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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Act is
5amended by changing Section 2-20 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 85/2-20)
7    Sec. 2-20. Employment of carnival and amusement enterprise
8workers.
9    (a) Beginning on January 1, 2008, no person, firm,
10corporation, or other entity that owns or operates a carnival,
11amusement enterprise, or fair shall employ a carnival or
12amusement enterprise worker who (i) has been convicted of any
13offense set forth in Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
14the Criminal Code of 2012, (ii) is a registered sex offender,
15as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act, or (iii) has
16ever been convicted of any offense set forth in Article 9 of
17the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
18    (b) A person, firm, corporation, or other entity that owns
19or operates a carnival, amusement enterprise, or fair must
20conduct a criminal history records check and perform a check of
21the National Sex Offender Public Registry for carnival or
22amusement enterprise workers at the time they are hired, and
23annually thereafter except if they are in the continued employ

 

 

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1of the entity.
2    The criminal history records check performed under this
3subsection (b) shall be performed by the Illinois State Police,
4another State or federal law enforcement agency, or a business
5belonging to the National Association of Professional
6Background Check Screeners. Any criminal history checks
7performed by the Illinois State Police shall be pursuant to the
8Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act.
9    Individuals who are under the age of 17 are exempt from the
10criminal history records check requirements set forth in this
11subsection (b).
12    (c) Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that
13owns or operates a carnival, amusement enterprise, or fair must
14have a substance abuse policy in place for its workers, which
15shall include random drug testing of carnival or amusement
16enterprise workers.
17    (d) Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that
18owns or operates a carnival, amusement enterprise, or fair that
19violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section or
20fails to conduct a criminal history records check or a sex
21offender registry check for carnival or amusement enterprise
22workers in its employ, as required by subsection (b) of this
23Section, shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not to
24exceed $5,000 $1,000 for a first offense, shall be assessed a
25civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000 $5,000 for a
26second offense, and a subsequent offense shall result in the

 

 

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1revocation of a permit to operate in accordance with Section
22-8.1 not to exceed $15,000 for a third or subsequent offense.
3The collection of these penalties shall be enforced in a civil
4action brought by the Attorney General on behalf of the
5Department.
6    (e) A carnival, amusement enterprise, or fair owner is not
7responsible for:
8        (1) any personal information submitted by a carnival or
9    amusement enterprise worker for criminal history records
10    check purposes; or
11        (2) any information provided by a third party for a
12    criminal history records check or a sex offender registry
13    check.
14    (f) Recordkeeping requirements. Any person, firm,
15corporation, or other entity that owns or operates a carnival,
16amusement enterprise, or fair subject to the provisions of this
17Act shall make, preserve, and make available to the Department,
18upon its request, all records that are required by this Act,
19including but not limited to a written substance abuse policy,
20evidence of the required criminal history records check and sex
21offender registry check, and any other information the Director
22may deem necessary and appropriate for enforcement of this Act.
23    (g) A carnival, amusement enterprise, or fair owner shall
24not be liable to any employee in carrying out the requirements
25of this Section.
26(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-769, eff. 1-1-15.)