Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that various information after an individual's arrest must be made available to the news media for inspection and copying as soon as practicable after the individual's arraignment (rather than in no event shall the time period exceed 72 hours from the arrest).
Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning covenants exempting a lessor from liability for damages.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax checkoff for donations to the Pediatric and Rare Disease in Children Research Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Pediatric and Rare Disease in Children Research Fund. Provides that moneys deposited into the Pediatric and Rare Disease in Children Research Fund shall be used by the Department of Public Health for the purpose of making grants to organizations in Illinois that conduct research, investigation, and experimentation that results in a better understanding of pediatric and rare diseases in children and an ultimate cure or treatment option. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Requires Voter Identification Cards for those who do not have an acceptable photo ID. Sets forth requirements and exemptions. Provides that any person desiring to vote shall present to the judges of election for verification of the person's identity a government-issued photo identification card or his or her Voter Identification Card.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an unattended vehicle shall not include an unattended locked motor vehicle with the engine running after being started by a remote starter system if the motor vehicle is located in a municipality with a population of less than 250,000. Provides that language allowing a motor vehicle operating on diesel fuel and started by a remote starter system to idle for more than 10 minutes at a time applies only if the motor vehicle is located in a municipality with a population of less than 250,000. Effective immediately.
Recognizes the importance and value that corn has to Illinois and urges it be made the State grain.
Amends Public Acts 98-679, 98-680, and 98-681. Adds supplemental appropriations to various agencies for personal services and State contributions to Social Security. Effective immediately .
Creates the Taxpayer's Fiscal Charter Act. Provides for a discretionary spending freeze for fiscal years 2019 and 2020. Sets forth requirements to increase discretionary spending beginning in fiscal year 2021. Requires any new spending proposed by the General Assembly in addition to existing obligations shall be accompanied by a proposed source of revenue to pay for the proposed spending or specified cuts necessary to offset the proposed spending. Prohibits unfunded mandates. Requires the publishing of certain information before voting on or enacting an appropriations bill. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Library District Act. Provides that territory annexed by a public library district included within a municipality or school district shall be approved by ordinance of the board and voter referendum (currently, only by ordinance of the board with the option for a back-door referendum to prevent the annexation). Provides that a petition and referendum for disconnection of annexed territory may occur at any time after the annexation (currently, within 1 year after annexation or 30 days after the date that the first tax bill reflecting the tax levied by the district are sent). Removes a prohibition of more than one petition and referendum for disconnection of the annexed territory. Further provides that any area disconnected by petition and referendum will not be liable for any general obligation bonds of the public library district, or other obligations or liabilities, issued or incurred after a petition for disconnection has been under filed if the referendum for disconnection is approved. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides an exception for a law enforcement officer or an operator of an authorized emergency vehicle performing his or her official duties to a provision prohibiting a person from leaving a vehicle unattended without first stopping the engine and removing the key from the ignition. Provides that an unattended vehicle shall not include an unattended locked motor vehicle with the engine running after being started by a remote starter system. Defines "remote starter system". Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
