Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the use of funds in the Illinois Police Association Fund from sale of Illinois Police Association license plates to be allocated as follows: at least 10% for providing death benefits for the families of police officers killed in the line of duty; at least 10% for providing scholarships, for graduate study, undergraduate study, or both, to children and spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty; and the remainder for operational costs of the Illinois Police Association. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Authorizes the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to assess reasonable fees for attendance at Agency-sponsored conferences and trainings to enable the Agency to carry out the requirements of the Act. Requires moneys generated from these fees to be deposited in the Emergency Planning and Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to appropriation, to effectuate planning and training activities. Effective immediately.
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the administration of the Code.
Amends the Historic Preservation Agency Act. Provides that the Historic Preservation Agency, or its successor, shall establish a pilot program under which partnerships between private corporations, private colleges, or other private entities and public universities and community colleges are created at 2 of the Agency's sites, memorials, or properties in each of the Agency's 5 regions to oversee the maintenance and administration of those sites, memorials, or properties and ensure that those sites, memorials, or properties remain open to the public. Provides that the Agency shall adopt rules concerning matters necessary to carry out the pilot program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Provides individuals 60 days after the issuance of notice from the Department of Agriculture to pay a fee or monetary penalty under the Act before the Department may prohibit that person from using commercial weighing and measuring devices. Provides that penalties not paid within 60 days of notice may (rather than shall) be submitted to the Attorney General's office for collection. Provides that the Department may prohibit a person from using a commercial weighing or measuring device for any administrative penalty not paid within 60 days' notice from the Department. Effective immediately.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Designates the Centennial Bridge in Rock Island as the "Master Sgt. Stanley W. Talbot Memorial Bridge".
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning extended statutes of limitations.
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that the 3-day duration requirement for temporary total incapacity does not apply with respect to an accidental injury to a volunteer fireman.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a $3 surcharge shall be collected in addition to the current annual registration fee for motor vehicles of the first division, autocycles, motorcycles, motor driven cycles, and pedalcycles. Provides that the money collected shall be deposited into the Fire Prevention Fund for the maintenance, operation, and capital expenses of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System.