Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that the holder of a gift certificate issued on or after January 1, 2010 that has a balance of less than $10 must be given the option of receiving that balance in cash. Effective January 1, 2010.
Amends the Check Cashing Act. Provides that, if a casino-based electronic check acceptance service has taken part in a casino-based transaction involving a check that is dishonored, then a casino-based electronic check acceptance service may not recover treble damages from a person who writes a check for use in a casino-based transaction that is dishonored.
Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Governor's budget to include projections of revenues and expenditures for the 5 following fiscal years. Sets forth requirements for the projections. Requires the budget for the next fiscal year to set forth new or expanded expenditures of $1,000,000 or more. Requires the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to review previous projections and compare them to actual receipts and expenditures. Requires the Governor to submit 5-year projections for expenditures not included in the Governor's initial budget before the General Assembly approves appropriation bills. Contains other provisions. Amends the Fiscal Note Act to require a 5-year projection of expenditures if the note indicates an increase of expenditures of $1,000,000 or more. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax checkoff for the Homeless Veterans Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund may be used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the purpose of making grants to not-for-profit organizations that assist homeless veterans throughout the State. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $9,400,000, from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health to fund the Community Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Services ("CHIPS") Program. Effective July 1, 2010.
Creates the House Healthcare Reform Implementation Council to examine and develop implementation guidelines for the provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Amends the State Designations Act. Provides for the Secretary of State to establish a program by rule to designate, recognize, and award Illinois communities whose citizens have an outstanding record of blood donation, organ donation, or both.
Congratulates Mary Schurder on the occasion of her retirement as Executive Director of The Center of Concern.
Creates the Illinois Covenants Not to Compete Act. Establishes criteria for enforceability of covenants not to compete. Creates certain rebuttable presumptions as to the enforceability of covenants not to compete. Establishes remedies and procedures for enforcing covenants not to compete. Effective January 1, 2011.
Creates the Illinois Covenants Not to Compete Act. Establishes criteria for enforceability of covenants not to compete. Creates certain rebuttable presumptions as to the enforceability of covenants not to compete. Establishes remedies and procedures for enforcing covenants not to compete. Effective January 1, 2010.
