Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 3/23/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3007

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3007 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4     "AN ACT concerning the sealing of criminal records."; and
 
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
 
7     "Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by
8 changing Section 5 as follows:
 
9     (20 ILCS 2630/5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 206-5)
10     Sec. 5. Arrest reports; expungement.
11     (a) All policing bodies of this State shall furnish to the
12 Department, daily, in the form and detail the Department
13 requires, fingerprints and descriptions of all persons who are
14 arrested on charges of violating any penal statute of this
15 State for offenses that are classified as felonies and Class A
16 or B misdemeanors and of all minors of the age of 10 and over
17 who have been arrested for an offense which would be a felony
18 if committed by an adult, and may forward such fingerprints and
19 descriptions for minors arrested for Class A or B misdemeanors.
20 Moving or nonmoving traffic violations under the Illinois
21 Vehicle Code shall not be reported except for violations of
22 Chapter 4, Section 11-204.1, or Section 11-501 of that Code. In
23 addition, conservation offenses, as defined in the Supreme

 

 

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1 Court Rule 501(c), that are classified as Class B misdemeanors
2 shall not be reported.
3     Whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as an adult, not
4 having previously been convicted of any criminal offense or
5 municipal ordinance violation, charged with a violation of a
6 municipal ordinance or a felony or misdemeanor, is acquitted or
7 released without being convicted, whether the acquittal or
8 release occurred before, on, or after the effective date of
9 this amendatory Act of 1991, the Chief Judge of the circuit
10 wherein the charge was brought, any judge of that circuit
11 designated by the Chief Judge, or in counties of less than
12 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge at the
13 defendant's trial may upon verified petition of the defendant
14 order the record of arrest expunged from the official records
15 of the arresting authority and the Department and order that
16 the records of the clerk of the circuit court be sealed until
17 further order of the court upon good cause shown and the name
18 of the defendant obliterated on the official index required to
19 be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the
20 Clerks of Courts Act, but the order shall not affect any index
21 issued by the circuit court clerk before the entry of the
22 order. The Department may charge the petitioner a fee
23 equivalent to the cost of processing any order to expunge or
24 seal the records, and the fee shall be deposited into the State
25 Police Services Fund. The records of those arrests, however,
26 that result in a disposition of supervision for any offense
27 shall not be expunged from the records of the arresting
28 authority or the Department nor impounded by the court until 2
29 years after discharge and dismissal of supervision. Those
30 records that result from a supervision for a violation of
31 Section 3-707, 3-708, 3-710, 5-401.3, or 11-503 of the Illinois
32 Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance, or
33 for a violation of Section 12-3.2, 12-15 or 16A-3 of the
34 Criminal Code of 1961, or probation under Section 10 of the

 

 

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1 Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled
2 Substances Act, Section 12-4.3(b)(1) and (2) of the Criminal
3 Code of 1961 (as those provisions existed before their deletion
4 by Public Act 89-313), Section 10-102 of the Illinois
5 Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act when the judgment of
6 conviction has been vacated, Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism
7 and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act when the judgment of
8 conviction has been vacated, or Section 10 of the Steroid
9 Control Act shall not be expunged from the records of the
10 arresting authority nor impounded by the court until 5 years
11 after termination of probation or supervision. Those records
12 that result from a supervision for a violation of Section
13 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a
14 local ordinance, shall not be expunged. All records set out
15 above may be ordered by the court to be expunged from the
16 records of the arresting authority and impounded by the court
17 after 5 years, but shall not be expunged by the Department, but
18 shall, on court order be sealed by the Department and may be
19 disseminated by the Department only as required by law or to
20 the arresting authority, the State's Attorney, and the court
21 upon a later arrest for the same or a similar offense or for
22 the purpose of sentencing for any subsequent felony. Upon
23 conviction for any offense, the Department of Corrections shall
24 have access to all sealed records of the Department pertaining
25 to that individual.
26     (a-5) Those records maintained by the Department for
27 persons arrested prior to their 17th birthday shall be expunged
28 as provided in Section 5-915 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
29     (b) Whenever a person has been convicted of a crime or of
30 the violation of a municipal ordinance, in the name of a person
31 whose identity he has stolen or otherwise come into possession
32 of, the aggrieved person from whom the identity was stolen or
33 otherwise obtained without authorization, upon learning of the
34 person having been arrested using his identity, may, upon

 

 

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1 verified petition to the chief judge of the circuit wherein the
2 arrest was made, have a court order entered nunc pro tunc by
3 the chief judge to correct the arrest record, conviction
4 record, if any, and all official records of the arresting
5 authority, the Department, other criminal justice agencies,
6 the prosecutor, and the trial court concerning such arrest, if
7 any, by removing his name from all such records in connection
8 with the arrest and conviction, if any, and by inserting in the
9 records the name of the offender, if known or ascertainable, in
10 lieu of the aggrieved's name. The records of the clerk of the
11 circuit court clerk shall be sealed until further order of the
12 court upon good cause shown and the name of the aggrieved
13 person obliterated on the official index required to be kept by
14 the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of
15 Courts Act, but the order shall not affect any index issued by
16 the circuit court clerk before the entry of the order. Nothing
17 in this Section shall limit the Department of State Police or
18 other criminal justice agencies or prosecutors from listing
19 under an offender's name the false names he or she has used.
20 For purposes of this Section, convictions for moving and
21 nonmoving traffic violations other than convictions for
22 violations of Chapter 4, Section 11-204.1 or Section 11-501 of
23 the Illinois Vehicle Code shall not be a bar to expunging the
24 record of arrest and court records for violation of a
25 misdemeanor or municipal ordinance.
26     (c) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an offense
27 is granted a pardon by the Governor which specifically
28 authorizes expungement, he may, upon verified petition to the
29 chief judge of the circuit where the person had been convicted,
30 any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or in
31 counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding
32 trial judge at the defendant's trial, may have a court order
33 entered expunging the record of arrest from the official
34 records of the arresting authority and order that the records

 

 

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1 of the clerk of the circuit court and the Department be sealed
2 until further order of the court upon good cause shown or as
3 otherwise provided herein, and the name of the defendant
4 obliterated from the official index requested to be kept by the
5 circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts
6 Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for the
7 offense for which he had been pardoned but the order shall not
8 affect any index issued by the circuit court clerk before the
9 entry of the order. All records sealed by the Department may be
10 disseminated by the Department only as required by law or to
11 the arresting authority, the State's Attorney, and the court
12 upon a later arrest for the same or similar offense or for the
13 purpose of sentencing for any subsequent felony. Upon
14 conviction for any subsequent offense, the Department of
15 Corrections shall have access to all sealed records of the
16 Department pertaining to that individual. Upon entry of the
17 order of expungement, the clerk of the circuit court shall
18 promptly mail a copy of the order to the person who was
19 pardoned.
20     (c-5) Whenever a person has been convicted of criminal
21 sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory
22 criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or
23 aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the victim of that offense
24 may request that the State's Attorney of the county in which
25 the conviction occurred file a verified petition with the
26 presiding trial judge at the defendant's trial to have a court
27 order entered to seal the records of the clerk of the circuit
28 court in connection with the proceedings of the trial court
29 concerning that offense. However, the records of the arresting
30 authority and the Department of State Police concerning the
31 offense shall not be sealed. The court, upon good cause shown,
32 shall make the records of the clerk of the circuit court in
33 connection with the proceedings of the trial court concerning
34 the offense available for public inspection.

 

 

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1     (c-6) If a conviction has been set aside on direct review
2 or on collateral attack and the court determines by clear and
3 convincing evidence that the defendant was factually innocent
4 of the charge, the court shall enter an expungement order as
5 provided in subsection (b) of Section 5-5-4 of the Unified Code
6 of Corrections.
7     (d) Notice of the petition for subsections (a), (b), and
8 (c) shall be served upon the State's Attorney or prosecutor
9 charged with the duty of prosecuting the offense, the
10 Department of State Police, the arresting agency and the chief
11 legal officer of the unit of local government affecting the
12 arrest. Unless the State's Attorney or prosecutor, the
13 Department of State Police, the arresting agency or such chief
14 legal officer objects to the petition within 30 days from the
15 date of the notice, the court shall enter an order granting or
16 denying the petition. The clerk of the court shall promptly
17 mail a copy of the order to the person, the arresting agency,
18 the prosecutor, the Department of State Police and such other
19 criminal justice agencies as may be ordered by the judge.
20     (e) Nothing herein shall prevent the Department of State
21 Police from maintaining all records of any person who is
22 admitted to probation upon terms and conditions and who
23 fulfills those terms and conditions pursuant to Section 10 of
24 the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois
25 Controlled Substances Act, Section 12-4.3 of the Criminal Code
26 of 1961, Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other
27 Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism and Other
28 Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid
29 Control Act.
30     (f) No court order issued under pursuant to the expungement
31 provisions of this Section shall become final for purposes of
32 appeal until 30 days after notice is received by the
33 Department. Any court order contrary to the provisions of this
34 Section is void.

 

 

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1     (g) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5) of
2 this Section, the court shall not order the sealing or
3 expungement of the arrest records and records of the circuit
4 court clerk of any person granted supervision for or convicted
5 of any sexual offense committed against a minor under 18 years
6 of age. For the purposes of this Section, "sexual offense
7 committed against a minor" includes but is not limited to the
8 offenses of indecent solicitation of a child or criminal sexual
9 abuse when the victim of such offense is under 18 years of age.
10     (h) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to
11 the contrary and cumulative with any rights to expungement of
12 criminal records, whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as an
13 adult charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance or a
14 misdemeanor is acquitted or released without being convicted,
15 or if the person is convicted but the conviction is reversed,
16 or if the person has been placed on supervision for a
17 misdemeanor and has not been convicted of a felony or
18 misdemeanor or placed on supervision for a misdemeanor within 3
19 years after the acquittal or release or reversal of conviction,
20 or the completion of the terms and conditions of the
21 supervision, if the acquittal, release, finding of not guilty,
22 or reversal of conviction occurred on or after the effective
23 date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the
24 Chief Judge of the circuit in which the charge was brought may
25 have the official records of the arresting authority, the
26 Department, and the clerk of the circuit court sealed 3 years
27 after the dismissal of the charge, the finding of not guilty,
28 the reversal of conviction, or the completion of the terms and
29 conditions of the supervision, except those records are subject
30 to inspection and use by the court for the purposes of
31 subsequent sentencing for misdemeanor and felony violations
32 and inspection and use by law enforcement agencies and State's
33 Attorneys or other prosecutors in carrying out the duties of
34 their offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (j),

 

 

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1 this This subsection (h) does not apply to persons placed on
2 supervision for: (1) a violation of Section 11-501 of the
3 Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local
4 ordinance; (2) a misdemeanor violation of Article 11 of the
5 Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of a local
6 ordinance; (3) a misdemeanor violation of Section 12-15, 12-30,
7 or 26-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of
8 a local ordinance; (4) a misdemeanor violation that is a crime
9 of violence as defined in Section 2 of the Crime Victims
10 Compensation Act or a similar provision of a local ordinance;
11 (5) a Class A misdemeanor violation of the Humane Care for
12 Animals Act; or (6) any offense or attempted offense that would
13 subject a person to registration under the Sex Offender
14 Registration Act.
15     (2) Upon acquittal, release without conviction, or being
16 placed on supervision, the person charged with the offense
17 shall be informed by the court of the right to have the records
18 sealed and the procedures for the sealing of the records. Three
19 years after the dismissal of the charge, the finding of not
20 guilty, the reversal of conviction, or the completion of the
21 terms and conditions of the supervision, the defendant shall
22 provide the clerk of the court with a notice of request for
23 sealing of records and payment of the applicable fee and a
24 current address and shall promptly notify the clerk of the
25 court of any change of address. The clerk shall promptly serve
26 notice that the person's records are to be sealed on the
27 State's Attorney or prosecutor charged with the duty of
28 prosecuting the offense, the Department of State Police, the
29 arresting agency and the chief legal officer of the unit of
30 local government effecting the arrest. Unless the State's
31 Attorney or prosecutor, the Department of State Police, the
32 arresting agency or such chief legal officer objects to sealing
33 of the records within 90 days of notice the court shall enter
34 an order sealing the defendant's records 3 years after the

 

 

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1 dismissal of the charge, the finding of not guilty, the
2 reversal of conviction, or the completion of the terms and
3 conditions of the supervision. The clerk of the court shall
4 promptly serve by mail or in person a copy of the order to the
5 person, the arresting agency, the prosecutor, the Department of
6 State Police and such other criminal justice agencies as may be
7 ordered by the judge. If an objection is filed, the court shall
8 set a date for hearing. At the hearing the court shall hear
9 evidence on whether the sealing of the records should or should
10 not be granted.
11     (3) The clerk may charge a fee equivalent to the cost
12 associated with the sealing of records by the clerk and the
13 Department of State Police. The clerk shall forward the
14 Department of State Police portion of the fee to the Department
15 and it shall be deposited into the State Police 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 placed
24 on supervision for a misdemeanor before the date of this
25 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 or
28 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 that
31 circuit in which the charge was brought, any judge of the
32 circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or, in counties of less
33 than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge at that
34 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 law
5 enforcement agencies, the Department of Corrections, and
6 State's Attorneys and other prosecutors in carrying out the
7 duties of their offices. Except as otherwise provided in
8 subsection (j), this This subsection (h) does not apply to
9 persons placed on supervision for: (1) a violation of Section
10 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a
11 local ordinance; (2) a misdemeanor violation of Article 11 of
12 the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of a local
13 ordinance; (3) a misdemeanor violation of Section 12-15, 12-30,
14 or 26-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of
15 a local ordinance; (4) a misdemeanor violation that is a crime
16 of violence as defined in Section 2 of the Crime Victims
17 Compensation Act or a similar provision of a local ordinance;
18 (5) a Class A misdemeanor violation of the Humane Care for
19 Animals Act; or (6) any offense or attempted offense that would
20 subject a person to registration under the Sex Offender
21 Registration Act. The State's Attorney or prosecutor charged
22 with the duty of prosecuting the offense, the Department of
23 State Police, the arresting agency and the chief legal officer
24 of 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 a
27 date for hearing. At the hearing the court shall hear evidence
28 on whether the sealing of the records should or should not be
29 granted. The person whose records are sealed under the
30 provisions of this Act shall pay to the clerk of the court and
31 the Department of State Police a fee equivalent to the cost
32 associated with the sealing of records. The fees shall be paid
33 to the clerk of the court who shall forward the appropriate
34 portion to the Department at the time the court order to seal

 

 

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1 the defendant's record is forwarded to the Department for
2 processing. The Department of State Police portion of the fee
3 shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund.
4     (i) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to
5 the contrary and cumulative with any rights to expungement of
6 criminal records, whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as an
7 adult charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance or a
8 misdemeanor is convicted of a misdemeanor and has not been
9 convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or placed on supervision
10 for a misdemeanor within 4 years after the completion of the
11 sentence, if the conviction occurred on or after the effective
12 date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the
13 Chief Judge of the circuit in which the charge was brought may
14 have the official records of the arresting authority, the
15 Department, and the clerk of the circuit court sealed 4 years
16 after the completion of the sentence, except those records are
17 subject to inspection and use by the court for the purposes of
18 subsequent sentencing for misdemeanor and felony violations
19 and inspection and use by law enforcement agencies and State's
20 Attorneys or other prosecutors in carrying out the duties of
21 their offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (j),
22 this This subsection (i) does not apply to persons convicted
23 of: (1) a violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle
24 Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance; (2) a
25 misdemeanor violation of Article 11 of the Criminal Code of
26 1961 or a similar provision of a local ordinance; (3) a
27 misdemeanor violation of Section 12-15, 12-30, or 26-5 of the
28 Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of a local
29 ordinance; (4) a misdemeanor violation that is a crime of
30 violence as defined in Section 2 of the Crime Victims
31 Compensation Act or a similar provision of a local ordinance;
32 (5) a Class A misdemeanor violation of the Humane Care for
33 Animals Act; or (6) any offense or attempted offense that would
34 subject a person to registration under the Sex Offender

 

 

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1 Registration Act.
2     (2) Upon the conviction of such offense, the person charged
3 with the offense shall be informed by the court of the right to
4 have the records sealed and the procedures for the sealing of
5 the records. Four years after the completion of the sentence,
6 the defendant shall provide the clerk of the court with a
7 notice of request for sealing of records and payment of the
8 applicable fee and a current address and shall promptly notify
9 the clerk of the court of any change of address. The clerk
10 shall promptly serve notice that the person's records are to be
11 sealed on the State's Attorney or prosecutor charged with the
12 duty of prosecuting the offense, the Department of State
13 Police, the arresting agency and the chief legal officer of the
14 unit of local government effecting the arrest. Unless the
15 State's Attorney or prosecutor, the Department of State Police,
16 the arresting agency or such chief legal officer objects to
17 sealing of the records within 90 days of notice the court shall
18 enter an order sealing the defendant's records 4 years after
19 the completion of the sentence. The clerk of the court shall
20 promptly serve by mail or in person a copy of the order to the
21 person, the arresting agency, the prosecutor, the Department of
22 State Police and such other criminal justice agencies as may be
23 ordered by the judge. If an objection is filed, the court shall
24 set a date for hearing. At the hearing the court shall hear
25 evidence on whether the sealing of the records should or should
26 not be granted.
27     (3) The clerk may charge a fee equivalent to the cost
28 associated with the sealing of records by the clerk and the
29 Department of State Police. The clerk shall forward the
30 Department of State Police portion of the fee to the Department
31 and it shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund.
32     (4) Whenever sealing of records is required under this
33 subsection (i), the notification of the sealing must be given
34 by the circuit court where the arrest occurred to the

 

 

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1 Department in a form and manner prescribed by the Department.
2     (5) An adult or a minor prosecuted as an adult who was
3 charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance or a
4 misdemeanor who was convicted of a misdemeanor before the date
5 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and was not
6 convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or placed on supervision
7 for a misdemeanor for 4 years after the completion of the
8 sentence may petition the Chief Judge of the circuit in which
9 the charge was brought, any judge of that circuit in which the
10 charge was brought, any judge of the circuit designated by the
11 Chief Judge, or, in counties of less than 3,000,000
12 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge at that defendant's
13 trial, to seal the official records of the arresting authority,
14 the Department, and the clerk of the court, except those
15 records are subject to inspection and use by the court for the
16 purposes of subsequent sentencing for misdemeanor and felony
17 violations and inspection and use by law enforcement agencies,
18 the Department of Corrections, and State's Attorneys and other
19 prosecutors in carrying out the duties of their offices. Except
20 as otherwise provided in subsection (j), this This subsection
21 (i) does not apply to persons convicted of: (1) a violation of
22 Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar
23 provision of a local ordinance; (2) a misdemeanor violation of
24 Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision
25 of a local ordinance; (3) a misdemeanor violation of Section
26 12-15, 12-30, or 26-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar
27 provision of a local ordinance; (4) a misdemeanor violation
28 that is a crime of violence as defined in Section 2 of the
29 Crime Victims Compensation Act or a similar provision of a
30 local ordinance; (5) a Class A misdemeanor violation of the
31 Humane Care for Animals Act; or (6) any offense or attempted
32 offense that would subject a person to registration under the
33 Sex Offender Registration Act. The State's Attorney or
34 prosecutor charged with the duty of prosecuting the offense,

 

 

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1 the Department of State Police, the arresting agency and the
2 chief legal officer of the unit of local government effecting
3 the arrest shall be served with a copy of the verified petition
4 and shall have 90 days to object. If an objection is filed, the
5 court shall set a date for hearing. At the hearing the court
6 shall hear evidence on whether the sealing of the records
7 should or should not be granted. The person whose records are
8 sealed under the provisions of this Act shall pay to the clerk
9 of the court and the Department of State Police a fee
10 equivalent to the cost associated with the sealing of records.
11 The fees shall be paid to the clerk of the court who shall
12 forward the appropriate portion to the Department at the time
13 the court order to seal the defendant's record is forwarded to
14 the Department for processing. The Department of State Police
15 portion of the fee shall be deposited into the State Police
16 Services Fund.
17     (j) Subsections (h) and (i) apply to a person placed on
18 supervision for a misdemeanor violation of or who is convicted
19 of a misdemeanor or felony violation of Section 11-14 of the
20 Criminal Code of 1961, a misdemeanor or Class 4 felony
21 violation of Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act, or a
22 misdemeanor or Class 4 felony violation of Section 402 of the
23 Illinois Controlled Substances Act or who is acquitted or
24 released without being convicted, or whose conviction is
25 reversed for any of those offenses provided that the other
26 requirements of subsection (h) or (i) are met.
27     (k) The Illinois Department of Corrections, in cooperation
28 with the Illinois Department of Employment Security, shall
29 conduct a blind study utilizing a random sample of those who
30 apply for the sealing of their criminal records under Public
31 Act 93-211. The random sample shall be large enough to have a
32 margin of error of 3% or less. Utilizing the random sample of
33 those who applied for the sealing of their criminal records
34 under Public Act 93-211, the study shall determine for each

 

 

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1 subject the following: (i) how soon they applied for work after
2 their release and how many times they applied for employment at
3 different entities as reported to the Illinois Department of
4 Employment Security; (ii) how soon they applied for work after
5 having their records sealed and how many times they applied for
6 employment at different entities as reported to the Illinois
7 Department of Employment Security; (iii) their employment
8 history following their release; and (iv) their employment
9 history following the sealing of their records. In addition, if
10 the subjects were recidivist, the study shall note: (i) when
11 they were arrested following their release; (ii) when they were
12 arrested following the sealing of the criminal records; (iii)
13 how often they were arrested; (iv) what they were arrested for
14 and what they were charged with; (v) what sentence they
15 received, if any; and (vi) how long they were re-incarcerated,
16 if at all. The study shall be delivered to the chairpersons of
17 the House and Senate Judiciary Committees no later than
18 September 1, 2006.
19 (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-210, eff. 7-18-03;
20 93-211, eff. 1-1-04; revised 8-25-03.)".