Amends the Payday Loan Reform Act. Limits interest on payday loans to an annual percentage rate of 36%. Effective immediately.
Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that if a renewal application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card is pending at the time a card expires, the card shall be valid for the person to whom it is issued until 7 business days after the date the person's new Firearm Owner's Identification Card is issued.
Amends the School Code. Provides that any school district that has a local chapter of the National FFA Organization shall permit a pupil that is enrolled in a nonpublic school to participate in the school district's chapter without requiring part-time attendance if the student resides within the boundaries of the school district. Provides that the school district shall obtain authorization from the pupil's parent or guardian before the pupil may participate in the chapter. Provides that the school district may charge the pupil's parent or guardian a fee, subject to determination by the school district, to cover the costs associated with the pupil's participation in the chapter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983, the Limited Liability Company Act, and the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001). Reduces fees for filing documents with the Office of the Secretary of State.
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Allows adults who reside on the premises of a day care home to possess handguns on day care home premises (rather than adults who must possess a handgun as a condition of employment and who reside on the premises of a day care home) if the handgun and handgun ammunition are locked and inaccessible to children.
Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning in Fiscal Year 2018, if the State has not cut the backlog of unpaid bills by 10% by the end of the fiscal year, salaries of the members of the General Assembly shall be cut by 10% for the following fiscal year. Further provides that the percentage by which the backlog of unpaid bills has decreased or increased at the end of the fiscal year shall be certified by the State Comptroller. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an automated traffic law enforcement system is a system, in a municipality or county operated by a governmental agency, that produces a recorded image of a motor vehicle's violation of a provision under the Code regulating traffic-control signals (rather than a violation of any provision under the Code). Provides that for each violation of the provision under the Code regulating traffic-control signals involving a motor vehicle accident that results in damage to another vehicle, death or personal injury to another, or both, recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system, the county or municipality with jurisdiction shall issue a written notice to the violator. Defines "personal injury".
Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act, the Currency Exchange Act, the Transmitters of Money Act, the Sales Finance Agency Act, the Debt Management Service Act, the Title Insurance Act, the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, and the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Defines "email address of record". Eliminates references to "certified mail". Provides that a chartered institution, licensee, or applicant shall provide the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation with an accurate and up-to-date email address. Permits the Department to send official notices to the chartered institution, licensee, or applicant's email address of record. Provides that service to the email address of record is completed when sent. Provides that service by mail is completed when the notice is deposited in the U.S. Mail. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
