Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it is a violation for a person not entitled to the possession of a vehicle or essential part of a vehicle to receive, possess, conceal, sell, dispose, or transfer it with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive the owner of his or her title to or possession of the vehicle. Deletes language providing that it may be inferred that a person exercising exclusive unexplained possession over a stolen or converted vehicle or an essential part of a stolen or converted vehicle has knowledge that such vehicle or essential part is stolen or converted. Provides instead that the trier of fact may infer that a person intends to permanently or temporarily deprive the owner of his or her title to or possession of the vehicle if the person: (i) operates a vehicle or possesses an essential part of a vehicle without the consent of the owner; or (ii) exercises exclusive unexplained possession over a vehicle or an essential part of a vehicle.
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Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall establish guidelines by rule for the expenditure of the funds in the Homeland Security Preparedness Fund with input provided by a statewide interagency organization and public safety multidisciplinary organizations established to advise the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency regarding public safety preparedness. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall spend the moneys in the fund to enhance State and local homeland security preparedness, all risk disaster response readiness, and statewide public safety mutual aid. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Homeland Security Preparedness Fund. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2018 registration year, a $3 surcharge shall be collected in addition to other registration fees for motor vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, motor driven cycles, pedalcycles, and vehicles registered in the 8,000 lb. and less flat weight plate category to be deposited into the Homeland Security Preparedness Fund for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to use as directed under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that this surcharge shall not apply to registration of vehicles by units of local, State, or federal government and other specified organizations.
Creates the Insurance Industry Innovation Act. Creates the Innovation Division within the Department of Insurance to promote insurance product innovations. Provides that the Innovation Division shall be under the direction of the Deputy Director of the Innovation Division. Sets forth duties of the Deputy Director. Provides that an individual may petition the Department to waive or modify certain requirements in State statutes or Department rules related to an insurance innovation the individual offers or intends to offer. Provides that the petition shall demonstrate that the insurance innovation would serve the public interest, improve access to insurance products or services, and does not present systematic risk to the State and promotes consumer protection. Provides the process by which a petition is submitted to the Department and the process by which the Department may approve or reject the petition. Provides that, if the Department approves a petition, the person may enter into an enforceable compliance agreement with the Department, which includes the terms under which the insurance innovation may be offered. Provides that one year after the effective date, and annually thereafter, the Department shall report to the General Assembly on the aggregate impact of the enforceable compliance agreements. Provides that the Act is repealed on December 31, 2022. Effective January 1, 2018.
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that if there are insufficient funds in the Injured Workers' Benefit Fund to pay all claims, an amount of money sufficient to make up the deficiency shall be considered to be always appropriated from the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund, the Rate Adjustment Fund, the Settlement Fund, and the Second Injury Fund. Provides that the minimum payout from the Injured Workers' Benefit Fund for death or permanent total disability is 364 weeks of benefits payable in a lump sum. Provides that proof that an employer was not insured or is not insured creates a rebuttable presumption that the employer knowingly failed to comply with specified provisions of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Modular Dwelling and Mobile Structure Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the maximum liability of a renter of a vehicle for damages resulting from loss due to theft of the vehicle from $2,000 to the actual and reasonable costs incurred up to the fair market value of the vehicle immediately before the loss occurred, as calculated by a commonly and commercially accepted method to establish a fair market value. Provides that a renter who loses or otherwise fails to secure the keys of a rented motor vehicle shall be liable for any damage to the vehicle as a result of the failure or, if the vehicle is not returned to the person, its fair market value immediately before the loss occurred.
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a license required to engage in the business of making loans of money in a principal amount not exceeding $40,000.
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Includes in the definition of "day care center" schools that are granted membership by a recognized national or multistate educational organization or association which regularly recognizes, accredits, or provides membership to schools, such as the Association Montessori Internationale, the American Montessori Society, or the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America.
Amends the Native American Gaming Compact Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person renting a motor vehicle to another may immediately collect an insurance deductible from a renter for any visible damage to a rented vehicle that exceeds $500 without the renter's personal insurance company first assessing the damage to the vehicle or processing the insurance claim.