Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is unlawful for a person to knowingly manufacture or produce a false academic degree or for a person to knowingly use a false academic degree for the purpose of obtaining employment or admission to an Illinois institution of higher learning or admission to an advanced degree program at an Illinois institution of higher learning or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or higher compensation in employment. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Adds a caption.
Creates the Certified Surgical First Assistant and Certified Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from inspection and copying the names, addresses, or other personal information of participants and registrants in park district, forest preserve district, or conservation district programs. Effective immediately.
Amends the Grain Code. Makes numerous changes, including changes with respect to the following: the purposes of the Code; definitions; examinations of licensees; administrative review; electronic warehouse receipts; bonds; fees and assessments; deposit of funds; criminal history investigations; financial requirements of licensees; price later contracts; fines and criminal penalties; suspension and revocation of licenses; Department of Agriculture expense reimbursement; procedures upon failure of a licensee; designation of administrative law judges; compensation of claimants; and creation of the Regulatory Fund as a trust fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; also amends the Illinois Police Training Act, the State Mandates Act, and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Department of State Police to provide training to State Police officers concerning sensitivity toward racial and ethnic differences. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to provide for similar training for probationary police officers. Provides for a 4-year traffic stop statistical study based on information that must be recorded on the face of a uniform traffic citation, warning citation, or uniform stop card by State and local law enforcement officers. Provides that no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from an eavesdropping violation, electronic video and audio recordings made of a custodial interrogation of an individual by a law enforcement officer who complies with specified standards of conducting the interrogation. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that no oral, written, or sign language statement of an accused made as a result of a custodial interrogation shall be admissible as evidence against the accused in a prosecution for homicide offenses or certain sex offenses unless an electronic video and audio recording is made of the statement and the accused is given specified warnings. In the case of an accused under 17 years of age at the time of the offense and subject to the Juvenile Court Act, these requirements apply in cases of non-probationable felonies. Provides for certain warnings to be received before written statements of the accused are admissible. Establishes exceptions. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to provide that the Department of State Police shall make grants available to local law enforcement agencies, subject to a separate appropriation, for the purpose of purchasing videotape equipment.
Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning portability of coverage.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections.
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Professional Regulation may file a complaint pursuant to the Act without obtaining prior approval from the Medical Disciplinary Board. Removes provisions stating that the Chief Medical Coordinator and the Deputy Medical Coordinator shall serve at the will of the Disciplinary Board. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the loan of textbooks to students free of charge, provides that "textbook" includes science curriculum materials in a kit format that includes pre-packaged consumable materials if certain requirements are met. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for any employer to adopt or enforce a policy that limits or prohibits the use of any language in any workplace, unless the language restriction is justified by a business necessity and the employer has notified its employees of (i) the circumstances and the time when the language restriction is required to be observed and (ii) the consequences for violating the language restriction. Defines "business necessity".
