Bill Text: IL SB1632 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to knowingly use a false academic degree, or an academic degree issued under false pretenses, for the purpose of either obtaining employment, obtaining admission to an institution of higher learning, obtaining admission to an advanced degree program at an institution of higher learning, or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or higher compensation in employment (rather than knowingly use a false academic degree for the purpose of obtaining employment or admission to an institution of higher learning or admission to an advanced degree program at an institution of higher learning or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or higher compensation in employment).

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB1632 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1632-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1632 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/17-8.3 was 720 ILCS 5/17-22
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to knowingly use a false academic degree, or an academic degree issued under false pretenses, for the purpose of either obtaining employment, obtaining admission to an institution of higher learning, obtaining admission to an advanced degree program at an institution of higher learning, or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or higher compensation in employment (rather than knowingly use a false academic degree for the purpose of obtaining employment or admission to an institution of higher learning or admission to an advanced degree program at an institution of higher learning or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or higher compensation in employment).
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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
Section 17-8.3 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/17-8.3) (was 720 ILCS 5/17-22)
Sec. 17-8.3. False information on an application for
employment with certain public or private agencies; use of
false academic degree.
(a) It is unlawful for an applicant for employment with a
public or private agency that provides State funded services to
persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities to
knowingly furnish false information regarding professional
certification, licensing, criminal background, or employment
history for the 5 years immediately preceding the date of
application on an application for employment with the agency if
the position of employment requires or provides opportunity for
contact with persons with mental illness or developmental
disabilities.
(b) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly use a false
academic degree, or an academic degree issued under false
pretenses, for the purpose of obtaining employment, obtaining
or admission to an institution of higher learning, obtaining or

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admission to an advanced degree program at an institution of
higher learning, or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or
higher compensation in employment.
(c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A
misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)