Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that an officer or official paid or unpaid who has successfully completed firearms training as required by his or her law enforcement agency and is authorized by his or her agency to carry a firearm is exempt from the firearms training required for other applicants for a concealed carry license. Provides that the Department of State Police and certified firearms instructors shall recognize up to 8 hours of training already completed toward the 16 hour training requirement if the training course is approved by the Department and was completed in connection with the applicant's previous employment as a paid or unpaid officer or official authorized to carry a firearm in the performance of his or her duties previously. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning testing of disaster warning devices.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful use of weapons.
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that the Illinois Finance Authority (instead of the State Treasurer) shall be custodian of the Illinois Agricultural Loan Guarantee Fund and the Illinois Farmer and Agribusiness Loan Guarantee Fund. Provides that all moneys in those Funds shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the Illinois Finance Authority no later than June 30, 2014, and, on and after that date, all future moneys deposited into the Illinois Agricultural Loan Guarantee Fund shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the Illinois Finance Authority as a continuing appropriation. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that all property of the Illinois Conservation Foundation is exempt. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the prices of goods sold in Department of Corrections commissaries.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property that is used for refining crude oil located in a county of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, as to which litigation with respect to its assessed valuation is pending or was pending as of January 1, 2011, may be the subject of a real property tax assessment settlement agreement among the taxpayer and taxing districts in which it is situated. Provides that wind turbines and ethanol producing facilities (other than systems, methods, construction, devices, or appliances appurtenant to ethanol producing facilities) are not considered pollution control facilities. In a Section concerning valuation for pollution control facilities, provides that the Department of Revenue shall, when reasonable, (now, the Department "shall") consider certain factors when determining the fair cash value of the facility. Provides that the effective date of a pollution control facility certificate is January 1 of the year in which the certificate is issued. Effective immediately.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Denies home rule powers relating to permits and licenses for firearms. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to possess a suppressor for any firearm that has had its serial number removed or altered. Provides that a violation is a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.