Makes application to Congress for the calling of a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Designates the month of September 2014 as National Recovery Month in the State of Illinois.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that a settlement or severance agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act by a public body and an employee of the public body is a public record. Prohibits a public body from entering into confidential settlement or severance agreements with its employees. Provides that if a public body enters into a confidential settlement or severance agreement, then the agreement is void and any moneys paid to an employee under that agreement shall be forfeited to the public body. Requires each settlement or severance agreement entered into by a public body to contain a provision authorizing public disclosure of the agreement in its entirety. Defines required terms.
Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, for policemen born on or after January 1, 1955, beginning on January 1, 2015, automatic annual increases shall be 3% and such policemen shall not be subject to the 30% maximum increase. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Designates July of 2014 as Special Olympics Month in the State of Illinois.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purposes of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Division of Banking Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish a Commercial Bank Regulatory Section and a Savings Bank Regulatory Section within the Division. Amends the State Finance Act. Changes the name of the Savings and Residential Finance Regulatory Fund to the Residential Finance Regulatory Fund. Provides for expenditures from the Savings Institution Regulatory Fund and the Residential Finance Regulatory Fund related to the disposition of unclaimed property. Amends the Savings Bank Act. Provides that the Secretary may charter mutual and stock holding companies in connection with a mutual savings bank reorganization. Establishes the effect of the repeal of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, including the regulation of entities formerly under the Illinois Savings and Loan Act as savings banks under the Savings Bank Act. Changes references from "member or shareholder" to "customer". Changes references from "Commissioner" to "Secretary". Makes changes to provisions concerning articles of incorporation, proxies, directors, access to books and records, regulations, investment in loans, loans to one borrower, mergers, conversion of an existing depository institution to a savings bank, powers of the Secretary, regulatory fees, and disclosure of reports of examinations and confidential supervisory information. Repeals the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
