Rep. Harry Osterman

Amends the Collection Agency Act. Provides that a collection agency may not impose a fee or charge for any child support payments collected through the efforts of a State or local governmental agency. Provides that a collection agency may not impose a fee or charge for the collection of child support payments that exceeds 25% of the amount of child support actually collected by the collection agency.

Amends the Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.

Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Creates a Section concerning tracking firearm injuries. Contains only a caption.

Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections must post on its World Wide Web site a voters' guide containing candidate portraits and statements of candidates for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer. Sets the requirements for material that may be included in the voters' guide. Provides that the Board may charge fees for the inclusion of material in the guide. Contains other provisions. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires sealed bids for license plate numbers 1 through 10,000, first letters A through Z, first letters AA through ZZ, and first letters AAA through ZZZ. Provides that moneys from the bid go into the Voters' Guide Fund. Establishes procedures for the bidding. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Voters' Guide Fund as a trust fund outside the State treasury and provides that the State Treasurer is the custodian of the Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund may be used by the State Board of Elections for costs associated with posting the voters' guide.

Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Creates a Section concerning tracking firearm injuries. Contains only a caption.

Creates the Illinois Opportunity Fund Act. Contains provisions intended to increase the availability and facilitate the delivery of institutional venture capital to emerging and expanding enterprises in the State of Illinois. Defines the role of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Creates the Illinois Opportunity Fund and provides for the creation of the Illinois Capital Investment Corporation. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Opportunity Special Projects Fund. Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act to authorize audits of the Corporation and the Fund. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who is not a federally licensed firearm dealer who desires to transfer a firearm while that person is on the grounds of a gun show must do so only through a federally licensed firearm dealer. Provides that the dealer must follow the procedure under the dial up provision of the Act as if the dealer were the seller of the firearm.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In provisions making an individual ineligible for benefits for leaving work voluntarily without good cause, creates an exception if the individual left work to protect his or her children or himself or herself from domestic violence.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.

Appropriates $1 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the Teen Reach Program.