Rep. La Shawn Ford

Creates the 2010 State Financial Crisis Task Force.

Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Requires the court to vacate a child support order entered under the Act if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the moving party is not the biological father of the child who is the subject of the support order and that the obligee maliciously misrepresented the paternity of the child to the obligor. Requires the obligor to file the motion to vacate the support order within 2 years after the discovery of evidence that he is not the biological father of the child. Permits the obligor to bring an action against the obligee or the true biological father of the child to obtain restitution for child support previously paid pursuant to the order, if the court vacates the support order. Provides that any judgment obtained in an action for restitution may not be enforced against the mother until after the child for whom the vacated support order was entered is 18 years old or is otherwise emancipated. Provides that any wage deduction or garnishment action taken to enforce a judgment for restitution against the true biological father shall stand behind any withholding order entered against the true biological father for the support of the child for whom the vacated support order had been entered. Provides that if the support order is vacated, the court shall also vacate the judgment or adjudication of paternity under which the support order was entered.

Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that an individual convicted of an offense involving the illegal possession of cannabis, a controlled, look-a-like, or counterfeit substance, or methamphetamine and sentenced on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be sentenced to probation instead of imprisonment. Provides that the court shall order the individual to receive treatment under the supervision of a program designated by the Department of Human Services for the duration of the individual's probation. Provides that an individual convicted of such an offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment before the effective date of the amendatory Act may petition the court to have his or her sentence vacated and to be sentenced to probation and treatment and provides for evaluation of the petition.

Amends the Pawnbroker Regulation Act. Provides that a pawnbroker must, at the time of making a loan or purchase, require the signature and right thumbprint of the person pledging or pawning any goods on all pawn tickets, bills of sale, or ledger cards retained by the licensee. Provides that if the person is unable to write, then the person shall sign by mark. Provides that if the person signs by mark, then the pawnbroker shall record on a separate signature card information that shall enable the pawnbroker to identify the person in case of the loss of the ticket. Provides that if the person does not have a right thumb, then a clear fingerprint shall be obtained using any other existing finger. Effective January 1, 2011.

Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. Authorizes investment in repurchase agreements of government securities having the meaning set out in the Government Securities Act of 1986,"as now or hereafter amended or succeeded". Effective immediately.

Honors Dalward J. DeBruzzi for his lifetime of dedicated service to his community.

Congratulates the staff and directors of Buyers Market Inc. in Chicago on their years of serving the Chicago area.

Congratulates the staff of the Austin Voice on the 25th year of publication and the staff of the Garfield-Lawndale Voice on 5 years of publication.

Congratulates United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the occasion of being confirmed to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and congratulates and thanks President Barack Obama for his wise choice to move America forward by choosing Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee.

Amends the Department of Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates a loan program for ex-offenders to plan and start their own businesses. Defines terms and sets requirements for loans. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Ex-Offender Fund. Effective January 1, 2010.