Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that upon verified application by the Sheriff in whose custody the defendant has been remanded (in addition to current application by the State, the defendant, or the court on its own motion) the court before which the proceeding is pending may increase or reduce the amount of bail or may alter the conditions of the bail bond or grant bail where it has been previously revoked or denied. Provides that if monetary bail has been set and the defendant has been unable to post the required amount to secure release from custody, the defendant shall be required to present a verified application setting forth in detail any new facts not known or obtainable at the time of the setting of bail, or the previous revocation or denial of bail proceedings. Provides that if the court grants bail where it has previously been revoked or denied, or increases or reduces the amount of bail, the court shall state on the record of the proceedings the findings of facts and conclusion of law upon which such order is based.
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that for an underground storage tank release reported on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, an owner or operator may access the Underground Storage Tank Fund for costs associated with an Environmental Protection Agency approved plan, and the Agency shall approve the payment of costs associated with corrective action without the application of a deductible, except a $5,000 deductible shall apply to an owner or operator of an underground storage tank that is not registered under the Gasoline Storage Act. Makes changes, applicable to a release reported on or after the effective date, to provisions concerning payments from the Underground Storage Tank Fund for an application for payment from the Fund for an approved plan and budget for a tank that is registered under the Gasoline Storage Act. Provides that if a full payment is not made within specified periods for the applications for these registered tanks, then the Fund must pay the owner or operator 2% interest per month on any unpaid amount until the owner or operator is fully paid. Provides that if the balance in the Underground Storage Tank Fund falls below $10,000,000 for a period of 6 months, then the 2% percent monthly interest payments shall be suspended until the Fund balance is above $10,000,000. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2019.
Makes an appropriation to the Court of Claims from the General Revenue Fund for the payment of a specified claim. Effective July 1, 2018.
Amends the Video Gaming Act. Increases the maximum wager played per hand to $4 (rather than $2). Increases the maximum cash award for a wager on any individual hand to $1,199 (rather than $500). Adds a maximum cash award for the maximum wager on a jackpot, progressive or otherwise, of $10,000. Allows a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed veterans establishment, or licensed fraternal establishment that operates 5 video gaming terminals and averages $175 or more per day on those terminals, to apply to the Board for permission to operate a 6th video gaming terminal. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that in a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the Sheriff may establish a county impact incarceration program without the approval of the County Board of Commissioners. Provides that a person charged with a felony may be admitted into the program. Permits certain violent offenders to participate in the program. Excludes persons convicted of escape or aiding escape from eligibility for the program. Provides that the county impact incarceration program may (rather than shall) include, among other matters, vocational training, education, counseling, substance abuse counseling, life skills training, mandatory physical training and labor, military formation and drills, regimented activities, and uniformity of dress and appearance. Provides that the mandatory term of monitored release a person shall serve may be reduced by the accumulation of good time or pre-trial detention, up to 120 days. Provides that offenders who are charged with eligible offenses may be ordered to the custodial period of the county impact incarceration program. Provides that if the offender is convicted of the eligible offense, the court may sentence the offender to the remaining days required to complete a total participation period of 120 to 180 days and the mandatory term of monitored release.
Amends the Renter's Financial Responsibility and Protection Act. Provides that a rental car company may void a damage waiver if damage or loss to the rental vehicle results from the renter losing or otherwise failing to secure the rental vehicle's keys or any other act of negligence by the renter that would reasonably result in the damage or loss to the rental vehicle.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that an arrest warrant issued for an offender who violated a condition of his or her probation, conditional discharge, or supervision where there is danger of his or her fleeing the jurisdiction or causing serious harm to others or when the offender fails to answer a summons or notice from the clerk of the court or sheriff shall remain active for a period not to exceed 5 years from the date the warrant was issued unless a motion to extend the warrant is filed by the office of the State's Attorney or by, or on behalf of, the agency supervising the wanted person. Provides that a motion to extend the warrant shall be filed within one year of the date the warrant is issued and notice shall be provided to the office of the sheriff. Provides that if a person is serving a sentence of probation, conditional discharge, or supervision for a firearm offense or forcible felony, the warrant shall remain active for a period of 10 years from the date the warrant was issued at which time the wanted person's period of probation, conditional discharge, or supervision shall terminate unsatisfactorily as a matter of law.
Amends the Savings and Loan Share and Account Act. Makes a technical change to a Section relating to joint ownership of accounts.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a person who does not pose a real and present threat to the physical safety of any person, presents a flight risk in the absence of a bail bond, and is otherwise eligible for bail shall not be detained solely because of their financial or economic inability to post bond. Provides that if bail is set or if a defendant is ordered to be electronically monitored as a condition of release, and if the defendant has been unable to post the required bond or secure a location from which to be electronically monitored and remains in custody for 72 hours after the date bail or release with conditions has been set, the defendant shall be afforded a hearing where the court may alter the conditions of bail or release. Provides that the inability of the defendant to pay bail or lack of suitable housing shall be deemed sufficient new facts to support a motion for this hearing.