Rep. John Bradley

Congratulates Kelly Cruse of Marion on being crowned Miss Illinois Teen USA 2005.

Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning funding for the Department of Military Affairs.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes in the offense of unauthorized videotaping, electronically recording or electronically surveilling another person without that person's consent in a private place. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to place or cause to be placed an electronic video surveillance device in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon, locker room, changing room, hotel bedroom, or any other private place, with the intent to electronically record, electronically surveil, videotape, photograph, or film another person without that person's consent. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to place or cause to be placed an electronic video surveillance device in another person's residence without that person's consent, with the intent to secretly electronically record, electronically surveil, videotape, photograph, or film another person without that person's consent. Increases the penalties for the offense from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony and if the images are disseminated from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony. Provides that if the person electronically recorded, electronically surveilled, videotaped, photographed, or filmed is under 18 years of age, the penalty is a Class 2 felony. Effective January 1, 2005.

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the illegal manufacture or delivery or posession with intent to manufacture or deliver controlled substances.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires a notice of cancellation or notice of change in policy benefits to which an insured is entitled shall also be sent to each person covered under the policy. Effective immediately.

Creates the Employee and Retiree Benefit Protection Act. Provides that unsecured claims for contributions to employee and retiree benefit plans, including health and pension benefits, arising from all past, present, and future obligations of an employer to fully funds those plans, have a higher priority in bankruptcy proceedings than the priorities set forth in the federal Bankruptcy Code. Provides that employee and retiree health and pension benefits provided to an employee or retiree shall be continued to be provided to the employee or retiree in the same manner and with the same benefits that would otherwise have been provided to that employee or retiree if the employer has not been subject to bankruptcy proceedings. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for 5 taxable years, each individual taxpayer is entitled to an income tax credit in the amount of 50% of the amount spent by the taxpayer in the taxable year for long-term care insurance premiums. Provides that the tax credit may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero but may be carried forward for 5 taxable years. Effective immediately.

Urges banks and other financial institutions doing business in the State to offer no-interest or low-interest loans, based upon most-recent pay stubs, to State employees, and to employees of organizations that rely on State grants and funding, if the employees do not get paid in a reasonable and timely manner due to the lack of a FY05 budget.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if the individual who is charged with the violation used the firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another. Effective immediately.

Amends the Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.