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Public Act 101-0154
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| HB3580 Enrolled | LRB101 09739 SLF 54839 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
changing Section 5-5.5-25 as follows:
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(730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-25)
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Sec. 5-5.5-25. Certificate of good conduct.
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(a) A certificate of good conduct may be granted as |
provided in this Section to relieve an eligible offender of any |
employment, occupational licensing, or housing bar. The |
certificate may be limited to one or more disabilities or bars |
or may relieve the individual of all disabilities and bars. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate |
of good conduct does not relieve an offender of any |
employment-related disability imposed by law by reason of his |
or her conviction of a crime that would prevent his or her |
employment by the Department of Corrections, Department of |
Juvenile Justice, or any other law enforcement agency in the |
State.
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(a-6)
A certificate of good conduct may be granted as |
provided in this
Section to an eligible offender as defined in |
Section 5-5.5-5 of this Code
who has demonstrated by clear and |
convincing evidence that he or she has been a law-abiding |
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citizen and is fully
rehabilitated.
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(b)(i) A certificate of good conduct may not, however, in |
any
way prevent any judicial proceeding, administrative, |
licensing, or other body,
board, or authority from considering |
the conviction specified
in the certificate.
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(ii) A certificate of good conduct shall not limit or |
prevent the
introduction of evidence of a prior conviction for |
purposes of impeachment of
a witness in a judicial or other |
proceeding where otherwise authorized by the
applicable rules |
of evidence.
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(iii) A certificate of good conduct does not limit any the |
employer, landlord, judicial proceeding, administrative, |
licensing, or other body, board, or authority from accessing |
criminal background information; nor does it hide, alter, or |
expunge the record. |
(c) An employer is not civilly or criminally liable for an |
act or omission by an employee who has been issued a |
certificate of good conduct, except for a willful or wanton act |
by the employer in hiring the employee who has been issued a |
certificate of good conduct. |
(d) The existence of a certificate of good conduct does not |
preclude a landlord or an administrative, licensing, or other |
body, board, or authority from retaining full discretion to |
grant or deny the application for housing or licensure. |
(Source: P.A. 96-852, eff. 1-1-10.)
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