Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. In the definition of "municipality", removes a provision requiring the establishment of a police or firefighter pension fund for any city, village, or incorporated town of 5,000 or more inhabitants. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
If and only if Senate Bill 337 of the 100th General Assembly becomes law, then the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act is amended. Provides that the provisions of the Act concerning the certification of the license of a Federal Firearms Licensee apply only to a Federal Firearms Licensee who has been found by the federal or State government to have 3 or more firearms used in the commission of criminal offenses sold or transferred by the licensee within the 5 years prior to his or her application for certification of his or her license. Effective upon becoming law or on the date Senate Bill 337 of the 100th General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Extends the statute of limitations for a violation of perjury to 7 years (rather than 3 years). Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases the penalty for unlawful use of weapons by selling, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing, or carrying a machine gun, other than in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle or on one's person if the weapon is loaded, from a Class 2 felony, with a mandatory sentence of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years imprisonment to a Class 1 felony, with a mandatory sentence of not less than 4 years and not more than 15 years imprisonment. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person serving a sentence for this violation shall receive no more than 7.5 days sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment (rather than day for day sentence credit).
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Provides that a live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law. Removes language regarding interpretation of specified provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of violation of a parole host agreement. Provides that a person commits violation of a parole host agreement when he or she hosts a releasee and he or she knowingly stores or leaves, within premises under his or her control, a firearm if the person knows or has reason to believe that the releasee is likely to gain access to the firearm and the releasee gains access to the firearm. Includes a person who hosts a person serving aftercare release and who has entered into an agreement with the Department of Juvenile Justice to host a person serving aftercare release. Provides exceptions. Provides that violation of a parole host agreement is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that if the releasee gains access to the host's firearm, the violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that if the releasee uses the firearm in the commission of an offense that does not result in death or great bodily harm to another person, the host is guilty of a Class 4 felony and a Class 3 felony if the releasee's use of the firearm proximately causes death or great bodily harm to another person.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police may develop a system under which the holder of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card may display an electronic version of his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card on a mobile telephone or other portable electronic device. Provides that an electronic version of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall contain security features the Department determines to be necessary to ensure that the electronic version is accurate and current and shall satisfy other requirements the Department determines to be necessary regarding form and content. Provides that the display or possession of an electronic version of a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card in accordance with the requirements of the Department satisfies all requirements for the display or possession of a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card under the laws of the State. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the Department of State Police may develop a system under which the holder of a concealed carry license may display an electronic version of his or her license on a mobile telephone or other portable electronic device. Provides that an electronic version of a license shall contain security features the Department determines to be necessary to ensure that the electronic version is accurate and current and shall satisfy other requirements the Department determines to be necessary regarding form and content. Provides that the display or possession of an electronic version of a license in accordance with the requirements of the Department satisfies all requirements for the display or possession of a valid license under the laws of the State. Makes conforming changes.
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Property Tax Relief and Pension Stabilization Fund Act. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Property Tax Relief and Pension Stabilization Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used for State contributions to the 5 State-funded retirement systems and shall be used for grants to school districts. Specifies the percentage of the moneys in the Fund that shall be used for State contributions and for grants to school districts. Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates a continuing appropriation of $2,400,000,000 to the Fund. Amends the 5 State-funded Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes to the funding formula, including changing the funding goal to 70% (instead of 90%) and providing that the amount of the contribution for the unfunded liability shall be an amount sufficient, in equal annual dollar amounts, to bring the total assets up to 70% of the total actuarial liabilities by 2045. Requires recertification of the amount of the fiscal year 2020 contribution. Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning State fiscal year 2021, the State Board of Education shall make grants to school districts from the Property Tax Relief and Pension Stabilization Fund and requires a school district that receives a grant from the Fund to certify to the county clerk the amount of the grant. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the county clerk shall reduce the amount of tax levied by the amount certified by the school district. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a Tier 1 participant of a pension fund or retirement system, except for a pension fund established under the Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, Chicago Police, or Chicago Firefighter Article, may irrevocably elect to have increases to his or her retirement annuity or supplemental annuity based on the annual unadjusted percentage increase in the consumer price index-u for a specified 12-month period. Requires each pension fund or retirement system to inform Tier 1 participants that they have the option to make that election. Provides that the changes apply without regard to whether the Tier 1 participant is in active service on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System by members of the General Assembly to persons who become participants before January 1, 2020 and provides that, beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new participants who are members of the General Assembly. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.
