Sen. John J. Millner

Filed: 5/12/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 263

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 263 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 5.669 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.669)
7    Sec. 5.669. The Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against
8Youth Registration Fund.
9(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
10    Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
1110-21.9, 27A-5, and 34-18.5 as follows:
 
12    (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9)
13    Sec. 10-21.9. Criminal history records checks and checks of
14the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child

 

 

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1Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database.
2    (a) Certified and noncertified applicants for employment
3with a school district, except school bus driver applicants,
4are required as a condition of employment to authorize a
5fingerprint-based criminal history records check to determine
6if such applicants have been convicted of any of the enumerated
7criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this Section or
8have been convicted, within 7 years of the application for
9employment with the school district, of any other felony under
10the laws of this State or of any offense committed or attempted
11in any other state or against the laws of the United States
12that, if committed or attempted in this State, would have been
13punishable as a felony under the laws of this State.
14Authorization for the check shall be furnished by the applicant
15to the school district, except that if the applicant is a
16substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one school
17district, a teacher seeking concurrent part-time employment
18positions with more than one school district (as a reading
19specialist, special education teacher or otherwise), or an
20educational support personnel employee seeking employment
21positions with more than one district, any such district may
22require the applicant to furnish authorization for the check to
23the regional superintendent of the educational service region
24in which are located the school districts in which the
25applicant is seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent
26part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel

 

 

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1employee. Upon receipt of this authorization, the school
2district or the appropriate regional superintendent, as the
3case may be, shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date
4of birth, social security number, fingerprint images, and other
5identifiers, as prescribed by the Department of State Police,
6to the Department. The regional superintendent submitting the
7requisite information to the Department of State Police shall
8promptly notify the school districts in which the applicant is
9seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
10teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee
11that the check of the applicant has been requested. The
12Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of
13Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based
14criminal history records check, records of convictions, until
15expunged, to the president of the school board for the school
16district that requested the check, or to the regional
17superintendent who requested the check. The Department shall
18charge the school district or the appropriate regional
19superintendent a fee for conducting such check, which fee shall
20be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and shall not
21exceed the cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be
22charged a fee for such check by the school district or by the
23regional superintendent, except that those applicants seeking
24employment as a substitute teacher with a school district may
25be charged a fee not to exceed the cost of the inquiry. Subject
26to appropriations for these purposes, the State Superintendent

 

 

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1of Education shall reimburse school districts and regional
2superintendents for fees paid to obtain criminal history
3records checks under this Section.
4    (a-5) The school district or regional superintendent shall
5further perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database,
6as authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law,
7for each applicant.
8    (a-6) The school district or regional superintendent shall
9further perform a check of the Statewide Child Murderer and
10Violent Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the
11Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Community
12Notification Law, for each applicant.
13    (b) Any information concerning the record of convictions
14obtained by the president of the school board or the regional
15superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
16transmitted to the superintendent of the school district or his
17designee, the appropriate regional superintendent if the check
18was requested by the school district, the presidents of the
19appropriate school boards if the check was requested from the
20Department of State Police by the regional superintendent, the
21State Superintendent of Education, the State Teacher
22Certification Board, any other person necessary to the decision
23of hiring the applicant for employment, or for clarification
24purposes the Department of State Police or Statewide Sex
25Offender Database, or both. A copy of the record of convictions
26obtained from the Department of State Police shall be provided

 

 

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1to the applicant for employment. Upon the check of the
2Statewide Sex Offender Database, the school district or
3regional superintendent shall notify an applicant as to whether
4or not the applicant has been identified in the Database as a
5sex offender. If a check of an applicant for employment as a
6substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
7educational support personnel employee in more than one school
8district was requested by the regional superintendent, and the
9Department of State Police upon a check ascertains that the
10applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
11criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) or has not been
12convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
13with the school district, of any other felony under the laws of
14this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
15other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
16committed or attempted in this State, would have been
17punishable as a felony under the laws of this State and so
18notifies the regional superintendent and if the regional
19superintendent upon a check ascertains that the applicant has
20not been identified in the Sex Offender Database as a sex
21offender, then the regional superintendent shall issue to the
22applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
23specified by the Department of State Police the applicant has
24not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
25offenses in subsection (c) or has not been convicted, within 7
26years of the application for employment with the school

 

 

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1district, of any other felony under the laws of this State or
2of any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
3against the laws of the United States that, if committed or
4attempted in this State, would have been punishable as a felony
5under the laws of this State and evidencing that as of the date
6that the regional superintendent conducted a check of the
7Statewide Sex Offender Database, the applicant has not been
8identified in the Database as a sex offender. The school board
9of any school district may rely on the certificate issued by
10any regional superintendent to that substitute teacher,
11concurrent part-time teacher, or concurrent educational
12support personnel employee or may initiate its own criminal
13history records check of the applicant through the Department
14of State Police and its own check of the Statewide Sex Offender
15Database as provided in subsection (a). Any person who releases
16any confidential information concerning any criminal
17convictions of an applicant for employment shall be guilty of a
18Class A misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is
19authorized by this Section.
20    (c) No school board shall knowingly employ a person who has
21been convicted of any offense that would subject him or her to
22certification suspension or revocation pursuant to Section
2321-23a of this Code. Further, no school board shall knowingly
24employ a person who has been found to be the perpetrator of
25sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18 years of age
26pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the Juvenile Court

 

 

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1Act of 1987.
2    (d) No school board shall knowingly employ a person for
3whom a criminal history records check and a Statewide Sex
4Offender Database check has not been initiated.
5    (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
6finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
7pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the School
8Code, the State Superintendent of Education may initiate
9certificate suspension and revocation proceedings as
10authorized by law.
11    (e-5) The superintendent of the employing school board
12shall, in writing, notify the State Superintendent of Education
13and the applicable regional superintendent of schools of any
14certificate holder whom he or she has reasonable cause to
15believe has committed an intentional act of abuse or neglect
16with the result of making a child an abused child or a
17neglected child, as defined in Section 3 of the Abused and
18Neglected Child Reporting Act, and that act resulted in the
19certificate holder's dismissal or resignation from the school
20district. This notification must be submitted within 30 days
21after the dismissal or resignation. The certificate holder must
22also be contemporaneously sent a copy of the notice by the
23superintendent. All correspondence, documentation, and other
24information so received by the regional superintendent of
25schools, the State Superintendent of Education, the State Board
26of Education, or the State Teacher Certification Board under

 

 

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1this subsection (e-5) is confidential and must not be disclosed
2to third parties, except (i) as necessary for the State
3Superintendent of Education or his or her designee to
4investigate and prosecute pursuant to Article 21 of this Code,
5(ii) pursuant to a court order, (iii) for disclosure to the
6certificate holder or his or her representative, or (iv) as
7otherwise provided in this Article and provided that any such
8information admitted into evidence in a hearing is exempt from
9this confidentiality and non-disclosure requirement. Except
10for an act of willful or wanton misconduct, any superintendent
11who provides notification as required in this subsection (e-5)
12shall have immunity from any liability, whether civil or
13criminal or that otherwise might result by reason of such
14action.
15    (f) After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section
16shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
17contracts with any school district including, but not limited
18to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
19transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
20the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
21criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex
22Offender Database on employees of persons or firms holding
23contracts with more than one school district and assigned to
24more than one school district, the regional superintendent of
25the educational service region in which the contracting school
26districts are located may, at the request of any such school

 

 

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1district, be responsible for receiving the authorization for a
2criminal history records check prepared by each such employee
3and submitting the same to the Department of State Police and
4for conducting a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database
5for each employee. Any information concerning the record of
6conviction and identification as a sex offender of any such
7employee obtained by the regional superintendent shall be
8promptly reported to the president of the appropriate school
9board or school boards.
10    (g) In order to student teach in the public schools, a
11person is required to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal
12history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender
13Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender
14Against Youth Database prior to participating in any field
15experiences in the public schools. Authorization for and
16payment of the costs of the checks must be furnished by the
17student teacher. Results of the checks must be furnished to the
18higher education institution where the student teacher is
19enrolled and the superintendent of the school district where
20the student is assigned.
21(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-431, eff. 8-13-09;
2296-1452, eff. 8-20-10; 96-1489, eff. 1-1-11; revised 1-4-11.)
 
23    (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
24    Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
25    (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian,

 

 

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1nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter
2school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit
3corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
4authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
5    (b) A charter school may be established under this Article
6by creating a new school or by converting an existing public
7school or attendance center to charter school status. Beginning
8on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
9General Assembly, in all new applications submitted to the
10State Board or a local school board to establish a charter
11school in a city having a population exceeding 500,000,
12operation of the charter school shall be limited to one campus.
13The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
1493rd General Assembly do not apply to charter schools existing
15or approved on or before the effective date of this amendatory
16Act.
17    (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by
18its board of directors or other governing body in the manner
19provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
20shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open
21Meetings Act.
22    (d) A charter school shall comply with all applicable
23health and safety requirements applicable to public schools
24under the laws of the State of Illinois.
25    (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a
26charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a

 

 

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1charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks,
2instructional materials, and student activities.
3    (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the
4management and operation of its fiscal affairs including, but
5not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each
6charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an
7outside, independent contractor retained by the charter
8school. Annually, by December 1, every charter school must
9submit to the State Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the
10Form 990 the charter school filed that year with the federal
11Internal Revenue Service.
12    (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of
13this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, and
14its charter. A charter school is exempt from all other State
15laws and regulations in the School Code governing public
16schools and local school board policies, except the following:
17        (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of the School Code
18    regarding criminal history records checks and checks of the
19    Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child
20    Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of
21    applicants for employment;
22        (2) Sections 24-24 and 34-84A of the School Code
23    regarding discipline of students;
24        (3) The Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
25    Tort Immunity Act;
26        (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit

 

 

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1    Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of
2    officers, directors, employees, and agents;
3        (5) The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
4        (6) The Illinois School Student Records Act;
5        (7) Section 10-17a of the School Code regarding school
6    report cards; and
7        (8) The P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act.
8    The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection (g)
9is declaratory of existing law.
10    (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a
11school district, the governing body of a State college or
12university or public community college, or any other public or
13for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a
14school building and grounds or any other real property or
15facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert
16for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and
17maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service,
18activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required to
19perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
20However, a charter school that is established on or after the
21effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
22Assembly and that operates in a city having a population
23exceeding 500,000 may not contract with a for-profit entity to
24manage or operate the school during the period that commences
25on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
26General Assembly and concludes at the end of the 2004-2005

 

 

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1school year. Except as provided in subsection (i) of this
2Section, a school district may charge a charter school
3reasonable rent for the use of the district's buildings,
4grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter
5school contracts with a school district shall be provided by
6the district at cost. Any services for which a charter school
7contracts with a local school board or with the governing body
8of a State college or university or public community college
9shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
10    (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established
11by converting an existing school or attendance center to
12charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is
13deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter
14agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other
15costs for the operation and maintenance of school district
16facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
17to negotiation between the charter school and the local school
18board and shall be set forth in the charter.
19    (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or
20grade level.
21(Source: P.A. 96-104, eff. 1-1-10; 96-105, eff. 7-30-09;
2296-107, eff. 7-30-09; 96-734, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff.
237-2-10.)
 
24    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.5)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5)
25    Sec. 34-18.5. Criminal history records checks and checks of

 

 

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1the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child
2Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database.
3    (a) Certified and noncertified applicants for employment
4with the school district are required as a condition of
5employment to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history
6records check to determine if such applicants have been
7convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
8subsection (c) of this Section or have been convicted, within 7
9years of the application for employment with the school
10district, of any other felony under the laws of this State or
11of any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
12against the laws of the United States that, if committed or
13attempted in this State, would have been punishable as a felony
14under the laws of this State. Authorization for the check shall
15be furnished by the applicant to the school district, except
16that if the applicant is a substitute teacher seeking
17employment in more than one school district, or a teacher
18seeking concurrent part-time employment positions with more
19than one school district (as a reading specialist, special
20education teacher or otherwise), or an educational support
21personnel employee seeking employment positions with more than
22one district, any such district may require the applicant to
23furnish authorization for the check to the regional
24superintendent of the educational service region in which are
25located the school districts in which the applicant is seeking
26employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or

 

 

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1concurrent educational support personnel employee. Upon
2receipt of this authorization, the school district or the
3appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may be, shall
4submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth, social
5security number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as
6prescribed by the Department of State Police, to the
7Department. The regional superintendent submitting the
8requisite information to the Department of State Police shall
9promptly notify the school districts in which the applicant is
10seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
11teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee
12that the check of the applicant has been requested. The
13Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of
14Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based
15criminal history records check, records of convictions, until
16expunged, to the president of the school board for the school
17district that requested the check, or to the regional
18superintendent who requested the check. The Department shall
19charge the school district or the appropriate regional
20superintendent a fee for conducting such check, which fee shall
21be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and shall not
22exceed the cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be
23charged a fee for such check by the school district or by the
24regional superintendent. Subject to appropriations for these
25purposes, the State Superintendent of Education shall
26reimburse the school district and regional superintendent for

 

 

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1fees paid to obtain criminal history records checks under this
2Section.
3    (a-5) The school district or regional superintendent shall
4further perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database,
5as authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law,
6for each applicant.
7    (a-6) The school district or regional superintendent shall
8further perform a check of the Statewide Child Murderer and
9Violent Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the
10Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Community
11Notification Law, for each applicant.
12    (b) Any information concerning the record of convictions
13obtained by the president of the board of education or the
14regional superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
15transmitted to the general superintendent of the school
16district or his designee, the appropriate regional
17superintendent if the check was requested by the board of
18education for the school district, the presidents of the
19appropriate board of education or school boards if the check
20was requested from the Department of State Police by the
21regional superintendent, the State Superintendent of
22Education, the State Teacher Certification Board or any other
23person necessary to the decision of hiring the applicant for
24employment. A copy of the record of convictions obtained from
25the Department of State Police shall be provided to the
26applicant for employment. Upon the check of the Statewide Sex

 

 

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1Offender Database, the school district or regional
2superintendent shall notify an applicant as to whether or not
3the applicant has been identified in the Database as a sex
4offender. If a check of an applicant for employment as a
5substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
6educational support personnel employee in more than one school
7district was requested by the regional superintendent, and the
8Department of State Police upon a check ascertains that the
9applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
10criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) or has not been
11convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
12with the school district, of any other felony under the laws of
13this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
14other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
15committed or attempted in this State, would have been
16punishable as a felony under the laws of this State and so
17notifies the regional superintendent and if the regional
18superintendent upon a check ascertains that the applicant has
19not been identified in the Sex Offender Database as a sex
20offender, then the regional superintendent shall issue to the
21applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
22specified by the Department of State Police the applicant has
23not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
24offenses in subsection (c) or has not been convicted, within 7
25years of the application for employment with the school
26district, of any other felony under the laws of this State or

 

 

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1of any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
2against the laws of the United States that, if committed or
3attempted in this State, would have been punishable as a felony
4under the laws of this State and evidencing that as of the date
5that the regional superintendent conducted a check of the
6Statewide Sex Offender Database, the applicant has not been
7identified in the Database as a sex offender. The school board
8of any school district may rely on the certificate issued by
9any regional superintendent to that substitute teacher,
10concurrent part-time teacher, or concurrent educational
11support personnel employee or may initiate its own criminal
12history records check of the applicant through the Department
13of State Police and its own check of the Statewide Sex Offender
14Database as provided in subsection (a). Any person who releases
15any confidential information concerning any criminal
16convictions of an applicant for employment shall be guilty of a
17Class A misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is
18authorized by this Section.
19    (c) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
20person who has been convicted of any offense that would subject
21him or her to certification suspension or revocation pursuant
22to Section 21-23a of this Code. Further, the board of education
23shall not knowingly employ a person who has been found to be
24the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under
2518 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the
26Juvenile Court Act of 1987.

 

 

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1    (d) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
2person for whom a criminal history records check and a
3Statewide Sex Offender Database check has not been initiated.
4    (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
5finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
6pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the School
7Code, the State Superintendent of Education may initiate
8certificate suspension and revocation proceedings as
9authorized by law.
10    (e-5) The general superintendent of schools shall, in
11writing, notify the State Superintendent of Education of any
12certificate holder whom he or she has reasonable cause to
13believe has committed an intentional act of abuse or neglect
14with the result of making a child an abused child or a
15neglected child, as defined in Section 3 of the Abused and
16Neglected Child Reporting Act, and that act resulted in the
17certificate holder's dismissal or resignation from the school
18district. This notification must be submitted within 30 days
19after the dismissal or resignation. The certificate holder must
20also be contemporaneously sent a copy of the notice by the
21superintendent. All correspondence, documentation, and other
22information so received by the State Superintendent of
23Education, the State Board of Education, or the State Teacher
24Certification Board under this subsection (e-5) is
25confidential and must not be disclosed to third parties, except
26(i) as necessary for the State Superintendent of Education or

 

 

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1his or her designee to investigate and prosecute pursuant to
2Article 21 of this Code, (ii) pursuant to a court order, (iii)
3for disclosure to the certificate holder or his or her
4representative, or (iv) as otherwise provided in this Article
5and provided that any such information admitted into evidence
6in a hearing is exempt from this confidentiality and
7non-disclosure requirement. Except for an act of willful or
8wanton misconduct, any superintendent who provides
9notification as required in this subsection (e-5) shall have
10immunity from any liability, whether civil or criminal or that
11otherwise might result by reason of such action.
12    (f) After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
13shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
14contracts with any school district including, but not limited
15to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
16transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
17the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
18criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex
19Offender Database on employees of persons or firms holding
20contracts with more than one school district and assigned to
21more than one school district, the regional superintendent of
22the educational service region in which the contracting school
23districts are located may, at the request of any such school
24district, be responsible for receiving the authorization for a
25criminal history records check prepared by each such employee
26and submitting the same to the Department of State Police and

 

 

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1for conducting a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database
2for each employee. Any information concerning the record of
3conviction and identification as a sex offender of any such
4employee obtained by the regional superintendent shall be
5promptly reported to the president of the appropriate school
6board or school boards.
7    (g) In order to student teach in the public schools, a
8person is required to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal
9history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender
10Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender
11Against Youth Database prior to participating in any field
12experiences in the public schools. Authorization for and
13payment of the costs of the checks must be furnished by the
14student teacher. Results of the checks must be furnished to the
15higher education institution where the student teacher is
16enrolled and the general superintendent of schools.
17(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-431, eff. 8-13-09;
1896-1452, eff. 8-20-10.)
 
19    Section 15. The Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery
20Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
 
21    (325 ILCS 40/6)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2256)
22    Sec. 6. The Department shall:
23    (a) Establish and maintain a statewide Law Enforcement
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1immediate law enforcement response to reports of missing
2children. The Department shall implement an automated data
3exchange system to compile, to maintain and to make available
4for dissemination to Illinois and out-of-State law enforcement
5agencies, data which can assist appropriate agencies in
6recovering missing children.
7    (b) Establish contacts and exchange information regarding
8lost, missing or runaway children with nationally recognized
9"missing person and runaway" service organizations and monitor
10national research and publicize important developments.
11    (c) Provide a uniform reporting format for the entry of
12pertinent information regarding reports of missing children
13into LEADS.
14    (d) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide or
15regional alert would be used in situations relating to the
16disappearances of children, based on criteria and in a format
17established by the Department. Such a format shall include, but
18not be limited to, the age and physical description of the
19missing child and the suspected circumstances of the
20disappearance.
21    (e) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of
22missing persons shall be entered as soon as the minimum level
23of data specified by the Department is available to the
24reporting agency and that no waiting period for entry of such
25data exists.
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1receipt and entry of the missing child report into LEADS to the
2parent or guardian of the missing child.
3    (g) Compile and retain information regarding missing
4children in a separate data file, in a manner that allows such
5information to be used by law enforcement and other agencies
6deemed appropriate by the Director, for investigative
7purposes. Such files shall be updated to reflect and include
8information relating to the disposition of the case.
9    (h) Compile and maintain an historic data repository
10relating to missing children in order (1) to develop and
11improve techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies when
12responding to reports of missing children and (2) to provide a
13factual and statistical base for research that would address
14the problem of missing children.
15    (i) Create a quality control program to monitor timeliness
16of entries of missing children reports into LEADS and conduct
17performance audits of all entering agencies.
18    (j) Prepare a periodic information bulletin concerning
19missing children who it determines may be present in this
20State, compiling such bulletin from information contained in
21both the National Crime Information Center computer and from
22reports, alerts and other information entered into LEADS or
23otherwise compiled and retained by the Department pursuant to
24this Act. The bulletin shall indicate the name, age, physical
25description, suspected circumstances of disappearance if that
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1name of the law enforcement agency investigating the case, and
2such other information as the Director considers appropriate
3concerning each missing child who the Department determines may
4be present in this State. The Department shall send a copy of
5each periodic information bulletin to the State Board of
6Education for its use in accordance with Section 2-3.48 of the
7School Code. The Department shall provide a copy of the
8bulletin, upon request, to law enforcement agencies of this or
9any other state or of the federal government, and may provide a
10copy of the bulletin, upon request, to other persons or
11entities, if deemed appropriate by the Director, and may
12establish limitations on its use and a reasonable fee for so
13providing the same, except that no fee shall be charged for
14providing the periodic information bulletin to the State Board
15of Education, appropriate units of local government, State
16agencies, or law enforcement agencies of this or any other
17state or of the federal government.
18    (k) Provide for the entry into LEADS of the names and
19addresses of sex offenders as defined in the Sex Offender
20Registration Act who are required to register under that Act.
21The information shall be immediately accessible to law
22enforcement agencies and peace officers of this State or any
23other state or of the federal government. Similar information
24may be requested from any other state or of the federal
25government for purposes of this Act.
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1addresses of violent offenders against youth as defined in the
2Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration
3Act who are required to register under that Act. The
4information shall be immediately accessible to law enforcement
5agencies and peace officers of this State or any other state or
6of the federal government. Similar information may be requested
7from any other state or of the federal government for purposes
8of this Act.
9(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
10    Section 20. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
11changing Section 5-5.5-5 as follows:
 
12    (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-5)
13    Sec. 5-5.5-5. Definitions and rules of construction. In
14this Article:
15    "Eligible offender" means a person who has been convicted
16of a crime that does not include any offense or attempted
17offense that would subject a person to registration under the
18Sex Offender Registration Act, the Arsonist Registration Act,
19or the Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
20Registration Act, but who has not been convicted more than
21twice of a felony. "Eligible offender" does not include a
22person who has been convicted of committing or attempting to
23commit a Class X felony, aggravated driving under the influence
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1compounds, or any combination thereof, aggravated domestic
2battery, or a forcible felony.
3    "Felony" means a conviction of a felony in this State, or
4of an offense in any other jurisdiction for which a sentence to
5a term of imprisonment in excess of one year, was authorized.
6    For the purposes of this Article the following rules of
7construction apply:
8        (i) two or more convictions of felonies charged in
9    separate counts of one indictment or information shall be
10    deemed to be one conviction;
11        (ii) two or more convictions of felonies charged in 2
12    or more indictments or informations, filed in the same
13    court prior to entry of judgment under any of them, shall
14    be deemed to be one conviction; and
15        (iii) a plea or a verdict of guilty upon which a
16    sentence of probation, conditional discharge, or
17    supervision has been imposed shall be deemed to be a
18    conviction.
19    "Forcible felony" means first degree murder, second degree
20murder, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated kidnapping,
21kidnapping, aggravated battery that resulted in great bodily
22harm or permanent disability, and any other felony which
23involved the use of physical force or violence against any
24individual that resulted in great bodily harm or permanent
25disability.
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1    Section 25. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by
2changing Sections 2 and 7 as follows:
 
3    (730 ILCS 150/2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 222)
4    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-1551)
5    Sec. 2. Definitions.
6    (A) As used in this Article, "sex offender" means any
7person who is:
8        (1) charged pursuant to Illinois law, or any
9    substantially similar federal, Uniform Code of Military
10    Justice, sister state, or foreign country law, with a sex
11    offense set forth in subsection (B) of this Section or the
12    attempt to commit an included sex offense, and:
13            (a) is convicted of such offense or an attempt to
14        commit such offense; or
15            (b) is found not guilty by reason of insanity of
16        such offense or an attempt to commit such offense; or
17            (c) is found not guilty by reason of insanity
18        pursuant to Section 104-25(c) of the Code of Criminal
19        Procedure of 1963 of such offense or an attempt to
20        commit such offense; or
21            (d) is the subject of a finding not resulting in an
22        acquittal at a hearing conducted pursuant to Section
23        104-25(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 for
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1        offense; or
2            (e) is found not guilty by reason of insanity
3        following a hearing conducted pursuant to a federal,
4        Uniform Code of Military Justice, sister state, or
5        foreign country law substantially similar to Section
6        104-25(c) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 of
7        such offense or of the attempted commission of such
8        offense; or
9            (f) is the subject of a finding not resulting in an
10        acquittal at a hearing conducted pursuant to a federal,
11        Uniform Code of Military Justice, sister state, or
12        foreign country law substantially similar to Section
13        104-25(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 for
14        the alleged violation or attempted commission of such
15        offense; or
16        (2) certified as a sexually dangerous person pursuant
17    to the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act, or any
18    substantially similar federal, Uniform Code of Military
19    Justice, sister state, or foreign country law; or
20        (3) subject to the provisions of Section 2 of the
21    Interstate Agreements on Sexually Dangerous Persons Act;
22    or
23        (4) found to be a sexually violent person pursuant to
24    the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or any
25    substantially similar federal, Uniform Code of Military
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1        (5) adjudicated a juvenile delinquent as the result of
2    committing or attempting to commit an act which, if
3    committed by an adult, would constitute any of the offenses
4    specified in item (B), (C), or (C-5) of this Section or a
5    violation of any substantially similar federal, Uniform
6    Code of Military Justice, sister state, or foreign country
7    law, or found guilty under Article V of the Juvenile Court
8    Act of 1987 of committing or attempting to commit an act
9    which, if committed by an adult, would constitute any of
10    the offenses specified in item (B), (C), or (C-5) of this
11    Section or a violation of any substantially similar
12    federal, Uniform Code of Military Justice, sister state, or
13    foreign country law.
14    Convictions that result from or are connected with the same
15act, or result from offenses committed at the same time, shall
16be counted for the purpose of this Article as one conviction.
17Any conviction set aside pursuant to law is not a conviction
18for purposes of this Article.
19     For purposes of this Section, "convicted" shall have the
20same meaning as "adjudicated".
21    (B) As used in this Article, "sex offense" means:
22        (1) A violation of any of the following Sections of the
23    Criminal Code of 1961:
24            11-20.1 (child pornography),
25            11-20.1B or 11-20.3 (aggravated child
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1            11-6 (indecent solicitation of a child),
2            11-9.1 (sexual exploitation of a child),
3            11-9.2 (custodial sexual misconduct),
4            11-9.5 (sexual misconduct with a person with a
5        disability),
6            11-14.4 (promoting juvenile prostitution),
7            11-15.1 (soliciting for a juvenile prostitute),
8            11-18.1 (patronizing a juvenile prostitute),
9            11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile
10        prostitution),
11            11-19.1 (juvenile pimping),
12            11-19.2 (exploitation of a child),
13            11-25 (grooming),
14            11-26 (traveling to meet a minor),
15            11-1.20 or 12-13 (criminal sexual assault),
16            11-1.30 or 12-14 (aggravated criminal sexual
17        assault),
18            11-1.40 or 12-14.1 (predatory criminal sexual
19        assault of a child),
20            11-1.50 or 12-15 (criminal sexual abuse),
21            11-1.60 or 12-16 (aggravated criminal sexual
22        abuse),
23            12-33 (ritualized abuse of a child).
24            An attempt to commit any of these offenses.
25        (1.5) A violation of any of the following Sections of
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1    under 18 years of age, the defendant is not a parent of the
2    victim, the offense was sexually motivated as defined in
3    Section 10 of the Sex Offender Management Board Act, and
4    the offense was committed on or after January 1, 1996:
5            10-1 (kidnapping),
6            10-2 (aggravated kidnapping),
7            10-3 (unlawful restraint),
8            10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful restraint).
9        (1.6) First degree murder under Section 9-1 of the
10    Criminal Code of 1961, when the victim was a person under
11    18 years of age and the defendant was at least 17 years of
12    age at the time of the commission of the offense, provided
13    the offense was sexually motivated as defined in Section 10
14    of the Sex Offender Management Board Act.
15        (1.7) (Blank).
16        (1.8) A violation or attempted violation of Section
17    11-11 (sexual relations within families) of the Criminal
18    Code of 1961, and the offense was committed on or after
19    June 1, 1997.
20        (1.9) Child abduction under paragraph (10) of
21    subsection (b) of Section 10-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961
22    committed by luring or attempting to lure a child under the
23    age of 16 into a motor vehicle, building, house trailer, or
24    dwelling place without the consent of the parent or lawful
25    custodian of the child for other than a lawful purpose and
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1    provided the offense was sexually motivated as defined in
2    Section 10 of the Sex Offender Management Board Act.
3        (1.10) A violation or attempted violation of any of the
4    following Sections of the Criminal Code of 1961 when the
5    offense was committed on or after July 1, 1999:
6            10-4 (forcible detention, if the victim is under 18
7        years of age), provided the offense was sexually
8        motivated as defined in Section 10 of the Sex Offender
9        Management Board Act,
10            11-6.5 (indecent solicitation of an adult),
11            11-14.3 that involves soliciting for a prostitute,
12        or 11-15 (soliciting for a prostitute, if the victim is
13        under 18 years of age),
14            subdivision (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section
15        11-14.3, or Section 11-16 (pandering, if the victim is
16        under 18 years of age),
17            11-18 (patronizing a prostitute, if the victim is
18        under 18 years of age),
19            subdivision (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3, or
20        Section 11-19 (pimping, if the victim is under 18 years
21        of age).
22        (1.11) A violation or attempted violation of any of the
23    following Sections of the Criminal Code of 1961 when the
24    offense was committed on or after August 22, 2002:
25            11-9 or 11-30 (public indecency for a third or
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1        (1.12) A violation or attempted violation of Section
2    5.1 of the Wrongs to Children Act or Section 11-9.1A of the
3    Criminal Code of 1961 (permitting sexual abuse) when the
4    offense was committed on or after August 22, 2002.
5        (2) A violation of any former law of this State
6    substantially equivalent to any offense listed in
7    subsection (B) of this Section.
8    (C) A conviction for an offense of federal law, Uniform
9Code of Military Justice, or the law of another state or a
10foreign country that is substantially equivalent to any offense
11listed in subsections (B), (C), (E), and (E-5) of this Section
12shall constitute a conviction for the purpose of this Article.
13A finding or adjudication as a sexually dangerous person or a
14sexually violent person under any federal law, Uniform Code of
15Military Justice, or the law of another state or foreign
16country that is substantially equivalent to the Sexually
17Dangerous Persons Act or the Sexually Violent Persons
18Commitment Act shall constitute an adjudication for the
19purposes of this Article.
20    (C-5) A person at least 17 years of age at the time of the
21commission of the offense who is convicted of first degree
22murder under Section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961, against
23a person under 18 years of age, shall be required to register
24for natural life. A conviction for an offense of federal,
25Uniform Code of Military Justice, sister state, or foreign
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1listed in subsection (C-5) of this Section shall constitute a
2conviction for the purpose of this Article. This subsection
3(C-5) applies to a person who committed the offense before June
41, 1996 only if the person is incarcerated in an Illinois
5Department of Corrections facility on August 20, 2004 (the
6effective date of Public Act 93-977).
7    (C-6) A person who is convicted or adjudicated delinquent
8of first degree murder as defined in Section 9-1 of the
9Criminal Code of 1961, against a person 18 years of age or
10over, shall be required to register for his or her natural
11life. A conviction for an offense of federal, Uniform Code of
12Military Justice, sister state, or foreign country law that is
13substantially equivalent to any offense listed in subsection
14(C-6) of this Section shall constitute a conviction for the
15purpose of this Article. This subsection (C-6) does not apply
16to those individuals released from incarceration more than 10
17years prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1897th General Assembly.
19    (D) As used in this Article, "law enforcement agency having
20jurisdiction" means the Chief of Police in each of the
21municipalities in which the sex offender expects to reside,
22work, or attend school (1) upon his or her discharge, parole or
23release or (2) during the service of his or her sentence of
24probation or conditional discharge, or the Sheriff of the
25county, in the event no Police Chief exists or if the offender
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1area. "Law enforcement agency having jurisdiction" includes
2the location where out-of-state students attend school and
3where out-of-state employees are employed or are otherwise
4required to register.
5    (D-1) As used in this Article, "supervising officer" means
6the assigned Illinois Department of Corrections parole agent or
7county probation officer.
8    (E) As used in this Article, "sexual predator" means any
9person who, after July 1, 1999, is:
10        (1) Convicted for an offense of federal, Uniform Code
11    of Military Justice, sister state, or foreign country law
12    that is substantially equivalent to any offense listed in
13    subsection (E) or (E-5) of this Section shall constitute a
14    conviction for the purpose of this Article. Convicted of a
15    violation or attempted violation of any of the following
16    Sections of the Criminal Code of 1961, if the conviction
17    occurred after July 1, 1999:
18            11-14.4 that involves keeping a place of juvenile
19        prostitution, or 11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile
20        prostitution),
21            subdivision (a)(2) or (a)(3) of Section 11-14.4,
22        or Section 11-19.1 (juvenile pimping),
23            subdivision (a)(4) of Section 11-14.4, or Section
24        11-19.2 (exploitation of a child),
25            11-20.1 (child pornography),
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1        pornography),
2            11-1.20 or 12-13 (criminal sexual assault),
3            11-1.30 or 12-14 (aggravated criminal sexual
4        assault),
5            11-1.40 or 12-14.1 (predatory criminal sexual
6        assault of a child),
7            11-1.60 or 12-16 (aggravated criminal sexual
8        abuse),
9            12-33 (ritualized abuse of a child);
10        (2) (blank);
11        (3) certified as a sexually dangerous person pursuant
12    to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act or any substantially
13    similar federal, Uniform Code of Military Justice, sister
14    state, or foreign country law;
15        (4) found to be a sexually violent person pursuant to
16    the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or any
17    substantially similar federal, Uniform Code of Military
18    Justice, sister state, or foreign country law;
19        (5) convicted of a second or subsequent offense which
20    requires registration pursuant to this Act. The conviction
21    for the second or subsequent offense must have occurred
22    after July 1, 1999. For purposes of this paragraph (5),
23    "convicted" shall include a conviction under any
24    substantially similar Illinois, federal, Uniform Code of
25    Military Justice, sister state, or foreign country law; or
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1    luring a minor under Section 10-5.1 of the Criminal Code of
2    1961.
3    (E-5) As used in this Article, "sexual predator" also means
4a person convicted of a violation or attempted violation of any
5of the following Sections of the Criminal Code of 1961:
6        (1) Section 9-1 (first degree murder, when the victim
7    was a person under 18 years of age and the defendant was at
8    least 17 years of age at the time of the commission of the
9    offense, provided the offense was sexually motivated as
10    defined in Section 10 of the Sex Offender Management Board
11    Act);
12        (2) Section 11-9.5 (sexual misconduct with a person
13    with a disability);
14        (3) when the victim is a person under 18 years of age,
15    the defendant is not a parent of the victim, the offense
16    was sexually motivated as defined in Section 10 of the Sex
17    Offender Management Board Act, and the offense was
18    committed on or after January 1, 1996: (A) Section 10-1
19    (kidnapping), (B) Section 10-2 (aggravated kidnapping),
20    (C) Section 10-3 (unlawful restraint), and (D) Section
21    10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful restraint); and
22        (4) Section 10-5(b)(10) (child abduction committed by
23    luring or attempting to lure a child under the age of 16
24    into a motor vehicle, building, house trailer, or dwelling
25    place without the consent of the parent or lawful custodian
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1    offense was committed on or after January 1, 1998, provided
2    the offense was sexually motivated as defined in Section 10
3    of the Sex Offender Management Board Act).
4    (F) As used in this Article, "out-of-state student" means
5any sex offender, as defined in this Section, or sexual
6predator who is enrolled in Illinois, on a full-time or
7part-time basis, in any public or private educational
8institution, including, but not limited to, any secondary
9school, trade or professional institution, or institution of
10higher learning.
11    (G) As used in this Article, "out-of-state employee" means
12any sex offender, as defined in this Section, or sexual
13predator who works in Illinois, regardless of whether the
14individual receives payment for services performed, for a
15period of time of 10 or more days or for an aggregate period of
16time of 30 or more days during any calendar year. Persons who
17operate motor vehicles in the State accrue one day of
18employment time for any portion of a day spent in Illinois.
19    (H) As used in this Article, "school" means any public or
20private educational institution, including, but not limited
21to, any elementary or secondary school, trade or professional
22institution, or institution of higher education.
23    (I) As used in this Article, "fixed residence" means any
24and all places that a sex offender resides for an aggregate
25period of time of 5 or more days in a calendar year.
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1means the string of numbers by which a location on the Internet
2is identified by routers or other computers connected to the
3Internet.
4(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-579, eff. 6-1-08;
595-625, eff. 6-1-08; 95-658, eff. 10-11-07; 95-876, eff.
68-21-08; 96-301, eff. 8-11-09; 96-1089, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1551,
7eff. 7-1-11.)
 
8    (730 ILCS 150/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 227)
9    Sec. 7. Duration of registration. A person who has been
10adjudicated to be sexually dangerous and is later released or
11found to be no longer sexually dangerous and discharged, shall
12register for the period of his or her natural life. A sexually
13violent person or sexual predator shall register for the period
14of his or her natural life after conviction or adjudication if
15not confined to a penal institution, hospital, or other
16institution or facility, and if confined, for the period of his
17or her natural life after parole, discharge, or release from
18any such facility. A person who becomes subject to registration
19under this Article who has previously been subject to
20registration under this Article or under the Child Murderer and
21Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act or similar
22registration requirements of other jurisdictions shall
23register for the period of his or her natural life if not
24confined to a penal institution, hospital, or other institution
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1natural life after parole, discharge, or release from any such
2facility. Any other person who is required to register under
3this Article shall be required to register for a period of 10
4years after conviction or adjudication if not confined to a
5penal institution, hospital or any other institution or
6facility, and if confined, for a period of 10 years after
7parole, discharge or release from any such facility. A sex
8offender who is allowed to leave a county, State, or federal
9facility for the purposes of work release, education, or
10overnight visitations shall be required to register within 3
11days of beginning such a program. Liability for registration
12terminates at the expiration of 10 years from the date of
13conviction or adjudication if not confined to a penal
14institution, hospital or any other institution or facility and
15if confined, at the expiration of 10 years from the date of
16parole, discharge or release from any such facility, providing
17such person does not, during that period, again become liable
18to register under the provisions of this Article. Reconfinement
19due to a violation of parole or other circumstances that
20relates to the original conviction or adjudication shall extend
21the period of registration to 10 years after final parole,
22discharge, or release. Reconfinement due to a violation of
23parole or other circumstances that do not relate to the
24original conviction or adjudication shall toll the running of
25the balance of the 10-year period of registration, which shall
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1release. The Director of State Police, consistent with
2administrative rules, shall extend for 10 years the
3registration period of any sex offender, as defined in Section
42 of this Act, who fails to comply with the provisions of this
5Article. The registration period for any sex offender who fails
6to comply with any provision of the Act shall extend the period
7of registration by 10 years beginning from the first date of
8registration after the violation. If the registration period is
9extended, the Department of State Police shall send a
10registered letter to the law enforcement agency where the sex
11offender resides within 3 days after the extension of the
12registration period. The sex offender shall report to that law
13enforcement agency and sign for that letter. One copy of that
14letter shall be kept on file with the law enforcement agency of
15the jurisdiction where the sex offender resides and one copy
16shall be returned to the Department of State Police.
17(Source: P.A. 94-166, eff. 1-1-06; 94-168, eff. 1-1-06; 95-169,
18eff. 8-14-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-513, eff. 6-1-08;
1995-640, eff. 6-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
20    Section 30. The Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against
21Youth Registration Act is amended by changing Sections 1, 5,
2210, 11, 55, 60, 65, 75, 85, and 86 as follows:
 
23    (730 ILCS 154/1)
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1Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act.
2(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
3    (730 ILCS 154/5)
4    Sec. 5. Definitions.
5    (a) As used in this Act, "violent offender against youth"
6means any person who is:
7        (1) charged pursuant to Illinois law, or any
8    substantially similar federal, Uniform Code of Military
9    Justice, sister state, or foreign country law, with a
10    violent offense against youth set forth in subsection (b)
11    of this Section or the attempt to commit an included
12    violent offense against youth, and:
13            (A) is convicted of such offense or an attempt to
14        commit such offense; or
15            (B) is found not guilty by reason of insanity of
16        such offense or an attempt to commit such offense; or
17            (C) is found not guilty by reason of insanity
18        pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 104-25 of the
19        Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 of such offense or
20        an attempt to commit such offense; or
21            (D) is the subject of a finding not resulting in an
22        acquittal at a hearing conducted pursuant to
23        subsection (a) of Section 104-25 of the Code of
24        Criminal Procedure of 1963 for the alleged commission
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1            (E) is found not guilty by reason of insanity
2        following a hearing conducted pursuant to a federal,
3        Uniform Code of Military Justice, sister state, or
4        foreign country law substantially similar to
5        subsection (c) of Section 104-25 of the Code of
6        Criminal Procedure of 1963 of such offense or of the
7        attempted commission of such offense; or
8            (F) is the subject of a finding not resulting in an
9        acquittal at a hearing conducted pursuant to a federal,
10        Uniform Code of Military Justice, sister state, or
11        foreign country law substantially similar to
12        subsection (c) of Section 104-25 of the Code of
13        Criminal Procedure of 1963 for the alleged violation or
14        attempted commission of such offense; or
15        (2) adjudicated a juvenile delinquent as the result of
16    committing or attempting to commit an act which, if
17    committed by an adult, would constitute any of the offenses
18    specified in subsection (b) or (c-5) of this Section or a
19    violation of any substantially similar federal, Uniform
20    Code of Military Justice, sister state, or foreign country
21    law, or found guilty under Article V of the Juvenile Court
22    Act of 1987 of committing or attempting to commit an act
23    which, if committed by an adult, would constitute any of
24    the offenses specified in subsection (b) or (c-5) of this
25    Section or a violation of any substantially similar
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1    foreign country law.
2    Convictions that result from or are connected with the same
3act, or result from offenses committed at the same time, shall
4be counted for the purpose of this Act as one conviction. Any
5conviction set aside pursuant to law is not a conviction for
6purposes of this Act.
7     For purposes of this Section, "convicted" shall have the
8same meaning as "adjudicated". For the purposes of this Act, a
9person who is defined as a violent offender against youth as a
10result of being adjudicated a juvenile delinquent under
11paragraph (2) of this subsection (a) upon attaining 17 years of
12age shall be considered as having committed the violent offense
13against youth on or after the 17th birthday of the violent
14offender against youth. Registration of juveniles upon
15attaining 17 years of age shall not extend the original
16registration of 10 years from the date of conviction.
17    (b) As used in this Act, "violent offense against youth"
18means:
19        (1) A violation of any of the following Sections of the
20    Criminal Code of 1961, when the victim is a person under 18
21    years of age and the offense was committed on or after
22    January 1, 1996:
23            10-1 (kidnapping),
24            10-2 (aggravated kidnapping),
25            10-3 (unlawful restraint),
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1            12-3.2 (domestic battery),
2            12-3.3 (aggravated domestic battery),
3            12-4 (aggravated battery),
4            12-4.1 (heinous battery),
5            12-4.3 (aggravated battery of a child),
6            12-4.4 (aggravated battery of an unborn child),
7            12-33 (ritualized abuse of a child).
8            An attempt to commit any of these offenses.
9        (2) First degree murder under Section 9-1 of the
10    Criminal Code of 1961, when the victim was a person under
11    18 years of age and the defendant was at least 17 years of
12    age at the time of the commission of the offense.
13        (3) Child abduction under paragraph (10) of subsection
14    (b) of Section 10-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 committed
15    by luring or attempting to lure a child under the age of 16
16    into a motor vehicle, building, house trailer, or dwelling
17    place without the consent of the parent or lawful custodian
18    of the child for other than a lawful purpose and the
19    offense was committed on or after January 1, 1998.
20        (4) A violation or attempted violation of any of the
21    following Section Sections of the Criminal Code of 1961
22    when the offense was committed on or after July 1, 1999:
23            10-4 (forcible detention, if the victim is under 18
24        years of age).
25        (4.1) Involuntary manslaughter under Section 9-3 of
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1    proximate cause of death of the victim of the offense.
2        (4.2) Endangering the life or health of a child under
3    Section 12-21.6 of the Criminal Code of 1961 that results
4    in the death of the child where baby shaking was the
5    proximate cause of the death of the child.
6        (5) A violation of any former law of this State
7    substantially equivalent to any offense listed in this
8    subsection (b).
9    (c) A conviction for an offense of federal law, Uniform
10Code of Military Justice, or the law of another state or a
11foreign country that is substantially equivalent to any offense
12listed in subsections (b) and (c-5) of this Section shall
13constitute a conviction for the purpose of this Act.
14    (c-5) A person at least 17 years of age at the time of the
15commission of the offense who is convicted of first degree
16murder under Section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961, against
17a person under 18 years of age, shall be required to register
18for natural life. A conviction for an offense of federal,
19Uniform Code of Military Justice, sister state, or foreign
20country law that is substantially equivalent to any offense
21listed in this subsection (c-5) shall constitute a conviction
22for the purpose of this Act. This subsection (c-5) applies to a
23person who committed the offense before June 1, 1996 only if
24the person is incarcerated in an Illinois Department of
25Corrections facility on August 20, 2004.
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1of first degree murder as defined in Section 9-1 of the
2Criminal Code of 1961, against a person 18 years of age or
3over, shall be required to register for his or her natural
4life. A conviction for an offense of federal, Uniform Code of
5Military Justice, sister state, or foreign country law that is
6substantially equivalent to any offense listed in subsection
7(c-6) of this Section shall constitute a conviction for the
8purpose of this Act. This subsection (c-6) does not apply to
9those individuals released from incarceration more than 10
10years prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1197th General Assembly.
12    (d) As used in this Act, "law enforcement agency having
13jurisdiction" means the Chief of Police in each of the
14municipalities in which the violent offender against youth
15expects to reside, work, or attend school (1) upon his or her
16discharge, parole or release or (2) during the service of his
17or her sentence of probation or conditional discharge, or the
18Sheriff of the county, in the event no Police Chief exists or
19if the offender intends to reside, work, or attend school in an
20unincorporated area. "Law enforcement agency having
21jurisdiction" includes the location where out-of-state
22students attend school and where out-of-state employees are
23employed or are otherwise required to register.
24    (e) As used in this Act, "supervising officer" means the
25assigned Illinois Department of Corrections parole agent or
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1    (f) As used in this Act, "out-of-state student" means any
2violent offender against youth who is enrolled in Illinois, on
3a full-time or part-time basis, in any public or private
4educational institution, including, but not limited to, any
5secondary school, trade or professional institution, or
6institution of higher learning.
7    (g) As used in this Act, "out-of-state employee" means any
8violent offender against youth who works in Illinois,
9regardless of whether the individual receives payment for
10services performed, for a period of time of 10 or more days or
11for an aggregate period of time of 30 or more days during any
12calendar year. Persons who operate motor vehicles in the State
13accrue one day of employment time for any portion of a day
14spent in Illinois.
15    (h) As used in this Act, "school" means any public or
16private educational institution, including, but not limited
17to, any elementary or secondary school, trade or professional
18institution, or institution of higher education.
19    (i) As used in this Act, "fixed residence" means any and
20all places that a violent offender against youth resides for an
21aggregate period of time of 5 or more days in a calendar year.
22    (j) As used in this Act, "baby shaking" means the vigorous
23shaking of an infant or a young child that may result in
24bleeding inside the head and cause one or more of the following
25conditions: irreversible brain damage; blindness, retinal
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1cord injury, including paralysis; seizures; learning
2disability; central nervous system injury; closed head injury;
3rib fracture; subdural hematoma; or death.
4(Source: P.A. 96-1115, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1294, eff. 7-26-10;
5revised 9-2-10.)
 
6    (730 ILCS 154/10)
7    Sec. 10. Duty to register.
8    (a) A violent offender against youth shall, within the time
9period prescribed in subsections (b) and (c), register in
10person and provide accurate information as required by the
11Department of State Police. Such information shall include a
12current photograph, current address, current place of
13employment, the employer's telephone number, school attended,
14extensions of the time period for registering as provided in
15this Act and, if an extension was granted, the reason why the
16extension was granted and the date the violent offender against
17youth was notified of the extension. A person who has been
18adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for an act which, if
19committed by an adult, would be a violent offense against youth
20shall register as an adult violent offender against youth
21within 10 days after attaining 17 years of age. The violent
22offender against youth shall register:
23        (1) with the chief of police in the municipality in
24    which he or she resides or is temporarily domiciled for a
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1    is the City of Chicago, in which case he or she shall
2    register at the Chicago Police Department Headquarters; or
3        (2) with the sheriff in the county in which he or she
4    resides or is temporarily domiciled for a period of time of
5    5 or more days in an unincorporated area or, if
6    incorporated, no police chief exists.
7    If the violent offender against youth is employed at or
8attends an institution of higher education, he or she shall
9register:
10        (i) with the chief of police in the municipality in
11    which he or she is employed at or attends an institution of
12    higher education, unless the municipality is the City of
13    Chicago, in which case he or she shall register at the
14    Chicago Police Department Headquarters; or
15        (ii) with the sheriff in the county in which he or she
16    is employed or attends an institution of higher education
17    located in an unincorporated area, or if incorporated, no
18    police chief exists.
19    For purposes of this Act, the place of residence or
20temporary domicile is defined as any and all places where the
21violent offender against youth resides for an aggregate period
22of time of 5 or more days during any calendar year. Any person
23required to register under this Act who lacks a fixed address
24or temporary domicile must notify, in person, the agency of
25jurisdiction of his or her last known address within 5 days
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1    Any person who lacks a fixed residence must report weekly,
2in person, with the sheriff's office of the county in which he
3or she is located in an unincorporated area, or with the chief
4of police in the municipality in which he or she is located.
5The agency of jurisdiction will document each weekly
6registration to include all the locations where the person has
7stayed during the past 7 days.
8    The violent offender against youth shall provide accurate
9information as required by the Department of State Police. That
10information shall include the current place of employment of
11the violent offender against youth.
12    (a-5) An out-of-state student or out-of-state employee
13shall, within 5 days after beginning school or employment in
14this State, register in person and provide accurate information
15as required by the Department of State Police. Such information
16will include current place of employment, school attended, and
17address in state of residence. The out-of-state student or
18out-of-state employee shall register:
19        (1) with the chief of police in the municipality in
20    which he or she attends school or is employed for a period
21    of time of 5 or more days or for an aggregate period of
22    time of more than 30 days during any calendar year, unless
23    the municipality is the City of Chicago, in which case he
24    or she shall register at the Chicago Police Department
25    Headquarters; or
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1    attends school or is employed for a period of time of 5 or
2    more days or for an aggregate period of time of more than
3    30 days during any calendar year in an unincorporated area
4    or, if incorporated, no police chief exists.
5    The out-of-state student or out-of-state employee shall
6provide accurate information as required by the Department of
7State Police. That information shall include the out-of-state
8student's current place of school attendance or the
9out-of-state employee's current place of employment.
10    (b) Any violent offender against youth regardless of any
11initial, prior, or other registration, shall, within 5 days of
12beginning school, or establishing a residence, place of
13employment, or temporary domicile in any county, register in
14person as set forth in subsection (a) or (a-5).
15    (c) The registration for any person required to register
16under this Act shall be as follows:
17        (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this
18    subsection (c), any person who has not been notified of his
19    or her responsibility to register shall be notified by a
20    criminal justice entity of his or her responsibility to
21    register. Upon notification the person must then register
22    within 5 days of notification of his or her requirement to
23    register. If notification is not made within the offender's
24    10 year registration requirement, and the Department of
25    State Police determines no evidence exists or indicates the
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1    will no longer be required to register under this Act.
2        (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this
3    subsection (c), any person convicted on or after the
4    effective date of this Act shall register in person within
5    5 days after the entry of the sentencing order based upon
6    his or her conviction.
7        (3) Any person unable to comply with the registration
8    requirements of this Act because he or she is confined,
9    institutionalized, or imprisoned in Illinois on or after
10    the effective date of this Act shall register in person
11    within 5 days of discharge, parole or release.
12        (4) The person shall provide positive identification
13    and documentation that substantiates proof of residence at
14    the registering address.
15        (5) The person shall pay a $20 initial registration fee
16    and a $10 annual renewal fee. The fees shall be deposited
17    into the Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
18    Registration Fund. The fees shall be used by the
19    registering agency for official purposes. The agency shall
20    establish procedures to document receipt and use of the
21    funds. The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction may
22    waive the registration fee if it determines that the person
23    is indigent and unable to pay the registration fee.
24    (d) Within 5 days after obtaining or changing employment, a
25person required to register under this Section must report, in
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1business name and address where he or she is employed. If the
2person has multiple businesses or work locations, every
3business and work location must be reported to the law
4enforcement agency having jurisdiction.
5(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
6    (730 ILCS 154/11)
7    Sec. 11. Transfer from the sex offender registry.
8    (a) The registration information for a person registered
9under the Sex Offender Registration Act who was convicted or
10adjudicated for an offense listed in subsection (b) of Section
115 of this Act may only be transferred to the Child Murderer and
12Violent Offender Against Youth Registry if all the following
13conditions are met:
14        (1) The offender's sole offense requiring registration
15    was a conviction or adjudication for an offense or offenses
16    listed in subsection (b) of Section 5 of this Act.
17        (2) The State's Attorney's Office in the county in
18    which the offender was convicted has verified, on a form
19    prescribed by the Illinois State Police, that the person's
20    crime that required or requires registration was not
21    sexually motivated as defined in Section 10 of the Sex
22    Offender Management Board Act.
23        (3) The completed form has been received by the
24    registering law enforcement agency and the Illinois State
25    Police's Sex Offender Registration Unit.

 

 

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1    (b) Transfer under this Section shall not extend the
2registration period for offenders who were registered under the
3Sex Offender Registration Act.
4(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
5    (730 ILCS 154/55)
6    Sec. 55. Public inspection of registration data. Except as
7provided in the Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against
8Youth Community Notification Law, the statements or any other
9information required by this Act shall not be open to
10inspection by the public, or by any person other than by a law
11enforcement officer or other individual as may be authorized by
12law and shall include law enforcement agencies of this State,
13any other state, or of the federal government. Similar
14information may be requested from any law enforcement agency of
15another state or of the federal government for purposes of this
16Act. It is a Class B misdemeanor to permit the unauthorized
17release of any information required by this Act.
18(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
19    (730 ILCS 154/60)
20    Sec. 60. Penalty. Any person who is required to register
21under this Act who violates any of the provisions of this Act
22and any person who is required to register under this Act who
23seeks to change his or her name under Article 21 of the Code of
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1is convicted for a violation of this Act for a second or
2subsequent time is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Any person who
3is required to register under this Act who knowingly or
4wilfully gives material information required by this Act that
5is false is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person convicted of
6a violation of any provision of this Act shall, in addition to
7any other penalty required by law, be required to serve a
8minimum period of 7 days confinement in the local county jail.
9The court shall impose a mandatory minimum fine of $500 for
10failure to comply with any provision of this Act. These fines
11shall be deposited into the Child Murderer and Violent Offender
12Against Youth Registration Fund. Any violent offender against
13youth who violates any provision of this Act may be arrested
14and tried in any Illinois county where the violent offender
15against youth can be located. The local police department or
16sheriff's office is not required to determine whether the
17person is living within its jurisdiction.
18(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
19    (730 ILCS 154/65)
20    Sec. 65. Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
21Registration Fund. There is created the Child Murderer and
22Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Fund. Moneys in the
23Fund shall be used to cover costs incurred by the criminal
24justice system to administer this Act. The Department of State
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1regarding the administration of this Fund. Fifty percent of the
2moneys in the Fund shall be allocated by the Department for
3sheriffs' offices and police departments. The remaining moneys
4in the Fund shall be allocated to the Illinois State Police for
5education and administration of the Act.
6(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
7    (730 ILCS 154/75)
8    Sec. 75. Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
9Community Notification Law. Sections 75 through 105 of this Act
10may be cited as the Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against
11Youth Community Notification Law.
12(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
13    (730 ILCS 154/85)
14    Sec. 85. Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
15Database.
16    (a) The Department of State Police shall establish and
17maintain a Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender
18Against Youth Database for the purpose of identifying violent
19offenders against youth and making that information available
20to the persons specified in Section 95. The Database shall be
21created from the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS)
22established under Section 6 of the Intergovernmental Missing
23Child Recovery Act of 1984. The Department of State Police
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1violent offenders against youth under this Act and shall
2identify those who are violent offenders against youth and
3shall add all the information, including photographs if
4available, on those violent offenders against youth to the
5Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
6Database.
7    (b) The Department of State Police must make the
8information contained in the Statewide Child Murderer and
9Violent Offender Against Youth Database accessible on the
10Internet by means of a hyperlink labeled "Child Murderer and
11Violent Offender Against Youth Information" on the
12Department's World Wide Web home page. The Department of State
13Police must update that information as it deems necessary.
14    The Department of State Police may require that a person
15who seeks access to the violent offender against youth
16information submit biographical information about himself or
17herself before permitting access to the violent offender
18against youth information. The Department of State Police must
19promulgate rules in accordance with the Illinois
20Administrative Procedure Act to implement this subsection (b)
21and those rules must include procedures to ensure that the
22information in the database is accurate.
23    (c) The Department of State Police must develop and conduct
24training to educate all those entities involved in the Child
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1    (d) The Department of State Police shall commence the
2duties prescribed in the Child Murderer and Violent Offender
3Against Youth Registration Act within 12 months after the
4effective date of this Act.
5(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
6    (730 ILCS 154/86)
7    Sec. 86. Verification that offense was not sexually
8motivated. Any person who is convicted of any of the offenses
9listed in subsection (b) of Section 5 of this Act on or after
10the effective date of this Act, shall be required to register
11as an offender on the Child Murderer and Violent Offender
12Against Youth Registry if, at the time of sentencing, the
13sentencing court verifies in writing that the offense was not
14sexually motivated as defined in Section 10 of the Sex Offender
15Management Board Act. If the offense was sexually motivated,
16the offender shall be required to register pursuant to the Sex
17Offender Registration Act.
18(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
202011.".