Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if a person, corporation, or agent or officer of a corporation uses a post office box as a principal mailing address, service of process may be effectuated by having the person serving the process mail a copy of the process via both regular and certified mail. Provides that service of the process shall meet the requirements of the Code set forth in Sections concerning forms of process and persons authorized to serve process; place of service; and failure to make return. Provides that the person serving the process shall execute and submit an affidavit confirming that the person, corporation, or agent or officer of a corporation uses a post office box as a principal mailing address and that the person serving the process has served the process in accordance with the new provisions.
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Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning medical treatment.
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Article and definitions.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates an abatement for property that (i) is used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes and (ii) has been rebuilt following a natural disaster occurring in taxable year 2013 or any taxable year thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning notice to the circuit clerk of support payments received by the Department of Public Aid.
Amends the Supreme Court Historic Preservation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Designates the portion of Cicero Avenue, beginning at Roosevelt Road in Chicago, Illinois and ending at West Grand Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as Mandela Road in honor of Nelson Mandela. Requests that the Department of Transportation erect signs in honor of the designation at the intersections of Cicero Avenue with West Roosevelt Road, West Lexington Street, West Harrison Street, West Jackson Boulevard, West Madison Street, West Washington Boulevard, West Maypole Avenue, West Lake Street, West Ferdinand Street, West Ohio Street, West Chicago Avenue, West Augusta Boulevard, West Division Street, West Hirsch street, West North Avenue, and West Grand Avenue on or before July 18, 2015.
Urges the President to do everything in America's power to assist for the release and return of the young ladies abducted by Boko Haram militants.
Urges the Governor and the Department of Corrections to discourage prosecutors from recommending and judges from sentencing low level drug offenders to the county jail or the Department of Corrections. Also, urges the Governor and the Director of Corrections to do everything in their power to have low level drug offenders currently serving sentences in Department of Corrections facilities released to home confinement.
Designates November 13, 2014 as Random Acts of Kindness Day in Illinois.