Public Act 101-0154
 
HB3580 EnrolledLRB101 09739 SLF 54839 b


  
    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  




 
    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
changing Section 5-5.5-25 as follows:
 



    (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-25)



    Sec. 5-5.5-25. Certificate of good conduct. 

    (a)  A certificate of good conduct may be granted as 
provided in this Section to relieve an eligible offender of any 
employment, occupational licensing, or housing bar.  The 
certificate may be limited to one or more disabilities or bars 
or may relieve the individual of all disabilities and bars.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate 
of good conduct does not relieve an offender of any 
employment-related disability imposed by law by reason of his 
or her conviction of a crime that would prevent his or her 
employment by the Department of Corrections, Department of 
Juvenile Justice, or any other law enforcement agency in the 
State.

    (a-6)
 A certificate of good conduct may be granted as 
provided in this
Section to an eligible offender as defined in 
Section 5-5.5-5 of this Code
who has demonstrated  by clear and 
convincing evidence that he or she has been a law-abiding 
citizen and is fully
rehabilitated.


    (b)(i) A certificate of good conduct may not, however, in 
any
way prevent any judicial proceeding, administrative, 
licensing, or other body,
board, or authority from considering 
the conviction specified
in the certificate.


    (ii) A certificate of good conduct shall not limit or 
prevent the
introduction of evidence of a prior conviction for 
purposes of impeachment of
a witness in a judicial or other 
proceeding where otherwise authorized by the
applicable rules 
of evidence.

    (iii)  A certificate of good conduct does not limit any the 
employer, landlord, judicial proceeding, administrative, 
licensing, or other body, board, or authority from accessing 
criminal background information; nor does it hide, alter, or 
expunge the record. 
    (c) An employer is not civilly or criminally liable for an 
act or omission by an employee who has been issued a 
certificate of good conduct, except for a willful or wanton act 
by the employer in hiring the employee who has been issued a 
certificate of good conduct. 
    (d) The existence of a certificate of good conduct does not 
preclude a landlord or an administrative, licensing, or other 
body, board, or authority from retaining full discretion to 
grant or deny the application for housing or licensure. 
(Source: P.A. 96-852, eff. 1-1-10.)