Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class 2 felony (rather than a Class 3 felony) to knowingly sell or give a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony or to a person under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Effective immediately.
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a sex offender or sexual predator who was not required to register under the Act before the effective date of the amendatory Act now has a duty to register. Provides for notice to those required to register. Requires that persons unable to comply with the registration requirements because of confinement, institutionalization, or imprisonment register within 3 (instead of 5) days after discharge, parole, or release. Effective July 1, 2011.
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.
Amends the Technology Development Act. Authorizes the State Treasurer to segregate up to 3% of the Treasurer's investment portfolio in the Technology Development Account IIa. Authorizes investments from the account to provide venture capital to help attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois. Provides that the Treasurer may solicit proposals from entities to manage and be the General Partner of Technology Development Account IIb, a separate fund consisting of investments from private sector investors that must invest, at the direction of the Treasurer, in tandem with TDA IIa. Sets restrictions and conditions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that any order of probation or conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an adjudication of delinquency for hate crime shall include a condition that the offender enroll in an educational program discouraging hate crimes if the offender caused criminal damage to property consisting of religious fixtures, objects, or decorations. Provides that the educational program may be administered, as determined by the court, by a university, college, community college, non-profit organization, or the Holocaust and Genocide Commission. Effective January 1, 2012.
Amends a provision of the Illinois Welfare and Rehabilitation Services Planning Act concerning the submission of agency plans to the General Assembly. Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act to make changes in the provisions concerning the requirement of licensure, demonstration program requirements, and authorization for alternative health care models. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Deletes a provision concerning policies for the use of restraints and seclusion. Makes a change concerning the annual date by which the Department of Public Health shall report to the General Assembly. Amends the Illinois Migrant Labor Camp Law. Makes changes to the provisions concerning applications for a license to operate or maintain a Migrant Labor Camp and subsequent Departmental inspections. Amends the Poison Control System Act in the provision concerning regional center designations. Amends a provision of the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act concerning certificates of free sale, health certificates, and shellfish certificates. Amends the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act to make a change in the definition of "Grade A". Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act to repeal a provision concerning authorization for alternative health care models. Effective immediately.
Urges the Cable Television and Communications Association of Illinois to look into, at its earliest convenience, the possibility of facilitating the dedication of an unused cable channel to broadcast programs of, by, and for the United States Military veteran.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each candidate for election to the General Assembly to file, at the time of filing petitions for nomination, a certificate of having completed within the previous 12-month period an ethics and campaign finance training program designated by the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services. Amends the Election Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that "public works" does not include gardening-related maintenance projects, including but not limited to watering and pruning. Effective immediately.
Congratulates the congregation, staff, and Reverend Joseph Tito of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Albany Park on the 100th anniversary of the church.
