97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0423

 

Introduced 01/31/11, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2635/3  from Ch. 38, par. 1603

    Amends the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act
5is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2635/3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1603)
7    Sec. 3. Definitions. Whenever used in this Act, and and for
8the purposes of this Act, unless the context clearly indicates
9otherwise:
10    (A) "Accurate" means factually correct, containing no
11mistake or error of a material nature.
12    (B) The phrase "administer the criminal laws" includes any
13of the following activities: intelligence gathering,
14surveillance, criminal investigation, crime detection and
15prevention (including research), apprehension, detention,
16pretrial or post-trial release, prosecution, the correctional
17supervision or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal
18offenders, criminal identification activities, or the
19collection, maintenance or dissemination of criminal history
20record information.
21    (C) "The Authority" means the Illinois Criminal Justice
22Information Authority.
23    (D) "Automated" means the utilization of computers,

 

 

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1telecommunication lines, or other automatic data processing
2equipment for data collection or storage, analysis,
3processing, preservation, maintenance, dissemination, or
4display and is distinguished from a system in which such
5activities are performed manually.
6    (E) "Complete" means accurately reflecting all the
7criminal history record information about an individual that is
8required to be reported to the Department pursuant to Section
92.1 of the Criminal Identification Act.
10    (F) "Conviction information" means data reflecting a
11judgment of guilt or nolo contendere. The term includes all
12prior and subsequent criminal history events directly relating
13to such judgments, such as, but not limited to: (1) the
14notation of arrest; (2) the notation of charges filed; (3) the
15sentence imposed; (4) the fine imposed; and (5) all related
16probation, parole, and release information. Information ceases
17to be "conviction information" when a judgment of guilt is
18reversed or vacated.
19    For purposes of this Act, continuances to a date certain in
20furtherance of an order of supervision granted under Section
215-6-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections or an order of
22probation granted under either Section 10 of the Cannabis
23Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances
24Act, Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
25Protection Act, Section 12-4.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
26Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug

 

 

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1Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug
2Abuse and Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid Control
3Act shall not be deemed "conviction information".
4    (G) "Criminal history record information" means data
5identifiable to an individual and consisting of descriptions or
6notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, informations,
7pretrial proceedings, trials, or other formal events in the
8criminal justice system or descriptions or notations of
9criminal charges (including criminal violations of local
10municipal ordinances) and the nature of any disposition arising
11therefrom, including sentencing, court or correctional
12supervision, rehabilitation and release. The term does not
13apply to statistical records and reports in which individual
14are not identified and from which their identities are not
15ascertainable, or to information that is for criminal
16investigative or intelligence purposes.
17    (H) "Criminal justice agency" means (1) a government agency
18or any subunit thereof which is authorized to administer the
19criminal laws and which allocates a substantial part of its
20annual budget for that purpose, or (2) an agency supported by
21public funds which is authorized as its principal function to
22administer the criminal laws and which is officially designated
23by the Department as a criminal justice agency for purposes of
24this Act.
25    (I) "The Department" means the Illinois Department of State
26Police.

 

 

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1    (J) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois
2Department of State Police.
3    (K) "Disseminate" means to disclose or transmit conviction
4information in any form, oral, written, or otherwise.
5    (L) "Exigency" means pending danger or the threat of
6pending danger to an individual or property.
7    (M) "Non-criminal justice agency" means a State agency,
8Federal agency, or unit of local government that is not a
9criminal justice agency. The term does not refer to private
10individuals, corporations, or non-governmental agencies or
11organizations.
12    (M-5) "Request" means the submission to the Department, in
13the form and manner required, the necessary data elements or
14fingerprints, or both, to allow the Department to initiate a
15search of its criminal history record information files.
16    (N) "Requester" means any private individual, corporation,
17organization, employer, employment agency, labor organization,
18or non-criminal justice agency that has made a request pursuant
19to this Act to obtain conviction information maintained in the
20files of the Department of State Police regarding a particular
21individual.
22    (O) "Statistical information" means data from which the
23identity of an individual cannot be ascertained,
24reconstructed, or verified and to which the identity of an
25individual cannot be linked by the recipient of the
26information.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)