Amends the Video Gaming Act. Increases the maximum wager played per hand from $2 to $4. Increases the maximum cash award for a wager on any individual hand from $500 to $1,199. Adds a maximum cash award for the maximum wager on a jackpot, progressive or otherwise, of $10,000. Provides that no terminal operator or officer, employee, or agent of a terminal operator (currently, no terminal operator) may offer, promise, or give anything of value (currently, may give anything of value), including, but not limited to, a loan or financing arrangement, to a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment in accordance with an agreement or arrangement or with the intent that the offer, promise, or gift of the thing of value shall act as an incentive or inducement with respect to locating or maintaining (rather than incentive or inducement to locate) video gaming terminals in that establishment. Provides that specified items and activities are permissible and do not constitute "of value" violations under these provisions. Provides that a licensed location that violates one or more requirements of provisions concerning restrictions on the licenses of terminal operators is guilty of a Class 4 felony and is subject to termination of his or her license by the Illinois Gaming Board. Allows a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed veterans establishment, or licensed fraternal establishment that operates 5 video gaming terminals on its premises and that generates at least $150,000 in net terminal income over the preceding 6 consecutive calendar months, to add and operate a sixth video gaming terminal. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that any lease for real property to be used by the University of Illinois at Chicago for clinical services and ambulatory surgical services may exceed 10 years in length, but may not exceed 30 years in length, provided (i) the lease requires the lessor to make capital improvements in excess of $100,000 and (ii) the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois determines a term of more than 10 years is necessary and is in the best interest of the public institution of higher education. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Extends the inoperative clause date for a pilot program in Cook County waiving the fee to be paid for a petition to expunge or seal records of arrests resulting in release without charging or arrests or charges not initiated by arrest resulting in acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when the conviction was reversed or vacated. Extends inoperative date to on and after January 1, 2019 (rather than on and after January 1, 2018). Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a committed person who is at least 55 years of age and who has served at least 25 consecutive years of imprisonment in a Department of Corrections institution or facility may petition the Prisoner Review Board for participation in the Sentence Modification Program. Provides that a committed person who is serving a sentence, including one who has not yet served the minimum term of the sentence, who is diagnosed as suffering from a terminal condition so as to render the committed person likely to live less than 9 months may be released on medical parole to a hospital, hospice, other licensed inpatient facility, or suitable housing accommodation as specified by the Board. Establishes eligibility requirements for the Program. Provides that an offender who meets the criteria established by this provision and the Department shall be considered by the Department for a reduction of up to 40% of his or her sentence. Provides that after 5 years of successful completion of the Program, the participant may apply to the Board for executive clemency by the Governor, requesting that his or her status be changed to parole or mandatory supervised release or that his or her participation in the Program be extended another 5 years. Retains parole and mandatory supervised release for those not selected for the Program.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Executive Reorganization Implementation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act. Provides that a person who commences a sentence of confinement in a county jail for a fixed term of imprisonment after January 1, 1987 or who is sentenced to a term of probation or conditional discharge on or after January 1, 2018 is eligible for an additional sentence credit if the person successfully completed a full-time, 60-day or longer substance abuse program, educational program, behavior modification program, life skills course, or re-entry planning or who participates in a custodial job training program provided by the county department of corrections or county jail. Provides that this county program credit shall be calculated at sentencing and shall be included in the sentencing order. Provides that no inmate shall be eligible for the additional sentence credit under this provision while assigned to a boot camp or electronic detention.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the maximum liability of a renter of a vehicle for damages resulting from loss due to theft of the vehicle from $2,000 to the actual and reasonable costs incurred up to the fair market value of the vehicle immediately before the loss occurred, as calculated by a commonly and commercially accepted method to establish a fair market value. Provides that a renter who loses or otherwise fails to secure the keys of a rented motor vehicle shall be liable for any damage to the vehicle as a result of the failure or, if the vehicle is not returned to the person, its fair market value immediately before the loss occurred.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Includes federal or State public records in the definition of "expunge". Amends various Acts related to occupational and professional licensing. Provides that no consideration shall be given to convictions entered prior to the date of the application, where the applicant has completed any sentence imposed for that conviction, including any period of mandatory supervised release.
Creates the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Act. Requires the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to establish an Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Center to conduct basic, translational, and transformative research with a mission to provide the scientific evidence on which sound crime-related violence prevention policies and programs can be based. Provides that its research shall include, but is not limited to, the effectiveness of existing laws and policies intended to reduce crime-related violence, including, but not limited to, the criminal misuse of a weapon, and efforts to reduce and deter any criminally violent activities. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Center Fund to support the research and activities of the Center. Provides that moneys from fees, gifts, grants, and donations received by the Center shall be deposited into the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Center Fund. Provides that the Center may also seek additional federal, State, and private funds. Amends the University of Illinois Act to require the University of Illinois to carry out the duties and responsibilities required of it under the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Act.