Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a member of the armed forces of the United States, other than a reserve component, on active duty on the due date of any installment of taxes due under the Property Tax Code shall not be deemed delinquent in the payment of the installment until 90 days after the due date or, if the member is deployed outside the continental United States, 90 days after the member is redeployed to the continental United States. Provides that members of the reserve components of the armed forces of the United States or members of the National Guard who are on active duty shall not be deemed delinquent in the payment of the installment until 90 days (now, 30 days) after the member returns from active duty. Deletes provisions concerning an amnesty period in Cook County for certain National Guard members for taxes on homestead property due and payable in 1991 or 1992. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative policy.
Amends the State Finance Act. Requires that each July 31 the Governor must report to the General Assembly and the public upon the fiscal impact of all executive orders issued or signed during the previous fiscal year. Specifies the items that must be included for each executive order to reflect the cost of implementing, administering, and enforcing the order and the percentage of those costs borne by current and future appropriations. Effective immediately.
Creates the Identity Theft Notification Act. Requires any data collector that owns or uses personal information in any form that includes personal information concerning an Illinois resident, to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data, without regard for whether the data has been accessed by an unauthorized third party for legal or illegal purposes. Provides that notice may be provided in one of the following ways: (1) written notice; (2) electronic notice; or (3) substitute notice if the person or business demonstrates that the cost of providing notice would exceed $250,000, or the affected class of persons to be notified exceeds 500,000, or the person or business does not have sufficient contact information. Provides a private right of action for a violation of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. In the Employment Article, deletes language that excludes, from the definition of "employer", certain entities and facilities conducted by and for those who rely upon treatment by prayer through spiritual means. Adds language that excludes, from the definition of "employer": any religious organization, association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society; and any institution conducted by and for those who rely upon treatment by prayer through spiritual means. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to require any employer to comply with the Act in violation of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale. In the Public Accommodations Article, changes the exemption for distinctly private facilities so that it applies to single-sex private facilities that are distinctly private in nature, such as restrooms, bathrooms, shower rooms, changing rooms, bath houses, health clubs, and other similar facilities.
Amends the Election Code. Requires that a person seeking to vote in person on election day present a government-issued photo identification to the election judge.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage, be employed by, volunteer at, or be associated with any carnival, circus, street fair, or public festival when persons under the age of 18 are present.
Continues the Joint Task Force on Meat and Poultry Inspection created by House Joint Resolution 115 of the 94th General Assembly and requires the Task Force to report its findings no later than March 1, 2007 (was December 1, 2006).
Congratulates Robert T. Ferguson of Flora on the occasion of the dedication of the Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building.
Honors Dr. Don Hatten on receiving the Rural Physician of Excellence Award.