100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3483

 

Introduced , by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Career Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person convicted of certain felony offenses who is not required to be registered under the Sex Offender Registration Act must register with the Department of State Police by providing the following information to the Department, or to the sheriff's office in the county in which the career offender establishes or maintains a permanent or temporary residence, within 2 working days after establishing permanent or temporary residence in this State or within 2 working days after being released from the custody, control, or supervision of the Department of Corrections: name, social security number, age, race, gender, date of birth, height, weight, hair and eye color, photograph, address of legal residence and address of any current temporary residence within the State or out-of-state, including a rural route address or a post office box, date and place of any employment, date and place of each conviction, fingerprints, and a brief description of the crime or crimes committed by the career offender. Provides that the Department of State Police shall maintain on-line computer access to the current information regarding each registered career offender. Provides that the Department of State Police must maintain hotline access so that State, local, and federal law enforcement agencies may obtain instantaneous locator file and criminal characteristics information on release and registration of career offenders for purposes of monitoring, tracking, and prosecution. Provides that the Department of State Police's career offender registration list containing that information is a public record. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT in relation to career offenders.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Career Offender Registration Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Career offender" means any defendant who commits or
8attempts to commit within 3 years after being released from a
9State correctional facility operated by the Department of
10Corrections or within 3 years after being released from a
11correctional institution of another state, the District of
12Columbia, the United States, any possession or territory of the
13United States, or any foreign jurisdiction, following
14incarceration for an offense for which the sentence is
15punishable by more than one year in this State while the
16defendant was serving a prison sentence or while the prisoner
17was on escape status from a State correctional facility
18operated by the Department of Corrections or while the
19defendant was on escape status from a correctional institution
20of another state, the District of Columbia, the United States,
21any possession or territory of the United States, or any
22foreign jurisdiction, following incarceration for an offense
23for which the sentence is punishable by more than one year in

 

 

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1this State any of the following offenses:
2        (1) treason;
3        (2) first degree murder;
4        (3) second degree murder;
5        (4) vehicular hijacking;
6        (5) home invasion;
7        (6) robbery;
8        (7) arson;
9        (8) aggravated arson;
10        (9) residential arson;
11        (10) kidnapping;
12        (11) aggravated assault using a deadly weapon;
13        (12) aggravated battery;
14        (13) aggravated stalking;
15        (14) aircraft piracy;
16        (15) causing a catastrophe;
17        (16) any felony that involves the use or threat of
18    physical force or violence against an individual;
19        (17) burglary;
20        (18) residential burglary;
21        (19) any felony violation of Section 24-1 of the
22    Criminal Code of 2012;
23        (20) aggravated discharge of a firearm;
24        (21) aggravated discharge of a firearm or a machine gun
25    or a firearm equipped with a device designed or used for
26    silencing the report of a firearm; or

 

 

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1        (22) a violation of Section 29D-35.1 of the Criminal
2    Code of 2012.
3    "Career offender" also means a person who has been
4convicted of 3 felonies within the past 5 years.
5    "Chief of police" means the chief law enforcement officer
6of a municipality.
7    "Community" means any county where the career offender
8lives or otherwise establishes or maintains a temporary or
9permanent residence.
10    "Department" means the Department of State Police.
11    "Entering the county" includes being discharged from a
12correctional facility, jail, or mental health facility within
13the county or being under supervision of a probation or parole
14officer.
15    "Permanent residence" means a place where the career
16offender abides, lodges, or resides for 14 or more consecutive
17days.
18    "Temporary residence" means:
19        (1) a place where the career offender abides, lodges,
20    or resides for a period of 14 or more days in the aggregate
21    during any calendar year and which is not the career
22    offender's permanent address;
23        (2) for a career offender whose permanent residence is
24    not in this State, a place where the career offender is
25    employed, practices a vocation, or is enrolled as a student
26    for any period of time in this State; or

 

 

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1        (3) a place where the career offender routinely abides,
2    lodges, or resides for a period of 4 or more consecutive or
3    nonconsecutive days in any month and which is not the
4    career offender's permanent residence, including any
5    out-of-state address.
 
6    Section 10. Criteria for registration as a career offender.
7    (a) A career offender released on or after the effective
8date of this Act must register as required under Section 15 and
9is subject to community and public notification as provided
10under Section 20. The requirements for registration under this
11Act do not apply to a career offender:
12        (1) who has received a pardon for any felony that has
13    qualified the person as a career offender;
14        (2) whose conviction of a felony that has qualified the
15    person as a career offender has been set aside in any
16    post-conviction proceeding;
17        (3) who is required to register under the Sex Offender
18    Registration Act; or
19        (4) who is required to register under the Arsonist
20    Registration Act.    
21    (b) A person convicted of an offense or combination of
22offenses that would render the person a career offender, shall
23upon sentencing, be declared by the court to be a career
24offender. If a career offender is not sentenced to a term of
25imprisonment, the clerk of the court shall ensure that the

 

 

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1career offender's fingerprints are taken and forwarded to the
2Department within 48 hours after the court renders its finding
3that an offender is a career offender. The fingerprint card
4shall be clearly marked "Career Offender Registration Card".
 
5    Section 15. Registration.
6    (a) A career offender must register with the Department by
7providing the following information to the Department, or to
8the sheriff's office in the county in which the career offender
9establishes or maintains a permanent or temporary residence,
10within 2 working days after establishing permanent or temporary
11residence in this State or within 2 working days after being
12released from the custody, control, or supervision of the
13Department of Corrections:
14        (1) Name, social security number, age, race, gender,
15    date of birth, height, weight, hair and eye color,
16    photograph, address of legal residence and address of any
17    current temporary residence within the State or
18    out-of-state, including a rural route address or a post
19    office box, date and place of any employment, date and
20    place of each conviction, fingerprints, and a brief
21    description of the crime or crimes committed by the career
22    offender. A career offender may not provide a post office
23    box in lieu of a physical residential address. If the
24    career offender's place of residence is a motor vehicle,
25    trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, the career

 

 

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1    offender shall also provide to the Department written
2    notice of the vehicle identification number; the license
3    tag number; the registration number; and a description,
4    including color scheme, of the motor vehicle, trailer,
5    mobile home, or manufactured home. If a career offender's
6    place of residence is a vessel, live-aboard vessel, or
7    houseboat, the career offender shall also provide to the
8    Department of Natural Resources written notice of the hull
9    identification number; the manufacturer's serial number;
10    the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat;
11    the registration number; and a description, including
12    color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or
13    houseboat.
14        (2) Any other information determined necessary by the
15    Department, including criminal and corrections records;
16    non-privileged personnel and treatment records; and
17    evidentiary genetic markers when available.
18    (b) If a career offender registers with the sheriff's
19office, the sheriff shall take a photograph and a set of
20fingerprints of the career offender and forward the photographs
21and fingerprints to the Department, along with the information
22that the career offender is required to provide under this
23Section.
24    (c) Within 2 working days after the registration required
25under subsection (a) of this Section, a career offender who is
26not incarcerated and who resides in the community, including a

 

 

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1career offender under the supervision of the Department of
2Corrections as a parolee or releasee, shall register in person
3at a driver's license facility of the Secretary of State and
4shall present proof of registration. At the driver's license
5office, the career offender shall:
6        (1) If otherwise qualified, secure an Illinois
7    driver's license, renew an Illinois driver's license, or
8    secure an identification card. The career offender shall
9    identify himself or herself as a career offender who is
10    required to comply with this Section, provide his or her
11    place of permanent or temporary residence, including a
12    rural route address or a post office box, and submit to the
13    taking of a photograph for use in issuing a driver's
14    license, renewed license, or identification card, and for
15    use by the Department in maintaining current records of
16    career offenders. The career offender may not provide a
17    post office box in lieu of a physical residential address.
18    If the career offender's place of residence is a motor
19    vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, the
20    career offender shall also provide to the Secretary of
21    State the vehicle identification number; the license tag
22    number; the motor vehicle registration number; and a
23    description, including color scheme, of the motor vehicle,
24    trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home. If a career
25    offender's place of residence is a vessel, live-aboard
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1    provide to the Department of Natural Resources the hull
2    identification number; the manufacturer's serial number;
3    the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat;
4    the registration number; and a description, including
5    color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or
6    houseboat.
7        (2) Pay the costs assessed by the Secretary of State
8    for issuing or renewing a driver's license or
9    identification card as required by this Section.
10        (3) Provide, upon request, any additional information
11    necessary to confirm the identity of the career offender,
12    including a set of fingerprints.
13    (d) Each time a career offender's driver's license or
14identification card is subject to renewal, and within 2 working
15days after any change of the career offender's residence or
16change in the career offender's name by reason of marriage or
17other legal process, the career offender must report in person
18to a driver's license office, and shall be subject to the
19requirements specified in subsection (c) of this Section. The
20Secretary of State shall forward to the Department and to the
21Department of Corrections all photographs and information
22provided by career offenders. Notwithstanding the restrictions
23set forth in the Illinois Vehicle Code, the Secretary of State
24may release a reproduction of a color-photograph or
25digital-image license to the Department for purposes of public
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1    (e) If the career offender registers at an office of the
2Department, the Department must notify the sheriff and, if
3applicable, the police chief of the municipality where the
4career offender maintains a residence within 48 hours after the
5career offender registers with the Department.
6    (f) A career offender who intends to establish residence in
7another state or jurisdiction other than this State shall
8report in person to the sheriff of the county of current
9residence or the Department within 2 working days before the
10date he or she intends to leave this State to establish
11residence in another state or jurisdiction other than this
12State. If the career offender is under the supervision of the
13Department of Corrections or a Probation Department, the career
14offender shall notify the supervising parole or probation
15officer of his or her intent to transfer supervision, satisfy
16all transfer requirements pursuant to the Interstate Compact
17for Adult Offender Supervision, as provided in that Act, and
18abide by the decision of the receiving jurisdiction to accept
19or deny transfer. The career offender must provide to the
20sheriff or Department the address, municipality, county, and
21state of intended residence. The sheriff shall promptly provide
22to the Department the information received from the career
23offender. The failure of a career offender to provide his or
24her intended place of residence is punishable as provided in
25Section 35.
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1reside in a state or jurisdiction other than this State and
2later decides to remain in this State shall, within 2 working
3days after the date upon which the career offender indicated he
4or she would leave this State, report in person to the sheriff
5or the Department, whichever agency is the agency to which the
6career offender reported the intended change of residence, of
7his or her intent to remain in this State. If the sheriff is
8notified by the career offender that he or she intends to
9remain in this State, the sheriff shall promptly report this
10information to the Department. A career offender who reports
11his or her intent to reside in a state or jurisdiction other
12than this State, but who remains in this State without
13reporting to the sheriff or the Department in the manner
14required by this Section, commits a Class 4 felony.
15    (h)(1) The Department shall maintain on-line computer
16access to the current information regarding each registered
17career offender. The Department must maintain hotline access so
18that State, local, and federal law enforcement agencies may
19obtain instantaneous locator file and criminal characteristics
20information on release and registration of career offenders for
21purposes of monitoring, tracking, and prosecution. The
22photograph and fingerprints need not be stored in a
23computerized format.
24    (2) The Department's career offender registration list,
25containing the information described in paragraph (1) of
26subsection (a) of this Section, is a public record. The

 

 

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1Department may disseminate this public information by any means
2deemed appropriate, including operating a toll-free telephone
3number for this purpose. When the Department provides
4information regarding a career offender to the public,
5Department personnel must advise the person making the inquiry
6that positive identification of a person believed to be a
7career offender cannot be established unless a fingerprint
8comparison is made and that it is illegal to use public
9information regarding a career offender to facilitate the
10commission of a crime.
11    (3) The Department shall adopt guidelines as necessary
12regarding the registration of a career offender and the
13dissemination of information regarding a career offender as
14required by this Section.
15    (i) A career offender must maintain registration with the
16Department for the duration of his or her life, unless the
17career offender has received a full pardon or has had a
18conviction set aside in a post-conviction proceeding for any
19offense that meets the criteria for classifying the person as a
20career offender for purposes of registration. However, a
21registered career offender who has been lawfully released from
22confinement or supervision, whichever is later, for at least 20
23years and has not been arrested for any felony or misdemeanor
24offense since release may petition the circuit court of the
25circuit in which the registered career offender resides for the
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1career offender. The court may grant or deny the relief if the
2registered career offender demonstrates to the court that he or
3she has not been arrested for any crime since release and the
4court is otherwise satisfied that the registered career
5offender is not a current or potential threat to public safety.
6The State's Attorney in the circuit in which the petition is
7filed must be given notice of the petition at least 3 weeks
8before the hearing on the matter. The State's Attorney may
9present evidence in opposition to the requested relief or may
10otherwise demonstrate the reasons why the petition should be
11denied. If the court denies the petition, the court may set a
12future date at which the registered career offender may again
13petition the court for relief, subject to the standards for
14relief provided in this Section. The Department shall remove a
15person from classification as a career offender for purposes of
16registration if the person provides to the Department a
17certified copy of the court's written findings or order that
18indicates that the person is no longer required to comply with
19the requirements for registration as a career offender.
 
20    Section 20. Community and public notification.
21    (a) Law enforcement agencies may inform the community and
22the public of the presence of a career offender in the
23community. Upon notification of the presence of a career
24offender, the sheriff of the county or the chief of police of
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1maintains a permanent or temporary residence may notify the
2community and the public of the presence of the career offender
3in a manner deemed appropriate by the sheriff or the chief of
4police.
5    (b) The sheriff or the police chief may coordinate the
6community and public notification efforts with the Department.
7Statewide notification to the public is authorized, as deemed
8appropriate by local law enforcement personnel and the
9Department.
 
10    Section 25. Verification. The Department and the
11Department of Corrections shall implement a system for
12verifying the addresses of career offenders. The sheriff of
13each county shall annually verify the addresses of career
14offenders who are not under the care, custody, control, or
15supervision of the Department of Corrections. The sheriff shall
16promptly provide the address verification information to the
17Department in an electronic format. The address verification
18information must include the verifying person's name, agency,
19and phone number, the date of verification, and the method of
20verification, and must specify whether the address information
21was verified as correct, incorrect, or unconfirmed.
 
22    Section 30. Immunity. The Department, the Secretary of
23State, the Department of Corrections, any law enforcement
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1elected or appointed official, public employee, or school
2administrator; or an employee, agency, or any individual or
3entity acting at the request or upon the direction of any law
4enforcement agency is immune from civil liability for damages
5for good faith compliance with the requirements of this Section
6or for the release of information under this Section and shall
7be presumed to have acted in good faith in compiling,
8recording, reporting, or releasing the information. The
9presumption of good faith is not overcome if a technical or
10clerical error is made by the Department, the Secretary of
11State, the Department of Corrections, the personnel of those
12agencies, or any individual or entity acting at the request or
13upon the direction of any of those agencies in compiling or
14providing information, or if information is incomplete or
15incorrect because a career offender fails to report or falsely
16reports his or her current place of permanent or temporary
17residence.
 
18    Section 35. Penalties.
19    (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act,
20a career offender who fails to register; who fails, after
21registration, to maintain, acquire, or renew a driver's license
22or identification card; who fails to provide required location
23information or change-of-name information; or who otherwise
24fails, by act or omission, to comply with the requirements of
25this Section, commits a Class 3 felony.

 

 

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1    (b) Any person who misuses public records information
2concerning a career offender, as defined in this Act, to secure
3a payment from the career offender; who knowingly distributes
4or publishes false information concerning the career offender
5that the person misrepresents as being public records
6information; or who materially alters public records
7information with the intent to misrepresent the information,
8including documents, summaries of public records information
9provided by law enforcement agencies, or public records
10information displayed by law enforcement agencies on websites
11or provided through other means of communication, commits a
12Class A misdemeanor.
 
13    Section 40. Prosecutions for acts or omissions. A career
14offender who commits any act or omission in violation of this
15Act may be prosecuted for the act or omission in the county in
16which the act or omission was committed, the county of the last
17registered address of the career offender, the county in which
18the conviction occurred for the offense or offenses that meet
19the criteria for designating a person as a career offender, or
20in the county in which he or she was designated a career
21offender.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.