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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 788

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 788  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The Criminal Identification Act is amended
 5    by changing Section 5 and adding Sections 11, 12, and  13  as
 6    follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 2630/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 206-5)
 8        Sec. 5. Arrest reports; expungement.
 9        (a)  All  policing  bodies of this State shall furnish to
10    the Department, daily, in the form and detail the  Department
11    requires,  fingerprints  and  descriptions of all persons who
12    are arrested on charges of violating  any  penal  statute  of
13    this  State  for offenses that are classified as felonies and
14    Class A or B misdemeanors and of all minors of the age of  10
15    and over who have been arrested for an offense which would be
16    a  felony  if  committed  by  an  adult, and may forward such
17    fingerprints and descriptions for minors arrested for Class A
18    or B misdemeanors.  Moving or  nonmoving  traffic  violations
19    under  the Illinois Vehicle Code shall not be reported except
20    for violations of Chapter 4,  Section  11-204.1,  or  Section
21    11-501  of that Code.  In addition, conservation offenses, as
22    defined in the Supreme Court Rule 501(c), that are classified
 
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 1    as Class B misdemeanors shall not be reported.
 2        Whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as  an  adult,  not
 3    having  previously  been convicted of any criminal offense or
 4    municipal ordinance violation, charged with a violation of  a
 5    municipal  ordinance or a felony or misdemeanor, is acquitted
 6    or released without being convicted, whether the acquittal or
 7    release occurred before, on, or after the effective  date  of
 8    this  amendatory  Act of 1991, the Chief Judge of the circuit
 9    wherein the charge was brought, any  judge  of  that  circuit
10    designated  by  the  Chief Judge, or in counties of less than
11    3,000,000 inhabitants,  the  presiding  trial  judge  at  the
12    defendant's trial may upon verified petition of the defendant
13    order the record of arrest expunged from the official records
14    of  the arresting authority and the Department and order that
15    the records of the clerk of the circuit court be sealed until
16    further order of the court upon good cause shown and the name
17    of the defendant obliterated on the official  index  required
18    to be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the
19    Clerks  of  Courts  Act,  but  the order shall not affect any
20    index issued by the circuit court clerk before the  entry  of
21    the  order.   The  Department may charge the petitioner a fee
22    equivalent to the cost of processing any order to expunge  or
23    seal  the  records,  and  the fee shall be deposited into the
24    State Police Services Fund.  The records  of  those  arrests,
25    however,  that result in a disposition of supervision for any
26    offense shall  not  be  expunged  from  the  records  of  the
27    arresting  authority  or  the Department nor impounded by the
28    court  until  2  years  after  discharge  and  dismissal   of
29    supervision.   Those  records  that result from a supervision
30    for a violation of Section 3-707, 3-708, 3-710,  5-401.3,  or
31    11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of
32    a  local  ordinance,  or  for  a violation of Section 12-3.2,
33    12-15 or 16A-3 of the Criminal Code  of  1961,  or  probation
34    under  Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of
 
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 1    the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section  12-4.3(b)(1)
 2    and  (2)  of  the  Criminal Code of 1961 (as those provisions
 3    existed before their deletion by Public Act 89-313),  Section
 4    10-102  of  the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency
 5    Act when the judgment of conviction has been vacated, Section
 6    40-10 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse  and  Dependency
 7    Act  when  the  judgment  of  conviction has been vacated, or
 8    Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act shall not  be  expunged
 9    from  the records of the arresting authority nor impounded by
10    the court until 5 years after  termination  of  probation  or
11    supervision.   Those  records  that result from a supervision
12    for a violation of Section 11-501  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle
13    Code  or  a similar provision of a local ordinance, shall not
14    be expunged.  All records set out above may be ordered by the
15    court to be  expunged  from  the  records  of  the  arresting
16    authority and impounded by the court after 5 years, but shall
17    not  be expunged by the Department, but shall, on court order
18    be sealed by the Department and may be  disseminated  by  the
19    Department  only  as  required  by  law  or  to the arresting
20    authority, the State's Attorney, and the court upon  a  later
21    arrest  for  the same or a similar offense or for the purpose
22    of sentencing for any subsequent felony.  Upon conviction for
23    any offense, the Department of Corrections shall have  access
24    to  all  sealed  records of the Department pertaining to that
25    individual.
26        (a-5)  Those records maintained  by  the  Department  for
27    persons  arrested  prior  to  their  17th  birthday  shall be
28    expunged as provided in Section 5-915 of the  Juvenile  Court
29    Act of 1987.
30        (b)  Whenever  a  person has been convicted of a crime or
31    of the violation of a municipal ordinance, in the name  of  a
32    person  whose  identity  he has stolen or otherwise come into
33    possession of, the aggrieved person from  whom  the  identity
34    was  stolen or otherwise obtained without authorization, upon
 
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 1    learning  of  the  person  having  been  arrested  using  his
 2    identity, may, upon verified petition to the chief  judge  of
 3    the  circuit  wherein the arrest was made, have a court order
 4    entered nunc pro tunc by  the  chief  judge  to  correct  the
 5    arrest  record,  conviction  record, if any, and all official
 6    records of the arresting  authority,  the  Department,  other
 7    criminal  justice  agencies,  the  prosecutor,  and the trial
 8    court concerning such arrest, if any, by  removing  his  name
 9    from  all  such  records  in  connection  with the arrest and
10    conviction, if any, and by inserting in the records the  name
11    of  the  offender,  if known or ascertainable, in lieu of the
12    aggrieved's name.  The records of the clerk  of  the  circuit
13    court  clerk shall be sealed until further order of the court
14    upon good cause shown and the name of  the  aggrieved  person
15    obliterated  on the official index required to be kept by the
16    circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of  Courts
17    Act,  but  the order shall not affect any index issued by the
18    circuit court clerk before the entry of the  order.   Nothing
19    in this Section shall limit the Department of State Police or
20    other  criminal  justice agencies or prosecutors from listing
21    under an offender's name the false names he or she has  used.
22    For  purposes  of  this  Section,  convictions for moving and
23    nonmoving  traffic  violations  other  than  convictions  for
24    violations of Chapter 4, Section 11-204.1 or  Section  11-501
25    of  the Illinois Vehicle Code shall not be a bar to expunging
26    the record of arrest and court records  for  violation  of  a
27    misdemeanor or municipal ordinance.
28        (c)  Whenever  a  person  who  has  been  convicted of an
29    offense  is  granted  a  pardon   by   the   Governor   which
30    specifically  authorizes  expungement,  he may, upon verified
31    petition to the chief judge of the circuit where  the  person
32    had  been  convicted,  any judge of the circuit designated by
33    the Chief Judge,  or  in  counties  of  less  than  3,000,000
34    inhabitants,  the  presiding  trial  judge at the defendant's
 
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 1    trial, may have a court order entered expunging the record of
 2    arrest from the official records of the  arresting  authority
 3    and  order that the records of the clerk of the circuit court
 4    and the Department be sealed until further order of the court
 5    upon good cause shown or as otherwise  provided  herein,  and
 6    the name of the defendant obliterated from the official index
 7    requested to be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section
 8    16  of the Clerks of Courts Act in connection with the arrest
 9    and conviction for the offense for which he had been pardoned
10    but the order shall  not  affect  any  index  issued  by  the
11    circuit  court  clerk  before  the  entry  of the order.  All
12    records sealed by the Department may be disseminated  by  the
13    Department  only  as  required  by  law  or  to the arresting
14    authority, the State's Attorney, and the court upon  a  later
15    arrest  for the same or similar offense or for the purpose of
16    sentencing for any subsequent felony.   Upon  conviction  for
17    any  subsequent  offense, the Department of Corrections shall
18    have  access  to  all  sealed  records  of   the   Department
19    pertaining  to  that  individual.  Upon entry of the order of
20    expungement, the clerk of the circuit  court  shall  promptly
21    mail a copy of the order to the person who was pardoned.
22        (c-5)  Whenever  a  person has been convicted of criminal
23    sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory
24    criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or
25    aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the victim of that  offense
26    may  request that the State's Attorney of the county in which
27    the conviction occurred file a  verified  petition  with  the
28    presiding  trial  judge  at  the  defendant's trial to have a
29    court order entered to seal the records of the clerk  of  the
30    circuit court in connection with the proceedings of the trial
31    court  concerning  that offense.  However, the records of the
32    arresting  authority  and  the  Department  of  State  Police
33    concerning the offense shall not be sealed.  The court,  upon
34    good  cause shown, shall make the records of the clerk of the
 
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 1    circuit court in connection with the proceedings of the trial
 2    court concerning the offense available for public inspection.
 3        (d)  Notice of the petition for subsections (a), (b), and
 4    (c) shall be served upon the State's Attorney  or  prosecutor
 5    charged  with  the  duty  of  prosecuting  the  offense,  the
 6    Department  of  State  Police,  the  arresting agency and the
 7    chief legal officer of the unit of local government affecting
 8    the arrest.  Unless the State's Attorney or  prosecutor,  the
 9    Department  of  State  Police,  the  arresting agency or such
10    chief legal officer objects to the petition  within  30  days
11    from  the  date of the notice, the court shall enter an order
12    granting or denying the petition.  The  clerk  of  the  court
13    shall  promptly  mail  a copy of the order to the person, the
14    arresting agency, the prosecutor,  the  Department  of  State
15    Police  and  such  other  criminal justice agencies as may be
16    ordered by the judge.
17        (e)  Nothing herein shall prevent the Department of State
18    Police from maintaining all records  of  any  person  who  is
19    admitted  to  probation  upon  terms  and  conditions and who
20    fulfills those terms and conditions pursuant to Section 10 of
21    the  Cannabis  Control  Act,  Section  410  of  the  Illinois
22    Controlled Substances Act, Section  12-4.3  of  the  Criminal
23    Code  of  1961, Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and
24    Other Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10  of  the  Alcoholism
25    and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the
26    Steroid Control Act.
27        (f)  No  court  order  issued pursuant to the expungement
28    provisions of this Section shall become final for purposes of
29    appeal  until  30  days  after  notice  is  received  by  the
30    Department.  Any court order contrary to  the  provisions  of
31    this Section is void.
32        (g)  Except  as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5) of
33    this Section, the  court  shall  not  order  the  sealing  or
34    expungement  of the arrest records and records of the circuit
 
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 1    court  clerk  of  any  person  granted  supervision  for   or
 2    convicted  of  any  sexual  offense committed against a minor
 3    under 18 years of age.  For the  purposes  of  this  Section,
 4    "sexual  offense  committed  against a minor" includes but is
 5    not limited to the offenses of  indecent  solicitation  of  a
 6    child  or  criminal  sexual  abuse  when  the  victim of such
 7    offense is under 18 years of age.
 8        (h) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  Act
 9    to the contrary and cumulative with any rights to expungement
10    of criminal records, whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as
11    an adult charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance or
12    a   misdemeanor   is  acquitted  or  released  without  being
13    convicted, or if the person is convicted but  the  conviction
14    is  reversed, or if the person has been placed on supervision
15    for a misdemeanor and has not been convicted of a  felony  or
16    misdemeanor or placed on supervision for a misdemeanor within
17    3  years  after  the  acquittal  or  release  or  reversal of
18    conviction, or the completion of the terms and conditions  of
19    the  supervision,  if  the acquittal, release, finding of not
20    guilty, or reversal of conviction occurred on  or  after  the
21    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd General
22    Assembly, the Chief Judge of the circuit in which the  charge
23    was  brought  may  have the official records of the arresting
24    authority, the Department, and the clerk of the circuit court
25    sealed 3 years after the dismissal of the charge, the finding
26    of not guilty, the reversal of conviction, or the  completion
27    of  the terms and conditions of the supervision, except those
28    records are subject to inspection and use by  the  court  for
29    the  purposes  of  subsequent  sentencing for misdemeanor and
30    felony violations and inspection and use by  law  enforcement
31    agencies  and  State's  Attorneys  or  other  prosecutors  in
32    carrying  out  the  duties of their offices.  This subsection
33    (h) does not apply to persons placed on supervision for:  (1)
34    a violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or
 
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 1    a  similar  provision of a local ordinance; (2) a misdemeanor
 2    violation of Article 11 of the Criminal Code  of  1961  or  a
 3    similar  provision  of  a  local ordinance; (3) a misdemeanor
 4    violation of Section 12-15, 12-30, or 26-5  of  the  Criminal
 5    Code of 1961 or a similar provision of a local ordinance; (4)
 6    a  misdemeanor  violation  that  is  a  crime  of violence as
 7    defined in Section 2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act or
 8    a similar provision of a  local  ordinance;  (5)  a  Class  A
 9    misdemeanor  violation of the Humane Care for Animals Act; or
10    (6) any offense or attempted offense  that  would  subject  a
11    person  to  registration  under the Sex Offender Registration
12    Act.
13        (2)  Upon acquittal, release without conviction, or being
14    placed on supervision, the person charged  with  the  offense
15    shall  be  informed  by  the  court  of the right to have the
16    records sealed and the procedures  for  the  sealing  of  the
17    records.   Three years after the dismissal of the charge, the
18    finding of not guilty, the reversal  of  conviction,  or  the
19    completion  of  the  terms and conditions of the supervision,
20    the defendant shall provide the clerk of  the  court  with  a
21    notice  of  request for sealing of records and payment of the
22    applicable fee and  a  current  address  and  shall  promptly
23    notify  the  clerk of the court of any change of address. The
24    clerk shall promptly serve notice that the  person's  records
25    are  to  be  sealed  on  the  State's  Attorney or prosecutor
26    charged  with  the  duty  of  prosecuting  the  offense,  the
27    Department of State Police,  the  arresting  agency  and  the
28    chief legal officer of the unit of local government effecting
29    the  arrest.  Unless  the State's Attorney or prosecutor, the
30    Department of State Police,  the  arresting  agency  or  such
31    chief  legal officer objects to sealing of the records within
32    90 days of notice the court shall enter an order sealing  the
33    defendant's  records  3  years  after  the  dismissal  of the
34    charge,  the  finding  of  not  guilty,   the   reversal   of
 
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 1    conviction,  or the completion of the terms and conditions of
 2    the supervision. The clerk of the court shall promptly  serve
 3    by  mail  or in person a copy of the order to the person, the
 4    arresting agency, the prosecutor,  the  Department  of  State
 5    Police  and  such  other  criminal justice agencies as may be
 6    ordered by the judge. If an objection  is  filed,  the  court
 7    shall  set a date for hearing. At the hearing the court shall
 8    hear evidence on whether the sealing of the records should or
 9    should not be granted.
10        (3)  The clerk may charge a fee equivalent  to  the  cost
11    associated  with  the sealing of records by the clerk and the
12    Department of State  Police.  The  clerk  shall  forward  the
13    Department  of  State  Police  portion  of  the  fee  to  the
14    Department  and  it  shall be deposited into the State Police
15    Services Fund.
16        (4)  Whenever sealing of records is required  under  this
17    subsection (h), the notification of the sealing must be given
18    by  the  circuit  court  where  the  arrest  occurred  to the
19    Department in a form and manner prescribed by the Department.
20        (5)  An adult or a minor prosecuted as an adult  who  was
21    charged  with  a  violation  of  a  municipal  ordinance or a
22    misdemeanor  who  was  acquitted,  released   without   being
23    convicted,  convicted  and  the  conviction  was reversed, or
24    placed on supervision for a misdemeanor before  the  date  of
25    this  amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and was not
26    convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or placed on supervision
27    for a misdemeanor for 3 years after the acquittal or  release
28    or  reversal  of  conviction,  or completion of the terms and
29    conditions of the supervision may petition the Chief Judge of
30    the circuit in which the charge was  brought,  any  judge  of
31    that  circuit  in  which the charge was brought, any judge of
32    the circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or, in counties of
33    less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge at
34    that defendant's trial, to seal the official records  of  the
 
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 1    arresting  authority,  the  Department,  and the clerk of the
 2    court, except those records are subject to inspection and use
 3    by the court for the purposes of  subsequent  sentencing  for
 4    misdemeanor  and  felony violations and inspection and use by
 5    law enforcement agencies, the Department of Corrections,  and
 6    State's  Attorneys  and other prosecutors in carrying out the
 7    duties of their offices. This subsection (h) does  not  apply
 8    to  persons  placed  on  supervision  for: (1) a violation of
 9    Section 11-501 of the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  or  a  similar
10    provision  of  a local ordinance; (2) a misdemeanor violation
11    of Article 11 of the Criminal  Code  of  1961  or  a  similar
12    provision  of  a local ordinance; (3) a misdemeanor violation
13    of Section 12-15, 12-30, or 26-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961
14    or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance;   (4)   a
15    misdemeanor  violation that is a crime of violence as defined
16    in Section 2 of the  Crime  Victims  Compensation  Act  or  a
17    similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance;  (5)  a  Class A
18    misdemeanor violation of the Humane Care for Animals Act;  or
19    (6)  any  offense  or  attempted offense that would subject a
20    person to registration under the  Sex  Offender  Registration
21    Act.    The  State's  Attorney or prosecutor charged with the
22    duty of prosecuting the  offense,  the  Department  of  State
23    Police,  the  arresting agency and the chief legal officer of
24    the unit of local government effecting the  arrest  shall  be
25    served with a copy of the verified petition and shall have 90
26    days to object. If an objection is filed, the court shall set
27    a  date  for  hearing.  At  the  hearing the court shall hear
28    evidence on whether the sealing  of  the  records  should  or
29    should  not  be  granted. The person whose records are sealed
30    under the provisions of this Act shall pay to  the  clerk  of
31    the court and the Department of State Police a fee equivalent
32    to  the cost associated with the sealing of records. The fees
33    shall be paid to the clerk of the court who shall forward the
34    appropriate portion to the Department at the time  the  court
 
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 1    order  to  seal  the  defendant's  record is forwarded to the
 2    Department for processing. The  Department  of  State  Police
 3    portion  of  the fee shall be deposited into the State Police
 4    Services Fund.
 5        (i) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  Act
 6    to the contrary and cumulative with any rights to expungement
 7    of criminal records, whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as
 8    an adult charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance or
 9    a  misdemeanor is convicted of a misdemeanor and has not been
10    convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or placed on supervision
11    for a misdemeanor within 4 years after the completion of  the
12    sentence,   if  the  conviction  occurred  on  or  after  the
13    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  93rd  General
14    Assembly,  the Chief Judge of the circuit in which the charge
15    was brought may have the official records  of  the  arresting
16    authority, the Department, and the clerk of the circuit court
17    sealed  4  years after the completion of the sentence, except
18    those records are subject to inspection and use by the  court
19    for the purposes of subsequent sentencing for misdemeanor and
20    felony  violations  and inspection and use by law enforcement
21    agencies  and  State's  Attorneys  or  other  prosecutors  in
22    carrying out the duties of their offices.    This  subsection
23    (i)  does  not apply to persons convicted of: (1) a violation
24    of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or  a  similar
25    provision  of  a local ordinance; (2) a misdemeanor violation
26    of Article 11 of the Criminal  Code  of  1961  or  a  similar
27    provision  of  a local ordinance; (3) a misdemeanor violation
28    of Section 12-15, 12-30, or 26-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961
29    or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance;   (4)   a
30    misdemeanor  violation that is a crime of violence as defined
31    in Section 2 of the  Crime  Victims  Compensation  Act  or  a
32    similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance;  (5)  a  Class A
33    misdemeanor violation of the Humane Care for Animals Act;  or
34    (6)  any  offense  or  attempted offense that would subject a
 
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 1    person to registration under the  Sex  Offender  Registration
 2    Act.
 3        (2)  Upon  the  conviction  of  such  offense, the person
 4    charged with the offense shall be informed by  the  court  of
 5    the  right  to have the records sealed and the procedures for
 6    the sealing of the records.  Four years after the  completion
 7    of the sentence, the defendant shall provide the clerk of the
 8    court  with  a  notice  of request for sealing of records and
 9    payment of the applicable fee and a current address and shall
10    promptly notify the clerk of  the  court  of  any  change  of
11    address.  The  clerk  shall  promptly  serve  notice that the
12    person's records are to be sealed on the State's Attorney  or
13    prosecutor  charged with the duty of prosecuting the offense,
14    the Department of State Police, the arresting agency and  the
15    chief legal officer of the unit of local government effecting
16    the  arrest.  Unless  the State's Attorney or prosecutor, the
17    Department of State Police,  the  arresting  agency  or  such
18    chief  legal officer objects to sealing of the records within
19    90 days of notice the court shall enter an order sealing  the
20    defendant's  records  4  years  after  the  completion of the
21    sentence. The clerk of the court shall promptly serve by mail
22    or in person a copy of the order to the person, the arresting
23    agency, the prosecutor, the Department of  State  Police  and
24    such other criminal justice agencies as may be ordered by the
25    judge.  If  an objection is filed, the court shall set a date
26    for hearing. At the hearing the court shall hear evidence  on
27    whether  the  sealing  of the records should or should not be
28    granted.
29        (3)  The clerk may charge a fee equivalent  to  the  cost
30    associated  with  the sealing of records by the clerk and the
31    Department of State  Police.  The  clerk  shall  forward  the
32    Department  of  State  Police  portion  of  the  fee  to  the
33    Department  and  it  shall be deposited into the State Police
34    Services Fund.
 
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 1        (4)  Whenever sealing of records is required  under  this
 2    subsection (i), the notification of the sealing must be given
 3    by  the  circuit  court  where  the  arrest  occurred  to the
 4    Department in a form and manner prescribed by the Department.
 5        (5)  An adult or a minor prosecuted as an adult  who  was
 6    charged  with  a  violation  of  a  municipal  ordinance or a
 7    misdemeanor who was convicted of  a  misdemeanor  before  the
 8    date  of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and
 9    was not convicted of a felony or  misdemeanor  or  placed  on
10    supervision   for   a  misdemeanor  for  4  years  after  the
11    completion of the sentence may petition the  Chief  Judge  of
12    the  circuit  in  which  the charge was brought, any judge of
13    that circuit in which the charge was brought,  any  judge  of
14    the circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or, in counties of
15    less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge at
16    that  defendant's  trial, to seal the official records of the
17    arresting authority, the Department, and  the  clerk  of  the
18    court, except those records are subject to inspection and use
19    by  the  court  for the purposes of subsequent sentencing for
20    misdemeanor and felony violations and inspection and  use  by
21    law  enforcement agencies, the Department of Corrections, and
22    State's Attorneys and other prosecutors in carrying  out  the
23    duties  of  their offices. This subsection (i) does not apply
24    to persons convicted of: (1) a violation of Section 11-501 of
25    the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of  a  local
26    ordinance;  (2)  a misdemeanor violation of Article 11 of the
27    Criminal Code of 1961 or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local
28    ordinance;  (3)  a  misdemeanor  violation  of Section 12-15,
29    12-30, or 26-5 of the Criminal Code  of  1961  or  a  similar
30    provision  of  a local ordinance; (4) a misdemeanor violation
31    that is a crime of violence as defined in Section  2  of  the
32    Crime  Victims  Compensation  Act or a similar provision of a
33    local ordinance; (5) a Class A misdemeanor violation  of  the
34    Humane  Care for Animals Act; or (6) any offense or attempted
 
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 1    offense that would subject a person to registration under the
 2    Sex Offender Registration  Act.    The  State's  Attorney  or
 3    prosecutor  charged with the duty of prosecuting the offense,
 4    the Department of State Police, the arresting agency and  the
 5    chief legal officer of the unit of local government effecting
 6    the  arrest  shall  be  served  with  a  copy of the verified
 7    petition and shall have 90 days to object. If an objection is
 8    filed, the court shall set a date for hearing. At the hearing
 9    the court shall hear evidence on whether the sealing  of  the
10    records  should  or  should  not be granted. The person whose
11    records are sealed under the provisions of this Act shall pay
12    to the clerk of the court and the Department of State  Police
13    a  fee  equivalent to the cost associated with the sealing of
14    records. The fees shall be paid to the clerk of the court who
15    shall forward the appropriate portion to  the  Department  at
16    the  time  the  court order to seal the defendant's record is
17    forwarded to the Department for processing. The Department of
18    State Police portion of the fee shall be deposited  into  the
19    State Police Services Fund.
20    (Source: P.A.  91-295,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-357,  eff. 7-29-99;
21    92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)

22        (20 ILCS 2630/11 new)
23        Sec. 11.  Legal  assistance  and  education.  Subject  to
24    appropriation,  the State Appellate Defender shall establish,
25    maintain, and carry out a sealing and expungement program  to
26    provide  information to persons eligible to have their arrest
27    or criminal history records expunged or sealed.

28        (20 ILCS 2630/12 new)
29        Sec  12.  Entry  of  order;  effect  of  expungement   or
30    sealing.
31        (a)  Except with respect to law enforcement agencies, the
32    Department   of  Corrections,  State's  Attorneys,  or  other
 
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 1    prosecutors,  an  expunged  or  sealed  record  may  not   be
 2    considered  by  any  private  or  public entity in employment
 3    matters,    certification,    licensing,    revocation     of
 4    certification or licensure, or registration. Applications for
 5    employment  must  contain specific language which states that
 6    the applicant is not obligated to disclose sealed or expunged
 7    records of conviction or arrest. Employers may not ask if  an
 8    applicant has had records expunged or sealed.
 9        (b)  A  person whose records have been sealed or expunged
10    is not entitled to remission of any fines,  costs,  or  other
11    money  paid  as  a consequence of the sealing or expungement.
12    This amendatory Act of the 93rd  General  Assembly  does  not
13    affect  the  right  of  the victim of a crime to prosecute or
14    defend a civil action for damages. Persons engaged  in  civil
15    litigation  involving  criminal records that have been sealed
16    may petition the court to open the records  for  the  limited
17    purpose of using them in the course of litigation.

18        (20 ILCS 2630/13 new)
19        Sec. 13.  Prohibited conduct; misdemeanor; penalty.
20        (a)  The  Department of State Police shall retain records
21    sealed under subsections (h) and (i) of Section 5. The sealed
22    records shall be used and disseminated by the Department only
23    as allowed by law.  Upon  conviction  for  any  offense,  the
24    Department  of  Corrections  shall  have access to all sealed
25    records of the Department pertaining to that individual.
26        (b)  The sealed records maintained under  subsection  (a)
27    are  exempt  from disclosure under the Freedom of Information
28    Act.".