Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the president of a village or incorporated town.
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) two 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, 2009. 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.
Amends the Payday Loan Reform Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Negative Use Restriction Act. Contains findings. Provides that a private agreement that purports to impose a recorded negative use restriction with a term of more than one year upon real property so as to prohibit or have the economic or practical effect of prohibiting the use of the real property for grocery store or drug store purposes after the owner or operator of a grocery store or drug store in excess of 7,500 square feet has terminated operations at the site is against public policy and is void and unenforceable. Creates an exception in the case of an owner or operator of a grocery store or drug store that terminates operations at a site for the purpose of relocating those operations into a comparable or larger grocery store or drug store located within one-half mile of the site if certain conditions are met, and permits a unit of local government that exercises zoning powers to change certain conditions under specified circumstances. Provides that a violation is a petty offense punishable by a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000, and that a unit of local government may seek an injunction or other equitable relief to stop a violation. Effective immediately.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Monetary Award Program.
Amends the Railroad Police Act. Requires allegations of abuse of authority or misconduct by members of a railroad police force to be investigated by the Illinois State Police. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Exempts elected representatives of rail employers from the restrictions concerning trespassing on railroad property. Provides that the listed persons shall be exempt from the restrictions while performing required duties in accordance with reasonable rail carrier company guidelines, engaging in safety inspections, or exercising a right under the federal Railway Labor Act (instead of only while performing required duties in accordance with reasonable rail carrier company guidelines).
Amends the New Vehicle Buyer Protection Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In a Section authorizing the Director of Revenue to make certain adjustments to base income if it appears to the Director that any agreement, understanding, or arrangement exists between any persons that causes any person's base income allocable to this State to be improperly or inaccurately reflected, limits the provision to non-business income and provides that the Director may not make these adjustment before the Department of Revenue adopts rules concerning the adjustments. Provides that, unless the principal purpose of the agreement, understanding, or arrangement is for the avoidance of federal or Illinois income tax, any adjustment made by the Director and the rules required to be adopted must be in accordance with certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Construction Law. Subject to appropriation, authorizes the Capital Development Board to make construction grants to school districts for overcrowding relief construction projects, to be paid out of moneys appropriated for that purpose from the School Infrastructure Fund. Contains provisions concerning rules of the Board, applicant requirements, the identification of schools with the greatest overcrowding, and the determination of grant eligibility and levels for grants. Effective July 1, 2007.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions relating to co-payments for child care services for TANF recipients, provides that the co-payment shall not exceed the following amounts: (1) $1 per week for a family whose countable income is not more than 50% of the federal poverty level; (2) 3% of all of the family's countable income for a family whose countable income is more than 50% but not more than 100% of the federal poverty level; (3) 7% of all of the family's countable income for a family whose countable income is more than 100% but not more than 150% of the federal poverty level; and (4) 12% of all of the family's countable income for a family whose countable income is more than 150% but not more than 200% of the federal poverty level. Effective immediately.
