Honors all women residing in skilled nursing facilities in Illinois for their lifelong service to their families and communities.
Amends the School Code. Provides that, after a home-schooling registration form is submitted, the State Board of Education must request a Child Protective Service Unit of the Department of Children and Family Services to investigate the home in which the home schooling will occur to ensure there is no suspected child abuse or neglect in the home. Provides that after the investigation by the Child Protective Service Unit is complete, the State Board must notify the school district in which the home is located that the child is being home-schooled. Provides that once every 2 school years, the State Board must inspect the academic records of a registered home-school student. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to require a Child Protective Service Unit to investigate the home of a child upon a request from the State Board. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Southern Illinois University on 150 years of service to southern Illinois and beyond.
Amends the Illinois Prison Inspection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Abolishes the Real Estate Education Advisory Council. Transfers functions of the Council to the Real Estate Administration and Disciplinary Board or the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Allows the Department to make continuing education requirements for licensed leasing agents without the advice of the Advisory Council and Board. Makes changes to the membership and terms of the Board. Allows the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish temporary or permanent committees of the Board. Effective immediately.
Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Provides an exemption to the Act for a law enforcement agency that is using a drone to prepare for or monitor safety and security at a large-scale event, if drone usage is limited to legitimate public safety purposes, including, but not limited to, evaluating crowd size, density, or movement, assessing public safety vulnerabilities or weaknesses, determining appropriate staffing levels for law enforcement or other public safety personnel, or identifying possible criminal activity. Defines "large-scale event". Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes structural changes concerning homestead exemptions by creating separate divisions for homestead exemptions in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants. Effective January 1, 2019.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes the definition of "handgun" in the preemption provision to include all handgun components and accessories. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Transportation Maintenance Fund. Provides that moneys in the Transportation Maintenance Fund shall be used by the Department of Transportation for the maintenance and construction of roads and bridges in the State. Provides for transfers from the General Revenue Fund to the Transportation Maintenance Fund if the average balance in the General Revenue Fund for any fiscal year exceeds the average balance in the General Revenue Fund for the immediately preceding fiscal year by more than 2%. Effective immediately.
