Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the publication requirement in a petition for change of name shall be waived if: (i) the petitioner is 18 years of age or older; (ii) concurrent with the petition, the petitioner files with the court a statement, verified under oath, attesting that the petitioner is or has been a person protected under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, the Stalking No Contact Order Act, the Civil No Contact Order Act, the stalking provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision of a law in another state or jurisdiction; (iii) the petitioner attaches to the statement any supporting documents, including relevant court orders; and (iv) the circuit court, after reviewing the statement and supporting documents, enters an order waiving publication. Provides that, under certain circumstances, the petitioner's address may be omitted from court documents and the petitioner may designate an alternative address for service. Provides that court administrators may allow domestic abuse advocates to assist petitioners in the preparation of certain name change petitions. Provides that if publication requirements have been waived, the circuit court shall enter an order providing that any system operated by the judiciary that is designed to provide public case information electronically shall not make the petition publicly available.
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Amends the Gasoline Storage Act. Provides that each facility used for: (i) agricultural purposes at an agriculture site; (ii) refueling construction equipment at a construction site; or (iii) parking, operating, or maintaining a commercial vehicle fleet may store up to 12,000 gallons of any single type of fuel for dispensing in aboveground storage tanks that are constructed of steel, made vapor tight, and outside of buildings. Effective immediately.
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that law enforcement officers, in an effort to assist the Department of Children and Family Services in child protective investigations in its response to reports of child abuse or neglect, must, upon request of a child protection investigator, accompany the child protection investigator. Provides that it is the responsibility of the accompanying officer to accompany the child protection investigator to any other police jurisdiction that is outside the accompanying officer's primary jurisdiction. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code making conforming changes.
Designates the Armor Road Overpass in the City of Bradley as the "Sgt. Wilford Ray "Wil" Lewis Memorial Overpass".
Congratulates Bruce Clark on the occasion of his retirement as Kankakee County Clerk.
Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any not-for-profit organization in this State or any person working at the organization who in good faith provides temporary or emergency overnight shelter without fee to a person experiencing homelessness shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of acts or omissions, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the person or organization in providing the temporary or emergency overnight shelter. Provides that the new provisions do not apply to an organization whose primary purpose is to provide shelter to the homeless.
Congratulates Bruce Clark on his decades of service as Kankakee County Clerk.
Declares domestic violence a public health priority for the State of Illinois and urges the state to make available all necessary resources to combat this epidemic.
Congratulates Christy Alexander on being named the "Front Line Forensic Nurse of the Year" by the International Association of Forensic Nurses.
Congratulates Phil Kambic on being named one of the nation's "Top Nonprofit Hospital and Health System CEOs to Know".