Amends the Elections Code. Provides that records must be kept for all contributions in excess of $50. Repeals the recordkeeping exemption for purchases of licensed raffle tickets valued under $150.
Creates the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Reduces the FY2014 appropriation to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for grants and administrative expenses associated with community-based violence prevention programs from $15,000,000 to $3,000,000; after school programs from $10,000,000 to $350,000; and the Chicago Area Project from $5,000,000 to $2,100,000. Effective immediately.
Creates the Family and Personal Protection Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall issue a license to carry a loaded or unloaded handgun to an applicant that meets specified qualifications, has provided the application and specified documentation, and has submitted the requisite fees. Provides that a license to carry a handgun entitles a licensee to carry a loaded handgun, either concealed or openly, on or about his or her person or in a vehicle, except in certain prohibited locations. Provides that the license shall be issued by the Department of State Police within 45 days of receipt from a sheriff and shall be valid throughout the State for a period of 5 years from the date of issuance. Provides for renewal of licenses. Establishes qualifications for licensees, certified firearms instructors, and instructor trainers. Provides for home rule preemption. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Prohibits from inspection and copying information about applications for licenses to carry a handgun and about license holders contained in the database created by the Family and Personal Protection Act, except as authorized by that Act. Amends the State Finance Act and the Criminal Code of 2012 to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that a licensed retail sales agent must obtain adequate written evidence of the age and identity of a person before that licensed retail sales agent solicits that person for the sale of lottery tickets or shares. Provides that a violation of this requirement shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of a license under the Act.
Amends provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act authorizing the issuance of a citation to an employer that is not in compliance with its obligation to have workers' compensation insurance and the imposition of a fine to be paid by the employer to the Commission. Provides that, if the Commission determines that the employer was in compliance with its obligation at the time the citation was issued, the Commission shall refund the amount of the fine to the employer within 10 days.
Designates the section of U.S. Highway 50 one mile east of Illinois Route 130 to one mile west of Illinois Route 130 at Olney as the "Marine Aviator General Christian F. Schilt Memorial Highway".
Repeals the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act. Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act to make corresponding changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that the use or operation of an inner tube or float tube is not subject to the prohibition on operation of a watercraft while under the influence. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the State Construction Account Fund, and the Road Fund shall not be subject to sweeps, administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amount from those Funds into any other Fund of the State unless those actions were specifically authorized by law prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Repeals a Section of the State Finance Act authorizing the Governor to transfer moneys from the Road Fund to State Construction Account Fund. Effective immediately.
