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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of | 5 |
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | 6 |
| changing Section 2105-15 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60)
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| Sec. 2105-15. General powers and duties.
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| (a) The Department has, subject to the provisions of the | 10 |
| Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois, the following powers and | 11 |
| duties:
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| (1) To authorize examinations in English to ascertain | 13 |
| the qualifications
and fitness of applicants to exercise | 14 |
| the profession, trade, or occupation for
which the | 15 |
| examination is held.
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| (2) To prescribe rules and regulations for a fair and | 17 |
| wholly
impartial method of examination of candidates to | 18 |
| exercise the respective
professions, trades, or | 19 |
| occupations.
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| (3) To pass upon the qualifications of applicants for | 21 |
| licenses,
certificates, and authorities, whether by | 22 |
| examination, by reciprocity, or by
endorsement.
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| (4) To prescribe rules and regulations defining, for |
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| the
respective
professions, trades, and occupations, what | 2 |
| shall constitute a school,
college, or university, or | 3 |
| department of a university, or other
institution, | 4 |
| reputable and in good standing, and to determine the
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| reputability and good standing of a school, college, or | 6 |
| university, or
department of a university, or other | 7 |
| institution, reputable and in good
standing, by reference | 8 |
| to a compliance with those rules and regulations;
provided, | 9 |
| that no school, college, or university, or department of a
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| university, or other institution that refuses admittance | 11 |
| to applicants
solely on account of race, color, creed, sex, | 12 |
| or national origin shall be
considered reputable and in | 13 |
| good standing.
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| (5) To conduct hearings on proceedings to revoke, | 15 |
| suspend, refuse to
renew, place on probationary status, or | 16 |
| take other disciplinary action
as authorized in any | 17 |
| licensing Act administered by the Department
with regard to | 18 |
| licenses, certificates, or authorities of persons
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| exercising the respective professions, trades, or | 20 |
| occupations and to
revoke, suspend, refuse to renew, place | 21 |
| on probationary status, or take
other disciplinary action | 22 |
| as authorized in any licensing Act
administered by the | 23 |
| Department with regard to those licenses,
certificates, or | 24 |
| authorities. The Department shall issue a monthly
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| disciplinary report. The Department shall deny any license | 26 |
| or
renewal authorized by the Civil Administrative Code of |
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| Illinois to any person
who has defaulted on an
educational | 2 |
| loan or scholarship provided by or guaranteed by the | 3 |
| Illinois
Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | 4 |
| agency of this State;
however, the Department may issue a | 5 |
| license or renewal if the
aforementioned persons have | 6 |
| established a satisfactory repayment record as
determined | 7 |
| by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or other | 8 |
| appropriate
governmental agency of this State. | 9 |
| Additionally, beginning June 1, 1996,
any license issued by | 10 |
| the Department may be suspended or revoked if the
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| Department, after the opportunity for a hearing under the | 12 |
| appropriate licensing
Act, finds that the licensee has | 13 |
| failed to make satisfactory repayment to the
Illinois | 14 |
| Student Assistance Commission for a delinquent or | 15 |
| defaulted loan.
For the purposes of this Section, | 16 |
| "satisfactory repayment record" shall be
defined by rule. | 17 |
| The Department shall refuse to issue or renew a license to,
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| or shall suspend or revoke a license of, any person who, | 19 |
| after receiving
notice, fails to comply with a subpoena or | 20 |
| warrant relating to a paternity or
child support | 21 |
| proceeding. However, the Department may issue a license or
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| renewal upon compliance with the subpoena or warrant.
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| The Department, without further process or hearings, | 24 |
| shall revoke, suspend,
or deny any license or renewal | 25 |
| authorized by the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois to | 26 |
| a person who is certified by the Department of Healthcare |
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| and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of | 2 |
| Public Aid)
as being more than 30 days delinquent in | 3 |
| complying with a child support order
or who is certified by | 4 |
| a court as being in violation of the Non-Support
Punishment | 5 |
| Act for more than 60 days. The Department may, however, | 6 |
| issue a
license or renewal if the person has established a | 7 |
| satisfactory repayment
record as determined by the | 8 |
| Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
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| Illinois Department of Public Aid) or if the person
is | 10 |
| determined by the court to be in compliance with the | 11 |
| Non-Support Punishment
Act. The Department may implement | 12 |
| this paragraph as added by Public Act 89-6
through the use | 13 |
| of emergency rules in accordance with Section 5-45 of the
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| Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. For purposes of the | 15 |
| Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of | 16 |
| rules to implement this
paragraph shall be considered an | 17 |
| emergency and necessary for the public
interest, safety, | 18 |
| and welfare.
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| (6) To transfer jurisdiction of any realty under the | 20 |
| control of the
Department to any other department of the | 21 |
| State Government or to acquire
or accept federal lands when | 22 |
| the transfer, acquisition, or acceptance is
advantageous | 23 |
| to the State and is approved in writing by the Governor.
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| (7) To formulate rules and regulations necessary for | 25 |
| the enforcement of
any Act administered by the Department.
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| (8) To exchange with the Department of Healthcare and |
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| Family Services information
that may be necessary for the | 2 |
| enforcement of child support orders entered
pursuant to the | 3 |
| Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and | 4 |
| Dissolution
of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and | 5 |
| Children Act, the Non-Support
Punishment Act, the Revised | 6 |
| Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
Uniform | 7 |
| Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage | 8 |
| Act of 1984.
Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to | 9 |
| the contrary, the Department of
Professional Regulation | 10 |
| shall not be liable under any federal or State law to
any | 11 |
| person for any disclosure of information to the Department | 12 |
| of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois | 13 |
| Department of
Public Aid)
under this paragraph (8) or for | 14 |
| any other action taken in good faith
to comply with the | 15 |
| requirements of this paragraph (8).
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| (9) To perform other duties prescribed
by law.
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| (b) The Department may, when a fee is payable to the | 18 |
| Department for a wall
certificate of registration provided by | 19 |
| the Department of Central Management
Services, require that | 20 |
| portion of the payment for printing and distribution
costs be | 21 |
| made directly or through the Department to the Department of | 22 |
| Central
Management Services for deposit into the Paper and | 23 |
| Printing Revolving Fund.
The remainder shall be deposited into | 24 |
| the General Revenue Fund.
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| (c) For the purpose of securing and preparing evidence, and | 26 |
| for the purchase
of controlled substances, professional |
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| services, and equipment necessary for
enforcement activities, | 2 |
| recoupment of investigative costs, and other activities
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| directed at suppressing the misuse and abuse of controlled | 4 |
| substances,
including those activities set forth in Sections | 5 |
| 504 and 508 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, the | 6 |
| Director and agents appointed and authorized by
the Director | 7 |
| may expend sums from the Professional Regulation Evidence Fund
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| that the Director deems necessary from the amounts appropriated | 9 |
| for that
purpose. Those sums may be advanced to the agent when | 10 |
| the Director deems that
procedure to be in the public interest. | 11 |
| Sums for the purchase of controlled
substances, professional | 12 |
| services, and equipment necessary for enforcement
activities | 13 |
| and other activities as set forth in this Section shall be | 14 |
| advanced
to the agent who is to make the purchase from the | 15 |
| Professional Regulation
Evidence Fund on vouchers signed by the | 16 |
| Director. The Director and those
agents are authorized to | 17 |
| maintain one or more commercial checking accounts with
any | 18 |
| State banking corporation or corporations organized under or | 19 |
| subject to the
Illinois Banking Act for the deposit and | 20 |
| withdrawal of moneys to be used for
the purposes set forth in | 21 |
| this Section; provided, that no check may be written
nor any | 22 |
| withdrawal made from any such account except upon the written
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| signatures of 2 persons designated by the Director to write | 24 |
| those checks and
make those withdrawals. Vouchers for those | 25 |
| expenditures must be signed by the
Director. All such | 26 |
| expenditures shall be audited by the Director, and the
audit |
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| shall be submitted to the Department of Central Management | 2 |
| Services for
approval.
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| (d) Whenever the Department is authorized or required by | 4 |
| law to consider
some aspect of criminal history record | 5 |
| information for the purpose of carrying
out its statutory | 6 |
| powers and responsibilities, then, upon request and payment
of | 7 |
| fees in conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400 | 8 |
| of the
Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400), | 9 |
| the Department of State
Police is authorized to furnish, | 10 |
| pursuant to positive identification, the
information contained | 11 |
| in State files that is necessary to fulfill the request.
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| (e) The provisions of this Section do not apply to private | 13 |
| business and
vocational schools as defined by Section 1 of the | 14 |
| Private Business and
Vocational Schools Act.
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| (f) Beginning July 1, 1995, this Section does not apply to | 16 |
| those
professions, trades, and occupations licensed under the | 17 |
| Real Estate License
Act of 2000, nor does it apply to any | 18 |
| permits, certificates, or other
authorizations to do business | 19 |
| provided for in the Land Sales Registration Act
of 1989 or the | 20 |
| Illinois Real Estate Time-Share Act.
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| (g) Notwithstanding anything that may appear in any | 22 |
| individual licensing statute or administrative rule, the | 23 |
| Department shall deny any license application or renewal | 24 |
| authorized under any licensing Act administered by the | 25 |
| Department to any person who has failed to file a return, or to | 26 |
| pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or |
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| to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as | 2 |
| required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department | 3 |
| of Revenue, until such time as the requirement of any such tax | 4 |
| Act are satisfied; however, the Department may issue a license | 5 |
| or renewal if the person has established a satisfactory | 6 |
| repayment record as determined by the Illinois Department of | 7 |
| Revenue. For the purpose of this Section, "satisfactory | 8 |
| repayment record" shall be defined by rule.
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| In addition, a complaint filed with the Department by the | 10 |
| Illinois Department of Revenue that includes a certification, | 11 |
| signed by its Director or designee, attesting to the amount of | 12 |
| the unpaid tax liability or the years for which a return was | 13 |
| not filed, or both, is prima facia evidence of the licensee's | 14 |
| failure to comply with the tax laws administered by the | 15 |
| Illinois Department of Revenue. Upon receipt of that | 16 |
| certification, the Department shall, without a hearing, | 17 |
| immediately suspend all licenses held by the licensee. | 18 |
| Enforcement of the Department's order shall be stayed for 60 | 19 |
| days. The Department shall provide notice of the suspension to | 20 |
| the licensee by mailing a copy of the Department's order by | 21 |
| certified and regular mail to the licensee's last known address | 22 |
| as registered with the Department. The notice shall advise the | 23 |
| licensee that the suspension shall be effective 60 days after | 24 |
| the issuance of the Department's order unless the Department | 25 |
| receives, from the licensee, a request for a hearing before the | 26 |
| Department to dispute the matters contained in the order.
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| Any suspension imposed under this subsection (g) shall be | 2 |
| terminated by the Department upon notification from the | 3 |
| Illinois Department of Revenue that the licensee is in | 4 |
| compliance with all tax laws administered by the Illinois | 5 |
| Department of Revenue.
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| The Department shall promulgate rules for the | 7 |
| administration of this subsection (g).
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| (h) The Department may grant the title "Retired", to be | 9 |
| used immediately adjacent to the title of a profession | 10 |
| regulated by the Department, to eligible retirees. The use of | 11 |
| the title "Retired" shall not constitute representation of | 12 |
| current licensure, registration, or certification. Any person | 13 |
| without an active license, registration, or certificate in a | 14 |
| profession that requires licensure, registration, or | 15 |
| certification shall not be permitted to practice that | 16 |
| profession. | 17 |
| (i) Within 180 days after the effective date of this | 18 |
| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Department | 19 |
| shall promulgate rules which permit a person with a criminal | 20 |
| record, who seeks a license or certificate in an occupation for | 21 |
| which a criminal record is not expressly a per se bar, to apply | 22 |
| to the Department for a non-binding, advisory opinion to be | 23 |
| provided by the Board or body with the authority to issue the | 24 |
| license or certificate as to whether his or her criminal record | 25 |
| would bar the individual from the licensure or certification | 26 |
| sought, should the individual meet all other licensure |
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| requirements including, but not limited to, the successful | 2 |
| completion of the relevant examinations. | 3 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-452, eff. 1-1-06; 94-462, eff. 8-4-05; 95-331, | 4 |
| eff. 8-21-07.)
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| Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 6 |
| changing Sections 5-5.5-5, 5-5.5-15, 5-5.5-25, 5-5.5-30, | 7 |
| 5-5.5-35 and 5-5.5-40 as follows:
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| (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-5)
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| Sec. 5-5.5-5. Definitions and rules of construction. In | 10 |
| this Article:
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| "Eligible offender" means a person who has been
convicted | 12 |
| of a crime that does not include any offense or attempted | 13 |
| offense that would subject a person to registration under the | 14 |
| Sex Offender Registration Act, the Arsonist Registration Act, | 15 |
| or the Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth | 16 |
| Registration Act, but who has not been convicted more than | 17 |
| twice of a felony. "Eligible offender" does not include a | 18 |
| person who has been convicted of committing or attempting to | 19 |
| commit a Class X felony, aggravated driving under the influence | 20 |
| of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or | 21 |
| compounds, or any combination thereof, aggravated domestic | 22 |
| battery, or a forcible felony
or of an offense that is not a | 23 |
| crime of violence as
defined in Section 2 of the Crime Victims | 24 |
| Compensation Act, a Class X or
a nonprobationable offense, or a |
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| violation of Article 11 or Article 12 of the
Criminal Code of | 2 |
| 1961, but who has not been convicted more than twice of a
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| felony .
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| "Felony" means a conviction of a felony in this State, or
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| of an offense in any other jurisdiction for which a sentence to | 6 |
| a
term of imprisonment in excess of one year, was authorized.
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| For the purposes of this Article the following rules of | 8 |
| construction apply:
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| (i) two or more convictions of felonies charged in | 10 |
| separate counts of one
indictment or information shall be | 11 |
| deemed to be one conviction;
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| (ii) two or more convictions of felonies charged in 2 | 13 |
| or more indictments
or informations, filed in the same | 14 |
| court prior to entry of judgment under any
of them, shall | 15 |
| be deemed to be one conviction; and
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| (iii) a plea or a verdict of guilty upon which a | 17 |
| sentence
of probation, conditional discharge, or | 18 |
| supervision
has been imposed shall be deemed to be a | 19 |
| conviction.
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| "Forcible felony" means first degree murder, second degree | 21 |
| murder, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated kidnapping, | 22 |
| kidnapping, aggravated battery that resulted in great bodily | 23 |
| harm or permanent disability, and any other felony which | 24 |
| involved the use of physical force or violence against any | 25 |
| individual that resulted in great bodily harm or permanent | 26 |
| disability. |
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| (Source: P.A. 93-207, eff. 1-1-04; 94-1067, eff. 8-1-06.)
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| (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-15)
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| Sec. 5-5.5-15. Certificates of relief from disabilities | 4 |
| issued by courts.
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| (a) Any circuit court of this State may , in its discretion, | 6 |
| issue a
certificate of
relief from disabilities to an eligible | 7 |
| offender for a conviction that
occurred in that court if the | 8 |
| court imposed the a sentence other than one
executed by | 9 |
| commitment to an institution under the Department of
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| Corrections . The certificate may be issued (i) at the time
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| sentence is pronounced, in which case it may grant relief from
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| disabilities, or (ii) at any time
thereafter, in which case it | 13 |
| shall apply only to disabilities.
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| (b) The certificate may not be issued by the court unless | 15 |
| the court
is satisfied , based on clear and convincing evidence, | 16 |
| that:
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| (1) the person to whom it is to be granted is an | 18 |
| eligible offender, as
defined in Section 5-5.5-5;
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| (2) the relief to be granted by the certificate is | 20 |
| consistent with the
rehabilitation of the eligible | 21 |
| offender; and
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| (3) the relief to be granted by the certificate is | 23 |
| consistent with the
public interest.
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| (c) If a certificate of relief from disabilities is not | 25 |
| issued at
the time sentence is pronounced it shall only be |
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| issued thereafter upon
verified application to the court. The | 2 |
| court may, for the purpose of
determining whether the | 3 |
| certificate shall be issued, request the
probation or court | 4 |
| services department to conduct an investigation of the
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| applicant. Any probation officer
requested to make an | 6 |
| investigation under this Section shall
prepare and submit to | 7 |
| the court a written report in accordance with the
request.
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| (d) Any court that has issued a certificate of relief from | 9 |
| disabilities
may at any time issue a new certificate to enlarge | 10 |
| the relief previously
granted provided that the provisions of | 11 |
| clauses (1)
through (3) of subsection (b) of this Section apply | 12 |
| to the issuance of
any such new certificate.
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| (e) Any written report submitted to the court under this | 14 |
| Section
is confidential and may not be made available to any | 15 |
| person or public or
private agency except if specifically | 16 |
| required or permitted by
statute or upon specific authorization | 17 |
| of the court. However, it shall
be made available by the court | 18 |
| for examination by the applicant's
attorney, or the applicant | 19 |
| himself or herself, if he or she has no attorney. In
its | 20 |
| discretion, the court may except from disclosure a part or | 21 |
| parts of the
report that are not relevant to the granting of a | 22 |
| certificate, or
sources of information which have been obtained | 23 |
| on a promise of
confidentiality, or any other portion of the | 24 |
| report, disclosure of which
would not be in the interest of | 25 |
| justice. The action of the court excepting
information from | 26 |
| disclosure shall be subject to appellate review. The
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| its discretion, may hold a conference in open court or in
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| chambers to afford an applicant an opportunity to controvert or | 3 |
| to
comment upon any portions of the report. The court may also | 4 |
| conduct a
summary hearing at the conference on any matter | 5 |
| relevant to the granting
of the application and may take | 6 |
| testimony under oath.
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| (f) An employer is not civilly or criminally liable for an | 8 |
| act or omission by an employee who has been issued a | 9 |
| certificate of relief from disabilities, except for a willful | 10 |
| or wanton act by the employer in hiring the employee who has | 11 |
| been issued a certificate of relief from disabilities. | 12 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-207, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-25)
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| Sec. 5-5.5-25. Certificate of good conduct.
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| (a) A certificate of good conduct may be granted as | 16 |
| provided in this Section to relieve an eligible offender of any | 17 |
| employment bar. The certificate may be limited to one or more | 18 |
| disabilities or bars or may relieve the individual of all | 19 |
| disabilities and bars. | 20 |
| Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate | 21 |
| of good conduct does not relieve an offender of any | 22 |
| employment-related disability imposed by law by reason of his | 23 |
| or her conviction of a crime that would prevent his or her | 24 |
| employment by the Department of Corrections, Department of | 25 |
| Juvenile Justice, or any other law enforcement agency in the |
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| (a-6)
(a) A certificate of good conduct may be granted as | 3 |
| provided in this
Section to an eligible offender as defined in | 4 |
| Section 5-5.5-5 of this Code
who has demonstrated by clear and | 5 |
| convincing evidence that he or she has been a law-abiding | 6 |
| citizen and is fully
rehabilitated.
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| (b) (i) A certificate of good conduct may not, however, in | 8 |
| any
way prevent any judicial proceeding, administrative, | 9 |
| licensing, or other body,
board, or authority from | 10 |
| considering the conviction specified
in the certificate.
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| (ii) A certificate of good conduct shall not limit or | 12 |
| prevent the
introduction of evidence of a prior conviction | 13 |
| for purposes of impeachment of
a witness in a judicial or | 14 |
| other proceeding where otherwise authorized by the
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| applicable rules of evidence.
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| (iii) A certificate of good conduct does not limit the | 17 |
| employer from accessing criminal background information; | 18 |
| nor does it hide, alter, or expunge the record. | 19 |
| (c) An employer is not civilly or criminally liable for an | 20 |
| act or omission by an employee who has been issued a | 21 |
| certificate of good conduct, except for a willful or wanton act | 22 |
| by the employer in hiring the employee who has been issued a | 23 |
| certificate of good conduct. | 24 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-207, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-30)
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| Sec. 5-5.5-30. Issuance of certificate of good conduct.
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| (a) After a rehabilitation review has been held, in a | 3 |
| manner designated by the chief judge of the judicial circuit in | 4 |
| which the conviction was entered, the Circuit Court of that | 5 |
| judicial circuit
The
Prisoner Review Board, or any 3 members of | 6 |
| the Board by
unanimous vote, shall have the power to issue a | 7 |
| certificate of good
conduct to any eligible offender previously | 8 |
| convicted of a crime in this State,
and shall make a specific | 9 |
| finding of rehabilitation with the force and effect of a final | 10 |
| judgment on the merits, when
the Court Board is satisfied that:
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| (1) the applicant has conducted himself or herself in a | 12 |
| manner
warranting the issuance for a minimum period in | 13 |
| accordance with the
provisions of subsection (c) of this | 14 |
| Section;
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| (2) the relief to be granted by the certificate is | 16 |
| consistent with the
rehabilitation of the applicant; and
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| (3) the relief to be granted is consistent with the | 18 |
| public interest.
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| (b) The Circuit Court Prisoner Review Board, or any 3 | 20 |
| members of the Board by
unanimous vote, shall have the power to | 21 |
| issue a certificate of good
conduct to any person previously | 22 |
| convicted of a crime in any other
jurisdiction, when the Court | 23 |
| Board is satisfied that : | 24 |
| (1) the applicant has demonstrated that there exist | 25 |
| specific facts and circumstances and specific sections of | 26 |
| Illinois State law that have an adverse impact on the |
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| applicant and warrant the application for relief to be made | 2 |
| in Illinois; and
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| (2) the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of | 4 |
| subsection (a) of
this Section have been met.
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| (c) The minimum period of good conduct by the individual | 6 |
| referred to
in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section, | 7 |
| shall be as follows:
if the most serious crime of which the | 8 |
| individual was convicted is a
misdemeanor, the minimum period | 9 |
| of good conduct shall be one year; if
the most serious crime of | 10 |
| which the individual was convicted is a Class 1,
2, 3, or 4 | 11 |
| felony, the minimum period of good conduct shall be 3 years.
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| Criminal acts committed outside the State
shall be classified | 13 |
| as acts committed within the State based on the
maximum | 14 |
| sentence that could have been imposed based upon the
conviction | 15 |
| under the laws of the foreign jurisdiction. The minimum
period | 16 |
| of good conduct by the individual shall be measured either from
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| the date of the payment of any fine imposed upon him or her, or | 18 |
| from the
date of his or her release from custody by parole, | 19 |
| mandatory supervised
release or commutation or termination of | 20 |
| his or her sentence.
The Circuit Court Board shall have power | 21 |
| and it shall be its duty to investigate all
persons when the | 22 |
| application is made and to grant or deny the same
within a | 23 |
| reasonable time after the making of the application.
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| (d) If the Circuit Court Prisoner Review Board has issued a | 25 |
| certificate of good
conduct, the Court Board may at any time | 26 |
| issue a new certificate enlarging the
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| granted.
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| (e) Any certificate of good conduct issued by the Court | 3 |
| Prisoner Review Board to
an individual who at the time of the | 4 |
| issuance of the certificate is under the
conditions of parole | 5 |
| or mandatory supervised release imposed by the
Prisoner Review | 6 |
| Board shall be deemed to be a temporary certificate until the | 7 |
| time as the
individual is discharged from the terms of parole | 8 |
| or mandatory
supervised release, and, while temporary, the | 9 |
| certificate may be
revoked by the Court Board for violation of | 10 |
| the conditions of parole or
mandatory supervised release. | 11 |
| Revocation shall be upon
notice to the parolee or releasee, who | 12 |
| shall be accorded an opportunity to
explain the violation prior | 13 |
| to a decision on the revocation. If the certificate
is not so | 14 |
| revoked, it shall become a permanent certificate upon | 15 |
| expiration
or termination of the offender's parole or mandatory | 16 |
| supervised release term. | 17 |
| (f) The Court shall, upon notice to a certificate holder, | 18 |
| have the power to revoke a certificate of good conduct upon a | 19 |
| subsequent conviction.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-207, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-35)
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| Sec. 5-5.5-35. Effect of revocation; use of revoked | 23 |
| certificate.
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| (a) If a certificate of relief from disabilities is deemed | 25 |
| to
be temporary and the certificate is revoked, disabilities |
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| and
forfeitures thereby relieved shall be reinstated as of the | 2 |
| date
upon which the person to whom the certificate was issued | 3 |
| receives
written notice of the revocation. Any such person | 4 |
| shall upon
receipt of the notice surrender the certificate to | 5 |
| the issuing
court or Board .
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| (b) A person who knowingly uses or attempts to use a | 7 |
| revoked
certificate of relief from disabilities in order to | 8 |
| obtain or to
exercise any right or privilege that he or she | 9 |
| would not be entitled to
obtain or to exercise without a valid | 10 |
| certificate is guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-207, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-40)
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| Sec. 5-5.5-40. Forms and filing.
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| (a) All applications, certificates, and orders of
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| revocation necessary for the purposes of this Article shall be | 16 |
| upon forms
prescribed by under an agreement among the Director | 17 |
| of Corrections and
the Chairman of the Prisoner Review Board | 18 |
| and the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or his or her | 19 |
| designee. The forms
relating to certificates of relief from | 20 |
| disabilities and certificates of good conduct shall be | 21 |
| distributed by
the Director of the Division of Probation | 22 |
| Services and forms relating to
certificates of good conduct | 23 |
| shall be distributed by the Chairman of the
Prisoner Review | 24 |
| Board .
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| under
this Article shall immediately file a copy of the | 2 |
| certificate or of the
order of revocation with the Director of | 3 |
| State Police.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-207, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-20 rep.)
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| Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 7 |
| repealing Section 5-5.5-20.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 |
| becoming law, except that Sections 10 and 15 take effect | 10 |
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