Amends the Election Code. Permits a person to vote by absentee ballot on the basis that he or she is 65 years old or older.
Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Home-Based Support Services Law for Mentally Disabled Adults.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to prosecution of a traffic, boating, or fish and game law or ordinance violation committed by a minor.
Amends the Township Code. Provides that, if a township board, prior to enactment of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, adopted a tax levy to provide general assistance in the township to certain persons needing that assistance and if the imposition of the property tax extension limitation would prevent the township from levying or increasing the tax, then the township may nevertheless levy the tax by ordinance in an amount not to exceed the maximum rate. Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law of the Property Tax Code. Provides that the provisions of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law are subject to a Section in the Township Code concerning a general assistance tax. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Excludes from the prohibition against a bank making loans secured by the bank's own securities, the acquisition of its securities, after notice to the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate, to prevent loss on an existing debt. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act. Creates the Choose Life Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for the issuance of special Choose Life license plates. Provides that, in addition to normal original issuance and renewal fees, a $25 fee shall be charged for the special plates. Provides that $10 of the additional initial fee and $23 of the additional renewal fee shall be deposited into the Choose Life Fund, and $15 of the additional original fee and $2 of the additional renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary of State, all moneys in the Choose Life Fund shall be paid to the Department of Children and Family Services, which must dispense the moneys as grants to non-governmental, not-for-profit crisis pregnancy centers (i) whose services are limited to meeting the physical needs of pregnant women, (ii) that are not involved in abortion activities, and (iii) that charge no fee for the services.
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Expands the definition of misconduct in the Section concerning an employee's discharge for misconduct to include violations of written workplace policies, rules, or instructions where the employee is provided with advance written notice of the policies, rules, and instructions and to include a failure of an employee to discharge the duties for which he or she was employed.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change.
Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a State's Attorney may create within his or her office a bad check diversion program for offenders who agree to voluntarily participate in the program instead of undergoing prosecution. Provides that the program may be conducted by the State's Attorney or by a private entity under contract with the State's Attorney. Provides that the bad check diversion program may require an offender to: (1) pay for, at his or her own expense, and successfully complete an educational class held by the State's Attorney or a private entity under contract with the State's Attorney; (2) make full restitution for the offense; (3) pay a per-check administrative fee. Provides that the State's Attorney, or private entity under contract with the State's Attorney, may recover, in addition to the face amount of the dishonored check or draft, a transaction fee to defray the costs and expenses incurred by a victim who received a dishonored check that was made or delivered by the offender. Provides that the transaction fee shall be paid to the victim as restitution for the offense.
Amends the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Labor.
Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Provides that a State bank may amend its charter for the purpose of authorizing its board of directors to issue preferred stock; to increase, decrease, or change the par value of shares of its preferred stock; to increase, decrease, or change the preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, or special or relative rights of its preferred stock, provided that the bank's capital is not diminished to the prejudice of the bank's creditors. Provides that once such an amendment is adopted and approved, the board may exercise its delegated authority by adopting a resolution specifying the actions it is taking with respect to the preferred stock. Provides that the board must submit its resolution to the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate, who shall approve the resolution or state his or her objections to the resolution. Provides that, once a resolution is approved, it shall be incorporated as an addendum to the bank's charter. Effective immediately.
