Appropriates $3,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the purpose of reopening the Alton Mental Health Center. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes certain highway instruction supervisors, sign hangers, and silkscreen operators employed by the Department of Transportation eligible for the alternative (State Police) formula. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that services performed by an oil field contract pumper do not constitute "employment" for purposes of the Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. Provides that it is not the intent of the Act that task forces, cooperative groups, or delivery systems created under the Act be treated as separate entities that may be sued. Effective immediately.
Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. Makes technical changes in Sections concerning block grants.
Amends the Electric Supplier Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning existing lines.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Cook County Forest Preserve District.
Creates the Firearms Dealer Licensing Act. Requires a person who engages in the business of selling or transferring firearms to be licensed by the Department of State Police. Establishes qualifications for licenses. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony to engage in the business of selling or transferring firearms without a license. Requires a licensed firearms dealer who sells or transfers a firearm to a person who is not a licensed dealer to report that sale or transfer to the Department of State Police.
Amends the Fiscal Note Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning the vote upon the necessity of a fiscal note.
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to the application of the Act.
Amends the Eliminate the Digital Divide Law (i) concerning use of moneys in the Digital Divide Fund and interest being retained in the Fund and (ii) to increase the amount of a grant that a Community Technology Center may receive from $50,000 to $100,000 per fiscal year. Amends the Public Utilities Act to provide for the Department of Revenue (instead of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) to make deposits into the Digital Divide Elimination Fund. Effective immediately.
