
19the Department checks or other orders in violation of the
20provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (B) of Section 17-1
21of the Criminal Code of 2012, with the Department to retain the
22amount owing upon the dishonored check or order along with the
23dishonored check fee imposed under the Uniform Penalty and
24Interest Act, with the balance of damages, fees, and costs
25collected under subsection (E) of Section 17-1 of the Criminal
26Code of 2012 or under Section 17-1a of that Code to be retained

 

 

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1by the State's Attorney. The agreement shall not affect the
2allocation of fines and costs imposed in any criminal
3prosecution.
4(Source: P.A. 101-275, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
5    Section 10. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
6adding Section 2-35 as follows:
 
7    (705 ILCS 405/2-35 new)
8    Sec. 2-35. Criminal allegations affecting safety of minor
9child.
10    (a) A State's Attorney, upon the filing of a charge that a
11person has committed an illegal act perpetrated upon a victim
12less than 18 years of age, including, but not limited to, a
13violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or
1411-1.60 of the Criminal Code of 2012, shall determine whether
15the person or his or her minor child is a party or subject to a
16proceeding under this Article. If the person or his or her
17minor child is a party or subject to such a proceeding, the
18State's Attorney shall notify the court having jurisdiction
19over the matter. The State's Attorney shall send the
20notification no later than 5 days after the filing of the
21charge.
22    (b) The notification required by this Section shall be in a
23form and manner as determined by the clerk of the court, and
24shall include the case number and caption of the relevant

 

 

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1proceeding under this Article, if known. If a notification
2under this Section expressly indicates that it includes facts
3that constitute confidential personnel matters, the clerk of
4the court shall place the notification under seal.
5    (c) Upon the receipt of a notification under this Section,
6the clerk of the court shall schedule the matter related to the
7notification for a hearing no later than 30 days after the
8receipt of the notification, and shall send no less than 10
9days' notice of the hearing to each party to the proceeding.
10After the hearing, the court shall make a written finding
11whether modification or restriction of the person's access to
12the child is appropriate, taking into consideration the factors
13required by this Article. The court may enter any order that it
14deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, a requirement
15that visitation be conducted under the supervision of an
16employee of the Department of Children and Family Services.
 
17    Section 15. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
18Marriage Act is amended by adding Section 603.9 as follows:
 
19    (750 ILCS 5/603.9 new)
20    Sec. 603.9. Criminal allegations affecting safety of minor
21child.
22    (a) A State's Attorney, upon the filing of a charge that a
23person has committed an illegal act perpetrated upon a victim
24less than 18 years of age, including, but not limited to, a

 

 

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1violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or
211-1.60 of the Criminal Code of 2012, shall determine whether
3the person or his or her minor child is a party or subject to a
4proceeding under this Act. If the person or his or her minor
5child is a party or subject to such a proceeding, the State's
6Attorney shall notify the court having jurisdiction over the
7matter. The State's Attorney shall send the notification no
8later than 5 days after the filing of the charge.
9    (b) The notification required by this Section shall be in a
10form and manner as determined by the clerk of the court, and
11shall include the case number and caption of the relevant
12proceeding under this Article, if known. If a notification
13under this Section expressly indicates that it includes facts
14that constitute confidential personnel matters, the clerk of
15the court shall place the notification under seal.
16    (c) Upon the receipt of a notification under this Section,
17the clerk of the court shall schedule the matter related to the
18notification for a hearing no later than 30 days after the
19receipt of the notification, and shall send no less than 10
20days' notice of the hearing to each party to the proceeding.
21After the hearing, the court shall make a written finding
22whether modification or restriction of the person's access to
23the child is appropriate, taking into consideration the factors
24required by this Act. The court may enter any order that it
25deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, a requirement
26that visitation be conducted under the supervision of an

 

 

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1employee of the Department of Children and Family Services.
 
2    Section 20. The Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 is amended
3by adding Section 808.1 as follows:
 
4    (750 ILCS 46/808.1 new)
5    Sec. 808.1. Criminal allegations affecting safety of minor
6child.
7    (a) A State's Attorney, upon the filing of a charge that a
8person has committed an illegal act perpetrated upon a victim
9less than 18 years of age, including, but not limited to, a
10violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or
1111-1.60 of the Criminal Code of 2012, shall determine whether
12the person or his or her minor child is a party or subject to a
13proceeding under this Act. If the person or his or her minor
14child is a party or subject to such a proceeding, the State's
15Attorney shall notify the court having jurisdiction over the
16matter. The State's Attorney shall send the notification no
17later than 5 days after the filing of the charge.
18    (b) The notification required by this Section shall be in a
19form and manner as determined by the clerk of the court, and
20shall include the case number and caption of the relevant
21proceeding under this Article, if known. If a notification
22under this Section expressly indicates that it includes facts
23that constitute confidential personnel matters, the clerk of
24the court shall place the notification under seal.

 

 

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1    (c) Upon the receipt of a notification under this Section,
2the clerk of the court shall schedule the matter related to the
3notification for a hearing no later than 30 days after the
4receipt of the notification, and shall send no less than 10
5days' notice of the hearing to each party to the proceeding.
6After the hearing, the court shall make a written finding
7whether modification or restriction of the person's access to
8the child is appropriate, taking into consideration the factors
9required by this Act. The court may enter any order that it
10deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, a requirement
11that visitation be conducted under the supervision of an
12employee of the Department of Children and Family Services.
 
13    Section 25. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by adding
14Section 11-7.2 as follows:
 
15    (755 ILCS 5/11-7.2 new)
16    Sec. 11-7.2. Criminal allegations affecting safety of
17minor child.
18    (a) A State's Attorney, upon the filing of a charge that a
19person has committed an illegal act perpetrated upon a victim
20less than 18 years of age, including, but not limited to, a
21violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, or
2211-1.60 of the Criminal Code of 2012, shall determine whether
23the person or his or her minor child is a party or subject to a
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1minor child is a party or subject to such a proceeding, the
2State's Attorney shall notify the court having jurisdiction
3over the matter. The State's Attorney shall send the
4notification no later than 5 days after the filing of the
5charge.
6    (b) The notification required by this Section shall be in a
7form and manner as determined by the clerk of the court, and
8shall include the case number and caption of the relevant
9proceeding under this Article, if known. If a notification
10under this Section expressly indicates that it includes facts
11that constitute confidential personnel matters, the clerk of
12the court shall place the notification under seal.
13    (c) Upon the receipt of a notification under this Section,
14the clerk of the court shall schedule the matter related to the
15notification for a hearing no later than 30 days after the
16receipt of the notification, and shall send no less than 10
17days' notice of the hearing to each party to the proceeding.
18After the hearing, the court shall make a written finding
19whether modification or restriction of the person's access to
20the child is appropriate, taking into consideration the factors
21required by this Article. The court may enter any order that it
22deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, a requirement
23that visitation be conducted under the supervision of an
24employee of the Department of Children and Family Services.