Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Accelerates the initial annual increase in retirement pension to the January following the first anniversary of retirement. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning arrest reports and the expungement and sealing of criminal arrest and conviction records.
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes technical changes concerning the location of citations for the completion dates for redevelopment projects. Provides that the redevelopment project in the TIF district created by an ordinance that was adopted on July 14, 1987 by the City of Berwyn must be completed by December 31 of the 35th year (now, the 23rd year) after the year in which the ordinance was adopted. Effective immediately.
Amends the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 2005 in the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle shall be tested for emissions by means of a steady-state idle exhaust gas analysis and an evaporative system integrity test, rather than by means of an on-board diagnostic system test, if the vehicle owner provides a statement, signed by a recognized repair technician, indicating that the vehicle's on-board diagnostic computer is malfunctioning. Effective immediately.
Amends the Forcible Entry and Detainer Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Repeals provisions permitting the board of managers of a condominium to maintain an action for possession against a unit owner (and a tenant of a unit owner) if the unit owner fails or refuses to pay common expenses, other expenses, or a fine, and makes conforming changes in other provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Condominium Property Act.
Creates the Judicial Campaign Reform Act and amends the Election Code, the State Finance Act, the Illinois Income Tax Act, and the Clerks of Courts Act. Creates a voluntary program of public financing of election campaigns for the offices of judges of the Illinois Supreme Court and Appellate Courts, administered by the State Board of Elections. Establishes funding mechanisms and provides penalties for violations. Sets mandatory contribution limits with respect to all judicial election campaigns. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2009.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Finance Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. Extends the duration and increases the amounts of deposits of certain use and occupation tax proceeds into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund. Increases certain bond authorization limits of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority from $2,107,000,000 to $2,457,000,000 and makes changes to the required maturity dates of the bonds. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning delinquent minors.
Creates the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack Authority Act. Creates the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack Authority to promote, operate, and maintain horse racing operations through a racing contractor in the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Provides the duties and powers of the Authority, including the duty to transition the conduct of horse racing at the Illinois State Fairgrounds from an annual race meeting that is contained within the duration of the Illinois State Fair to an annual standardbred race meeting that lasts from 3 to 9 months, depending on funding and market conditions. Provides that the Authority shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Department of Agriculture over all of the real estate of the Illinois State Fairgrounds that is used for horse racing; however, when it is necessary to have controlling jurisdiction over this real property to obey a mandate of the Illinois Racing Board, the Authority shall have controlling jurisdiction. Makes corresponding changes in the State Fair Act. Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 to authorize the Illinois Racing Board to issue a license to the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack Authority authorizing the pari-mutuel system of wagering on live harness and Quarter Horse races, inter-track wagering, simulcast wagering, and advanced deposit wagering (if otherwise authorized by law) through a racing contractor for up 9 months of each year at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Sangamon County. Revenues received by the Board from this license shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act to distribute certain proceeds from electronic gaming, if electronic gaming is authorized under the Act. Effective immediately.
