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.
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Encourages the Illinois Department of Corrections and the Illinois Department of Transportation to work together to create a program where Illinois Correctional Facility inmates can raise wildflowers and plant them in designated roadway medians as determined by the Illinois Department of Transportation and encourages cooperation between the two agencies to work toward the goal of annual growth in the number of median strip low-height wildflower plantings.
Amends the Collateral Protection Act. Provides that a servicer subject to regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the Dodd-Frank Act that places hazard insurance in substantial compliance with those regulations shall be deemed in substantial compliance with this Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a complaint regarding an alleged violation of the Nursing Home Care Act may be transmitted to the Department of Public Health by electronic means. Provides that when a person requests that the Department investigate an alleged violation of the Act, the Department shall require (instead of shall request) the complainant's identifying information. Allows the complainant to request that his or her identifying information remain confidential or that the complaint be treated as anonymous, and requires the Department to maintain the complainant's confidentiality or anonymity unless: (1) the complainant consents to the disclosure in writing, (2) the Department's investigation results in a judicial proceeding, (3) disclosure of the complainant's identity is essential to the investigation, or (4) disclosure of the complainant's identity is essential for the purposes of investigating or prosecuting the complainant's alleged knowing transmission of a false report to the Department. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates an abatement for property that (i) is used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes and (ii) has been rebuilt following a natural disaster occurring in taxable year 2013 or any taxable year thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act and the School Code. Creates the School Security and Standards Task Force within the State Board of Education to study the security of schools in this State, make recommendations, and draft minimum standards for use by schools to make them more secure and to provide a safer learning environment for the children of this State. Sets forth provisions concerning the membership of the Task Force, meetings of the Task Force, State Board support for the Task Force, and the duties of the Task Force. Provides that, on or before January 1, 2015, the Task Force shall submit a report to the General Assembly and the Governor on specific recommendations for changes to the current law or other legislative measures. Provides that, on or before January 1, 2015, the Task Force shall submit a report to the State Board on specific recommendations for model security plan policies for schools to access and use as a guideline, which report is exempt from inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that the Task Force is abolished and these provisions are repealed on July 1, 2015. Effective immediately.
Congratulates the members of the Itoo Society of Peoria on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution concerning the passage of revenue bills. Provides that any bill resulting in the increase of revenue to the State by an increase of a tax on or measured by income or by an increase of a tax on or measured by the selling price of any item of tangible personal property may become law only by a vote of three-fifths of the members in each house of the General Assembly. Effective on being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.
Designates the month of March of 2014 as Problem Gambling Awareness Month in the State of Illinois.
Mourns the death of Stacey Creasy.