(70 ILCS 3605/28b) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328b)
Sec. 28b. Any person applying for a position as a driver of a vehicle
owned by a private carrier company which provides public transportation
pursuant to an agreement with the Authority shall be required to
authorize an investigation by the private carrier company to determine if
the applicant has been convicted of any of the following offenses: (i) those
offenses defined in Sections 9-1, 9-1.2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5,
10-6, 10-7, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-9, 11-14, 11-14.3, 11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19,
11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 11-21, 11-22, 11-30, 12-4.3, 12-4.4, 12-4.5,
12-6, 12-7.1, 12-11, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
12-15, 12-16, 12-16.1, 18-1, 18-2, 19-6, 20-1,
20-1.1, 31A-1, 31A-1.1, and 33A-2, in subsection (a) and subsection (b),
clause (1), of Section 12-4, in subdivisions (a)(1), (b)(1), and (f)(1) of Section 12-3.05, and in subsection (a-5) of Section 12-3.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; (ii) those
offenses defined in the Cannabis Control Act except those offenses defined
in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 4, and subsection (a) of Section 5 of
the Cannabis Control Act (iii) those offenses defined in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those offenses defined in the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act; and (v) any offense committed or attempted in
any other state or against the laws of the United States, which if
committed or attempted in this State would be punishable as one or more of
the foregoing offenses. Upon receipt of this authorization, the private
carrier company shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of
birth, fingerprints and social security number to the Illinois State Police on forms prescribed by the Department. The Illinois State Police shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the applicant
has been convicted of any of the above enumerated offenses. The Department
shall charge the private carrier company a fee for conducting the
investigation, which fee shall be deposited in the State Police Services
Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not
be charged a fee for such investigation by the private carrier company.
The Illinois State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive
identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to the private
carrier company which requested the investigation. A copy of the record of
convictions obtained from the Department shall be provided to the applicant.
Any record of conviction received by the private carrier company shall be
confidential. Any person who releases any confidential information
concerning any criminal convictions of an applicant shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor, unless authorized by this Section.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.) |