HB5053 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5053

Introduced 02/05/04, by Ricca Slone

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2605/2605-330

was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part

Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, upon the request of the chief of a fire department or the board of trustees of a fire protection district (now, upon the request of the chief of a volunteer fire department), the Department shall conduct criminal background investigations of prospective firefighters and report to the requesting chief any record of convictions maintained in the Department's files about those persons.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2605-330 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-330) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)

Sec. 2605-330. Firefighter background investigations. Upon the request of the chief of a volunteer fire department or the board of trustees of a fire protection district, the Department shall conduct criminal background investigations of prospective firefighters and report to the requesting chief any record of convictions maintained in the Department's files about those persons. The Department may charge a fee, based on actual costs, for the dissemination of conviction information under this Section. The Department may prescribe the form and manner for requesting and furnishing conviction information under this Section.

(Source: P.A. 91-371, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)