Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Removes references to General Assembly members from provisions concerning funding for salaries of General Assembly members, judges, and legislative operations. Effective immediately.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Removes a requirement that each State university submit its plans for capital improvements of non-instructional facilities to the Board of Higher Education for review under certain circumstances.
Amends the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act. Provides that nothing in the Act shall prevent a manufacturer from accepting, through a manufacturer e-waste program, residential CEDs collected through a drop-off collection program that is operated pursuant to an agreement between a third party and a unit of local government located within a county or municipal joint action agency that has elected to participate in a manufacturer e-waste program.
Amends the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987. Provides for a list of specified activities that constitute violations of the Act (rather than a list of required averments that must be attached to an application for a license under the Act). Provides that a licensee filing a Mortgage Call Report is not required to file a report of applicable annual activities with the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that specified licensee disclosures do not apply to any licensee providing notices of changes in loan terms pursuant to the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Know Before You Owe mortgage disclosure procedure (rather than excluding licensees limited to solicit residential mortgage loan applications as approved by the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation). Makes conforming changes. Repeals provisions concerning a requirement that the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation conduct, as part of an examination of each licensee, a review of the licensee's loan delinquency data. Replaces "Commissioner" with "Secretary" in order to update references to the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation. Effective immediately.
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, except for a semitrailer registered under the Code, beginning with the 2019 registration year, the Secretary of State shall offer to each owner of a motor vehicle that is subject to registration under the Code a registration period based on a one calendar year, 2 calendar year, 3 calendar year, 4 calendar year, or 5 calendar year basis. Provides that an owner of a motor vehicle who chooses a 2 calendar year, 3 calendar year, 4 calendar year, or 5 calendar year registration period shall pay an additional fee of $10 for every registration year that is more than one calendar year, which shall be deposited into the Road Fund. Provides that beginning with the 2019 registration year, the Secretary shall offer to each owner of a trailer a registration period based on a one calendar year, 2 calendar year, 3 calendar year, 4 calendar year, 5 calendar year, or 10 calendar year basis.
Amends the Stalking No Contact Order Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Creates an advisory council within the Department of Insurance to review and make recommendations to the Department regarding rules to be adopted by the Department concerning continuing education courses, course materials, curriculum, and credentials of instructors. Provides that the members shall be appointed by the Director of Insurance. Provides criteria for membership, length of terms, term limits, and quorum. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm license plates to any Illinois resident who has earned the Southwest Asia Service Medal from the United States Armed Forces. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the publication requirement in a petition for change of name shall be waived if: (i) the petitioner is 18 years of age or older; (ii) concurrent with the petition, the petitioner files with the court a statement, verified under oath, attesting that the petitioner is or has been a person protected under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, the Stalking No Contact Order Act, the Civil No Contact Order Act, the stalking provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision of a law in another state or jurisdiction; (iii) the petitioner attaches to the statement any supporting documents, including relevant court orders; and (iv) the circuit court, after reviewing the statement and supporting documents, enters an order waiving publication. Provides that, under certain circumstances, the petitioner's address may be omitted from court documents and the petitioner may designate an alternative address for service. Provides that court administrators may allow domestic abuse advocates to assist petitioners in the preparation of certain name change petitions. Provides that if publication requirements have been waived, the circuit court shall enter an order providing that any system operated by the judiciary that is designed to provide public case information electronically shall not make the petition publicly available.
