Bill Text: IL HB0786 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB0786 Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 1205/8-23a new
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.
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding
Section 8-23a as follows:
(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. No park district shall knowingly engage a volunteer

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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.
(d) Failure of a volunteer to disclose that they are a
child sex offender pursuant to this Section is a Class A
misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent violation is a
Class 4 felony. Any person convicted of a violation under this
subsection shall, in addition to any other penalty required by
law, be required to serve a minimum period of 7 days
confinement in the local county jail, and the court shall
impose a mandatory minimum fine of $500. These fines shall be
deposited in the Sex Offender Registration Fund.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.