Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that when a sex offender registers with the appropriate law enforcement agency, he or she shall provide the law enforcement agency with all e-mail addresses, instant messaging identities, chat room identities, and other Internet communications identities that the sex offender uses or plans to use, all Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex offender, and all blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted any messages or information. Amends the Sex Offender Community Notification Law. Provides for disclosure of such information to the public. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code, the Clerks of Courts Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a serious traffic violation, as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code, shall pay an additional fee of $20. Provides that $7.50 of the fee shall be deposited into the Fire Prevention Fund in the State treasury, $7.50 shall be deposited into the Fire Truck Revolving Loan Fund in the State treasury, and $5 shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and Administrative Fund created by the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Provides that the new provisions become inoperative after 7 years. Effective 60 days after becoming law.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning audit committees.
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to develop an agricultural education teacher training continuum and to provide incentive funding grants to the agriculture education teacher education programs located at Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, the University of Illinois, and Western Illinois University. Provides that public community colleges in this State that provide an articulated agriculture education teacher education course of study are also eligible for funding. Sets forth the types of activities for which funds may be used.
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the platting and subdividing of property into lots with streets and other improvements in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, deletes the requirement that the property must be in excess of 10 acres at the time of platting for there not to be an increase in the assessed valuation.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, upon proper application, the Secretary of State shall issue registration plates designated as Gold Star license plates to any Illinois resident who is the surviving widow, widower, parent, or sibling of a person who served in the Armed Forces and lost his or her life while in service whether in peacetime or war, and that the surviving widow or widower and each surviving parent and sibling shall be issued one set of registration plates (rather than providing that only one set of the plates may be issued for each Gold Star awarded).
Urges that the recommendations of the Joint Task Force on Rural Health and Medically Underserved Areas be supported and implemented without delay.
Urges all regional Superintendents of Schools in the State of Illinois to distribute information to schools in their region on the importance of folic acid.
Celebrates the life of Mrs. Willabell Hall-Williams of Galesburg.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.