Amends the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony to attempt to possess, procure, transport, store, or deliver anhydrous ammonia in an unauthorized container. Effective January 1, 2008.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a person may not operate, provide, sell, use, or offer to operate, provide, sell, or use any computer software or service that allows a person not physically present at the hunt site to remotely control a weapon that could be used to take wildlife by remote operation. Sets out criminal penalties for violation of the Act. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Evelyn Jean Burns on the occasion of her 80th birthday.
Congratulates the congregation of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church on the occasion of the church's 150th anniversary.
Congratulates the congregation of the Windsor Christian Church on the church's 150th anniversary.
Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the football feud between the Eisenhower Panthers and the MacArthur Generals.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Sex Offender Investigation Fund in the State treasury. Amends the Clerks of Courts Act and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that there shall be added to every penalty imposed in sentencing for a sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act an additional fine in the amount of $500 to be imposed upon a plea of guilty, stipulation of facts or finding of guilty resulting in a judgment of conviction or order of supervision. Provides that the additional fines shall be deposited into the Sex Offender Investigation Fund. Provides that subject to appropriation, moneys in the Sex Offender Investigation Fund shall be used by the Department of State Police to investigate alleged sex offenses and to make grants to local law enforcement agencies to investigate alleged sex offenses as such grants are awarded by the Director of State Police under rules established by the Director of State Police.
Amends the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 in the Public Utilities Act. Changes the definition of "mandatory transition period" to include the period from the effective date through the date on which the Illinois Commerce Commission has approved declarations of competitive service for all classes of service offered in the service areas of all electric utilities that, on December 31, 2005, served at least 100,000 but fewer than 2 million residential customers. Requires the Commission to order certain utilities to file and implement tariffs to reinstate all 2006 rates beginning on the first day of the month immediately following the effective date. Prohibits the Commission from taking certain actions prior to 6 months after the effective date with respect to (i) initiating, authorizing, or ordering any change by way of increase or (ii) in approving an application for a merger, imposing a condition requiring any filing for an increase, decrease, or change in or other review of a utility's rates or enforcing such a condition. Provides that the Commission shall only declare the class of service to be competitive according to certain criteria (now, the Commission is required to declare the service to be competitive if the service or a reasonably equivalent substitute is available at a reasonable price from other providers other than the utility or an affiliate and the utility has lost or is reasonably likely to lose business for service to other providers). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
