Amends the Illinois and Michigan Canal State Park Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or restriction on the property, including any State rights, easements, or conveyance and reversion clauses restricting sale, the City of Lemont may sell a specified reserve strip of the Illinois and Michigan Canal property. Effective immediately.
Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.
Amends the Real Estate Transactions Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that "inquiry" does not include the examination of public records.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of the Lottery for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: Other State Funds $2,228,940,500.
Amends the Access to Justice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends Criminal Code of 2012. Defines "servicemember" and "veteran". Provides that a person commits aggravated assault or aggravated battery when he or she commits an assault or a battery against a servicemember or veteran. Provides that an aggravated assault committed against a servicemember or veteran without legal justification is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that an aggravated battery committed against a servicemember or veteran is a Class 3 felony.
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.
Amends the Public Funds Statement Publication Act. Provides that specified public officers who are required to make statements concerning the use of public funds under that Act shall also publish such statements in a newspaper of general circulation. Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that all ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriations in a fire protection district shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Korean War Veteran license plates.
Amends the Railroad Incorporation Act. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning articles of incorporation.
Creates the Agritourism Liability Act. Provides that an agritourism operator is not liable for the injury or death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of agritourism activities if the agritourism operator posts the prescribed warning notice. Provides that a participant assumes the inherent risks of an agritourism activity by engaging in the agritourism activity. Provides that no participant may pursue an action or recover from an agritourism operator for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant resulting from any of the inherent risks of agritourism activities. Provides that nothing prevents or limits the liability of an agritourism operator if the agritourism operator: (1) commits an act or omission that constitutes willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant and that act or omission proximately causes injury, damage, or death to the participant; or (2) has actual knowledge or reasonably should know of an unusual dangerous condition on the land, facilities, or equipment used in the activity or the dangerous propensity of a particular animal used in such an activity, does not make the danger known to the participant, and the danger proximately causes injury, damage, or death to the participant. Provides that an agritourism operator shall post and maintain a warning notice in a clearly visible location at or near the entrance to the agritourism activity. Effective July 1, 2022.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a renewed Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued under the Act shall be valid for the person to whom it is issued for a period of 10 years from the date of expiration on the previously issued Card. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a renewed license under the Act shall be valid for the person to whom it is issued for a period of 5 years from the date of expiration of the previously issued license. Effective immediately.
