Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax checkoff to allow taxpayers to make contributions to Special Olympics Illinois and Special Children's Charities. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that no employee of the Department of Natural Resources shall search any home or its curtilage without a valid warrant, permission, or probable cause that the home or its curtilage contains evidence of a violation of this Code. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Directs the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys, including federal funds appropriated and distributed by the State of Illinois, provided by or through State agencies to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region & Southwest Missouri, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc., and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Inc. under contracts or grant agreements for Fiscal Year 2010 through year-to-date Fiscal Year 2016.
Designates September 19, 2015 as "Gymnastics Day" in the State of Illinois in support of National Gymnastics Day.
Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Employee Leasing Company Act. Provides that a lessor that does not provide workers' compensation insurance coverage for leased employees of a lessee under an employee leasing arrangement shall not be subject to certain provisions concerning record keeping and reporting requirements. Provides that either a lessor or lessee may provide workers' compensation insurance coverage for leased employees under an employee leasing arrangement. Provides that when the lessee provides workers' compensation coverage for leased employees under an employee leasing arrangement, the lessor shall notify the Department of Insurance to ensure proper and timely notification of coverage to the Department.
Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Provides that the possession of 10 grams or less of cannabis is a civil law violation punishable by a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum fine of $200. Creates the offense of unlawful use of cannabis-based product manufacturing equipment. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Provides that the provisions of any ordinance enacted by any municipality or unit of local government which imposes a fine upon cannabis other than as defined in the Cannabis Control Act are not invalidated or affected by this Act. Amends the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act. Provides that if a person is convicted of 10 grams or less of cannabis, the penalty for possession of any drug paraphernalia seized during the arrest for that offense shall be a civil law violation punishable by a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum fine of $200. Provides for distribution of these fines. Amends Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle, snowmobile, or watercraft within this State when the person has, within 2 hours thereof, a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration in the person's whole blood or other bodily substance of 5 nanograms or more of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per milliliter of whole blood or 10 nanograms or more of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per milliliter of other bodily substance from the unlawful consumption of cannabis (rather than a cannabis THC concentration in any amount). Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the condition of parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release that the subject not knowingly associate with other persons on parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release without prior written permission of his or her parole agent or aftercare specialist does not apply when the association involves activities concerning community activism or organizing with a not-for-profit organization, or both, which may include, but is not limited to, unscheduled meetings or demonstrations, or both. Effective immediately.
Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. In a provision concerning the Department of Human Services' Drug Overdose Prevention Program, adds State and local law enforcement agencies to the list of agencies that may apply for grants to create or support local drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response projects.