Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. In the case of peace officers, expands the scope of arbitration to include residency requirements in municipalities of 1,000,000 or more. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall not accept for filing any petition for nomination for State Senator or Representative if the petition contains less than 10% of the number of signatures required by the Code. Effective immediately.
Amends the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act. Provides that the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor shall conduct education seminars for prosecutors throughout the State on how to prosecute cases in drug court with a specific emphasis on cases involving the illegal possession of methamphetamine. Effective July 1, 2005.
Creates the Missing Persons Identification Act. Provides that all law enforcement agencies shall accept without delay any report of a missing person. Provides that acceptance of a missing person report may not be refused on any ground. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall notify the individual making the missing person report, a family member, or other person in a position to assist the law enforcement agency in its efforts to locate the missing person general information about the handling of the missing person case and that the person making the report or other necessary person shall promptly contact the law enforcement agency if the missing person remains missing to provide additional information and materials that will aid in locating the missing person. Establishes procedures to be followed by law enforcement agencies if a person remains missing after 30 days. Establishes law enforcement procedures for handling death scene investigations. Establishes procedures to be used by the medical examiner or coroner in identifying human remains. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of State Police shall perform the duties prescribed in the Missing Persons Identification Act. Effective immediately.
Creates the Career Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person convicted of certain felony offenses who is not required to be registered under the Sex Offender Registration Act must register with the Department of State Police by providing the following information to the Department, or to the sheriff's office in the county in which the career offender establishes or maintains a permanent or temporary residence, within 2 working days after establishing permanent or temporary residence in this State or within 2 working days after being released from the custody, control, or supervision of the Department of Corrections: name, social security number, age, race, gender, date of birth, height, weight, hair and eye color, photograph, address of legal residence and address of any current temporary residence within the State or out-of-state, including a rural route address or a post office box, date and place of any employment, date and place of each conviction, fingerprints, and a brief description of the crime or crimes committed by the career offender. Provides that the Department of State Police shall maintain on-line computer access to the current information regarding each registered career offender. Provides that the Department of State Police must maintain hotline access so that State, local, and federal law enforcement agencies may obtain instantaneous locator file and criminal characteristics information on release and registration of career offenders for purposes of monitoring, tracking, and prosecution. Provides that the Department of State Police's career offender registration list containing that information is a public record. Effective immediately.
Amends the Municipal Clerk Training Act. Provides that, upon the effective date of the amendatory Act, the term of the ex-officio member of the Municipal Clerk Training Institute Committee representing the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University is terminated. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section creating the civil administrative agencies.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board, in cooperation with representatives of public universities, to conduct a study to seek alternative methods, such as privatization, to meet the demand for additional and upgraded student housing. Effective immediately.
Creates the Career Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person convicted of certain felony offenses who is not required to be registered under the Sex Offender Registration Act or under the Arsonist Registration Act must register with the Department of State Police by providing the following information to the Department, or to the sheriff's office in the county in which the career offender establishes or maintains a permanent or temporary residence, within 2 working days after establishing permanent or temporary residence in this State or within 2 working days after being released from the custody, control, or supervision of the Department of Corrections: name, social security number, age, race, gender, date of birth, height, weight, hair and eye color, photograph, address of legal residence and address of any current temporary residence within the State or out-of-state, including a rural route address or a post office box, date and place of any employment, date and place of each conviction, fingerprints, and a brief description of the crime or crimes committed by the career offender. Provides that the Department of State Police shall maintain on-line computer access to the current information regarding each registered career offender. Provides that the Department of State Police must maintain hotline access so that State, local, and federal law enforcement agencies may obtain instantaneous locator file and criminal characteristics information on release and registration of career offenders for purposes of monitoring, tracking, and prosecution. Provides that the Department of State Police's career offender registration list containing that information is a public record. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations to Illinois State University for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
