Rep. Arthur L. Turner

Congratulates Grace United Methodist Church of Springfield on its 108th anniversary.

Amends the Ticket Scalping Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service charges.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to the offense of criminal sexual assault. Provides that a person also commits the offense when he or she commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was under 19 years of age and who is enrolled in high school when the act was committed and the accused was 17 years of age or older and held a position of trust, authority, or supervision in relation to the victim at the same high school. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the rules and regulations for the early release of a prisoner on account of good conduct shall also provide that an additional 60 days of good conduct credit shall be awarded to any prisoner who earns a high school diploma or passes the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receives a GED certificate while the prisoner is incarcerated. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall develop and establish a program designed to increase the number of committed persons enrolled in programs to obtain a high school diploma or to pass the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receive GED certificates by at least 100% over the 4-year period following the effective date of this amendatory Act. Provides that pursuant to the program, each institution and facility shall report annually to the Director of Corrections on the number of committed persons enrolled in high school education programs and those who pass the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receive GED certificates, and the number of committed persons who are on waiting lists for those educational programs. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Versie Lucille Wade Williams.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.

Creates the Family Military Leave Act. Provides that every employee who has been employed by the same employer for 12 consecutive months shall be entitled to up to 30 days of family military leave during the time federal or State deployment orders are in effect, subject to certain conditions. Provides that the employee shall give at least 14 days notice of the intended date upon which the family military leave will commence if leave will consist of 5 or more consecutive work days. Provides that any employee who exercises the right to family military leave under the Act, upon expiration of the leave, shall be entitled to be restored by the employer to the position held by the employee when the leave commenced or to a position with equivalent seniority status, employee benefits, pay and other terms and conditions of employment. Provides that during any family military leave taken under the Act, the employer shall make it possible for employees to continue their benefits at the employee's expense. Prohibits certain actions by the employer. Provides that a civil action may be brought in the circuit court having jurisdiction by an employee to enforce the Act. Effective immediately.

Creates the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that it is unlawful knowingly to engage in the manufacture of methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine. Creates the offense of aggravated manufacture of methamphetamine. Provides that it is unlawful to possess, procure, transport, store, or deliver methamphetamine precursors or a substance containing methamphetamine precursors with the intent that they or it be used to manufacture methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine. Provides that it is unlawful to engage in the possession, procurement, transportation, storage, or delivery of anhydrous ammonia with the intent that it be used to manufacture methamphetamine. Creates the offense of aggravated possession, procurement, transportation, storage, or delivery of anhydrous ammonia with the intent that it be used to manufacture methamphetamine. Provides that it is unlawful knowingly to possess methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine. Provides that it is unlawful to dispose of methamphetamine manufacturing waste. Provides that it is unlawful knowingly to deliver or possess with intent to deliver methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine. Provides that it is unlawful to possess, procure, transport, store, or deliver anhydrous ammonia in an unauthorized container. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Repeals the provision prohibiting tampering with anhydrous ammonia equipment, containers, and facilities. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Eliminates from the Act provisions relating to the illegal manufacture, delivery, and possession of methamphetamine and relating to the possession of methamphetamine manufacturing chemicals. Effective 30 days after becoming law.

Creates the Home Care Consumer and Worker Protection Act. If an agency places a home care worker with a consumer to provide home care services, requires the agency to give the worker and the consumer a notice setting forth the rights and responsibilities of each of them as well as appropriate phone numbers and addresses of the Department on Aging. Provides that the Act does not apply to nursing homes, home health agencies, and certain other agencies. Provides that an agency subject to the Act must comply with the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and must ensure that every home care worker placed by the agency for hire by a consumer has the appropriate credentials and is appropriately licensed or certified as required by law. Authorizes the Department on Aging to investigate complaints of violations of the Act, issue cease-and-desist orders, and seek injunctive relief. Provides for a civil penalty of $1,000 per day for each day that a violation continues. Effective January 1, 2006.

Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning tax abatements for leased, low-rent housing, provides that if the property of a housing authority is improved with an eligible multifamily dwelling or multi-building development containing residential units that are individually assessed, no more than 50% (now, 40%) of those residential units may be certified. Provides that, if the property is improved with an eligible multifamily dwelling or multi-building development containing residential units that are not individually assessed, the portion of the property certified shall represent no more than 50% (now, 40%) of those residential units.