Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning exemptions related to hospitals and health care services, provides that ambulance transport is considered a service that addresses the health care needs of low-income or underserved individuals. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals a Section authorizing the issuance of Knights of Columbus Special License Plates. Provides instead that the Department of Human Services may issue decals for Universal special license plates. Provides that the cost for the decals shall be $25 at original issuance and renewal. Provides that $15 of each original issuance and $2 of each renewal shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that $10 of each original issuance and $2 of each renewal shall be deposited into the Knights of Columbus Fund. Provides that money in the Knights of Columbus Fund shall be paid as grants to charitable entities designated by the Knights of Columbus. Makes a corresponding change in the State Finance Act.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires specified disclosures for an officer or employee of the executive or legislative branch or a candidate for an executive or legislative branch office if he or she is an attorney presently licensed to practice law in any state, and that individual or his or her law firm seeks to appear on behalf of a client before any specified Illinois board or State agency. Provides further requirements concerning the disclosure, conflicts of interest, and political contributions. Amends the Public Corruption Profit Forfeiture Act. Provides for the forfeiture of political contributions for a violation of specified provisions of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides for statements of economic interests for certain officers, employees, or candidates for office of the executive or legislative branch.
Amends the State's Attorney Division of the Counties Code. Provides that, beginning on December 1, 2024, the Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County will include 5 elected Deputy State's Attorneys and one elected, at large, State's Attorney. Provides that each Deputy State's Attorney will represent a district, consisting of 3 Cook County judicial subcircuit districts, and have all powers and duties of the State's Attorney within that district, except that the State's Attorney will retain powers relating to: (i) defense of Cook County; (ii) internal operations; (iii) performing the duties of a vacant office of a Deputy State's Attorney; and (iv) arbitration of disputes between Deputy State's Attorneys and approval of shared operations between the two or more jurisdictions. Contains other provisions about the election of Deputy State's Attorneys and vacancies in the office of a Deputy State's Attorney. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that whoever, having been admitted to bail for appearance before any court of the State, incurs a forfeiture of the bail and knowingly fails to surrender himself or herself within 30 days following the date of the forfeiture, commits, if the bail was given in connection with a charge of felony or pending appeal or certiorari after conviction of any offense, a felony of the same Class (rather than next lower Class or a Class A misdemeanor if the underlying offense was a Class 4 felony); or, if the bail was given in connection with a charge of committing a misdemeanor, or for appearance as a witness, commits a misdemeanor of the same (rather than next lower Class, but not less than a Class C misdemeanor).
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if the court determines that a petition for mandamus is frivolous or patently without merit, it shall dismiss the petition on its own motion. Provides that the order of dismissal is a final judgment and shall be served upon the petitioner by certified mail within 10 days of its entry.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant may not be released on his or her own recognizance if he or she: (1) is on release on a recognizance bond for another offense; (2) had 2 or more recognizance bonds within the 12-month period preceding his or her application for release on his or her own recognizance; or (3) had 3 or more recognizance bonds within the 24-month period preceding his or her application for release on his or her own recognizance.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, if an owner or other person in lawful possession or control of private property has contracted with a third party vendor to issue permission to park on the private property through an online service vendor (Third Party Online Parking Service), and a vehicle has been removed from the property associated with the address prior to the time allocated according to the receipt provided to the vehicle owner or authorized user of the vehicle from the Third Party Online Parking Service, then the Third Party Online Parking Service shall, within 10 business days after presentation of the towing invoice and receipt from the vehicle owner or authorized user, remit to the vehicle owner or authorized user of the vehicle all costs charged to the vehicle owner or authorized user of a vehicle for towing costs, invoice fees, and 24 hours of storage, plus $25 for reimbursement to travel to the vehicle location held by the towing company. Provides that, if the Third Party Online Parking Service fails to comply, the Third Party Online Parking Service commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that if a Medicaid enrollee of a managed care organization is referred by his or her primary care provider to another provider who was on the in-network referral list provided by the managed care organization for a medical service, the managed care organization must cover the medical service from that provider if it was a covered service on the date of referral.
