99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3005

 

Introduced 2/18/2016, by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 1205/8-23
70 ILCS 1505/16a-5

    Amends the Park District Code. Requires park districts to determine if an applicant for employment has been convicted of (rather than convicted of or adjudicated a delinquent minor for) specified criminal or drug offenses listed in the Section within 5 years of the application for employment, or convicted of a felony within 2 years (rather than 7 years) of the application for employment. Removes several offenses from the specified criminal or drug offenses listed in the Section. Amends the Chicago Park District Act making the same changes. 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 within 5 years of the application for employment or has
14been convicted, within 2 7 years of the application for
15employment with the park district, of any other felony under
16the laws of this State or of any offense committed or attempted
17in any other state or against the laws of the United States
18that, if committed or attempted in this State, would have been
19punishable as a felony under the laws of this State.
20Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished by the
21applicant to the park district. Upon receipt of this
22authorization, the park district shall submit the applicant's
23name, sex, race, date of birth, and social security number to

 

 

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

 

 

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1background check, records of convictions or adjudications as a
2delinquent minor, until expunged, to the president of the park
3district. Any information concerning the record of convictions
4or adjudications as a delinquent minor obtained by the
5president shall be confidential and may only be transmitted to
6those persons who are necessary to the decision on whether to
7hire the applicant for employment. A copy of the record of
8convictions or adjudications as a delinquent minor obtained
9from the Department of State Police shall be provided to the
10applicant for employment. Any person who releases any
11confidential information concerning any criminal convictions
12or adjudications as a delinquent minor of an applicant for
13employment shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless the
14release of such information is authorized by this Section.
15    (c) No park district shall knowingly employ a person who
16has been convicted within 5 years of the application for
17employment of , or adjudicated a delinquent minor, for
18committing attempted first degree murder or for committing or
19attempting to commit first degree murder, a Class X felony, or
20any one or more of the following offenses: (i) those defined in
21Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6,
2211-9, 11-14, 11-14.3, 11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17,
2311-18, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B,
2411-20.3, 11-21, 11-30, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-13, 12-14,
2512-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
26Criminal Code of 2012; (ii) (blank); those defined in the

 

 

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1Cannabis Control Act, except those defined in Sections 4(a),
24(b), and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined in the Illinois
3Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those defined in the
4Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act; and (v)
5any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
6against the laws of the United States, which, if committed or
7attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
8more of the foregoing offenses. Further, no park district shall
9knowingly employ a person who has been found to be the
10perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18
11years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the
12Juvenile Court Act of 1987. No park district shall knowingly
13employ a person for whom a criminal background investigation
14has not been initiated.
15(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-700, eff. 6-22-12;
1697-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
17    Section 10. The Chicago Park District Act is amended by
18changing Section 16a-5 as follows:
 
19    (70 ILCS 1505/16a-5)
20    Sec. 16a-5. Criminal background investigations.
21    (a) An applicant for employment with the Chicago Park
22District is required as a condition of employment to authorize
23an investigation to determine if the applicant has been
24convicted of, or adjudicated a delinquent minor for, any of the

 

 

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1enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this
2Section within 5 years of the application for employment of or
3has been convicted, within 2 7 years of the application for
4employment with the Chicago Park District, of any other felony
5under the laws of this State or of any offense committed or
6attempted in any other state or against the laws of the United
7States that, if committed or attempted in this State, would
8have been punishable as a felony under the laws of this State.
9Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished by the
10applicant to the Chicago Park District. Upon receipt of this
11authorization, the Chicago Park District shall submit the
12applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth, and social security
13number to the Department of State Police on forms prescribed by
14the Department of State Police. The Department of State Police
15shall conduct a search of the Illinois criminal history record
16information database to ascertain if the applicant being
17considered for employment has been convicted of, or adjudicated
18a delinquent minor for, committing or attempting to commit any
19of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c)
20of this Section within 5 years of the application for
21employment of or has been convicted, of committing or
22attempting to commit within 2 7 years of the application for
23employment with the Chicago Park District, any other felony
24under the laws of this State. The Department of State Police
25shall charge the Chicago Park District a fee for conducting the
26investigation, which fee shall be deposited in the State Police

 

 

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1Services Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry. The
2applicant shall not be charged a fee by the Chicago Park
3District for the investigation.
4    (b) If the search of the Illinois criminal history record
5database indicates that the applicant has been convicted of, or
6adjudicated a delinquent minor for, committing or attempting to
7commit any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
8subsection (c) within 5 years of the application for employment
9of or has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit,
10within 2 7 years of the application for employment with the
11Chicago Park District, any other felony under the laws of this
12State, the Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of
13Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint based
14background check, records of convictions or adjudications as a
15delinquent minor, until expunged, to the General
16Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Park
17District. Any information concerning the record of convictions
18or adjudications as a delinquent minor obtained by the General
19Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer shall be
20confidential and may only be transmitted to those persons who
21are necessary to the decision on whether to hire the applicant
22for employment. A copy of the record of convictions or
23adjudications as a delinquent minor obtained from the
24Department of State Police shall be provided to the applicant
25for employment. Any person who releases any confidential
26information concerning any criminal convictions or

 

 

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1adjudications as a delinquent minor of an applicant for
2employment shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless the
3release of such information is authorized by this Section.
4    (c) The Chicago Park District may not knowingly employ a
5person who has been convicted within 5 years of the application
6for employment of , or adjudicated a delinquent minor, for
7committing attempted first degree murder or for committing or
8attempting to commit first degree murder, a Class X felony, or
9any one or more of the following offenses: (i) those defined in
10Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6,
1111-9, 11-14, 11-14.3, 11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17,
1211-18, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B,
1311-20.3, 11-21, 11-30, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-13, 12-14,
1412-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
15Criminal Code of 2012; (ii) (blank); those defined in the
16Cannabis Control Act, except those defined in Sections 4(a),
174(b), and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined in the Illinois
18Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those defined in the
19Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act; and (v)
20any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
21against the laws of the United States, which, if committed or
22attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
23more of the foregoing offenses. Further, the Chicago Park
24District may not knowingly employ a person who has been found
25to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor
26under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II

 

 

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1of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The Chicago Park District
2may not knowingly employ a person for whom a criminal
3background investigation has not been initiated.
4(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-700, eff. 6-22-12;
597-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.