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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 8-23 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 1205/8-23)
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7 | Sec. 8-23. Criminal background investigations.
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8 | (a) An applicant for employment with a park district is | ||||||
9 | required as
a condition of employment to authorize an | ||||||
10 | investigation to determine if
the applicant has been convicted | ||||||
11 | of , or adjudicated a delinquent minor for, any of the | ||||||
12 | enumerated criminal or drug
offenses in subsection (c) of this | ||||||
13 | Section or has been
convicted, within 7 years of the | ||||||
14 | application for employment with the
park district, of any other | ||||||
15 | felony under the laws of this State or of any
offense committed | ||||||
16 | or attempted in any other state or against the laws of
the | ||||||
17 | United States that, if committed or attempted in this State, | ||||||
18 | would
have been punishable as a felony under the laws of this | ||||||
19 | State. Authorization
for the
investigation shall be furnished | ||||||
20 | by the applicant to the park district.
Upon receipt of this | ||||||
21 | authorization, the park district shall submit the
applicant's | ||||||
22 | name, sex, race, date of birth, and social security number to
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23 | the Department of State Police on forms prescribed by the |
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1 | Department of
State Police. The Department of State Police | ||||||
2 | shall conduct a search of the
Illinois criminal history records | ||||||
3 | database to ascertain if the applicant being considered for
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4 | employment has been convicted of , or adjudicated a delinquent | ||||||
5 | minor for, committing or attempting to commit any of
the | ||||||
6 | enumerated criminal or drug
offenses
in subsection (c) of this | ||||||
7 | Section or
has been convicted of committing or attempting to | ||||||
8 | commit, within 7 years of
the application for employment with
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9 | the
park district, any other felony under the laws of this | ||||||
10 | State. The
Department
of
State Police shall charge the park | ||||||
11 | district a fee for conducting the
investigation, which fee | ||||||
12 | shall be deposited in the State Police Services
Fund and shall | ||||||
13 | not exceed the cost of the inquiry. The applicant shall
not be | ||||||
14 | charged a fee by the park district for the investigation.
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15 | (b) If the search of the Illinois criminal history record | ||||||
16 | database
indicates that the applicant has been convicted of , or | ||||||
17 | adjudicated a delinquent minor for, committing or attempting to
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18 | commit any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in | ||||||
19 | subsection (c) or has
been convicted of committing or | ||||||
20 | attempting to commit, within 7 years of the
application for | ||||||
21 | employment with the park district, any other felony under the
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22 | laws of this State, the Department of State Police and the | ||||||
23 | Federal Bureau
of
Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to
a | ||||||
24 | fingerprint based background check, records
of convictions or | ||||||
25 | adjudications as a delinquent minor , until expunged, to the
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26 | president of the park district. Any information concerning the |
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1 | record of
convictions or adjudications as a delinquent minor | ||||||
2 | obtained by the president shall be confidential and may only
be | ||||||
3 | transmitted to those persons who are necessary to the decision | ||||||
4 | on whether to
hire the
applicant for employment. A copy of the | ||||||
5 | record of convictions or adjudications as a delinquent minor | ||||||
6 | obtained
from the Department of State Police shall be provided | ||||||
7 | to the applicant for
employment. Any person who releases any | ||||||
8 | confidential information
concerning any criminal convictions | ||||||
9 | or adjudications as a delinquent minor of an applicant for | ||||||
10 | employment shall
be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless the | ||||||
11 | release of such
information is authorized by this Section.
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12 | (c) No park district shall knowingly employ a person who | ||||||
13 | has been
convicted , or adjudicated a delinquent minor, for | ||||||
14 | committing attempted first degree murder or
for committing
or | ||||||
15 | attempting to commit first degree murder, a Class X felony, or | ||||||
16 | any
one or more of the following offenses: (i) those defined in | ||||||
17 | Sections 11-6,
11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, | ||||||
18 | 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,
11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-7.3, | ||||||
19 | 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16 of
the | ||||||
20 | Criminal Code of 1961; (ii) those defined in the Cannabis | ||||||
21 | Control Act,
except those defined in Sections 4(a), 4(b), and | ||||||
22 | 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those
defined in the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those defined in the | ||||||
24 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act; and (v) | ||||||
25 | any offense
committed or attempted in any other state or | ||||||
26 | against the laws of the
United States, which, if committed or |
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1 | attempted in this State, would have
been punishable as one or | ||||||
2 | more of the foregoing offenses. Further, no
park district shall | ||||||
3 | knowingly employ a person who has been found to be
the | ||||||
4 | perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18 | ||||||
5 | years
of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the | ||||||
6 | Juvenile Court Act
of 1987. No park district shall knowingly | ||||||
7 | employ a person for whom a
criminal background investigation | ||||||
8 | has not been initiated.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 93-418, eff. 1-1-04; 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)
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10 | Section 10. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | ||||||
11 | changing Sections 1-7 and 5-905 as follows:
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12 | (705 ILCS 405/1-7) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-7)
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13 | Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of law enforcement records.
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14 | (A) Inspection and copying of law enforcement records | ||||||
15 | maintained by law
enforcement agencies that relate to a minor | ||||||
16 | who has been arrested or taken
into custody before his or her | ||||||
17 | 17th birthday shall be restricted to the
following:
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18 | (1) Any local, State or federal law enforcement | ||||||
19 | officers of any
jurisdiction or agency when necessary for | ||||||
20 | the discharge of their official
duties during the | ||||||
21 | investigation or prosecution of a crime or relating to a
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22 | minor who has been adjudicated delinquent and there has | ||||||
23 | been a previous finding
that the act which constitutes the | ||||||
24 | previous offense was committed in
furtherance of criminal |
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1 | activities by a criminal street gang, or, when necessary | ||||||
2 | for the discharge of its official duties in connection with | ||||||
3 | a particular investigation of the conduct of a law | ||||||
4 | enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff | ||||||
5 | created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local | ||||||
6 | government with the duty of investigating the conduct of | ||||||
7 | law enforcement officers. For purposes of
this Section, | ||||||
8 | "criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
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9 | Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus | ||||||
10 | Prevention Act.
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11 | (2) Prosecutors, probation officers, social workers, | ||||||
12 | or other
individuals assigned by the court to conduct a | ||||||
13 | pre-adjudication or
pre-disposition investigation, and | ||||||
14 | individuals responsible for supervising
or providing | ||||||
15 | temporary or permanent care and custody for minors pursuant | ||||||
16 | to
the order of the juvenile court, when essential to | ||||||
17 | performing their
responsibilities.
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18 | (3) Prosecutors and probation officers:
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19 | (a) in the course of a trial when institution of | ||||||
20 | criminal proceedings
has been permitted or required | ||||||
21 | under Section 5-805; or
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22 | (b) when institution of criminal proceedings has | ||||||
23 | been permitted or required under Section 5-805 and such | ||||||
24 | minor is the
subject
of a proceeding to determine the | ||||||
25 | amount of bail; or
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26 | (c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
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1 | or
required under Section 5-805 and such minor is the | ||||||
2 | subject of a
pre-trial
investigation, pre-sentence | ||||||
3 | investigation, fitness hearing, or proceedings
on an | ||||||
4 | application for probation.
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5 | (4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
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6 | (5) Authorized military personnel.
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7 | (6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the | ||||||
8 | permission of the
Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court and | ||||||
9 | the chief executive of the respective
law enforcement | ||||||
10 | agency; provided that publication of such research results
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11 | in no disclosure of a minor's identity and protects the | ||||||
12 | confidentiality
of the minor's record.
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13 | (7) Department of Children and Family Services child | ||||||
14 | protection
investigators acting in their official | ||||||
15 | capacity.
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16 | (8) The appropriate school official. Inspection and | ||||||
17 | copying
shall be limited to law enforcement records | ||||||
18 | transmitted to the appropriate
school official by a local | ||||||
19 | law enforcement agency under a reciprocal reporting
system | ||||||
20 | established and maintained between the school district and | ||||||
21 | the local law
enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of | ||||||
22 | the School Code concerning a minor
enrolled in a school | ||||||
23 | within the school district who has been arrested or taken
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24 | into custody for any of the following offenses:
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25 | (i) unlawful use of weapons under Section 24-1 of | ||||||
26 | the Criminal Code of
1961;
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1 | (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
2 | Substances Act;
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3 | (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
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4 | (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of | ||||||
5 | the Criminal Code
of 1961; or | ||||||
6 | (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control and | ||||||
7 | Community Protection Act.
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8 | (9) Mental health professionals on behalf of the | ||||||
9 | Illinois Department of
Corrections or the Department of | ||||||
10 | Human Services or prosecutors who are
evaluating, | ||||||
11 | prosecuting, or investigating a potential or actual | ||||||
12 | petition
brought
under the Sexually Violent Persons | ||||||
13 | Commitment Act relating to a person who is
the
subject of | ||||||
14 | juvenile law enforcement records or the respondent to a | ||||||
15 | petition
brought under the Sexually Violent Persons | ||||||
16 | Commitment Act who is the subject of
the
juvenile law | ||||||
17 | enforcement records sought.
Any records and any | ||||||
18 | information obtained from those records under this
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19 | paragraph (9) may be used only in sexually violent persons | ||||||
20 | commitment
proceedings. | ||||||
21 | (10) The president of a park district. Inspection and | ||||||
22 | copying shall be limited to law enforcement records | ||||||
23 | transmitted to the president of the park district by the | ||||||
24 | Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the Park | ||||||
25 | District Code concerning a person who is seeking employment | ||||||
26 | with that park district and who has been adjudicated a |
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1 | juvenile delinquent for any of the offenses listed in | ||||||
2 | subsection (c) of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code.
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3 | (B) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law | ||||||
4 | enforcement
officer or other person or agency may knowingly | ||||||
5 | transmit to the Department of
Corrections, Adult Division | ||||||
6 | or the Department of State Police or to the Federal
Bureau | ||||||
7 | of Investigation any fingerprint or photograph relating to | ||||||
8 | a minor who
has been arrested or taken into custody before | ||||||
9 | his or her 17th birthday,
unless the court in proceedings | ||||||
10 | under this Act authorizes the transmission or
enters an | ||||||
11 | order under Section 5-805 permitting or requiring the
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12 | institution of
criminal proceedings.
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13 | (2) Law enforcement officers or other persons or | ||||||
14 | agencies shall transmit
to the Department of State Police | ||||||
15 | copies of fingerprints and descriptions
of all minors who | ||||||
16 | have been arrested or taken into custody before their
17th | ||||||
17 | birthday for the offense of unlawful use of weapons under | ||||||
18 | Article 24 of
the Criminal Code of 1961, a Class X or Class | ||||||
19 | 1 felony, a forcible felony as
defined in Section 2-8 of | ||||||
20 | the Criminal Code of 1961, or a Class 2 or greater
felony | ||||||
21 | under the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
22 | Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community | ||||||
23 | Protection Act,
or Chapter 4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, | ||||||
24 | pursuant to Section 5 of the
Criminal Identification Act. | ||||||
25 | Information reported to the Department pursuant
to this | ||||||
26 | Section may be maintained with records that the Department |
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1 | files
pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Criminal | ||||||
2 | Identification Act. Nothing in this
Act prohibits a law | ||||||
3 | enforcement agency from fingerprinting a minor taken into
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4 | custody or arrested before his or her 17th birthday for an | ||||||
5 | offense other than
those listed in this paragraph (2).
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6 | (C) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an | ||||||
7 | independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit | ||||||
8 | of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct | ||||||
9 | of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under
17 | ||||||
10 | years of age must be maintained separate from the records of | ||||||
11 | arrests and
may not be open to public inspection or their | ||||||
12 | contents disclosed to the
public except by order of the court | ||||||
13 | presiding over matters pursuant to this Act or when the | ||||||
14 | institution of criminal
proceedings has been permitted or | ||||||
15 | required under Section
5-805 or such a person has been | ||||||
16 | convicted of a crime and is the
subject of
pre-sentence | ||||||
17 | investigation or proceedings on an application for probation
or | ||||||
18 | when provided by law. For purposes of obtaining documents | ||||||
19 | pursuant to this Section, a civil subpoena is not an order of | ||||||
20 | the court. | ||||||
21 | (1) In cases where the law enforcement, or independent | ||||||
22 | agency, records concern a pending juvenile court case, the | ||||||
23 | party seeking to inspect the records shall provide actual | ||||||
24 | notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem of the minor | ||||||
25 | whose records are sought. | ||||||
26 | (2) In cases where the records concern a juvenile court |
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1 | case that is no longer pending, the party seeking to | ||||||
2 | inspect the records shall provide actual notice to the | ||||||
3 | minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the | ||||||
4 | matter shall be referred to the chief judge presiding over | ||||||
5 | matters pursuant to this Act. | ||||||
6 | (3) In determining whether the records should be | ||||||
7 | available for inspection, the court shall consider the | ||||||
8 | minor's interest in confidentiality and rehabilitation | ||||||
9 | over the moving party's interest in obtaining the | ||||||
10 | information. Any records obtained in violation of this | ||||||
11 | subsection (C) shall not be admissible in any criminal or | ||||||
12 | civil proceeding, or operate to disqualify a minor from | ||||||
13 | subsequently holding public office or securing employment, | ||||||
14 | or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit, right, | ||||||
15 | privilege, or right to receive any license granted by | ||||||
16 | public authority.
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17 | (D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section | ||||||
18 | shall prohibit
the inspection or disclosure to victims and | ||||||
19 | witnesses of photographs
contained in the records of law | ||||||
20 | enforcement agencies when the
inspection and disclosure is | ||||||
21 | conducted in the presence of a law enforcement
officer for the | ||||||
22 | purpose of the identification or apprehension of any person
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23 | subject to the provisions of this Act or for the investigation | ||||||
24 | or
prosecution of any crime.
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25 | (E) Law enforcement officers, and personnel of an | ||||||
26 | independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit |
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1 | of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct | ||||||
2 | of law enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of | ||||||
3 | any minor
in releasing information to the general public as to | ||||||
4 | the arrest, investigation
or disposition of any case involving | ||||||
5 | a minor.
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6 | (F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law | ||||||
7 | enforcement
agencies from communicating with each other by | ||||||
8 | letter, memorandum, teletype or
intelligence alert bulletin or | ||||||
9 | other means the identity or other relevant
information | ||||||
10 | pertaining to a person under 17 years of age if there are
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11 | reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real and | ||||||
12 | present danger
to the safety of the public or law enforcement | ||||||
13 | officers. The information
provided under this subsection (F) | ||||||
14 | shall remain confidential and shall not
be publicly disclosed, | ||||||
15 | except as otherwise allowed by law.
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16 | (G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of a | ||||||
17 | Civil Service
Commission or appointing authority of any state, | ||||||
18 | county or municipality
examining the character and fitness of | ||||||
19 | an applicant for employment with a law
enforcement agency, | ||||||
20 | correctional institution, or fire department
from obtaining | ||||||
21 | and examining the
records of any law enforcement agency | ||||||
22 | relating to any record of the applicant
having been arrested or | ||||||
23 | taken into custody before the applicant's 17th
birthday.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 95-123, eff. 8-13-07; 96-419, eff. 8-13-09.)
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25 | (705 ILCS 405/5-905)
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1 | Sec. 5-905. Law enforcement records.
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2 | (1) Law Enforcement Records.
Inspection and copying of law | ||||||
3 | enforcement records maintained by law enforcement
agencies | ||||||
4 | that relate to a minor who has been arrested or taken into | ||||||
5 | custody
before his or her 17th birthday shall be restricted to | ||||||
6 | the following and when
necessary for the discharge of their | ||||||
7 | official duties:
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8 | (a) A judge of the circuit court and members of the | ||||||
9 | staff of the court
designated by the judge;
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10 | (b) Law enforcement officers, probation officers or | ||||||
11 | prosecutors or their
staff, or, when necessary for the | ||||||
12 | discharge of its official duties in connection with a | ||||||
13 | particular investigation of the conduct of a law | ||||||
14 | enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff | ||||||
15 | created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local | ||||||
16 | government with the duty of investigating the conduct of | ||||||
17 | law enforcement officers;
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18 | (c) The minor, the minor's parents or legal guardian | ||||||
19 | and their attorneys,
but only when the juvenile has been | ||||||
20 | charged with an offense;
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21 | (d) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Boards;
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22 | (e) Authorized military personnel;
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23 | (f) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the | ||||||
24 | permission of the
judge of juvenile court and the chief | ||||||
25 | executive of the agency that prepared the
particular | ||||||
26 | recording: provided that publication of such research |
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1 | results in no
disclosure of a minor's identity and protects | ||||||
2 | the confidentiality of the
record;
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3 | (g) Individuals responsible for supervising or | ||||||
4 | providing temporary or
permanent care and custody of minors | ||||||
5 | pursuant to orders of the juvenile court
or directives from | ||||||
6 | officials of the Department of Children and Family
Services | ||||||
7 | or the Department of Human Services who certify in writing | ||||||
8 | that the
information will not be disclosed to any other | ||||||
9 | party except as provided under
law or order of court;
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10 | (h) The appropriate school official. Inspection and | ||||||
11 | copying
shall be limited to law enforcement records | ||||||
12 | transmitted to the appropriate
school official by a local | ||||||
13 | law enforcement agency under a reciprocal reporting
system | ||||||
14 | established and maintained between the school district and | ||||||
15 | the local law
enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of | ||||||
16 | the School Code concerning a minor
enrolled in a school | ||||||
17 | within the school district who has been arrested
for any | ||||||
18 | offense classified as a felony or a Class A or B | ||||||
19 | misdemeanor ; . | ||||||
20 | (i) The president of a park district. Inspection and | ||||||
21 | copying shall be limited to law enforcement records | ||||||
22 | transmitted to the president of the park district by the | ||||||
23 | Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the Park | ||||||
24 | District Code concerning a person who is seeking employment | ||||||
25 | with that park district and who has been adjudicated a | ||||||
26 | juvenile delinquent for any of the offenses listed in |
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1 | subsection (c) of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code.
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2 | (2) Information identifying victims and alleged victims of | ||||||
3 | sex offenses,
shall not be disclosed or open to public | ||||||
4 | inspection under any circumstances.
Nothing in this Section | ||||||
5 | shall prohibit the victim or alleged victim of any sex
offense | ||||||
6 | from voluntarily disclosing his or her identity.
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7 | (2.5) If the minor is a victim of aggravated battery, | ||||||
8 | battery, attempted first degree murder, or other non-sexual | ||||||
9 | violent offense, the identity of the victim may be disclosed to | ||||||
10 | appropriate school officials, for the purpose of preventing | ||||||
11 | foreseeable future violence involving minors, by a local law | ||||||
12 | enforcement agency pursuant to an agreement established | ||||||
13 | between the school district and a local law enforcement agency | ||||||
14 | subject to the approval by the presiding judge of the juvenile | ||||||
15 | court. | ||||||
16 | (3) Relevant information, reports and records shall be made | ||||||
17 | available to the
Department of Juvenile Justice when a juvenile | ||||||
18 | offender has been placed in the
custody of the Department of | ||||||
19 | Juvenile Justice.
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20 | (4) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the inspection | ||||||
21 | or disclosure to
victims and witnesses of photographs contained | ||||||
22 | in the records of law
enforcement agencies when the inspection | ||||||
23 | or disclosure is conducted in the
presence of a law enforcement | ||||||
24 | officer for purposes of identification or
apprehension of any | ||||||
25 | person in the course of any criminal investigation or
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26 | prosecution.
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1 | (5) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an | ||||||
2 | independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit | ||||||
3 | of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct | ||||||
4 | of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under
17 | ||||||
5 | years of age must be maintained separate from the records of | ||||||
6 | adults and
may not be open to public inspection or their | ||||||
7 | contents disclosed to the
public except by order of the court | ||||||
8 | or when the institution of criminal
proceedings has been | ||||||
9 | permitted under Section 5-130 or 5-805 or required
under | ||||||
10 | Section
5-130 or 5-805 or such a person has been convicted of a | ||||||
11 | crime and is the
subject of
pre-sentence investigation or when | ||||||
12 | provided by law.
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13 | (6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (6), | ||||||
14 | law enforcement
officers, and personnel of an independent | ||||||
15 | agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local | ||||||
16 | government with the duty of investigating the conduct of law | ||||||
17 | enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of any | ||||||
18 | minor
in releasing information to the general public as to the | ||||||
19 | arrest, investigation
or disposition of any case involving a | ||||||
20 | minor.
Any victim or parent or legal guardian of a victim may | ||||||
21 | petition the court to
disclose the name and address of the | ||||||
22 | minor and the minor's parents or legal
guardian, or both. Upon | ||||||
23 | a finding by clear and convincing evidence that the
disclosure | ||||||
24 | is either necessary for the victim to pursue a civil remedy | ||||||
25 | against
the minor or the minor's parents or legal guardian, or | ||||||
26 | both, or to protect the
victim's person or property from the |
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1 | minor, then the court may order the
disclosure of the | ||||||
2 | information to the victim or to the parent or legal guardian
of | ||||||
3 | the victim only for the purpose of the victim pursuing a civil | ||||||
4 | remedy
against the minor or the minor's parents or legal | ||||||
5 | guardian, or both, or to
protect the victim's person or | ||||||
6 | property from the minor.
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7 | (7) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law | ||||||
8 | enforcement
agencies when acting in their official capacity | ||||||
9 | from communicating with each
other by letter, memorandum, | ||||||
10 | teletype or
intelligence alert bulletin or other means the | ||||||
11 | identity or other relevant
information pertaining to a person | ||||||
12 | under 17 years of age. The information
provided under this | ||||||
13 | subsection (7) shall remain confidential and shall not
be | ||||||
14 | publicly disclosed, except as otherwise allowed by law.
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15 | (8) No person shall disclose information under this Section | ||||||
16 | except when
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17 | provided by law or order of
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18 | (Source: P.A. 96-419, eff. 8-13-09; 96-1414, eff. 1-1-11.)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.
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