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 Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the redevelopment project in the TIF District created by an ordinance adopted on December 23, 1986 by the Town of Cicero 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 Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that criminal sexual assault also consists of a gang member who aided by 2 or more persons actually present, subjects the victim to sexual penetration without the consent of the victim or who with intent to expose the intimate parts of the body of the victim and when aided by 2 or more other persons actually present, removes or attempts to remove an article of clothing from the victim without the consent of the victim. Provides that a violation is a Class 1 felony.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of the Code, if a school district adopts, in a fiscal year, an additional or supplemental budget as a result of the voters in the school district having voted in favor of an increase in the annual tax rate for educational or operations and maintenance purposes or both at an election held after the adoption of the annual school budget adopted in that fiscal year, the county clerk shall include, in the extension of taxes made during that fiscal year, the extension of taxes for the supplemental or additional budget adopted by the school district.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that compelling organization membership of persons in a school, on school property, or on a school conveyance is a Class 1 felony if the defendant is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense and a Class X felony if the defendant was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense.
Requests the members of the Illinois United States Senate delegation to work to allow a Senate vote on the appointment of Miguel Estrada to the United States Court of Appeals District for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a judge may approve the issuance of a search warrant based on an oral statement that is audio recorded. Provides that when the judge approves such a warrant, the judge shall orally authorize the law enforcement officer requesting the warrant to sign the judge's name and document the exact time and date when the warrant was ordered to be issued on the original warrant.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Domestic Violence Healthcare Response Grant Program. Grants are subject to appropriation. Community healthcare organizations may make proposals. Requires the Department to adopt rules to implement the program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Domestic Violence Health Care Response Fund.
Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Requires a probation officer to release information about a defendant who is serving or has served a sentence of probation or is being investigated for eligibility for probation or about the defendant's immediate family members to law enforcement agencies that are investigating the commission of a crime or crimes or conduct related to criminal activities when the safety of the public is at risk or when the probation officer or information in the records kept by the probation officer is able to assist in the apprehension of the defendant. Provides that law enforcement agencies are entitled to only specified identifying information and may only use the information for law enforcement purposes.