97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4643

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Rep. Darlene J. Senger

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 1205/8-23
705 ILCS 405/1-7  from Ch. 37, par. 801-7
705 ILCS 405/5-905

    Amends the Park District Code. Prohibits a park district from knowingly employing a minor who has been adjudicated as committing any of the following offenses: (i) unlawful use of weapons, (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, (iii) a violation of certain provisions of the Cannabis Control Act, (iv) a forcible felony, (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, or (vi) a felony or a Class A or B misdemeanor. Provides that the Illinois Department of State Police shall conduct a search of the Illinois criminal history records database to ascertain if a minor applicant being considered for employment with a park district has been adjudicated as committing specified offenses. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. In provisions concerning the confidentiality of the law enforcement records of minors, provides that the president of a park district may have access to specified records of a minor who is applying for employment with the park district. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing
5Section 8-23 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 1205/8-23)
7    Sec. 8-23. Criminal background investigations.
8    (a) An applicant for employment with a park district is
9required as a condition of employment to authorize an
10investigation to determine if the applicant has been convicted
11of, or adjudicated a delinquent minor for, any of the
12enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this
13Section or has been convicted, within 7 years of the
14application for employment with the park district, of any other
15felony under the laws of this State or of any offense committed
16or attempted in any other state or against the laws of the
17United States that, if committed or attempted in this State,
18would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of this
19State. Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished
20by the applicant to the park district. Upon receipt of this
21authorization, the park district shall submit the applicant's
22name, sex, race, date of birth, and social security number to
23the Department of State Police on forms prescribed by the

 

 

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1Department of State Police. The Department of State Police
2shall conduct a search of the Illinois criminal history records
3database to ascertain if the applicant being considered for
4employment has been convicted of, or adjudicated a delinquent
5minor for, committing or attempting to commit any of the
6enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this
7Section or has been convicted of committing or attempting to
8commit, within 7 years of the application for employment with
9the park district, any other felony under the laws of this
10State. The Department of State Police shall charge the park
11district a fee for conducting the investigation, which fee
12shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and shall
13not exceed the cost of the inquiry. The applicant shall not be
14charged a fee by the park district for the investigation.
15    (b) If the search of the Illinois criminal history record
16database indicates that the applicant has been convicted of, or
17adjudicated a delinquent minor for, committing or attempting to
18commit any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
19subsection (c) or has been convicted of committing or
20attempting to commit, within 7 years of the application for
21employment with the park district, any other felony under the
22laws of this State, the Department of State Police and the
23Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a
24fingerprint based background check, records of convictions or
25adjudications as a delinquent minor, until expunged, to the
26president of the park district. Any information concerning the

 

 

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1record of convictions or adjudications as a delinquent minor
2obtained by the president shall be confidential and may only be
3transmitted to those persons who are necessary to the decision
4on whether to hire the applicant for employment. A copy of the
5record of convictions or adjudications as a delinquent minor
6obtained from the Department of State Police shall be provided
7to the applicant for employment. Any person who releases any
8confidential information concerning any criminal convictions
9or adjudications as a delinquent minor of an applicant for
10employment shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless the
11release of such information is authorized by this Section.
12    (c) No park district shall knowingly employ a person who
13has been convicted, or adjudicated a delinquent minor, for
14committing attempted first degree murder or for committing or
15attempting to commit first degree murder, a Class X felony, or
16any one or more of the following offenses: (i) those defined in
17Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6,
1811-9, 11-14, 11-14.3, 11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17,
1911-18, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B,
2011-20.3, 11-21, 11-30, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-13, 12-14,
2112-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (ii)
22those defined in the Cannabis Control Act, except those defined
23in Sections 4(a), 4(b), and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those
24defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those
25defined in the Methamphetamine Control and Community
26Protection Act; and (v) any offense committed or attempted in

 

 

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1any other state or against the laws of the United States,
2which, if committed or attempted in this State, would have been
3punishable as one or more of the foregoing offenses. Further,
4no park district shall knowingly employ a person who has been
5found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any
6minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
7Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. No park district
8shall knowingly employ a person for whom a criminal background
9investigation has not been initiated.
10(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
11    Section 10. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
12changing Sections 1-7 and 5-905 as follows:
 
13    (705 ILCS 405/1-7)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-7)
14    Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of law enforcement records.
15    (A) Inspection and copying of law enforcement records
16maintained by law enforcement agencies that relate to a minor
17who has been arrested or taken into custody before his or her
1817th birthday shall be restricted to the following:
19        (1) Any local, State or federal law enforcement
20    officers of any jurisdiction or agency when necessary for
21    the discharge of their official duties during the
22    investigation or prosecution of a crime or relating to a
23    minor who has been adjudicated delinquent and there has
24    been a previous finding that the act which constitutes the

 

 

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1    previous offense was committed in furtherance of criminal
2    activities by a criminal street gang, or, when necessary
3    for the discharge of its official duties in connection with
4    a particular investigation of the conduct of a law
5    enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff
6    created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
7    government with the duty of investigating the conduct of
8    law enforcement officers. For purposes of this Section,
9    "criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
10    Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
11    Prevention Act.
12        (2) Prosecutors, probation officers, social workers,
13    or other individuals assigned by the court to conduct a
14    pre-adjudication or pre-disposition investigation, and
15    individuals responsible for supervising or providing
16    temporary or permanent care and custody for minors pursuant
17    to the order of the juvenile court, when essential to
18    performing their responsibilities.
19        (3) Prosecutors and probation officers:
20            (a) in the course of a trial when institution of
21        criminal proceedings has been permitted or required
22        under Section 5-805; or
23            (b) when institution of criminal proceedings has
24        been permitted or required under Section 5-805 and such
25        minor is the subject of a proceeding to determine the
26        amount of bail; or

 

 

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1            (c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
2        or required under Section 5-805 and such minor is the
3        subject of a pre-trial investigation, pre-sentence
4        investigation, fitness hearing, or proceedings on an
5        application for probation.
6        (4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
7        (5) Authorized military personnel.
8        (6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
9    permission of the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court and
10    the chief executive of the respective law enforcement
11    agency; provided that publication of such research results
12    in no disclosure of a minor's identity and protects the
13    confidentiality of the minor's record.
14        (7) Department of Children and Family Services child
15    protection investigators acting in their official
16    capacity.
17        (8) The appropriate school official. Inspection and
18    copying shall be limited to law enforcement records
19    transmitted to the appropriate school official by a local
20    law enforcement agency under a reciprocal reporting system
21    established and maintained between the school district and
22    the local law enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of
23    the School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
24    within the school district who has been arrested or taken
25    into custody for any of the following offenses:
26            (i) unlawful use of weapons under Section 24-1 of

 

 

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1        the Criminal Code of 1961;
2            (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
3        Substances Act;
4            (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
5            (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of
6        the Criminal Code of 1961; or
7            (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control and
8        Community Protection Act.
9        (9) Mental health professionals on behalf of the
10    Illinois Department of Corrections or the Department of
11    Human Services or prosecutors who are evaluating,
12    prosecuting, or investigating a potential or actual
13    petition brought under the Sexually Violent Persons
14    Commitment Act relating to a person who is the subject of
15    juvenile law enforcement records or the respondent to a
16    petition brought under the Sexually Violent Persons
17    Commitment Act who is the subject of the juvenile law
18    enforcement records sought. Any records and any
19    information obtained from those records under this
20    paragraph (9) may be used only in sexually violent persons
21    commitment proceedings.
22        (10) The president of a park district. Inspection and
23    copying shall be limited to law enforcement records
24    transmitted to the president of the park district by the
25    Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the Park
26    District Code concerning a person who is seeking employment

 

 

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1    with that park district and who has been adjudicated a
2    juvenile delinquent for any of the offenses listed in
3    subsection (c) of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code.
4    (B) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law
5    enforcement officer or other person or agency may knowingly
6    transmit to the Department of Corrections, Adult Division
7    or the Department of State Police or to the Federal Bureau
8    of Investigation any fingerprint or photograph relating to
9    a minor who has been arrested or taken into custody before
10    his or her 17th birthday, unless the court in proceedings
11    under this Act authorizes the transmission or enters an
12    order under Section 5-805 permitting or requiring the
13    institution of criminal proceedings.
14        (2) Law enforcement officers or other persons or
15    agencies shall transmit to the Department of State Police
16    copies of fingerprints and descriptions of all minors who
17    have been arrested or taken into custody before their 17th
18    birthday for the offense of unlawful use of weapons under
19    Article 24 of the Criminal Code of 1961, a Class X or Class
20    1 felony, a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of
21    the Criminal Code of 1961, or a Class 2 or greater felony
22    under the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled
23    Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community
24    Protection Act, or Chapter 4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
25    pursuant to Section 5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
26    Information reported to the Department pursuant to this

 

 

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1    Section may be maintained with records that the Department
2    files pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Criminal
3    Identification Act. Nothing in this Act prohibits a law
4    enforcement agency from fingerprinting a minor taken into
5    custody or arrested before his or her 17th birthday for an
6    offense other than those listed in this paragraph (2).
7    (C) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
8independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
9of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
10of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 17
11years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
12arrests and may not be open to public inspection or their
13contents disclosed to the public except by order of the court
14presiding over matters pursuant to this Act or when the
15institution of criminal proceedings has been permitted or
16required under Section 5-805 or such a person has been
17convicted of a crime and is the subject of pre-sentence
18investigation or proceedings on an application for probation or
19when provided by law. For purposes of obtaining documents
20pursuant to this Section, a civil subpoena is not an order of
21the court.
22        (1) In cases where the law enforcement, or independent
23    agency, records concern a pending juvenile court case, the
24    party seeking to inspect the records shall provide actual
25    notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem of the minor
26    whose records are sought.

 

 

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1        (2) In cases where the records concern a juvenile court
2    case that is no longer pending, the party seeking to
3    inspect the records shall provide actual notice to the
4    minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the
5    matter shall be referred to the chief judge presiding over
6    matters pursuant to this Act.
7        (3) In determining whether the records should be
8    available for inspection, the court shall consider the
9    minor's interest in confidentiality and rehabilitation
10    over the moving party's interest in obtaining the
11    information. Any records obtained in violation of this
12    subsection (C) shall not be admissible in any criminal or
13    civil proceeding, or operate to disqualify a minor from
14    subsequently holding public office or securing employment,
15    or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit, right,
16    privilege, or right to receive any license granted by
17    public authority.
18    (D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section
19shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure to victims and
20witnesses of photographs contained in the records of law
21enforcement agencies when the inspection and disclosure is
22conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the
23purpose of the identification or apprehension of any person
24subject to the provisions of this Act or for the investigation
25or prosecution of any crime.
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1independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
2of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
3of law enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of
4any minor in releasing information to the general public as to
5the arrest, investigation or disposition of any case involving
6a minor.
7    (F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
8enforcement agencies from communicating with each other by
9letter, memorandum, teletype or intelligence alert bulletin or
10other means the identity or other relevant information
11pertaining to a person under 17 years of age if there are
12reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real and
13present danger to the safety of the public or law enforcement
14officers. The information provided under this subsection (F)
15shall remain confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed,
16except as otherwise allowed by law.
17    (G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of a
18Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of any state,
19county or municipality examining the character and fitness of
20an applicant for employment with a law enforcement agency,
21correctional institution, or fire department from obtaining
22and examining the records of any law enforcement agency
23relating to any record of the applicant having been arrested or
24taken into custody before the applicant's 17th birthday.
25(Source: P.A. 95-123, eff. 8-13-07; 96-419, eff. 8-13-09.)
 

 

 

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1    (705 ILCS 405/5-905)
2    Sec. 5-905. Law enforcement records.
3    (1) Law Enforcement Records. Inspection and copying of law
4enforcement records maintained by law enforcement agencies
5that relate to a minor who has been arrested or taken into
6custody before his or her 17th birthday shall be restricted to
7the following and when necessary for the discharge of their
8official duties:
9        (a) A judge of the circuit court and members of the
10    staff of the court designated by the judge;
11        (b) Law enforcement officers, probation officers or
12    prosecutors or their staff, or, when necessary for the
13    discharge of its official duties in connection with a
14    particular investigation of the conduct of a law
15    enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff
16    created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
17    government with the duty of investigating the conduct of
18    law enforcement officers;
19        (c) The minor, the minor's parents or legal guardian
20    and their attorneys, but only when the juvenile has been
21    charged with an offense;
22        (d) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Boards;
23        (e) Authorized military personnel;
24        (f) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
25    permission of the judge of juvenile court and the chief
26    executive of the agency that prepared the particular

 

 

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1    recording: provided that publication of such research
2    results in no disclosure of a minor's identity and protects
3    the confidentiality of the record;
4        (g) Individuals responsible for supervising or
5    providing temporary or permanent care and custody of minors
6    pursuant to orders of the juvenile court or directives from
7    officials of the Department of Children and Family Services
8    or the Department of Human Services who certify in writing
9    that the information will not be disclosed to any other
10    party except as provided under law or order of court;
11        (h) The appropriate school official. Inspection and
12    copying shall be limited to law enforcement records
13    transmitted to the appropriate school official by a local
14    law enforcement agency under a reciprocal reporting system
15    established and maintained between the school district and
16    the local law enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of
17    the School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
18    within the school district who has been arrested for any
19    offense classified as a felony or a Class A or B
20    misdemeanor; .
21        (i) 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
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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.
3    (2) Information identifying victims and alleged victims of
4sex offenses, shall not be disclosed or open to public
5inspection under any circumstances. Nothing in this Section
6shall prohibit the victim or alleged victim of any sex offense
7from voluntarily disclosing his or her identity.
8    (2.5) If the minor is a victim of aggravated battery,
9battery, attempted first degree murder, or other non-sexual
10violent offense, the identity of the victim may be disclosed to
11appropriate school officials, for the purpose of preventing
12foreseeable future violence involving minors, by a local law
13enforcement agency pursuant to an agreement established
14between the school district and a local law enforcement agency
15subject to the approval by the presiding judge of the juvenile
16court.
17    (3) Relevant information, reports and records shall be made
18available to the Department of Juvenile Justice when a juvenile
19offender has been placed in the custody of the Department of
20Juvenile Justice.
21    (4) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the inspection
22or disclosure to victims and witnesses of photographs contained
23in the records of law enforcement agencies when the inspection
24or disclosure is conducted in the presence of a law enforcement
25officer for purposes of identification or apprehension of any
26person in the course of any criminal investigation or

 

 

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1prosecution.
2    (5) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
3independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
4of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
5of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 17
6years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
7adults and may not be open to public inspection or their
8contents disclosed to the public except by order of the court
9or when the institution of criminal proceedings has been
10permitted under Section 5-130 or 5-805 or required under
11Section 5-130 or 5-805 or such a person has been convicted of a
12crime and is the subject of pre-sentence investigation or when
13provided by law.
14    (6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (6),
15law enforcement officers, and personnel of an independent
16agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
17government with the duty of investigating the conduct of law
18enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of any
19minor in releasing information to the general public as to the
20arrest, investigation or disposition of any case involving a
21minor. Any victim or parent or legal guardian of a victim may
22petition the court to disclose the name and address of the
23minor and the minor's parents or legal guardian, or both. Upon
24a finding by clear and convincing evidence that the disclosure
25is either necessary for the victim to pursue a civil remedy
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1both, or to protect the victim's person or property from the
2minor, then the court may order the disclosure of the
3information to the victim or to the parent or legal guardian of
4the victim only for the purpose of the victim pursuing a civil
5remedy against the minor or the minor's parents or legal
6guardian, or both, or to protect the victim's person or
7property from the minor.
8    (7) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
9enforcement agencies when acting in their official capacity
10from communicating with each other by letter, memorandum,
11teletype or intelligence alert bulletin or other means the
12identity or other relevant information pertaining to a person
13under 17 years of age. The information provided under this
14subsection (7) shall remain confidential and shall not be
15publicly disclosed, except as otherwise allowed by law.
16    (8) No person shall disclose information under this Section
17except when acting in his or her official capacity and as
18provided by law or order of court.
19(Source: P.A. 96-419, eff. 8-13-09; 96-1414, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.