Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of aggravated criminal trespass to real property. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she commits criminal trespass to real property while he or she possesses a firearm. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Deletes existing preemption provisions concerning firearms. Provides that regulation of the ownership and possession of firearms and related items are the exclusive powers and functions of the State. Provides that a local government, including a home rule unit, may not require registration, reporting of the sale or transfer of a firearm, or maintenance of a firearm registry. Provides that any existing or future local ordinances or resolutions imposing any registration requirement on firearms and related items are invalid and void. Effective immediately.
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that an application for a concealed carry license shall contain the applicant's valid driver's license number, valid state identification card number, or valid United States Military identification card number.
Amends the Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Tax Act. Provides that the tax rate for the severance and production of oil or gas shall be 1.5% (rather than 3%) of the value of the oil or gas. Provides that for oil the tax shall be: (i) 1.5% of the value of the oil (rather than 3%) where the average daily production from the well in a month is less than 25 barrels; (ii) 2% of the value of the oil (rather than 4%) where the average daily production from the well in a month is between 25 barrels and 50 barrels; (iii) 2.5% of the value of the oil (rather than 5%) where the average daily production from the well in a month is between 50 barrels and 100 barrels; and (iv) 3% of the value of the oil (rather than 6%) where the average daily production from the well in a month is 100 barrels or more. Provides that for gas the tax shall be 3% (rather than 6%) of the value of the gas. Amends the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. Deletes language stating that every applicant for a high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit shall include a traffic management plan on his or her application.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for its FY19 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2018.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides in various provisions an exemption to carry a firearm on Department of Natural Resources property in accordance with the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
Amends the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975. Provides that except in the case of a medical emergency, no physician or person shall knowingly perform, induce, or attempt to perform an abortion upon a pregnant woman when the probable gestational age of her unborn child has been determined to be at least 20 weeks. Provides that a woman upon whom an abortion in violation of the Act is performed or induced may not be prosecuted under the Act for a conspiracy to violate the 20 week requirement. Provides that the woman, the father of the unborn child if married to the mother at the time she receives an abortion in violation of the Act, or, if the mother has not attained the age of 18 years at the time of the abortion, or both, the maternal grandparents of the unborn child, may in a civil action obtain appropriate relief, unless the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or, if brought by the maternal grandparents, the maternal grandparents consented to the abortion. Provides that a medical facility licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act or the Hospital Licensing Act in which an abortion is performed or induced in violation of the Act shall be subject to immediate revocation of its license by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a medical facility licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act or the Hospital Licensing Act in which an abortion is performed or induced in violation of the Act shall lose all State funding for 2 years and shall reimburse the State for moneys or grants received from the State by the medical facility for the fiscal year in which the abortion in violation of the Act was performed.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that any person may use a crossbow to take any animal during the appropriate archery season. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act. Provides that a permit for incidental taking under the Act shall not be required if a federal conservation agreement, including, but not limited to, a candidate conservation agreement, conservation plan, or safe harbor agreement, is in effect and approved by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. Provides that in making Endangered Species Protection Board appointments of naturalists, the Governor shall give consideration to recommendations of conservation groups. Provides that of the remaining appointed members, 2 members shall be landowners representing the State's largest general farm organization. Removes the exemption for notice or public hearing when the Endangered Species Protection Board automatically places a species or subspecies of an animal or plant on the Illinois endangered list after designation as endangered by the U.S. Secretary of Interior. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a non-home rule municipality may adopt a crime-free rental housing ordinance for the purpose of reducing crime, including drugs and gang-related activities, in residential areas. Provides that the municipality's police department or other municipal employees may administer and enforce the ordinance. Provides that the ordinance may include, but is not limited to: (1) a requirement for a valid residential rental license; (2) a requirement that the owner submit to a public safety and crime prevention inspection and attend a training program or seminar concerning crime prevention; (3) a requirement for leases to include a provision or an addendum that prohibits a tenant, a tenant's family member, or a guest of the tenant from engaging in criminal activity on the property, including providing that the violation of this provision permits a landlord to initiate eviction proceeding; (4) a requirement to conduct background checks on prospective tenants or current tenants before renewing a lease; (5) a requirement to submit to periodic inspections of the rental property; and (6) penalties for violating the ordinance. Provides that the provisions of a crime-free rental housing ordinance may not be waived or modified in a lease or separate agreement. Provides that a crime-free rental housing ordinance does not apply to a facility licensed or inspected by the State or federal government, but that the ordinance does apply to mobile home parks. Effective immediately.
