Rep. Charles E. Jefferson

Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act. Provides that harassment through electronic communications includes knowingly transmitting an electronic communication or knowingly inducing a person to transmit an electronic communication for the purpose of deceiving another person who is under 18 years of age if the defendant is at least 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.

Amends the School Code. In scheduling teachers' institute days, requires that election and primary election days must be used before other days.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any person on the effective date of this amendatory Act incarcerated in a facility of the Illinois Department of Corrections for any sex offense, or a prior sex offense statute as defined in any former version of the Criminal Code of 1961, or any offense that was sexually motivated, shall submit a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue by July 1, 2007 for immediate inclusion in the State Offender DNA Identification System. Provides that after July 1, 2007, every person convicted of a sex offense, or a prior sex offense statute as defined in any former version of the Criminal Code of 1961, or any offense which at the time of sentencing the court finds to be sexually motivated shall within 45 days of his or her placement in a facility of the Illinois Department of Corrections submit a sample of blood, saliva, or tissue for immediate inclusion in the State Offender DNA Identification System. Effective immediately.

Deletes existing provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act regarding the eligibility of certain academic and other personnel between academic years and during vacation periods. Inserts language providing that an individual is ineligible for benefits on the basis of wages for services in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity performed for an educational institution (including services performed while in the employ of an educational service agency) during the period between 2 successive academic years or terms, during a paid sabbatical leave, or during an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess if the individual performed those services immediately before the period or recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform those services after the period or recess.

Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that the school board of each public elementary and secondary school in the State shall require (instead of encourage) all teachers and other school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Makes related changes.

Amends the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that an area shall not be designated as a redevelopment planning area for more than 10 years (instead of 5 years). Makes corresponding changes.

Creates the Slumlord Accountability Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning possession of explosives or explosive or incendiary devices.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment when the death penalty is not imposed if the defendant is found guilty of first degree murder and the murder was committed by the discharge of a firearm from a motor vehicle.