Rep. Michael D. Unes

Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that the Illinois Department of Transportation (rather than the Regional Transportation Authority) shall develop, adopt, and implement system safety program standards and procedures meeting the requirements of the federal Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act. Limits liability. Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois by making conforming changes.

Amends the Public Assistance Fraud Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Increases the criminal and civil penalties for medical assistance fraud committed by individuals and corporations.

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a holder of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card which has expired, who is not ineligible for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under the Act, and who has submitted the application and supporting documentation to the Department of State Police to renew the Firearm Owner's Identification Card, but has not received the renewed Firearm Owner's Identification Card within 30 days as prescribed by the Act is not criminally liable for any offense an element of which is not having a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Provides that nothing in this provision shall be construed to permit a person to purchase or receive another firearm or ammunition that he or she does not currently possess by presenting to the seller or transferor of the firearm or ammunition an expired Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the Department of Employment Security may not make deductions from amounts paid as required contributions and credit the amount deducted toward any penalty outstanding on behalf of an employer without providing at least 30 days' notice of the deduction to the employer.

Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Provides that if a bill is passed unanimously by one legislative chamber, then the other legislative chamber shall conduct a public hearing on the bill and it shall receive a record vote within 3 session days.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the waiting period before which a firearm may be delivered after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to the sale of a firearm to the holder of a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Effective immediately.

Amends the Service Occupation Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rolling stock.

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school facility occupation taxes.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of theft of recyclable metal. Provides that a person commits theft of recyclable metal when, without the consent of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains or exerts control over property consisting of any recyclable metal as defined in the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law that is manufactured, sold, or used for certain specified purposes. Provides that a person also commits theft of recyclable metal when he or she, in committing theft of recyclable metal, knowingly damages or destroys any property of another by removing or damaging recyclable metal components of that property. Provides differing criminal penalties depending on the value or type of the recyclable metal and where it was acquired.

Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that no tax shall be imposed under the Act for persons dying on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act or for transfers made on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.