Section 20 ILCS 2635/3 - DefinitionsWhenever used in this Act, and for the purposes of this Act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(A) "Accurate" means factually correct, containing no mistake or error of a material nature.(B) The phrase "administer the criminal laws" includes any of the following activities: intelligence gathering, surveillance, criminal investigation, crime detection and prevention (including research), apprehension, detention, pretrial or post-trial release, prosecution, the correctional supervision or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders, criminal identification activities, data analysis and research done by the sentencing commission, or the collection, maintenance or dissemination of criminal history record information.(C) "The Authority" means the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.(D) "Automated" means the utilization of computers, telecommunication lines, or other automatic data processing equipment for data collection or storage, analysis, processing, preservation, maintenance, dissemination, or display and is distinguished from a system in which such activities are performed manually.(E) "Complete" means accurately reflecting all the criminal history record information about an individual that is required to be reported to the Illinois State Police pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Criminal Identification Act.(F) "Conviction information" means data reflecting a judgment of guilt or nolo contendere. The term includes all prior and subsequent criminal history events directly relating to such judgments, such as, but not limited to: (1) the notation of arrest; (2) the notation of charges filed; (3) the sentence imposed; (4) the fine imposed; and (5) all related probation, parole, and release information. Information ceases to be "conviction information" when a judgment of guilt is reversed or vacated. For purposes of this Act, continuances to a date certain in furtherance of an order of supervision granted under Section 5-6-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections or an order of probation granted under either 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 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act shall not be deemed "conviction information".
(G) "Criminal history record information" means data identifiable to an individual, including information collected under Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act, and consisting of descriptions or notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, informations, pretrial proceedings, trials, or other formal events in the criminal justice system or descriptions or notations of criminal charges (including criminal violations of local municipal ordinances) and the nature of any disposition arising therefrom, including sentencing, court or correctional supervision, rehabilitation and release. The term does not apply to statistical records and reports in which individuals are not identified and from which their identities are not ascertainable, or to information that is for criminal investigative or intelligence purposes.(H) "Criminal justice agency" means (1) a government agency or any subunit thereof which is authorized to administer the criminal laws and which allocates a substantial part of its annual budget for that purpose, or (2) an agency supported by public funds which is authorized as its principal function to administer the criminal laws and which is officially designated by the Illinois State Police as a criminal justice agency for purposes of this Act.(J) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois State Police.(K) "Disseminate" means to disclose or transmit conviction information in any form, oral, written, or otherwise.(L) "Exigency" means pending danger or the threat of pending danger to an individual or property.(M) "Non-criminal justice agency" means a State agency, Federal agency, or unit of local government that is not a criminal justice agency. The term does not refer to private individuals, corporations, or non-governmental agencies or organizations.(M-5) "Request" means the submission to the Illinois State Police , in the form and manner required, the necessary data elements or fingerprints, or both, to allow the Illinois State Police to initiate a search of its criminal history record information files.(N) "Requester" means any private individual, corporation, organization, employer, employment agency, labor organization, or non-criminal justice agency that has made a request pursuant to this Act to obtain conviction information maintained in the files of the Illinois State Police regarding a particular individual.(O) "Statistical information" means data from which the identity of an individual cannot be ascertained, reconstructed, or verified and to which the identity of an individual cannot be linked by the recipient of the information.(P) "Sentencing commission" means the Sentencing Policy Advisory Council.Amended by P.A. 102-0538,§ 225, eff. 8/20/2021.Amended by P.A. 100-0759,§ 25, eff. 1/1/2019.Amended by P.A. 100-0201,§ 150, eff. 8/18/2017.Amended by P.A. 099-0880,§ 5, eff. 8/22/2016.Amended by P.A. 098-0528,§ 10, eff. 1/1/2015.Amended by P.A. 097-1150,§ 90, eff. 1/25/2013.Amended by P.A. 096-1551,§ 1-910, eff. 7/1/2011.Amended by P.A. 094-0556, § 925, eff. 9/11/2005.P.A. 88-368; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.