Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the maximum reduction for the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption from $3,000 to $3,500 for taxable years 2006 and thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person who, for the purpose of obtaining or renewing a military special license plate, falsely and knowingly claims either to have been awarded a military decoration or to be on active duty in the United States Armed Forces or a military veteran is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall, in addition to any other penalty, be fined not less than $1,000.
Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the findings of the General Assembly.
Creates the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Contains the text of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, with various changes to conform the text of the new Act to other laws of this State. Sets forth the rights and remedies of parties to residential landlord-tenant relationships. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure, the Landlord and Tenant Act, the Security Deposit Return Act, the Retaliatory Eviction Act, the Rental Property Utility Service Act, and the Residential Tenants' Right to Repair Act to provide that various provisions either apply or do not apply to landlord-tenant relationships to which the new Act applies.
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that for fiscal years 2006 and thereafter appropriations from the Road Fund to the Department of State Police may not exceed $45,000,000, and appropriations from the Road Fund to the Secretary of State may not exceed $30,000,000. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption, provides that in all counties (now, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants), the county board may by resolution provide that if a person has been granted the homestead exemption, the person qualifying need not reapply for the exemption. In a Section concerning the alternative general homestead exemption, deletes provisions ending the alternative exemption after certain tax years. Provides that the $20,000 limit on the alternative exemption applies only for certain tax years. Sets forth requirements for ordinances by counties concerning the homestead exemption. 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 Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of State Police to develop a statewide emergency alert system for missing endangered seniors, to develop a community outreach program to promote awareness among State citizens of senior endangerment prevention and response, and to appoint a Child and Senior Safety Coordinator (rather than a Child Safety Coordinator). Requires the Department to prepare a report containing certain information when it receives a notification of a missing endangered senior and to forward the report to certain other parties. Requires the Department to begin an investigation concerning the missing endangered senior no later than 24 hours after receiving notification of the missing endangered senior. Provides a definition of "missing endangered senior". Amends the Illinois Police Training Act to require the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to provide a training program for law enforcement personnel of local governmental agencies in the statewide coordinated child abduction and missing endangered senior alert system (rather than the child abduction alert system). Effective January 1, 2006.
Creates the Identity Theft Notification Act. Requires any data collector that owns or uses personal information in any form that includes personal information concerning an Illinois resident, to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data, without regard for whether the data has been accessed by an unauthorized third party for legal or illegal purposes. Provides that notice may be provided in one of the following ways: (1) written notice; (2) electronic notice; or (3) substitute notice if the person or business demonstrates that the cost of providing notice would exceed $250,000, or the affected class of persons to be notified exceeds 500,000, or the person or business does not have sufficient contact information. Provides a private right of action for a violation of the Act.
Amends the School Code. In scheduling teachers' institute days, requires that election and primary election days must be used before other days.
