Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a veteran who has a service connected disability of 100% need not reapply for the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits grooming when he or she knowingly in person, through direct communication or conduct through a third-party, performs an act to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child, a child's guardian, or another person believed by the person to be a child or a child's guardian, to commit any sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act, to distribute photographs depicting the sex organs of the child, or to otherwise engage in any unlawful sexual conduct with a child or with another person believed by the person to be a child.
Urges the Governor to refund the Business Interruption Grants (BIG) program in the next budget. Urges federal rulemakers to allow states to use up to 11% of COVID-19 relief money for small business aid.
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that for any amount transferred from the Essential Government Services Support Fund (the EGSS Fund) at the direction of the Governor, the Governor shall provide notice of such transfer to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate. Provides for the timing of the notice. Provides for the content of the notice. Provides that any amount transferred at the direction of the Governor from the EGSS Fund to the General Revenue Fund or other fund in the State treasury for government services shall also be accompanied by an appropriation from the EGSS Fund in an amount equal to the transferred amount with a description of the appropriation that matches the reason stated by the Governor. Provides that if an appropriation is not made within a specified period, then the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer shall automatically transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the EGSS Fund an amount equal to that transferred from the EGSS Fund.
Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that no person may serve more than 10 consecutive years in any of the following leadership roles: Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and Minority Leader of the Senate. Provides that the limitations imposed by the amendatory Act apply to service beginning on and after the second Wednesday in January of 2023.
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that individuals under the age of 18 (instead of 16) may fish with sport fishing devices without being required to have a license. Effective immediately.
Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that an heir or agent who files an unclaimed property claim in which the decedent's property does not exceed $250 (rather than $100) may submit an affidavit attesting to the heir's or agent's capacity to claim in lieu of submitting a certified copy to verify a claim. Provides that, in response to the filing of an unclaimed property claim for a decedent's property not exceeding $250, the administrator shall not require that the affidavit be accompanied by a copy of the decedent's death certificate. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 765 ILCS 1026/15-503 765 ILCS 1026/15-903 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Allows the administrator to deliver property or pay the amount owing to a person without the person filing a claim if the value of the property that is owed the person is $5,000 (rather than $2,000) or less. Allows the administrator to waive a specific requirement and pay or deliver property directly to a person if the property has a value of less than $2,000 (rather than $500). Allows an heir or agent who files an unclaimed property claim in which the decedent's property does not exceed $250 (rather than $100) to submit an affidavit attesting to the heir's or agent's capacity to claim in lieu of submitting a certified copy of the will to verify a claim. Provides that an affidavit is not required to include a copy of the decedent's death certificate if other evidence of the death of the owner is available. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that public indecency also includes committing the proscribed acts while confined in a penal institution. Excludes from the definition of "penal institution" for this purpose a facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice or a juvenile detention facility. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Includes in the definition of "sex offense", a second violation or attempted violation of public indecency while confined in a penal institution committed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that a teacher who is employed by an educational institution that is exempt from the tax under the Act is presumed to be making an exempt purchase if he or she (i) purchases materials and supplies, (ii) possesses a copy of the educational institution's exemption number, and (iii) presents identification at the time of the sale.
Amends the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2023 (rather than January 1, 2022). Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that a Section concerning circuit court clerk fees is repealed on January 1, 2023 (rather than January 1, 2022). Effective immediately.
