(20 ILCS 2635/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1608)
Sec. 8. Form, manner and fees for requesting and obtaining conviction
information.
(A) The Illinois State Police shall prescribe the form and manner for
requesting and furnishing conviction information pursuant to this Act. The Illinois State Police
shall prescribe the types of identifying information that must be
submitted to the Illinois State Police in order to process any
request for conviction information and the form and manner for making such
application, consistent with this Act.
(B) The Illinois State Police shall establish the maximum fee it shall charge and
assess for processing requests for conviction information, and the
Authority shall establish the maximum fee that other criminal justice
agencies shall charge and assess for processing
requests for conviction information pursuant to this Act. Such fees shall
include the general costs associated with performing a search for all
information about each person for which a request is received including
classification, search, retrieval, reproduction, manual and automated data
processing, telecommunications services, supplies, mailing and those
general costs associated with the
inquiries required by
subsection (B) of Section 9 and Section
13 of this Act, and, when applicable, such fees shall
provide for the direct payment to or reimbursement of a criminal justice
agency for assisting the requester or the Illinois State Police pursuant to this Act.
In establishing the fees required by this Section, the Illinois State Police and the
Authority may also take into account the costs relating to multiple or
automated requests and disseminations and the costs relating to any other
special factors or
circumstances required by statute or rule. The maximum fees established by
the Authority pursuant to this Section may
be waived or reduced at the discretion of a criminal justice agency.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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