Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Provides that a recipient of Program grants must be constructing, modifying, altering, or retrofitting an (i) ethanol plant (now, just plant) that has annual production capacity of no less than 30,000,000 gallons of renewable fuel per year or a (ii) biodiesel plant. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and administer grant programs including: the Illinois Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol Program, the Illinois Corn Grain to Fuel Research Consortium Assistance Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Corn-to-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Biodiesel Infrastructure Grant Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Ethanol Development Intergovernmental Assistance Program. Sets forth the purposes and conditions for these grant programs. Provides that subject to appropriation (now, subject to appropriation from the Build Illinois Bond Fund), the Director is authorized to award Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund grants. Sets forth that the annual aggregate amount for these grants shall not exceed $25,000,000 in Fiscal year 2007 and 2008 and $15,000,000 thereafter (now, may not exceed $15,000,000). Specifies how these grant funds shall be allocated. Sets forth certain limitations on spending on the various Program grants including for research conducted at the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Facility at SIU-Edwardsville not to exceed $1,000,000 annually, and a one-time grant in FY 2007 not to exceed $3,000,000 for construction, remodeling, and expansion of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Facility at SIU-Edwardsville. Provides that normal operating and execution of renewable fuels programs in existence on January 1, 2006 within the Department from the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund shall not exceed $5,000,000 annually. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury to fund these grant programs. Sets forth certain conditions for the operation of this Fund. Provides for certain annual payments from the General Revenue Fund to the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, to provide that on or after July 1, 2006 and on or before June 30, 2016, those tax rates apply to 90% of the proceeds of sales made on gasohol (now, apply to 80% of the proceeds of sales made on gasohol). Amends the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act to provide that beginning January 1, 2008 a minimum of 10% of all motor fuel sold or offered for sale in Illinois must be denatured ethanol and that beginning January 1, 2012 a minimum of 15% of all motor fuel sold or offered for sale in Illinois must be denatured ethanol. Effective July 1, 2006.
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Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides that when possible, charges for ground or lot rent in a mobile home park must be comparable to the rental charges for ground or lots occupied by mobile homes or structures similar to mobile homes and located nearby. Provides that increases in the charges for ground or lot rent in a mobile home park must be comparable to increases in the charges for rental of real property similarly situated to mobile home parks.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Enhances the penalties for aggravated identity theft. Provides that aggravated identity theft of property not exceeding $300 in value is a Class 3 (rather than Class 4) felony. Provides that aggravated identity theft of property exceeding $300 and not exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class 2 (rather than Class 3) felony. Provides that aggravated identity theft of property exceeding $10,000 in value and not exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 (rather than Class 2) felony. Provides that aggravated identity theft of property exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class X (rather than Class 1) felony. Provides that the penalty for a person who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense of aggravated identity theft who has been previously convicted of aggravated identity theft regardless of the value of the property is an enhanced Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 15 years and not more than 50 years.
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Public Aid.
Amends the Vital Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Public Health's authority to adopt, modify, amend, repeal, promulgate, and enforce rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that any person convicted of knowingly duplicating, manufacturing, selling, or transferring any fraudulent driver's license or permit is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 2 felony if he or she, in furtherance of gang activity, knowingly duplicates, manufactures, sells, or transfers any fraudulent driver's license or permit or any fraudulent identification card.