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Public Act 096-0409 |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 5 and 13 and by adding Sections 5.2 and 14 as | ||||
follows:
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(20 ILCS 2630/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 206-5)
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Sec. 5. Arrest reports ; expungement .
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(a) All policing bodies of this State shall furnish to the | ||||
Department,
daily, in the form and detail the Department | ||||
requires, fingerprints and
descriptions of all persons who are | ||||
arrested on charges of violating any penal
statute of this | ||||
State for offenses that are classified as felonies and Class
A | ||||
or B misdemeanors and of all minors of the age of 10 and over | ||||
who have been
arrested for an offense which would be a felony | ||||
if committed by an adult, and
may forward such fingerprints and | ||||
descriptions for minors arrested for Class A
or B misdemeanors. | ||||
Moving or nonmoving traffic violations under the Illinois
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Vehicle Code shall not be reported except for violations of | ||||
Chapter 4, Section
11-204.1, or Section 11-501 of that Code. In | ||||
addition, conservation offenses,
as defined in the Supreme | ||||
Court Rule 501(c), that are classified as Class B
misdemeanors | ||||
shall not be reported.
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Whenever an adult or minor prosecuted as an adult,
not | ||
having previously been convicted of any criminal offense or | ||
municipal
ordinance violation, charged with a violation of a | ||
municipal ordinance or a
felony or misdemeanor, is acquitted or | ||
released without being convicted,
whether the acquittal or | ||
release occurred before, on, or after the
effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of 1991, the Chief Judge of the circuit
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wherein the charge was brought, any judge of that circuit | ||
designated by the
Chief Judge, or in counties of less than | ||
3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding
trial judge at the | ||
defendant's trial may upon verified petition of the
defendant | ||
order the record of arrest expunged from the official records | ||
of the
arresting authority and the Department and order that | ||
the records of the clerk
of the circuit court be sealed until | ||
further order of the court upon good cause
shown and the name | ||
of the defendant obliterated on the official index required
to | ||
be kept by the circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the | ||
Clerks of Courts
Act, but the order shall not affect any index | ||
issued by the circuit court clerk
before the entry of the | ||
order. The Department may charge the petitioner a fee
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equivalent to the cost of processing any order to expunge or | ||
seal the records,
and the fee shall be deposited into the State | ||
Police Services Fund. The
records of those arrests, however, | ||
that result in a disposition of
supervision for any offense | ||
shall not be expunged from the records of the
arresting | ||
authority or the Department nor impounded by the court until 2 |
years
after discharge and dismissal of supervision. Those | ||
records
that result from a supervision for a violation of | ||
Section 3-707, 3-708, 3-710,
5-401.3, or 11-503 of the Illinois | ||
Vehicle Code or a similar provision
of a local ordinance, or | ||
for a violation of Section 12-3.2, 12-15 or 16A-3
of the | ||
Criminal Code of 1961, or probation under Section 10 of the | ||
Cannabis
Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled | ||
Substances Act, Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and | ||
Community Protection Act, Section
12-4.3(b)(1) and (2) of the | ||
Criminal Code of 1961 (as those provisions
existed before their | ||
deletion by Public Act 89-313), Section 10-102 of the
Illinois | ||
Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act when the judgment of
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conviction has been vacated, Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism | ||
and Other Drug
Abuse and Dependency Act when the judgment of | ||
conviction has been vacated,
or Section 10 of the Steroid | ||
Control Act shall not be expunged from the records
of the | ||
arresting authority nor impounded by the court until 5 years | ||
after
termination of probation or supervision. Those records | ||
that result from a
supervision for a violation of Section | ||
11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or
a similar provision of a | ||
local ordinance, shall not be expunged. All records
set out | ||
above may be ordered by the court to be expunged from the | ||
records of
the arresting authority and impounded by the court | ||
after 5 years, but shall
not be expunged by the Department, but | ||
shall, on court order be sealed by the
Department and may be | ||
disseminated by the Department only as required by law or
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the arresting authority, the State's Attorney, and the court | ||
upon a later
arrest for the same or a similar offense or for | ||
the purpose of sentencing for
any subsequent felony. Upon | ||
conviction for any offense, the Department of
Corrections shall | ||
have access to all sealed records of the Department
pertaining | ||
to that individual.
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(a-5) Those records maintained by the Department for | ||
persons arrested
prior to their 17th birthday shall be expunged | ||
as provided in Section 5-915 of
the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
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(b) Whenever a person has been convicted of a crime or of | ||
the violation of
a municipal ordinance, in the name of a person | ||
whose identity he has stolen
or otherwise come into possession | ||
of, the aggrieved person from whom the
identity was stolen or | ||
otherwise obtained without authorization, upon learning
of the | ||
person having been arrested using his identity, may, upon | ||
verified
petition to the chief judge of the circuit wherein the | ||
arrest was made,
have a court order entered nunc pro tunc by | ||
the chief judge to correct
the arrest record, conviction | ||
record, if any, and all official records of the
arresting | ||
authority, the Department, other criminal justice agencies, | ||
the
prosecutor, and the trial court concerning such arrest, if | ||
any, by removing his
name from all such records in connection | ||
with the arrest and conviction, if
any, and by inserting in the | ||
records the name of the offender, if known or
ascertainable, in | ||
lieu of the aggrieved's name. The records of the
clerk of
the | ||
circuit court clerk shall be sealed until further order of the |
court upon
good cause shown and the name of the aggrieved | ||
person obliterated on the
official index required to be kept by | ||
the circuit court clerk under Section 16
of the Clerks of | ||
Courts Act, but the order shall not affect any index issued by
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the circuit court clerk before the entry of the order. Nothing | ||
in this Section
shall limit the Department of State Police or | ||
other criminal justice agencies
or prosecutors from listing | ||
under an offender's name the false names he or she
has used. | ||
For purposes of this Section, convictions for moving and | ||
nonmoving
traffic violations other than convictions for | ||
violations of Chapter 4, Section
11-204.1 or Section 11-501 of | ||
the Illinois Vehicle Code shall not be a bar to
expunging the | ||
record of arrest and court records for
violation of a | ||
misdemeanor or municipal ordinance.
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(c) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an offense | ||
is granted
a pardon by the Governor which specifically | ||
authorizes expungement, he may,
upon verified petition to the | ||
chief judge of the circuit where the person had
been convicted, | ||
any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or in
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counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding | ||
trial judge at the
defendant's trial, may have a court order | ||
entered expunging the record of
arrest from the official | ||
records of the arresting authority and order that the
records | ||
of the clerk of the circuit court and the Department be sealed | ||
until
further order of the court upon good cause shown or as | ||
otherwise provided
herein, and the name of the defendant |
obliterated from the official index
requested to be kept by the | ||
circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks
of Courts | ||
Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for the | ||
offense for
which he had been pardoned but the order shall not | ||
affect any index issued by
the circuit court clerk before the | ||
entry of the order. All records sealed by
the Department may be | ||
disseminated by the Department only as required by law or
to | ||
the arresting authority, the State's Attorney, and the court | ||
upon a later
arrest for the same or similar offense or for the | ||
purpose of sentencing for any
subsequent felony. Upon | ||
conviction for any subsequent offense, the Department
of | ||
Corrections shall have access to all sealed records of the | ||
Department
pertaining to that individual. Upon entry of the | ||
order of expungement, the
clerk of the circuit court shall | ||
promptly mail a copy of the order to the
person who was | ||
pardoned.
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(c-5) Whenever a person has been convicted of criminal | ||
sexual assault,
aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory | ||
criminal sexual assault of a
child, criminal sexual abuse, or | ||
aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the victim
of that offense | ||
may request that the State's Attorney of the county in which
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the conviction occurred file a verified petition with the | ||
presiding trial judge
at the defendant's trial to have a court | ||
order entered to seal the records of
the clerk of the circuit | ||
court in connection with the proceedings of the trial
court | ||
concerning that offense. However, the records of the arresting |
authority
and the Department of State Police concerning the | ||
offense shall not be
sealed. The court, upon good cause shown, | ||
shall make the records of the clerk
of the circuit court in | ||
connection with the proceedings of the trial court
concerning | ||
the offense available for public inspection.
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(c-6) If a conviction has been set aside on direct review | ||
or on
collateral attack
and the court determines by clear and | ||
convincing evidence that the defendant
was factually innocent | ||
of
the charge, the court shall enter an expungement order as | ||
provided in
subsection (b) of Section 5-5-4
of the Unified Code | ||
of Corrections.
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(d) Notice of the petition for subsections (a), (b), and | ||
(c) shall be
served by the clerk upon the State's Attorney or | ||
prosecutor charged with the duty
of prosecuting the offense, | ||
the Department of State Police, the arresting
agency and the | ||
chief legal officer of the unit of local government
affecting | ||
the arrest. Unless the State's Attorney or prosecutor, the
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Department of State Police, the arresting agency or such chief | ||
legal officer
objects to the petition within 30 days from the | ||
date of the notice, the
court shall enter an order granting or | ||
denying the petition. The clerk
of the court shall promptly | ||
mail a copy of the order to the person, the
arresting agency, | ||
the prosecutor, the Department of State Police and such
other | ||
criminal justice agencies as may be ordered by the judge.
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(e) Nothing herein shall prevent the Department of State | ||
Police from
maintaining all records of any person who is |
admitted to probation upon
terms and conditions and who | ||
fulfills those terms and conditions pursuant
to Section 10 of | ||
the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois
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Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of the Methamphetamine | ||
Control and Community Protection Act, Section 12-4.3 of the | ||
Criminal Code
of 1961, Section 10-102 of the Illinois | ||
Alcoholism and Other Drug
Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the | ||
Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and
Dependency Act, or Section | ||
10 of the Steroid Control Act.
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(f) No court order issued under the expungement provisions | ||
of this
Section shall become final for purposes of appeal until | ||
30 days after
notice is received by the Department. Any court | ||
order contrary to the
provisions of this Section is void.
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(g) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5) of | ||
this Section,
the court shall not order the sealing or | ||
expungement of the arrest
records and records of the circuit | ||
court clerk of any person granted
supervision for or convicted | ||
of any sexual offense committed against a minor
under 18 years | ||
of age. For the purposes of this Section, "sexual offense
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committed against a minor" includes but is not limited to the | ||
offenses of
indecent solicitation of a child or criminal sexual | ||
abuse when the victim of
such offense is under 18 years of age.
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(h) (1) Applicability. Notwithstanding any other provision | ||
of this Act to the contrary and cumulative with any rights to | ||
expungement of criminal records, this subsection authorizes | ||
the sealing of criminal records of adults and of minors |
prosecuted as adults. | ||
(2) Sealable offenses. The following offenses may be | ||
sealed: | ||
(A) All municipal ordinance violations and | ||
misdemeanors, with the exception of the following: | ||
(i) violations of Section 11-501 of the Illinois | ||
Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local | ||
ordinance; | ||
(ii) violations of Article 11 of the Criminal Code | ||
of 1961 or a similar provision of a local ordinance, | ||
except Section 11-14 of the Criminal Code of 1961 as | ||
provided in clause B(i) of this subsection (h); | ||
(iii) violations of Section 12-15, 12-30, or 26-5 | ||
of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of | ||
a local ordinance; | ||
(iv) violations that are a crime of violence as | ||
defined in Section 2 of the Crime Victims Compensation | ||
Act or a similar provision of a local ordinance; | ||
(v) Class A misdemeanor violations of the Humane | ||
Care for Animals Act; and | ||
(vi) any offense or attempted offense that would | ||
subject a person to registration under the Sex Offender | ||
Registration Act. | ||
(B) Misdemeanor and Class 4 felony violations of: | ||
(i) Section 11-14 of the Criminal Code of 1961; | ||
(ii) Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act; |
(iii) Section 402 of the Illinois Controlled | ||
Substances Act; and | ||
(iv) Section 60 of the Methamphetamine Control and | ||
Community Protection Act.
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However, for purposes of this subsection (h), a | ||
sentence of first offender probation under Section 10 of | ||
the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois | ||
Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of the | ||
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act shall | ||
be treated as a Class 4 felony conviction. | ||
(3) Requirements for sealing. Records identified as | ||
sealable under clause (h) (2) may be sealed when the individual | ||
was: | ||
(A) Acquitted of the offense or offenses or released | ||
without being convicted. | ||
(B) Convicted of the offense or offenses and the | ||
conviction or convictions were reversed. | ||
(C) Placed on misdemeanor supervision for an offense or | ||
offenses; and | ||
(i) at least 3 years have elapsed since the | ||
completion of the term of supervision, or terms of | ||
supervision, if more than one term has been ordered; | ||
and | ||
(ii) the individual has not been convicted of a | ||
felony or misdemeanor or placed on supervision for a | ||
misdemeanor or felony during the period specified in |
clause (i). | ||
(D) Convicted of an offense or offenses; and | ||
(i) at least 4 years have elapsed since the last | ||
such conviction or term of any sentence, probation, | ||
parole, or supervision, if any, whichever is last in | ||
time; and | ||
(ii) the individual has not been convicted of a | ||
felony or misdemeanor or placed on supervision for a | ||
misdemeanor or felony during the period specified in | ||
clause (i). | ||
(4) Requirements for sealing of records when more than one | ||
charge and disposition have been filed. When multiple offenses | ||
are petitioned to be sealed under this subsection (h), the | ||
requirements of the relevant provisions of clauses (h)(3)(A) | ||
through (D) each apply. In instances in which more than one | ||
waiting period is applicable under clauses (h)(C)(i) and (ii) | ||
and (h)(D)(i) and (ii), the longer applicable period applies, | ||
and the requirements of clause (h) (3) shall be considered met | ||
when the petition is filed after the passage of the longer | ||
applicable waiting period. That period commences on the date of | ||
the completion of the last sentence or the end of supervision, | ||
probation, or parole, whichever is last in time. | ||
(5) Subsequent convictions. A person may not have | ||
subsequent felony conviction records sealed as provided in this | ||
subsection (h) if he or she is convicted of any felony offense | ||
after the date of the sealing of prior felony records as |
provided in this subsection (h). | ||
(6) Notice of eligibility for sealing. Upon acquittal, | ||
release without conviction, or being placed on supervision for | ||
a sealable offense, or upon conviction of a sealable offense, | ||
the person shall be informed by the court of the right to have | ||
the records sealed and the procedures for the sealing of the | ||
records. | ||
(7) Procedure. Upon becoming eligible for the sealing of | ||
records under this subsection (h), the person who seeks the | ||
sealing of his or her records shall file a petition requesting | ||
the sealing of records with the clerk of the court where the | ||
charge or charges were brought. The records may be sealed by | ||
the Chief Judge of the circuit wherein the charge was brought, | ||
any judge of that circuit designated by the Chief Judge, or in | ||
counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding | ||
trial judge at the defendant's trial, if any. If charges were | ||
brought in multiple jurisdictions, a petition must be filed in | ||
each such jurisdiction. The petitioner shall pay the applicable | ||
fee, if not waived. | ||
(A) Contents of petition. The petition shall contain | ||
the petitioner's name, date of birth, current address, each | ||
charge, each case number, the date of each charge, the | ||
identity of the arresting authority, and such other | ||
information as the court may require. During the pendency | ||
of the proceeding, the petitioner shall promptly notify the | ||
clerk of the court of any change of address. |
(B) Drug test. A person filing a petition to have his | ||
or her records sealed for a Class 4 felony violation of | ||
Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act or for a Class 4 | ||
felony violation of Section 402 of the Illinois Controlled | ||
Substances Act must attach to the petition proof that the | ||
petitioner has passed a test taken within the previous 30 | ||
days before the filing of the petition showing the absence | ||
within his or her body of all illegal substances in | ||
violation of either the Illinois Controlled Substances Act | ||
or the Cannabis Control Act. | ||
(C) Service of petition. The clerk shall promptly serve | ||
a copy of the petition on the State's Attorney or | ||
prosecutor charged with the duty of prosecuting the | ||
offense, the Department of State Police, the arresting | ||
agency and the chief legal officer of the unit of local | ||
government effecting the arrest. | ||
(D) Entry of order. Unless the State's Attorney or | ||
prosecutor, the Department of State Police, the arresting | ||
agency or such chief legal officer objects to sealing of | ||
the records within 90 days of notice the court shall enter | ||
an order sealing the defendant's records. | ||
(E) Hearing upon objection. If an objection is filed, | ||
the court shall set a date for a hearing and notify the | ||
petitioner and the parties on whom the petition had been | ||
served, and shall hear evidence on whether the sealing of | ||
the records should or should not be granted, and shall make |
a determination on whether to issue an order to seal the | ||
records based on the evidence presented at the hearing. | ||
(F) Service of order. After entering the order to seal | ||
records, the court must provide copies of the order to the | ||
Department, in a form and manner prescribed by the | ||
Department, to the petitioner, to the State's Attorney or | ||
prosecutor charged with the duty of prosecuting the | ||
offense, to the arresting agency, to the chief legal | ||
officer of the unit of local government effecting the | ||
arrest, and to such other criminal justice agencies as may | ||
be ordered by the court. | ||
(8) Fees. Notwithstanding any provision of the Clerk of the | ||
Courts Act to the contrary, and subject to the approval of the | ||
county board, the clerk may charge a fee equivalent to the cost | ||
associated with the sealing of records by the clerk and the | ||
Department of State Police. The clerk shall forward the | ||
Department of State Police portion of the fee to the Department | ||
and it shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund. | ||
(i) Subject to available funding, the Illinois Department | ||
of Corrections shall conduct a study of the impact of sealing, | ||
especially on employment and recidivism rates, utilizing a | ||
random sample of those who apply for the sealing of their | ||
criminal records under Public Act 93-211, in accordance to | ||
rules adopted by the Department. At the request of the Illinois | ||
Department of Corrections, records of the Illinois Department | ||
of Employment Security shall be utilized as appropriate to |
assist in the study. The study shall not disclose any data in a | ||
manner that would allow the identification of any particular | ||
individual or employing unit. The study shall be made available | ||
to the General Assembly no later than September 1, 2006. | ||
(j) Notwithstanding any provision of the Clerks of Courts | ||
Act to the contrary, the clerk may charge a fee equivalent to | ||
the cost associated with the sealing or expungement of records | ||
by the clerk. From the total filing fee collected for the | ||
Petition to seal or expunge, the clerk shall deposit $10 into | ||
the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and Administrative Fund, to | ||
be used to offset the costs incurred by the Circuit Court Clerk | ||
in performing the additional duties required to serve the | ||
Petition to Seal or Expunge on all parties. The clerk shall | ||
also charge a filing fee equivalent to the cost of sealing or | ||
expunging the record by the Department of State Police. The | ||
clerk shall collect and forward the Department of State Police | ||
portion of the fee to the Department and it shall be deposited | ||
in the State Police Services Fund. | ||
(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05; 95-955, eff. 1-1-09; | ||
revised 10-28-08.)
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(20 ILCS 2630/5.2 new) | ||
Sec. 5.2. Expungement and sealing. | ||
(a) General Provisions. | ||
(1) Definitions. In this Act, words and phrases have
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the meanings set forth in this subsection, except when a
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particular context clearly requires a different meaning. | ||
(A) The following terms shall have the meanings | ||
ascribed to them in the Unified Code of Corrections, | ||
730 ILCS 5/5-1-2 through 5/5-1-22: | ||
(i) Business Offense (730 ILCS 5/5-1-2), | ||
(ii) Charge (730 ILCS 5/5-1-3), | ||
(iii) Court (730 ILCS 5/5-1-6), | ||
(iv) Defendant (730 ILCS 5/5-1-7), | ||
(v) Felony (730 ILCS 5/5-1-9), | ||
(vi) Imprisonment (730 ILCS 5/5-1-10), | ||
(vii) Judgment (730 ILCS 5/5-1-12), | ||
(viii) Misdemeanor (730 ILCS 5/5-1-14), | ||
(ix) Offense (730 ILCS 5/5-1-15), | ||
(x) Parole (730 ILCS 5/5-1-16), | ||
(xi) Petty Offense (730 ILCS 5/5-1-17), | ||
(xii) Probation (730 ILCS 5/5-1-18), | ||
(xiii) Sentence (730 ILCS 5/5-1-19), | ||
(xiv) Supervision (730 ILCS 5/5-1-21), and | ||
(xv) Victim (730 ILCS 5/5-1-22). | ||
(B) As used in this Section, "charge not initiated | ||
by arrest" means a charge (as defined by 730 ILCS | ||
5/5-1-3) brought against a defendant where the | ||
defendant is not arrested prior to or as a direct | ||
result of the charge. | ||
(C) "Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or | ||
sentence entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a |
verdict or finding of guilty of an offense, rendered by | ||
a legally constituted jury or by a court of competent | ||
jurisdiction authorized to try the case without a jury. | ||
An order of supervision successfully completed by the | ||
petitioner is not a conviction. An order of qualified | ||
probation (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(J)) | ||
successfully completed by the petitioner is not a | ||
conviction. An order of supervision or an order of | ||
qualified probation that is terminated | ||
unsatisfactorily is a conviction, unless the | ||
unsatisfactory termination is reversed, vacated, or | ||
modified and the judgment of conviction, if any, is | ||
reversed or vacated. | ||
(D) "Criminal offense" means a petty offense, | ||
business offense, misdemeanor, felony, or municipal | ||
ordinance violation (as defined in subsection | ||
(a)(1)(H)). As used in this Section, a minor traffic | ||
offense (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(G)) shall not | ||
be considered a criminal offense. | ||
(E) "Expunge" means to physically destroy the | ||
records or return them to the petitioner and to | ||
obliterate the petitioner's name from any official | ||
index or public record, or both. Nothing in this Act | ||
shall require the physical destruction of the circuit | ||
court file, but such records relating to arrests or | ||
charges, or both, ordered expunged shall be impounded |
as required by subsections (d)(9)(A)(ii) and | ||
(d)(9)(B)(ii). | ||
(F) As used in this Section, "last sentence" means | ||
the sentence, order of supervision, or order of | ||
qualified probation (as defined by subsection | ||
(a)(1)(J)), for a criminal offense (as defined by | ||
subsection (a)(1)(D)) that terminates last in time in | ||
any jurisdiction, regardless of whether the petitioner | ||
has included the criminal offense for which the | ||
sentence or order of supervision or qualified | ||
probation was imposed in his or her petition. If | ||
multiple sentences, orders of supervision, or orders | ||
of qualified probation terminate on the same day and | ||
are last in time, they shall be collectively considered | ||
the "last sentence" regardless of whether they were | ||
ordered to run concurrently. | ||
(G) "Minor traffic offense" means a petty offense, | ||
business offense, or Class C misdemeanor under the | ||
Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a | ||
municipal or local ordinance. | ||
(H) "Municipal ordinance violation" means an | ||
offense defined by a municipal or local ordinance that | ||
is criminal in nature and with which the petitioner was | ||
charged or for which the petitioner was arrested and | ||
released without charging. | ||
(I) "Petitioner" means an adult or a minor |
prosecuted as an
adult who has applied for relief under | ||
this Section. | ||
(J) "Qualified probation" means an order of | ||
probation under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, | ||
Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, | ||
Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and | ||
Community Protection Act, Section 12-4.3(b)(1) and (2) | ||
of the Criminal Code of 1961 (as those provisions | ||
existed before their deletion by Public Act 89-313), | ||
Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other | ||
Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism | ||
and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, or Section 10 | ||
of the Steroid Control Act. For the purpose of this | ||
Section, "successful completion" of an order of | ||
qualified probation under Section 10-102 of the | ||
Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act and | ||
Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse | ||
and Dependency Act means that the probation was | ||
terminated satisfactorily and the judgment of | ||
conviction was vacated. | ||
(K) "Seal" means to physically and electronically | ||
maintain the records, unless the records would | ||
otherwise be destroyed due to age, but to make the | ||
records unavailable without a court order, subject to | ||
the exceptions in Sections 12 and 13 of this Act. The | ||
petitioner's name shall also be obliterated from the |
official index required to be kept by the circuit court | ||
clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but | ||
any index issued by the circuit court clerk before the | ||
entry of the order to seal shall not be affected. | ||
(L) "Sexual offense committed against a minor" | ||
includes but is
not limited to the offenses of indecent | ||
solicitation of a child
or criminal sexual abuse when | ||
the victim of such offense is
under 18 years of age. | ||
(M) "Terminate" as it relates to a sentence or | ||
order of supervision or qualified probation includes | ||
either satisfactory or unsatisfactory termination of | ||
the sentence, unless otherwise specified in this | ||
Section. | ||
(2) Minor Traffic Offenses.
Orders of supervision or | ||
convictions for minor traffic offenses shall not affect a | ||
petitioner's eligibility to expunge or seal records | ||
pursuant to this Section. | ||
(3) Exclusions. Except as otherwise provided in | ||
subsections (b)(5), (b)(6), and (e) of this Section, the | ||
court shall not order: | ||
(A) the sealing or expungement of the records of | ||
arrests or charges not initiated by arrest that result | ||
in an order of supervision for or conviction of:
(i) | ||
any sexual offense committed against a
minor; (ii) | ||
Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a | ||
similar provision of a local ordinance; or (iii) |
Section 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a | ||
similar provision of a local ordinance. | ||
(B) the sealing or expungement of records of minor | ||
traffic offenses (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(G)), | ||
unless the petitioner was arrested and released | ||
without charging. | ||
(C) the sealing of the records of arrests or | ||
charges not initiated by arrest which result in an | ||
order of supervision, an order of qualified probation | ||
(as defined in subsection (a)(1)(J)), or a conviction | ||
for the following offenses: | ||
(i) offenses included in Article 11 of the | ||
Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of a | ||
local ordinance, except Section 11-14 of the | ||
Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of a | ||
local ordinance; | ||
(ii) Section 12-15, 12-30, or 26-5 of the | ||
Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar provision of a | ||
local ordinance; | ||
(iii) offenses defined as "crimes of violence" | ||
in Section 2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act | ||
or a similar provision of a local ordinance; | ||
(iv) offenses which are Class A misdemeanors | ||
under the Humane Care for Animals Act; or | ||
(v) any offense or attempted offense that | ||
would subject a person to registration under the |
Sex Offender Registration Act. | ||
(D) the sealing of the records of an arrest which | ||
results in
the petitioner being charged with a felony | ||
offense or records of a charge not initiated by arrest | ||
for a felony offense, regardless of the disposition, | ||
unless: | ||
(i) the charge is amended to a misdemeanor and | ||
is otherwise
eligible to be sealed pursuant to | ||
subsection (c); | ||
(ii) the charge results in first offender | ||
probation as set forth in subsection (c)(2)(E); or | ||
(iii) the charge is for a Class 4 felony | ||
offense listed in subsection (c)(2)(F) or the | ||
charge is amended to a Class 4 felony offense | ||
listed in subsection (c)(2)(F). Records of arrests | ||
which result in the petitioner being charged with a | ||
Class 4 felony offense listed in subsection | ||
(c)(2)(F), records of charges not initiated by | ||
arrest for Class 4 felony offenses listed in | ||
subsection (c)(2)(F), and records of charges | ||
amended to a Class 4 felony offense listed in | ||
(c)(2)(F) may be sealed, regardless of the | ||
disposition, subject to any waiting periods set | ||
forth in subsection (c)(3). | ||
(b) Expungement. | ||
(1) A petitioner may petition the circuit court to |
expunge the
records of his or her arrests and charges not | ||
initiated by arrest when: | ||
(A) He or she has never been convicted of a | ||
criminal offense; and | ||
(B) Each arrest or charge not initiated by arrest
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sought to be expunged resulted in:
(i) acquittal, | ||
dismissal, or the petitioner's release without | ||
charging, unless excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B);
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(ii) a conviction which was vacated or reversed, unless | ||
excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B);
(iii) an order of | ||
supervision and such supervision was successfully | ||
completed by the petitioner, unless excluded by | ||
subsection (a)(3)(A) or (a)(3)(B); or
(iv) an order of | ||
qualified probation (as defined in subsection | ||
(a)(1)(J)) and such probation was successfully | ||
completed by the petitioner. | ||
(2) Time frame for filing a petition to expunge. | ||
(A) When the arrest or charge not initiated by | ||
arrest sought to be expunged resulted in an acquittal, | ||
dismissal, the petitioner's release without charging, | ||
or the reversal or vacation of a conviction, there is | ||
no waiting period to petition for the expungement of | ||
such records. | ||
(B) When the arrest or charge not initiated by | ||
arrest
sought to be expunged resulted in an order of | ||
supervision, successfully
completed by the petitioner, |
the following time frames will apply: | ||
(i) Those arrests or charges that resulted in | ||
orders of
supervision under Section 3-707, 3-708, | ||
3-710, or 5-401.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a | ||
similar provision of a local ordinance, or under | ||
Section 12-3.2, 12-15 or 16A-3 of the Criminal Code | ||
of 1961, shall not be eligible for expungement | ||
until 5 years have passed following the | ||
satisfactory termination of the supervision. | ||
(ii) Those arrests or charges that resulted in | ||
orders
of supervision for any other offenses shall | ||
not be
eligible for expungement until 2 years have | ||
passed
following the satisfactory termination of | ||
the supervision. | ||
(C) When the arrest or charge not initiated by | ||
arrest sought to
be expunged resulted in an order of | ||
qualified probation, successfully
completed by the | ||
petitioner, such records shall not be eligible for
| ||
expungement until 5 years have passed following the | ||
satisfactory
termination of the probation. | ||
(3) Those records maintained by the Department for
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persons arrested prior to their 17th birthday shall be
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expunged as provided in Section 5-915 of the Juvenile Court
| ||
Act of 1987. | ||
(4) Whenever a person has been arrested for or | ||
convicted of any
offense, in the name of a person whose |
identity he or she has stolen or otherwise
come into | ||
possession of, the aggrieved person from whom the identity
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was stolen or otherwise obtained without authorization,
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upon learning of the person having been arrested using his
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or her identity, may, upon verified petition to the chief | ||
judge of
the circuit wherein the arrest was made, have a | ||
court order
entered nunc pro tunc by the Chief Judge to | ||
correct the
arrest record, conviction record, if any, and | ||
all official
records of the arresting authority, the | ||
Department, other
criminal justice agencies, the | ||
prosecutor, and the trial
court concerning such arrest, if | ||
any, by removing his or her name
from all such records in | ||
connection with the arrest and
conviction, if any, and by | ||
inserting in the records the
name of the offender, if known | ||
or ascertainable, in lieu of
the aggrieved's name. The | ||
records of the circuit court clerk shall be sealed until | ||
further order of
the court upon good cause shown and the | ||
name of the
aggrieved person obliterated on the official | ||
index
required to be kept by the circuit court clerk under
| ||
Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but the order shall
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not affect any index issued by the circuit court clerk
| ||
before the entry of the order. Nothing in this Section
| ||
shall limit the Department of State Police or other
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criminal justice agencies or prosecutors from listing
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under an offender's name the false names he or she has
| ||
used. |
(5) Whenever a person has been convicted of criminal
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sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault,
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predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal
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sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the
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victim of that offense may request that the State's
| ||
Attorney of the county in which the conviction occurred
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file a verified petition with the presiding trial judge at
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the petitioner's trial to have a court order entered to | ||
seal
the records of the circuit court clerk in connection
| ||
with the proceedings of the trial court concerning that
| ||
offense. However, the records of the arresting authority
| ||
and the Department of State Police concerning the offense
| ||
shall not be sealed. The court, upon good cause shown,
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shall make the records of the circuit court clerk in
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connection with the proceedings of the trial court
| ||
concerning the offense available for public inspection. | ||
(6) If a conviction has been set aside on direct review
| ||
or on collateral attack and the court determines by clear
| ||
and convincing evidence that the petitioner was factually
| ||
innocent of the charge, the court shall enter an
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expungement order as provided in subsection (b) of Section
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5-5-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections. | ||
(7) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the | ||
Department of
State Police from maintaining all records of | ||
any person who
is admitted to probation upon terms and | ||
conditions and who
fulfills those terms and conditions |
pursuant to Section 10
of the Cannabis Control Act, Section | ||
410 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 | ||
of the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection | ||
Act,
Section 12-4.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, Section | ||
10-102
of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency | ||
Act,
Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse | ||
and
Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid Control | ||
Act. | ||
(c) Sealing. | ||
(1) Applicability. Notwithstanding any other provision | ||
of this Act to the contrary, and cumulative with any rights | ||
to expungement of criminal records, this subsection | ||
authorizes the sealing of criminal records of adults and of | ||
minors prosecuted as adults. | ||
(2) Eligible Records. The following records may be | ||
sealed: | ||
(A) All arrests resulting in release without | ||
charging; | ||
(B) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest | ||
resulting in acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when | ||
the conviction was reversed or vacated, except as | ||
excluded by subsection (a)(3)(B) or (a)(3)(D); | ||
(C) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest | ||
resulting in orders of supervision successfully | ||
completed by the petitioner, unless excluded by | ||
subsection (a)(3); |
(D) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest | ||
resulting in convictions unless excluded by subsection | ||
(a)(3); | ||
(E) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest | ||
resulting in orders of first offender probation under | ||
Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of | ||
the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 | ||
of the Methamphetamine Control and Community | ||
Protection Act; and | ||
(F) Arrests or charges not initiated by arrest | ||
resulting in Class 4 felony convictions for the | ||
following offenses: | ||
(i) Section 11-14 of the Criminal Code of 1961; | ||
(ii) Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act; | ||
(iii) Section 402 of the Illinois Controlled | ||
Substances Act; | ||
(iv) the Methamphetamine Precursor Control | ||
Act; and | ||
(v) the Steroid Control Act. | ||
(3) When Records Are Eligible to Be Sealed. Records | ||
identified as eligible under subsection (c)(2) may be | ||
sealed as follows: | ||
(A) Records identified as eligible under | ||
subsection (c)(2)(A) and (c)(2)(B) may be sealed at any | ||
time. | ||
(B) Records identified as eligible under |
subsection (c)(2)(C) may be sealed
(i) 3 years after | ||
the termination of petitioner's last sentence (as | ||
defined in subsection (a)(1)(F)) if the petitioner has | ||
never been convicted of a criminal offense (as defined | ||
in subsection (a)(1)(D)); or
(ii) 4 years after the | ||
termination of the petitioner's last sentence (as | ||
defined in subsection (a)(1)(F)) if the petitioner has | ||
ever been convicted of a criminal offense (as defined | ||
in subsection (a)(1)(D)). | ||
(C) Records identified as eligible under | ||
subsections (c)(2)(D), (c)(2)(E), and (c)(2)(F) may be | ||
sealed 4 years after the termination of the | ||
petitioner's last sentence (as defined in subsection | ||
(a)(1)(F)). | ||
(4) Subsequent felony convictions. A person may not | ||
have
subsequent felony conviction records sealed as | ||
provided in this subsection
(c) if he or she is convicted | ||
of any felony offense after the date of the
sealing of | ||
prior felony convictions as provided in this subsection | ||
(c). The court may, upon conviction for a subsequent felony | ||
offense, order the unsealing of prior felony conviction | ||
records previously ordered sealed by the court. | ||
(5) Notice of eligibility for sealing. Upon entry of a | ||
disposition for an eligible record under this subsection | ||
(c), the petitioner shall be informed by the court of the | ||
right to have the records sealed and the procedures for the |
sealing of the records. | ||
(d) Procedure. The following procedures apply to | ||
expungement under subsections (b) and (e), and sealing under | ||
subsection (c): | ||
(1) Filing the petition. Upon becoming eligible to | ||
petition for
the expungement or sealing of records under | ||
this Section, the petitioner shall file a petition | ||
requesting the expungement
or sealing of records with the | ||
clerk of the court where the arrests occurred or the | ||
charges were brought, or both. If arrests occurred or | ||
charges were brought in multiple jurisdictions, a petition | ||
must be filed in each such jurisdiction. The petitioner | ||
shall pay the applicable fee, if not waived. | ||
(2) Contents of petition. The petition shall be
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verified and shall contain the petitioner's name, date of
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birth, current address and, for each arrest or charge not | ||
initiated by
arrest sought to be sealed or expunged, the | ||
case number, the date of
arrest (if any), the identity of | ||
the arresting authority, and such
other information as the | ||
court may require. During the pendency
of the proceeding, | ||
the petitioner shall promptly notify the
circuit court | ||
clerk of any change of his or her address. | ||
(3) Drug test. The petitioner must attach to the | ||
petition proof that the petitioner has passed a test taken | ||
within 30 days before the filing of the petition showing | ||
the absence within his or her body of all illegal |
substances as defined by the Illinois Controlled | ||
Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community | ||
Protection Act, and the Cannabis Control Act if he or she | ||
is petitioning to seal felony records pursuant to clause | ||
(c)(2)(E) or (c)(2)(F)(ii)-(v) or if he or she is | ||
petitioning to expunge felony records of a qualified | ||
probation pursuant to clause (b)(1)(B)(iv). | ||
(4) Service of petition. The circuit court clerk shall | ||
promptly
serve a copy of the petition on the State's | ||
Attorney or
prosecutor charged with the duty of prosecuting | ||
the
offense, the Department of State Police, the arresting
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agency and the chief legal officer of the unit of local
| ||
government effecting the arrest. | ||
(5) Objections. | ||
(A) Any party entitled to notice of the petition | ||
may file an objection to the petition. All objections | ||
shall be in writing, shall be filed with the circuit | ||
court clerk, and shall state with specificity the basis | ||
of the objection. | ||
(B) Objections to a petition to expunge or seal | ||
must be filed within 60 days of the date of service of | ||
the petition. | ||
(6) Entry of order. | ||
(A) The Chief Judge of the circuit wherein the | ||
charge was brought, any judge of that circuit | ||
designated by the Chief Judge, or in counties of less |
than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the presiding trial judge | ||
at the petitioner's trial, if any, shall rule on the | ||
petition to expunge or seal as set forth in this | ||
subsection (d)(6). | ||
(B) Unless the State's Attorney or prosecutor, the | ||
Department of
State Police, the arresting agency, or | ||
the chief legal officer
files an objection to the | ||
petition to expunge or seal within 60 days from the | ||
date of service of the petition, the court shall enter | ||
an order granting or denying the petition. | ||
(7) Hearings. If an objection is filed, the court shall | ||
set a date for a hearing and notify the petitioner and all | ||
parties entitled to notice of the petition of the hearing | ||
date at least 30 days prior to the hearing, and shall hear | ||
evidence on whether the petition should or should not be | ||
granted, and shall grant or deny the petition to expunge or | ||
seal the records based on the evidence presented at the | ||
hearing. | ||
(8) Service of order. After entering an order to | ||
expunge or
seal records, the court must provide copies of | ||
the order to the
Department, in a form and manner | ||
prescribed by the Department,
to the petitioner, to the | ||
State's Attorney or prosecutor
charged with the duty of | ||
prosecuting the offense, to the
arresting agency, to the | ||
chief legal officer of the unit of
local government | ||
effecting the arrest, and to such other
criminal justice |
agencies as may be ordered by the court. | ||
(9) Effect of order. | ||
(A) Upon entry of an order to expunge records | ||
pursuant to (b)(2)(A) or (b)(2)(B)(ii), or both: | ||
(i) the records shall be expunged (as defined | ||
in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency, | ||
the Department, and any other agency as ordered by | ||
the court, within 60 days of the date of service of | ||
the order, unless a motion to vacate, modify, or | ||
reconsider the order is filed pursuant to | ||
paragraph (12) of subsection (d) of this Section; | ||
(ii) the records of the circuit court clerk | ||
shall be impounded until further order of the court | ||
upon good cause shown and the name of the | ||
petitioner obliterated on the official index | ||
required to be kept by the circuit court clerk | ||
under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but | ||
the order shall not affect any index issued by the | ||
circuit court clerk before the entry of the order; | ||
and | ||
(iii) in response to an inquiry for expunged | ||
records, the court, the Department, or the agency | ||
receiving such inquiry, shall reply as it does in | ||
response to inquiries when no records ever | ||
existed. | ||
(B) Upon entry of an order to expunge records |
pursuant to (b)(2)(B)(i) or (b)(2)(C), or both: | ||
(i) the records shall be expunged (as defined | ||
in subsection (a)(1)(E)) by the arresting agency | ||
and any other agency as ordered by the court, | ||
within 60 days of the date of service of the order, | ||
unless a motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider | ||
the order is filed pursuant to paragraph (12) of | ||
subsection (d) of this Section; | ||
(ii) the records of the circuit court clerk | ||
shall be impounded until further order of the court | ||
upon good cause shown and the name of the | ||
petitioner obliterated on the official index | ||
required to be kept by the circuit court clerk | ||
under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act, but | ||
the order shall not affect any index issued by the | ||
circuit court clerk before the entry of the order; | ||
(iii) the records shall be impounded by the
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Department within 60 days of the date of service of | ||
the order as ordered by the court, unless a motion | ||
to vacate, modify, or reconsider the order is filed | ||
pursuant to paragraph (12) of subsection (d) of | ||
this Section; | ||
(iv) records impounded by the Department may | ||
be disseminated by the Department only to the | ||
arresting authority, the State's Attorney, and the | ||
court upon a later arrest for the same or a similar |
offense or for the purpose of sentencing for any | ||
subsequent felony, and to the Department of | ||
Corrections upon conviction for any offense; and | ||
(v) in response to an inquiry for such records | ||
from anyone not authorized by law to access such | ||
records the court, the Department, or the agency | ||
receiving such inquiry shall reply as it does in | ||
response to inquiries when no records ever | ||
existed. | ||
(C) Upon entry of an order to seal records under | ||
subsection
(c), the arresting agency, any other agency | ||
as ordered by the court, the Department, and the court | ||
shall seal the records (as defined in subsection | ||
(a)(1)(K)). In response to an inquiry for such records | ||
from anyone not authorized by law to access such | ||
records the court, the Department, or the agency | ||
receiving such inquiry shall reply as it does in | ||
response to inquiries when no records ever existed. | ||
(10) Fees. The Department may charge the petitioner a | ||
fee equivalent to the cost of processing any order to | ||
expunge or seal records. Notwithstanding any provision of | ||
the Clerks of Courts Act to the contrary, the circuit court | ||
clerk may charge a fee equivalent to the cost associated | ||
with the sealing or expungement of records by the circuit | ||
court clerk. From the total filing fee collected for the | ||
petition to seal or expunge, the circuit court clerk shall |
deposit $10 into the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and | ||
Administrative Fund, to be used to offset the costs | ||
incurred by the circuit court clerk in performing the | ||
additional duties required to serve the petition to seal or | ||
expunge on all parties. The circuit court clerk shall | ||
collect and forward the Department of State Police portion | ||
of the fee to the Department and it shall be deposited in | ||
the State Police Services Fund. | ||
(11) Final Order. No court order issued under the | ||
expungement or sealing provisions of this Section shall | ||
become final for purposes of appeal until 30 days after | ||
service of the order on the petitioner and all parties | ||
entitled to notice of the petition. | ||
(12) Motion to Vacate, Modify, or Reconsider. The | ||
petitioner or any party entitled to notice may file a | ||
motion to vacate, modify, or reconsider the order granting | ||
or denying the petition to expunge or seal within 60 days | ||
of service of the order. | ||
(e) Whenever a person who has been convicted of an offense | ||
is granted
a pardon by the Governor which specifically | ||
authorizes expungement, he or she may,
upon verified petition | ||
to the Chief Judge of the circuit where the person had
been | ||
convicted, any judge of the circuit designated by the Chief | ||
Judge, or in
counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the | ||
presiding trial judge at the
defendant's trial, have a court | ||
order entered expunging the record of
arrest from the official |
records of the arresting authority and order that the
records | ||
of the circuit court clerk and the Department be sealed until
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further order of the court upon good cause shown or as | ||
otherwise provided
herein, and the name of the defendant | ||
obliterated from the official index
requested to be kept by the | ||
circuit court clerk under Section 16 of the Clerks
of Courts | ||
Act in connection with the arrest and conviction for the | ||
offense for
which he or she had been pardoned but the order | ||
shall not affect any index issued by
the circuit court clerk | ||
before the entry of the order. All records sealed by
the | ||
Department may be disseminated by the Department only as | ||
required by law or
to the arresting authority, the State's | ||
Attorney, and the court upon a later
arrest for the same or | ||
similar offense or for the purpose of sentencing for any
| ||
subsequent felony. Upon conviction for any subsequent offense, | ||
the Department
of Corrections shall have access to all sealed | ||
records of the Department
pertaining to that individual. Upon | ||
entry of the order of expungement, the
circuit court clerk | ||
shall promptly mail a copy of the order to the
person who was | ||
pardoned. | ||
(f) Subject to available funding, the Illinois Department
| ||
of Corrections shall conduct a study of the impact of sealing,
| ||
especially on employment and recidivism rates, utilizing a
| ||
random sample of those who apply for the sealing of their
| ||
criminal records under Public Act 93-211. At the request of the
| ||
Illinois Department of Corrections, records of the Illinois
|
Department of Employment Security shall be utilized as
| ||
appropriate to assist in the study. The study shall not
| ||
disclose any data in a manner that would allow the
| ||
identification of any particular individual or employing unit.
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The study shall be made available to the General Assembly no
| ||
later than September 1, 2010.
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(20 ILCS 2630/13)
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Sec. 13. Retention and release of sealed records. | ||
(a) The Department of State Police shall retain records | ||
sealed under
subsection (c) (h) of Section 5.2 5 and shall | ||
release them only as authorized by this Act. Felony records | ||
sealed under subsection (c) (h) of Section 5.2 5
shall be used | ||
and
disseminated by the Department only as otherwise | ||
specifically required or authorized by a federal or State law, | ||
rule, or regulation that requires inquiry into and release of | ||
criminal records, including, but not limited to, subsection (A) | ||
of Section 3 of this Act. However, all requests for records | ||
that have been expunged, sealed, and impounded and the use of | ||
those records are subject to the provisions of Section 2-103 of | ||
the Illinois Human Rights Act. Upon
conviction for any offense, | ||
the Department of Corrections shall have
access to all sealed | ||
records of the Department pertaining to that
individual. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, all sealed records are | ||
subject to inspection and use by the court and inspection and | ||
use by law enforcement agencies and State's Attorneys or other |
prosecutors in carrying out the duties of their offices.
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(c) The sealed records maintained under subsection (a) are | ||
exempt from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. | ||
(d) The Department of State Police shall commence the | ||
sealing of records of felony arrests and felony convictions | ||
pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) (h) of Section 5.2 | ||
5 of this Act no later than one year from the date that funds | ||
have been made available for purposes of establishing the | ||
technologies necessary to implement the changes made by this | ||
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
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(Source: P.A. 93-211, eff. 1-1-04; 93-1084, eff. 6-1-05 .)
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(20 ILCS 2630/14 new)
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Sec. 14. Expungement Backlog Accountability Law. | ||
(a) On or before August 1 of each year, the Department of | ||
State Police shall report to the Governor, the Attorney | ||
General, the Office of the State Appellate Defender, and both | ||
houses of the General Assembly the following information for | ||
the previous fiscal year: | ||
(1) the number of petitions to expunge received by the | ||
Department; | ||
(2) the number of petitions to expunge to which the | ||
Department objected pursuant to subdivision (d)(5)(B) of | ||
Section 5.2 of this Act; | ||
(3) the number of petitions to seal records received by | ||
the Department; |
(4) the number of petitions to seal records to which | ||
the Department objected pursuant to subdivision (d)(5)(B) | ||
of Section 5.2 of this Act; | ||
(5) the number of orders to expunge received by the | ||
Department; | ||
(6) the number of orders to expunge to which the | ||
Department successfully filed a
motion to vacate, modify or | ||
reconsider under paragraph (12) of subsection (d) of | ||
Section 5.2 of
this Act; | ||
(7) the number of orders to expunge records entered by | ||
the Department; | ||
(8) the number of orders to seal records received by | ||
the Department; | ||
(9) the number of orders to seal records to which the | ||
Department successfully filed a
motion to vacate, modify or | ||
reconsider under paragraph (12) of subsection (d) of | ||
Section 5.2 of
this Act; | ||
(10) the number of orders to seal records entered by | ||
the Department; | ||
(11) the amount of fees received by the Department | ||
pursuant to subdivision (d)(10)
of Section 5.2 of this Act | ||
and deposited into the State Police Services Fund; | ||
(12) the number of orders to expunge or to seal records | ||
received by the
Department that have not been entered as of | ||
June 30 of the previous fiscal year. | ||
(b) The information reported under this Section shall be |
made available to the public, at the time it is reported, on | ||
the official web site of the Department of State Police.
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Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||
changing Section 5-6-3.1 as follows:
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(730 ILCS 5/5-6-3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-6-3.1)
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(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-983 ) | ||
Sec. 5-6-3.1. Incidents and Conditions of Supervision.
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(a) When a defendant is placed on supervision, the court | ||
shall enter
an order for supervision specifying the period of | ||
such supervision, and
shall defer further proceedings in the | ||
case until the conclusion of the
period.
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(b) The period of supervision shall be reasonable under all | ||
of the
circumstances of the case, but may not be longer than 2 | ||
years, unless the
defendant has failed to pay the assessment | ||
required by Section 10.3 of the
Cannabis Control Act,
Section | ||
411.2 of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act, or Section 80 | ||
of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, in | ||
which case the court may extend supervision beyond 2 years.
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Additionally, the court shall order the defendant to perform no | ||
less than 30
hours of community service and not more than 120 | ||
hours of community service, if
community service is available | ||
in the
jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county | ||
board where the offense
was committed,
when the offense (1) was
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related to or in furtherance of the criminal activities of an |
organized gang or
was motivated by the defendant's membership | ||
in or allegiance to an organized
gang; or (2) is a violation of | ||
any Section of Article 24 of the Criminal
Code of 1961 where a | ||
disposition of supervision is not prohibited by Section
5-6-1 | ||
of this Code.
The
community service shall include, but not be | ||
limited to, the cleanup and repair
of any damage caused by | ||
violation of Section 21-1.3 of the Criminal Code of
1961 and | ||
similar damages to property located within the municipality or | ||
county
in which the violation occurred. Where possible and | ||
reasonable, the community
service should be performed in the | ||
offender's neighborhood.
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For the purposes of this
Section, "organized gang" has the | ||
meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the
Illinois Streetgang | ||
Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
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(c) The court may in addition to other reasonable | ||
conditions
relating to the nature of the offense or the | ||
rehabilitation of the
defendant as determined for each | ||
defendant in the proper discretion of
the court require that | ||
the person:
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(1) make a report to and appear in person before or | ||
participate with
the court or such courts, person, or | ||
social service agency as directed
by the court in the order | ||
of supervision;
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(2) pay a fine and costs;
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(3) work or pursue a course of study or vocational | ||
training;
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(4) undergo medical, psychological or psychiatric | ||
treatment; or
treatment for drug addiction or alcoholism;
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(5) attend or reside in a facility established for the | ||
instruction
or residence of defendants on probation;
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(6) support his dependents;
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(7) refrain from possessing a firearm or other | ||
dangerous weapon;
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(8) and in addition, if a minor:
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(i) reside with his parents or in a foster home;
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(ii) attend school;
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(iii) attend a non-residential program for youth;
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(iv) contribute to his own support at home or in a | ||
foster home; or
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(v) with the consent of the superintendent of the
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facility, attend an educational program at a facility | ||
other than the school
in which the
offense was | ||
committed if he
or she is placed on supervision for a | ||
crime of violence as
defined in
Section 2 of the Crime | ||
Victims Compensation Act committed in a school, on the
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real
property
comprising a school, or within 1,000 feet | ||
of the real property comprising a
school;
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(9) make restitution or reparation in an amount not to | ||
exceed actual
loss or damage to property and pecuniary loss | ||
or make restitution under Section
5-5-6 to a domestic | ||
violence shelter. The court shall
determine the amount and | ||
conditions of payment;
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(10) perform some reasonable public or community | ||
service;
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(11) comply with the terms and conditions of an order | ||
of protection
issued by the court pursuant to the Illinois | ||
Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or
an order of protection | ||
issued by the court of another state, tribe, or United
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States territory.
If the court has ordered the defendant to | ||
make a report and appear in
person under paragraph (1) of | ||
this subsection, a copy of the order of
protection shall be | ||
transmitted to the person or agency so designated
by the | ||
court;
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(12) reimburse any "local anti-crime program" as | ||
defined in Section 7 of
the Anti-Crime Advisory Council Act | ||
for any reasonable expenses incurred by the
program on the | ||
offender's case, not to exceed the maximum amount of the
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fine authorized for the offense for which the defendant was | ||
sentenced;
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(13) contribute a reasonable sum of money, not to
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exceed the maximum amount of the fine authorized for the | ||
offense for which
the defendant was sentenced, (i) to a | ||
"local anti-crime program", as defined
in Section 7 of the | ||
Anti-Crime Advisory Council Act, or (ii) for offenses under | ||
the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources, to | ||
the fund established by the Department of Natural Resources | ||
for the purchase of evidence for investigation purposes and | ||
to conduct investigations as outlined in Section 805-105 of |
the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law;
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(14) refrain from entering into a designated | ||
geographic area except
upon such terms as the court finds | ||
appropriate. Such terms may include
consideration of the | ||
purpose of the entry, the time of day, other persons
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accompanying the defendant, and advance approval by a | ||
probation officer;
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(15) refrain from having any contact, directly or | ||
indirectly, with
certain specified persons or particular | ||
types of person, including but not
limited to members of | ||
street gangs and drug users or dealers;
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(16) refrain from having in his or her body the | ||
presence of any illicit
drug prohibited by the Cannabis | ||
Control Act, the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act, or the | ||
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, | ||
unless prescribed by a physician, and submit samples of
his | ||
or her blood or urine or both for tests to determine the | ||
presence of any
illicit drug;
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(17) refrain from operating any motor vehicle not | ||
equipped with an
ignition interlock device as defined in | ||
Section 1-129.1 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code; under this | ||
condition the court may allow a defendant who is not
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self-employed to operate a vehicle owned by the defendant's | ||
employer that is
not equipped with an ignition interlock | ||
device in the course and scope of the
defendant's | ||
employment; and
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(18) if placed on supervision for a sex offense as | ||
defined in subsection (a-5) of Section 3-1-2 of this Code, | ||
unless the offender is a parent or guardian of the person | ||
under 18 years of age present in the home and no | ||
non-familial minors are present, not participate in a | ||
holiday event involving
children
under 18 years of age, | ||
such as distributing candy or other items to children on
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Halloween,
wearing a Santa Claus costume on or preceding | ||
Christmas, being employed as a
department store Santa | ||
Claus, or wearing an Easter Bunny costume on or
preceding
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Easter. | ||
(d) The court shall defer entering any judgment on the | ||
charges
until the conclusion of the supervision.
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(e) At the conclusion of the period of supervision, if the | ||
court
determines that the defendant has successfully complied | ||
with all of the
conditions of supervision, the court shall | ||
discharge the defendant and
enter a judgment dismissing the | ||
charges.
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(f) Discharge and dismissal upon a successful conclusion of | ||
a
disposition of supervision shall be deemed without | ||
adjudication of guilt
and shall not be termed a conviction for | ||
purposes of disqualification or
disabilities imposed by law | ||
upon conviction of a crime. Two years after the
discharge and | ||
dismissal under this Section, unless the disposition of
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supervision was for a violation of Sections 3-707, 3-708, | ||
3-710, 5-401.3, or 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a |
similar
provision of a local ordinance, or for a violation of | ||
Sections 12-3.2
or 16A-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, in which | ||
case it shall be 5
years after discharge and dismissal, a | ||
person may have his record
of arrest sealed or expunged as may | ||
be provided by law. However, any
defendant placed on | ||
supervision before January 1, 1980, may move for
sealing or | ||
expungement of his arrest record, as provided by law, at any
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time after discharge and dismissal under this Section.
A person | ||
placed on supervision for a sexual offense committed against a | ||
minor
as defined in clause (a)(1)(L) subsection (g) of Section | ||
5.2 5 of the Criminal Identification Act
or for a violation of | ||
Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a
similar | ||
provision of a local ordinance
shall not have his or her record | ||
of arrest sealed or expunged.
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(g) A defendant placed on supervision and who during the | ||
period of
supervision undergoes mandatory drug or alcohol | ||
testing, or both, or is
assigned to be placed on an approved | ||
electronic monitoring device, shall be
ordered to pay the costs | ||
incidental to such mandatory drug or alcohol
testing, or both, | ||
and costs incidental to such approved electronic
monitoring in | ||
accordance with the defendant's ability to pay those costs.
The | ||
county board with the concurrence of the Chief Judge of the | ||
judicial
circuit in which the county is located shall establish | ||
reasonable fees for
the cost of maintenance, testing, and | ||
incidental expenses related to the
mandatory drug or alcohol | ||
testing, or both, and all costs incidental to
approved |
electronic monitoring, of all defendants placed on | ||
supervision.
The concurrence of the Chief Judge shall be in the | ||
form of an
administrative order.
The fees shall be collected by | ||
the clerk of the circuit court. The clerk of
the circuit court | ||
shall pay all moneys collected from these fees to the county
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treasurer who shall use the moneys collected to defray the | ||
costs of
drug testing, alcohol testing, and electronic | ||
monitoring.
The county treasurer shall deposit the fees | ||
collected in the
county working cash fund under Section 6-27001 | ||
or Section 6-29002 of the
Counties Code, as the case may be.
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(h) A disposition of supervision is a final order for the | ||
purposes
of appeal.
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(i) The court shall impose upon a defendant placed on | ||
supervision
after January 1, 1992 or to community service under | ||
the supervision of a
probation or court services department | ||
after January 1, 2004, as a condition
of supervision or | ||
supervised community service, a fee of $50 for
each month of | ||
supervision or supervised community service ordered by the
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court, unless after
determining the inability of the person | ||
placed on supervision or supervised
community service to pay | ||
the
fee, the court assesses a lesser fee. The court may not | ||
impose the fee on a
minor who is made a ward of the State under | ||
the Juvenile Court Act of 1987
while the minor is in placement.
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The fee shall be imposed only upon a
defendant who is actively | ||
supervised by the
probation and court services
department. The | ||
fee shall be collected by the clerk of the circuit court.
The |
clerk of the circuit court shall pay all monies collected from | ||
this fee
to the county treasurer for deposit in the probation | ||
and court services
fund pursuant to Section 15.1 of the | ||
Probation and
Probation Officers Act.
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A circuit court may not impose a probation fee in excess of | ||
$25
per month unless: (1) the circuit court has adopted, by | ||
administrative
order issued by the chief judge, a standard | ||
probation fee guide
determining an offender's ability to pay, | ||
under guidelines developed by
the Administrative
Office of the | ||
Illinois Courts; and (2) the circuit court has authorized, by
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administrative order issued by the chief judge, the creation of | ||
a Crime
Victim's Services Fund, to be administered by the Chief | ||
Judge or his or
her designee, for services to crime victims and | ||
their families. Of the
amount collected as a probation fee, not | ||
to exceed $5 of that fee
collected per month may be used to | ||
provide services to crime victims
and their families.
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(j) All fines and costs imposed under this Section for any
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violation of Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 11 of the Illinois Vehicle | ||
Code, or a
similar provision of a local ordinance, and any | ||
violation of the Child
Passenger Protection Act, or a similar | ||
provision of a local ordinance, shall
be collected and | ||
disbursed by the circuit clerk as provided under Section
27.5 | ||
of the Clerks of Courts Act.
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(k) A defendant at least 17 years of age who is placed on | ||
supervision
for a misdemeanor in a county of 3,000,000 or more | ||
inhabitants
and who has not been previously convicted of a |
misdemeanor or felony
may as a condition of his or her | ||
supervision be required by the court to
attend educational | ||
courses designed to prepare the defendant for a high school
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diploma and to work toward a high school diploma or to work | ||
toward passing the
high school level Test of General | ||
Educational Development (GED) or to work
toward completing a | ||
vocational training program approved by the court. The
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defendant placed on supervision must attend a public | ||
institution of education
to obtain the educational or | ||
vocational training required by this subsection
(k). The | ||
defendant placed on supervision shall be required to pay for | ||
the cost
of the educational courses or GED test, if a fee is | ||
charged for those courses
or test. The court shall revoke the | ||
supervision of a person who wilfully fails
to comply with this | ||
subsection (k). The court shall resentence the defendant
upon | ||
revocation of supervision as provided in Section 5-6-4. This | ||
subsection
(k) does not apply to a defendant who has a high | ||
school diploma or has
successfully passed the GED test. This | ||
subsection (k) does not apply to a
defendant who is determined | ||
by the court to be developmentally disabled or
otherwise | ||
mentally incapable of completing the
educational or vocational | ||
program.
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(l) The court shall require a defendant placed on | ||
supervision for
possession of a substance
prohibited by the | ||
Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, | ||
or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act
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after a previous conviction or disposition of supervision for | ||
possession of a
substance prohibited by the Cannabis Control | ||
Act, the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act, or the | ||
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act or a | ||
sentence of probation under Section 10 of the Cannabis
Control | ||
Act or Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act
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and after a finding by the court that the person is addicted, | ||
to undergo
treatment at a substance abuse program approved by | ||
the court.
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(m) The Secretary of State shall require anyone placed on | ||
court supervision
for a
violation of Section 3-707 of the | ||
Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision
of a local | ||
ordinance
to give proof of his or her financial
responsibility | ||
as
defined in Section 7-315 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The | ||
proof shall be
maintained by the individual in a manner | ||
satisfactory to the Secretary of State
for
a
minimum period of | ||
3 years after the date the proof is first filed.
The proof | ||
shall be limited to a single action per arrest and may not be
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affected by any post-sentence disposition. The Secretary of | ||
State shall
suspend the driver's license of any person
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determined by the Secretary to be in violation of this | ||
subsection. | ||
(n) Any offender placed on supervision for any offense that | ||
the court or probation department has determined to be sexually | ||
motivated as defined in the Sex Offender Management Board Act | ||
shall be required to refrain from any contact, directly or |
indirectly, with any persons specified by the court and shall | ||
be available for all evaluations and treatment programs | ||
required by the court or the probation department.
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(o) An offender placed on supervision for a sex offense as | ||
defined in the Sex Offender
Management Board Act shall refrain | ||
from residing at the same address or in the same condominium | ||
unit or apartment unit or in the same condominium complex or | ||
apartment complex with another person he or she knows or | ||
reasonably should know is a convicted sex offender or has been | ||
placed on supervision for a sex offense. The provisions of this | ||
subsection (o) do not apply to a person convicted of a sex | ||
offense who is placed in a Department of Corrections licensed | ||
transitional housing facility for sex offenders. | ||
(p) An offender placed on supervision for an offense | ||
committed on or after June 1, 2008
(the effective date of | ||
Public Act 95-464)
that would qualify the accused as a child | ||
sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 or 11-9.4 of the | ||
Criminal Code of 1961 shall refrain from communicating with or | ||
contacting, by means of the Internet, a person who is not | ||
related to the accused and whom the accused reasonably believes | ||
to be under 18 years of age. For purposes of this subsection | ||
(p), "Internet" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16J-5 | ||
of the Criminal Code of 1961; and a person is not related to | ||
the accused if the person is not: (i) the spouse, brother, or | ||
sister of the accused; (ii) a descendant of the accused; (iii) | ||
a first or second cousin of the accused; or (iv) a step-child |
or adopted child of the accused.
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(q) An offender placed on supervision for an offense | ||
committed on or after June 1, 2008
(the effective date of | ||
Public Act 95-464)
that would qualify the accused as a child | ||
sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 or 11-9.4 of the | ||
Criminal Code of 1961 shall, if so ordered by the court, | ||
refrain from communicating with or contacting, by means of the | ||
Internet, a person who is related to the accused and whom the | ||
accused reasonably believes to be under 18 years of age. For | ||
purposes of this subsection (q), "Internet" has the meaning | ||
ascribed to it in Section 16J-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961; | ||
and a person is related to the accused if the person is: (i) | ||
the spouse, brother, or sister of the accused; (ii) a | ||
descendant of the accused; (iii) a first or second cousin of | ||
the accused; or (iv) a step-child or adopted child of the | ||
accused.
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(r) An offender placed on supervision for an offense under | ||
Section 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-15.1, 11-20.1, 11-20.3, or 11-21 of | ||
the Criminal Code of 1961, or any attempt to commit any of | ||
these offenses, committed on or after the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall: | ||
(i) not access or use a computer or any other device | ||
with Internet capability without the prior written | ||
approval of the court, except in connection with the | ||
offender's employment or search for employment with the | ||
prior approval of the court; |
(ii) submit to periodic unannounced examinations of | ||
the offender's computer or any other device with Internet | ||
capability by the offender's probation officer, a law | ||
enforcement officer, or assigned computer or information | ||
technology specialist, including the retrieval and copying | ||
of all data from the computer or device and any internal or | ||
external peripherals and removal of such information, | ||
equipment, or device to conduct a more thorough inspection; | ||
(iii) submit to the installation on the offender's | ||
computer or device with Internet capability, at the | ||
offender's expense, of one or more hardware or software | ||
systems to monitor the Internet use; and | ||
(iv) submit to any other appropriate restrictions | ||
concerning the offender's use of or access to a computer or | ||
any other device with Internet capability imposed by the | ||
court. | ||
(Source: P.A. 94-159, eff. 7-11-05; 94-161, eff. 7-11-05; | ||
94-556, eff. 9-11-05; 95-211, eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff. | ||
8-21-07; 95-464, eff. 6-1-08; 95-696, eff. 6-1-08; 95-876, eff. | ||
8-21-08; 95-983, eff. 6-1-09.)
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Section 15. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 2-103 as follows:
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(775 ILCS 5/2-103) (from Ch. 68, par. 2-103)
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Sec. 2-103. Arrest Record.
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(A) Unless otherwise authorized by law,
it is a civil | ||
rights violation for any
employer, employment agency or labor | ||
organization to inquire
into or to use the fact of an arrest or | ||
criminal history
record information
ordered expunged, sealed | ||
or impounded under Section 5.2 5 of the Criminal
Identification | ||
Act as a basis to
refuse to hire, to segregate, or to act
with | ||
respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of | ||
employment,
selection for training or apprenticeship, | ||
discharge, discipline, tenure or
terms, privileges or | ||
conditions of employment. This Section
does not prohibit a | ||
State agency, unit of local government or school
district, or | ||
private organization from requesting or utilizing sealed | ||
felony
conviction information obtained from the Department of | ||
State Police under
the provisions of Section 3 of the
Criminal | ||
Identification Act or under other State or federal laws or | ||
regulations that require criminal background checks in | ||
evaluating the qualifications
and character of an employee or a | ||
prospective employee.
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(B) The prohibition against the use of the fact of an | ||
arrest contained in
this Section shall not be construed to | ||
prohibit an employer, employment agency,
or labor organization | ||
from obtaining or using other information which indicates
that | ||
a person actually engaged in the conduct for which he or she | ||
was
arrested.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1084, eff. 6-1-05 .)
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