Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of being an armed habitual criminal. Provides that a person commits the offense of being an armed habitual criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or transfers any firearm after having been convicted a total of 3 or more times of any of the following offenses: first degree murder; aggravated battery; aggravated battery with a firearm; unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; robbery; armed robbery; residential burglary; home invasion; vehicular hijacking; gunrunning; intimidation; armed violence; criminal sexual assault; aggravated criminal sexual assault; predatory criminal sexual assault of a child; aggravated domestic battery; or any violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is punishable as a Class 3 felony or higher. Provides that a violation is a Class X felony. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a prisoner serving a sentence for being an armed habitual criminal shall receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Savings Bank Act and the Limited Liability Company Act to authorize savings banks to convert to limited liability companies.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the Board, through the budget process and with a 2/3 vote, may fix the compensation of its members elected in November, 2004 and thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a truck, not used in combination with another vehicle and used exclusively for the delivery of propane fuel, may, when laden, transmit upon a road surface a maximum weight of 22,000 pounds on a single axle or 40,000 on a tandem axle.
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 provisions of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act concerning a local public entity's duty to maintain its property in a reasonably safe condition for intended and permitted users. Provides that a person riding a bicycle is deemed to be an intended and permitted user of a roadway, except in the case of roadways upon which the use of bicycles is prohibited and the prohibition is indicated by appropriate signage.
Creates the Independent Living Projects Act. Requires the Department on Aging and the Department of Human Services to contract with independent living projects in different regions of the State to demonstrate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of using low-cost home care and other residential alternatives to nursing home care and to achieve other goals. Sets forth criteria that such projects must meet. Requires the Department on Aging to conduct a public awareness campaign.
Amends the Savings Bank Act. In provisions pertaining to savings banks that establish branches or offices at which savings or investments are regularly received or loans approved, provides that a savings bank holding company, other than Illinois savings bank holding companies, may control or own more than 5% of the voting shares or rights of any Illinois savings bank or Illinois savings bank holding company subject to specified limitations. Requires the Commissioner to include fingerprints in the contents of applications for permits to organize. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code to base retirement benefits on the highest 36 months, rather than 4 years, of salary within the last 10 years of service. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Creates the Illinois Consumer-Directed Care Act. Requires the Illinois Department on Aging, in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the Illinois Department of Human Services, to establish the consumer-directed care program as a demonstration program. Provides eligibility requirements for those enrolled in the program. Provides that consumers enrolled in the program shall be given a monthly budget allowance based on the results of their assessed functional needs and the financial resources of the program. Provides that consumers may use the budget allowance to pay only for home and community-based services that meet the consumer's long-term care needs and that are a cost-efficient use of funds. Sets forth the roles and responsibilities for consumers, State agencies, and fiscal intermediaries in administrating the program. Requires that all persons who render care under this Act must comply with the requirements of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Requires the Department on Aging to submit an annual report to the General Assembly. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2008.