Amends the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for a referendum presented to the electors to approve or reject statutes or parts of statutes. Provides further requirements concerning referendum petitions, referendum elections, and the application of the referendum if approved by the electors. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Creates the Internet Gaming Act. Authorizes a casino or racetrack to offer Internet gaming or contract with a platform to offer Internet gaming, as regulated by the Illinois Gaming Board. Provides the requirements for Internet gaming platforms, Internet wagering accounts, and licenses issued under the Act. Includes provisions for age verification, location of wagering, responsible gaming, diversity goals in procurement and spending by Internet gaming licensees, the applicability of the Illinois Gambling Act and the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, acceptance of out-of-state wagers, and limitations on home rule units. Provides that a 15% privilege tax is imposed on Internet gaming to be deposited into the State Gaming Fund. Authorizes the adoption of emergency rules to implement the Act and makes conforming changes in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Repeals the Internet Gaming Act 5 years after becoming law. Effective immediately.
Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that the State Treasurer, for purposes related to the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, is not required to pay various fees to the circuit court clerk. Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that the State Treasurer has the authority to access and reproduce, at no cost, vital records and court records.
Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning classes of depositaries.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that each election precinct shall contain 1,200 voters (currently, 500 voters in counties, 600 voters in a municipality with a board of election commissioners and fewer than 500,000 inhabitants, or 400 voters in a municipality with a board of election commissioners and more than 500,000 inhabitants). Makes corresponding and other changes. In provisions concerning the county board of a county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, removes language providing that an election precinct with more than 600 voters may be divided. Provides that a county board may (rather than shall) at specified meetings, redivide, consolidate, or readjust (rather than redivide or readjust) election precincts to meet the 1,200 voters per precinct standard. In provisions concerning a municipality with a board of election commissioners, provides that a city with over 500,000 residents may (rather than shall) rearrange its precincts within 90 days of a presidential election or at any time when the number of votes cast exceeds 1,200 (rather than equals 600) to meet the 1,200 voters per precinct standard. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In the definition of "Category A offense" for bail and pretrial release purposes, includes aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, escape, and violation of bail bond or pretrial release.
Urges the Illinois High School Association to take steps towards officially recognizing the game of cricket in Illinois.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: General Funds $35,018,900; Other State Funds $ 3,307,000; Total $38,325,900.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Secretary of State to inspect a rebuilt vehicle that is 4 model years of age or newer, instead of 8 model years of or newer. Provides that the Secretary of State shall authorize an individual having been consecutively licensed as an automotive parts recycler and a rebuilder for a minimum of 5 years and a member in good standing of an automotive trade association to inspect rebuilt vehicles. Makes other changes.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that when a person is adjudged guilty of first degree murder, any sex offense defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act, or financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability, in addition to any other disposition, penalty, or fine imposed, an analysis fee of $150 shall be imposed for each digital device analyzed by a cyber crime laboratory. Provides that upon verified petition of the defendant, the court shall suspend payment of all or part of the fee if it finds that the defendant does not have the ability to pay the fee. Creates the State Police Crime Laboratory Fund in the State treasury. Provides that the analysis fee shall be forwarded to the office of the treasurer of the unit of local government that performed the forensic analysis if that unit of local government has established a cyber crime laboratory fund, or remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit into the State Crime Laboratory Fund if the analysis was performed by a laboratory operated by the Illinois State Police. Provides that moneys deposited into a cyber crime laboratory fund created by a unit or a combination of units of local government shall be in addition to any allocations made pursuant to existing law and shall be designated for the exclusive use of the cyber crime laboratory. Provides that moneys deposited in the State Crime Laboratory Fund shall be used by State crime laboratories as designated by the Director of the Illinois State Police. Provides that these funds shall be in addition to any allocations made according to existing law and shall be designated for the exclusive use of State crime laboratories. Adds various definitions. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Rights for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Creates the Security of Connected Devices Act. Requires manufacturers of connected devices to equip the device with security features that are designed to protect the device and any information the device contains from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.
