Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Community College Board.
Creates the Environmental Justice Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that when a person is released prior to conviction (by bail payment or recognizance) and submits his or her FOID card to the clerk of the circuit court, the circuit court clerk shall mail the confiscated card to the Illinois State Police.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits a sheriff's law enforcement employee who begins service in that capacity after the effective date of the amendatory Act from being able to convert up to 10 years of service in any other capacity into service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, an elected county officer will not be able to elect to establish alternative credits for an alternative annuity. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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 the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that in order to enable access to a 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired, disabled, or special needs persons, the installation or connection of any automatic alarm, automatic alerting device, or mechanical dialer shall be allowed. Provides that the device shall be used only in an emergency situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a missing person's report. Sets forth the requirements for the device.
Creates the Foreclosure Working Group, appointed by the State Housing Task Force, to create recommendations to address the foreclosure and housing crisis in the State.
Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that certain taxpayers that are primarily engaged in the manufacture of inner tubes or tires, or both, from natural and synthetic rubber may elect to claim the EDGE Credit against their withholding tax obligations. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Scott Crane on receiving the Robert Ross Personal Achievement Award for the State of Illinois, presented by the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
