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1		AN ACT concerning local government.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding
5		Section 8-23a as follows:
6		(70 ILCS 1205/8-23a new)
7		Sec. 8-23a. Application for volunteers; disclosure of
8		child sex offenses; penalty for failure to disclose.
9		(a) For purposes of this Section:
10		"Child sex offender" has the meaning provided in paragraph
11		(1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of
12		2012.
13		"Volunteer" means any individual who without compensation
14		or benefits reports to, and is under the direct supervision of,
15		a park district's administrative staff and provides personal
16		services to a park district recreational program that is
17		offered to children.
18		(b) Every park district shall require volunteers to
19		complete an application prior to beginning any work as a
20		volunteer. The application shall include, but shall not be
21		limited to, a question for the applicant to answer concerning
22		whether they have been convicted of or found to be a child sex
23		offender. No park district shall knowingly engage a volunteer

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1		who has been convicted of or found to be a child sex offender
2		and shall terminate the services of the volunteer upon
3		discovery of such an offender.
4		(c) If a current volunteer with a park district is
5		convicted of or found to be a child sex offender, the volunteer
6		shall immediately disclose the conviction or finding to the
7		park district.
8		(d) Failure of a volunteer to disclose that they are a
9		child sex offender pursuant to this Section is a Class A
10		misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent violation is a
11		Class 4 felony. Any person convicted of a violation under this
12		subsection shall, in addition to any other penalty required by
13		law, be required to serve a minimum period of 7 days
14		confinement in the local county jail, and the court shall
15		impose a mandatory minimum fine of $500. These fines shall be
16		deposited in the Sex Offender Registration Fund.
17		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18		becoming law.