Bill Text: IL HB4472 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Chicago Park District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning criminal background investigations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4472 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB4472-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB4472 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 1505/16a-5
Amends the Chicago Park District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning criminal background investigations.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Chicago Park District Act is amended by
changing Section 16a-5 as follows:
(70 ILCS 1505/16a-5)
Sec. 16a-5. Criminal background investigations.
(a) An applicant for employment with the the Chicago Park
District is required as a condition of employment to authorize
an investigation to determine if the applicant has been
convicted of, or adjudicated a delinquent minor for, any of the
enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this
Section or has been convicted, within 7 years of the
application for employment with the Chicago Park District, of
any other felony under the laws of this State or of any offense
committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws
of the United States that, if committed or attempted in this
State, would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of
this State. Authorization for the investigation shall be
furnished by the applicant to the Chicago Park District. Upon
receipt of this authorization, the Chicago Park District shall
submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth, and
social security number to the Department of State Police on

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forms prescribed by the Department of State Police. The
Department of State Police shall conduct a search of the
Illinois criminal history record information database to
ascertain if the applicant being considered for employment has
been convicted of, or adjudicated a delinquent minor for,
committing or attempting to commit any of the enumerated
criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this Section or
has been convicted, of committing or attempting to commit
within 7 years of the application for employment with the
Chicago Park District, any other felony under the laws of this
State. The Department of State Police shall charge the Chicago
Park District a fee for conducting the investigation, which fee
shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and shall
not exceed the cost of the inquiry. The applicant shall not be
charged a fee by the Chicago Park District for the
investigation.
(b) If the search of the Illinois criminal history record
database indicates that the applicant has been convicted of, or
adjudicated a delinquent minor for, committing or attempting to
commit any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
subsection (c) or has been convicted of committing or
attempting to commit, within 7 years of the application for
employment with the Chicago Park District, any other felony
under the laws of this State, the Department of State Police
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish, pursuant
to a fingerprint based background check, records of convictions

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or adjudications as a delinquent minor, until expunged, to the
General Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer of the
Chicago Park District. Any information concerning the record of
convictions or adjudications as a delinquent minor obtained by
the General Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer shall be
confidential and may only be transmitted to those persons who
are necessary to the decision on whether to hire the applicant
for employment. A copy of the record of convictions or
adjudications as a delinquent minor obtained from the
Department of State Police shall be provided to the applicant
for employment. Any person who releases any confidential
information concerning any criminal convictions or
adjudications as a delinquent minor of an applicant for
employment shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless the
release of such information is authorized by this Section.
(c) The Chicago Park District may not knowingly employ a
person who has been convicted, or adjudicated a delinquent
minor, for committing attempted first degree murder or for
committing or attempting to commit first degree murder, a Class
X felony, or any one or more of the following offenses: (i)
those defined in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50,
11-1.60, 11-6, 11-9, 11-14, 11-14.3, 11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1,
11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1,
11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 11-21, 11-30, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5,
12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of
1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; (ii) those defined in the

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Cannabis Control Act, except those defined in Sections 4(a),
4(b), and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those defined in the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act; and (v)
any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
against the laws of the United States, which, if committed or
attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
more of the foregoing offenses. Further, the Chicago Park
District may not knowingly employ a person who has been found
to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor
under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II
of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The Chicago Park District
may not knowingly employ a person for whom a criminal
background investigation has not been initiated.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-700, eff. 6-22-12;
97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)