Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 concerning the offense of money laundering. Provides that money laundering also may occur when a person, knowing that the property involved in a financial transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, conducts or attempts to conduct such a financial transaction which in fact involves criminally derived property: (A) with the intent to promote the carrying on of the unlawful activity from which the criminally derived property was obtained; or (B) where he or she knows or reasonably should know that the financial transaction is designed in whole or in part: (i) to conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the ownership or the control of the criminally derived property; or (ii) to avoid a transaction reporting requirement under State law. Provides for the introduction of certain evidence to show whether the property or proceeds were known to be some form of criminally derived property or from some form of specified unlawful activity. Provides for the forfeiture of property derived from money laundering. Specifies which units of government shall receive the proceeds of the forfeited property. Effective immediately.
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Creates the Firearms Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code provision regarding Illinois Fire Fighters' license plates. Provides that all moneys deposited into the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes listed in the Vehicle Code provision.
Amends the Older Adult Services Act. Provides that no later than January 1, 2006 and every January 1 thereafter, the Department on Aging and the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall file with the Governor and the General Assembly a plan that establishes goals for the number of affordable housing units to be made available to the frail elderly in the next fiscal year. Requires that the plan: (i) detail the number of new units of housing to be created, the number of units made accessible through rehabilitation and renovation, and the number of new supportive living units to be created and certified; and (ii) include recommendations for statutory or policy changes needed to reduce barriers to the establishment of affordable housing units for the frail elderly. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Provides that a person convicted of or placed on supervision for a sex offense shall as a condition of parole, mandatory supervised release, probation, or supervision refrain from residing at the same address or in the same condominium unit or apartment unit or in the same condominium complex or apartment complex with another person he or she knows or reasonably should know is a convicted sex offender or has been placed on supervision for a sex offense. Provides that a probation or parole officer supervising a sex offender shall periodically, but not less than once a month, verify that the parolee or releasee or person on probation or supervision is in compliance with these provisions. Provides that a violation shall result in revocation of parole, mandatory supervised release, probation, or supervision.
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs to conduct an annual review comparing the benefits that Illinois veterans receive with those benefits received by veterans in other states and U.S. territories. Provides that this benefits review shall be annually reported to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Illinois Congressional delegation. Effective January 1, 2006.
Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applications for certification.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code and the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Requires coverage of mammograms for women under 40 years of age with a family history of breast cancer or other risk factors at the age and intervals deemed medically necessary by the woman's health care provider. Effective immediately.
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning annual license fees.
Amends the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.