730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 730 - CORRECTIONS|730 ILCS 5/ - Unified Code of Corrections.|Chapter V - Sentencing

Sec. 5-5.5-30. Issuance of certificate of good conduct.(a) After a rehabilitation review has been held, in a manner designated by the chief judge of the judicial circuit in which the conviction was entered, the Circuit Court of that judicial circuit   shall have the power to issue a certificate of good  conduct to any eligible offender previously convicted of a crime in this State,  and shall make a specific finding of rehabilitation with the force and effect of a final judgment on the merits, when  the Court is satisfied that:(1) the applicant has conducted himself or herself in     a manner warranting the issuance for a minimum period in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section;(2) the relief to be granted by the certificate is     consistent with the rehabilitation of the applicant; and(3) the relief to be granted is consistent with the     public interest.(b) The Circuit Court shall have the power to issue a certificate of good  conduct to any person previously convicted of a crime in any other  jurisdiction, when the Court is satisfied that:(1) the applicant has demonstrated that there exist     specific facts and circumstances and specific sections of  Illinois State law that have an adverse impact on the applicant and warrant the application for relief to be made in Illinois; and(2) the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of     subsection (a) of this Section have been met.(c) The minimum period of good conduct by the individual referred to  in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section, shall be as follows:  if the most serious crime of which the individual was convicted is a  misdemeanor, the minimum period of good conduct shall be one year; if  the most serious crime of which the individual was convicted is a felony, the minimum period of good conduct shall be 2 years.  Criminal acts committed outside the State  shall be classified as acts committed within the State based on the  maximum sentence that could have been imposed based upon the  conviction under the laws of the foreign jurisdiction. The minimum  period of good conduct by the individual shall be measured either from  the date of the payment of any fine imposed upon him or her, or from the  date of his or her release from custody by parole, mandatory supervised  release or commutation or termination of his or her sentence.  The Circuit Court shall have power and it shall be its duty to investigate all  persons when the application is made and to grant or deny the same  within a reasonable time after the making of the application.(d) If the Circuit Court has issued a certificate of good  conduct, the Court may at any time issue a new certificate enlarging the  relief previously granted.(e) Any certificate of good conduct issued by the Court to  an individual who at the time of the issuance of the certificate is under the  conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release imposed by the  Prisoner Review Board shall be deemed to be a temporary certificate until the time as the  individual is discharged from the terms of parole or mandatory  supervised release, and, while temporary, the certificate may be  revoked by the Court for violation of the conditions of parole or  mandatory supervised release. Revocation shall be upon  notice to the parolee or releasee, who shall be accorded an opportunity to  explain the violation prior to a decision on the revocation. If the certificate  is not so revoked, it shall become a permanent certificate upon expiration  or termination of the offender's parole or mandatory supervised release term.(f) The Court shall, upon notice to a certificate holder, have the power to revoke a certificate of good conduct upon a subsequent conviction.   (Source: P.A. 99-381, eff. 1-1-16.)