Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.
Pledges support for Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April 2022 and strongly urges the citizens and businesses of Illinois to observe Distracted Driving Awareness Month by practicing safe driving behaviors and pledging to drive distraction-free.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for a felony offense that requires registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that the Chicago Transit Board's rules and regulations may include the suspension of riding privileges or confiscation of fare media. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the penalties for aggravated assault on a transit employee performing his or her official duties, or a transit passenger.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in an amount equal to 50% of the amount paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the purchase of a gun safe or lock used primarily for the purpose of securing firearms. Effective immediately.
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Creates the Cannabis Equity and Oversight Commission. Provides that the Commission shall administer and enforce the provisions of the Act relating to the oversight, licensing, registration, and certification of dispensing organizations, cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, transporting organizations, laboratories, and agents, including, but not limited to, the issuance of identification cards and establishing limits on the potency or serving size of cannabis or cannabis products. Provides that the Commission may suspend or revoke the license of, or impose other penalties upon, dispensing organizations, cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, transporting organizations, laboratories, and their principal officers, agents-in-charge, and agents for violations of this Act or any rules adopted under this Act. Contains other provisions. Changes and inserts provisions of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act into the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act as its own Article. Repeals the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Makes conforming changes throughout various Acts. Effective July 1, 2022.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the rate of tax under the Non-Home Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Non-Home Rule Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Non-Home Rule Municipal Use Tax Act may not exceed 2% (currently, 1%). Provides that the rate of tax that may be imposed for municipal operations may not exceed 1%. With respect to the Non-Home Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Non-Home Rule Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Non-Home Rule Municipal Use Tax Act, provides that the term "public infrastructure" includes the acquisition, repair, and maintenance of public safety equipment. Effective immediately.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning deer hunting.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the threshold amount of the property that was the subject of the theft must exceed $2,000 (rather than $300) in order to enhance the penalty for retail theft from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony or to a higher class of felony. Deletes enhancement of the penalties for retail theft for previous convictions for robbery, armed robbery, burglary, residential burglary, possession of burglary tools, home invasion, unlawful use of a credit card, or forgery.
Amends the Local Government Electronic Notification Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 50 ILCS 55/1 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 200/6-7 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in addition to any other requirements set forth by law, each member of the board of review in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants must be an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Provides that a hospital shall not pursue legal action for non-payment of a hospital bill against any patient who is actively making payments on the hospital bill.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that incidental sales of finished compost do not need to be applied to agronomic rates in determining whether a person needs a permit to conduct a landscape waste composting operation at specified sites. Removes a provision requiring that no fee is charged for the acceptance of materials to be composted in order for a site having 10 or more occupied non-farm residences within 1/2 mile of its boundaries to be excepted from permit requirements.
