Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Makes an appropriation to the Capital Development Board for emergency room renovation and imaging equipment at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Chicago. Effective July 1, 2007.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the offense of obstructing justice also includes destroying, altering, concealing, disguising, or otherwise tampering with evidence collected for DNA fingerprinting analysis. Provides that the offense is a Class 3 felony. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that every person arrested for committing a felony shall have a sample of his or her saliva or tissue taken for DNA fingerprinting analysis, at the time of booking, for the purpose of determining identity and for certain other specified purposes. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of State Police shall implement this provision. Provides that this provision becomes operative no later than the earliest of the following: (1) 2 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act; (2) the date on which the Department of State Police informs law enforcement agencies that the Department is ready to collect samples; or (3) January 1, 2011. Provides that in the amendatory changes to the Unified Code of Corrections, intentionally using genetic marker grouping analysis information derived from a DNA sample beyond authorized uses is a Class 3 rather than a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for school construction. Effective July 1, 2008.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. In provisions making it an offense to knowingly damage property of another, knowingly start a fire on the land of another, knowingly deposit a stink bomb or offensive smelling compound on the land or in the building of another, or knowingly deface the property of another, deletes a requirement that the act be performed without the other person's consent and adds an affirmative defense that the owner of the property or land consented to the damage. In provisions making it an offense to knowingly injure a domestic animal of another, deletes a requirement that the act be performed without the other person's consent.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Amends provisions relating to the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds. Provides that a previous conviction of the offense of reckless homicide can be the basis of the revocation or suspension of a driver's license, where the use of drugs, alcohol, or intoxicating compounds was an element of the offense. Provides that the Secretary of State is authorized to suspend or revoke the driving privileges of a person who submits false information in connection with or during a hearing on a revocation or suspension. Provides that it is unlawful for a person required to drive only a vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device to drive a vehicle without that device. Provides that, if a person is convicted a fourth time of DUI and at the time of the violation he or she (i) was transporting a person under the age of 16 or (ii) had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.16 or higher, the person is guilty of a Class 2 felony, regardless of the circumstances of his or her previous convictions.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "severely or profoundly mentally retarded person".

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning criminal defacement of property.

Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "overseer of military veterans assistance".