Amends the Wildlife Code. Removes the prohibition on the use of a silencer or other device to muffle or mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting from the firing of any gun. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when the person knowingly uses, attaches, or possesses with the intent to use or attach any device or attachment of any kind for silencing the report of any handgun, unless the use, attachment, or possession with the intent to use the device or attachment is on the premises of a firing or shooting range; or possesses any device or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the report of any other firearm if the device or attachment is not possessed in compliance with the National Firearms Act. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly transfers or gives a suppressor or silencer to a person not authorized to possess the suppressor or silencer under federal law. Provides that a violation of this provision is a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities carries over to the benefit of the veteran's surviving spouse if the veteran resided outside of the State but otherwise qualified for the exemption at the time of his or her death and the surviving spouse relocates to Illinois after the death of the veteran. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Development Board for FY19 capital projects. Effective July 1, 2018.
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the additional penalty for fraudulently obtaining benefits is 125% (instead of 15%) of the amount fraudulently obtained. Provides that the amounts collected shall be paid into the State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (instead of shall be treated in the same manner as benefits recovered from an individual). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2019, if the decedent's taxable estate contains a farm, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code. Effective immediately.
Stands in opposition to the United States Department of Labor's permanent closure of the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Golconda, and states support for the future retainment, or creation of, job training centers in the State of Illinois.
Amends the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under the Act shall (rather than may) be sentenced to imprisonment for a term up to twice the maximum term otherwise authorized and fined an amount up to twice that otherwise authorized.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In provisions concerning authorized fines, provides that an additional penalty is imposed in sentencing for an offense concerning vehicle wheel and axle loads and gross weights of: (1) $15 for each $40 of the first $330, or fraction thereof, of fine imposed; and (ii) $10 for each $40, or fraction thereof, of fine imposed in excess of $330 (rather than an additional penalty of $15 for each $40, or fraction thereof, of fine imposed). Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that 1% of the school facility occupation taxes collected shall be distributed to the regional superintendent of schools (currently, these moneys are deposited into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund) to cover the costs in administering and enforcing the provisions of the school facility occupation taxes Section of the Code. Effective July 1, 2018.