Amends the Election Code. Requires election authorities to provide voter registration in precincts on election day. Effective immediately.
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning findings of public bodies and the Department of Labor.
Amends the Gas Use Tax Law. Exempts certain business enterprises designated by Standard Industrial Classification from taxation under the Act. Amends the Gas Revenue Tax Act. Provides that the definition of "gross receipts" does not include consideration received from those business enterprises. Amends the Electricity Excise Tax Law. Provides that the tax under the Act is not imposed with respect to any use by those business enterprises in the process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal property for wholesale or for retail sale or lease. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning expenses of conducting a primary election.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning making rules and regulations.
Shows our unwavering commitment to the security of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state with secure borders and recognize and strongly support its inherent right to act in self-defense to protect its citizens against acts of terrorism.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Collection Agency Act. Defines "charge-off date", "collection agency" or "agency", "debt buyer", and "principal balance" or "charge-off balance". Provides that if a debt buyer commences litigation against a debtor, then the debt buyer shall attach to the complaint an affidavit. Provides that a debt buyer shall be subject to all of the terms, conditions, and requirements of the Act, except that a debt buyer shall not be required to (i) file and maintain in force a surety bond; (ii) maintain a trust account; (iii) procure written authorization to refer the account to an attorney for suit; or (iv) adhere to the assignment for collection criteria. Provides that the Attorney General may enforce against debt buyers specified provisions under the Act as an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning retail sales on Sundays.
Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that the Director of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security shall establish a 5-year pilot program under which the Director of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security shall jointly administer competitive examinations to test the relative fitness of applicants for certain positions in the State service. Provides that, under the pilot program, the Director of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security shall determine the times and places where the competitive examinations shall be held, provided that the competitive examinations shall be held at each Department of Employment Security office at least twice a month. Provides that a schedule of the times and places where the competitive examinations shall be held shall be posted on the official websites of the Department of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security. Effective immediately.
