Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that central communication system vendors may develop and provide information regarding gaming devices or individual gaming performance data to all manufacturers related to their respective video gaming terminals. Provides that publicly held corporations that have a registration statement filed or pending with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission seeking and possessing a license under the Act are not required to disclose the identity of every person, association, trust, corporation, or limited liability company having a greater than 1% direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the video gaming terminal operation for which license is sought. Provides that licenses issued to licensed establishments, licensed veterans establishment, licensed truck stop establishments, licensed technicians, and licensed terminal handlers shall be renewed annually. Provides that, upon expiration of an initial license, for licenses issued to manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, and terminal operators, licenses are to be issued annually for 3 years, and then shall be valid for up to 4 years in the Board's discretion. Provides that licenses for manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, terminal operators, licensed establishments, licensed fraternal establishments, licensed veterans establishments, and licensed truck stop establishments are not assignable or transferrable without prior approval of the Board or as provided by Board rule. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Counties Code. Requires the State's Attorney to seek court appointment of a special prosecutor for all police officer-involved felonies. Defines "police officer-involved felony". Provides that the Illinois Supreme Court may make rules to guide courts in appointing special prosecutors for police officer-involved felonies. Effective immediately.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning detention or shelter care hearings.
Amends the Comprehensive Housing Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Directs the State Universities Retirement System, the State Employees' Retirement System, the Judges' Retirement System, the General Assembly Retirement System, and the Teachers' Retirement System to review their investments and submit a report regarding any investment currently held in any entity that supports small-dollar lenders, payday loans, and predatory lenders; urges the State Universities Retirement System to divest from JLL Partners Fund V, LLC and any entity that supports small-dollar lenders, payday loans, and predatory lenders; urges the State Employees' Retirement System, the Judges' Retirement System, the General Assembly Retirement System, and the Teachers' Retirement System to divest from any entity that supports small-dollar lenders, payday loans, and predatory lenders; urges the State Universities Retirement System, the State Employees' Retirement System, the Judges' Retirement System, the General Assembly Retirement System, and the Teachers' Retirement System to develop policies and procedures to prevent investments from being made in small-dollar lenders, payday loan lenders, and predatory lenders.
Resolves that the General Assembly should create a task force to make a recommendation for a proposal that would help to ensure that part-time faculty members at colleges and universities are treated equitably under the law as other workers who have no reasonable assurance of future employment.
Creates the Racial Impact Note Act. Provides that every bill, the purpose or effect of which amends criminal offenses, criminal procedure, or sentencing provisions under the Criminal Code of 2012, the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Unified Code of Corrections, the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Control Act, the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act, or the Methamphetamine Precursor Tracking Act, shall have prepared for it, before second reading in the house of introduction, a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated impact on: (i) the number of criminal cases per year the bill will affect; (ii) the members of racial minority groups; (iii) the operations of correctional institutions; and (iv) any other matter the Illinois Department of Corrections considers appropriate. Requires the Illinois Department of Corrections to prepare the note. Contains other related provisions regarding the vote on the necessity of the note, comment or opinion regarding the merits of the legislation included in the note, and appearance of State officials and employees in support or opposition of measure.
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 the Department of Corrections shall review the criminal history of the petitioner and the petitioner's conduct while incarcerated in a facility or facilities of the Department of Corrections and shall administer a risk assessment and medical, psychological, and psychiatric assessments of the petitioner before submitting the petition to the Board. Provides that no more than 100 committed persons shall be allowed to participate in the Program. Provides that the conditions of the Program shall include 15 hours of weekly community service approved by the Board. Twenty percent of the money earned by the participant in the Program shall be deducted from the participant's wages and donated by the administrator of the Program to a victim's organization. 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. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall review first-time non-violent offenders to determine their eligibility for the Sentence Modification Program. Provides that to be eligible for the Program, the committed person must be a first time non-violent offender. Provides that the Department shall review the criminal history of the offender and the offender's conduct while incarcerated in a facility or facilities of the Department of Corrections. Provides that the Department shall administer a risk assessment and medical, psychological, and psychiatric assessments of an offender before admission into 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.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning delinquent minors.