HB5017sam004 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh

Filed: 5/17/2004

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5017

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5017, AS AMENDED, immediately below the enacting clause, by inserting the following:

"Section 3. 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 applicant criminal history records checks 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 fingerprint-based criminal history records checks of both State and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record databases concerning criminal background investigations of prospective firefighters and report to the requesting chief or the board of trustees of a fire protection district any conviction information any record of convictions maintained in the Department's files about those persons. The Department may charge the requesting chief or board of trustees a fee for conducting the criminal history records check. The fee shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry 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.)".