Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning compensation ascertained by a jury in eminent domain cases.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Exempts all materials necessary for the installation of automatic sprinkler systems from the tax imposed by the Acts. Excludes the exemption from the sunset requirements of the Acts. Effective immediately.
Amends the Children's Product Safety Act. Provides that a "children's product" is one designed or intended for the care of or use by a child under age 12 (instead of under age 6). Replaces the definition of "commercial user" with a definition of "commercial dealer", which includes one who manufactures children's products. Imposes requirements on commercial dealers in children's products with respect to product recalls. Provides that a commercial dealer who violates the Act is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each day the violation continues (instead of providing that a commercial user who willfully and knowingly violates the Act is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor). Provides that nothing in the Act relieves a commercial dealer from compliance with stricter requirements imposed by a federal agency. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the court shall not make a custody determination in any custody proceeding in favor of any party against whom there are pending domestic violence charges, either under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or under the Criminal Code of 1961, until those pending charges have been resolved.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Childhood Hunger Relief Act and amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Requires the board of education for certain school districts to utilize available federal funding to establish a school breakfast program and a summer food service program. Provides that applications for participation in the school food programs shall be filed with the State Board of Education and information about the child's status shall be provided by the Department of Human Services upon written request. Makes changes concerning the breakfast incentive program. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to study a way to use funds from gambling to reduce classroom size in grades K through 3 to no more than 15 students per classroom and to increase student literacy.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, upon a vacancy in the office of village president, the village trustees shall appoint an acting village president from the members of the board of trustees or from among the elected village officers (now, from the members of the board of trustees). Provides that, in a village with a population of less than 5,000, if each member of the board of trustees and each elected village officer (now, each member of the board of trustees) declines or is not approved for appointment, the board of trustees may appoint any other village resident as acting village president. Provides that an acting village president shall receive the salary or other compensation that is fixed by ordinance for the elected village president whose vacancy the acting president was appointed to fill. Effective immediately.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Requires a person who promotes or stages a professional wrestling performance at a facility in this State to post signs at every entrance to the facility in such a manner that at least one of the signs is clearly visible to each person who enters the facility for the purpose of watching the performance. Provides that the signs shall contain a specified warning against copying the performers. Provides that a violation is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.
