Bill Text: IL HB0786 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Park District Code. Prohibits a park district from knowingly engaging a volunteer who has been convicted of or found to be a child sex offender. Provides that every park district shall require volunteers to complete an application prior to beginning work as a volunteer, which shall include a question concerning whether they have been convicted of or found to be a child sex offender. Provides that if a current volunteer is convicted of or found to be a child sex offender, the volunteer shall immediately disclose the conviction or finding to the park district. Provides for penalties for a volunteer who fails to disclose his or her sex offender status. Defines "volunteer" to mean any individual who, without compensation or benefits, reports to, and is under the direct supervision of, a park district's administrative staff and provides personal services to a park district recreational program that is offered to children. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4)
Status: (Passed) 2017-09-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0472 [HB0786 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0786-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 100-0472 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Park District Code is amended by adding | ||||
Section 8-23a as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1205/8-23a new) | ||||
Sec. 8-23a. Application for volunteers; disclosure of | ||||
child sex offenses; penalty for failure to disclose. | ||||
(a) For purposes of this Section: | ||||
"Child sex offender" has the meaning provided in paragraph | ||||
(1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of | ||||
2012. | ||||
"Volunteer" means any individual who without compensation | ||||
or benefits reports to, and is under the direct supervision of, | ||||
a park district's administrative staff and provides personal | ||||
services to a park district recreational program that is | ||||
offered to children. | ||||
(b) Every park district shall require volunteers to | ||||
complete an application prior to beginning any work as a | ||||
volunteer. The application shall include, but shall not be | ||||
limited to, a question for the applicant to answer concerning | ||||
whether they have been convicted of or found to be a child sex | ||||
offender. If a volunteer is under 18 years of age, the | ||||
volunteer's parent or legal guardian may complete the | ||
application on behalf of the volunteer. No park district shall | ||
knowingly engage a volunteer who has been convicted of or found | ||
to be a child sex offender and shall terminate the services of | ||
the volunteer upon discovery of such an offender. | ||
(c) If a current volunteer with a park district is | ||
convicted of or found to be a child sex offender, the volunteer | ||
shall immediately disclose the conviction or finding to the | ||
park district.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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