Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Adds a cross reference to the Code of Civil Procedure in a Section concerning the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Program. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that 2% of certain fees collected shall be retained by the clerk of court for deposit into the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and Administrative Fund to defray administrative expenses. Replaces provisions concerning the imposition of additional fees with language providing that until January 1, 2018, with respect to residential real estate, at the time of the filing of a foreclosure complaint, the plaintiff or plaintiff's representative shall: file a statement that states which additional fee is due; or comply with other process established by the court for a plaintiff to certify which additional fee is due. Provides that if a plaintiff fails to provide the clerk of the court with a true and correct statement of the additional fee due, and the mortgagor reimburses the plaintiff for any erroneous additional fee that was paid by the plaintiff to the clerk of the court, the mortgagor may seek a refund of any overpayment of the fee in an amount that does not exceed the difference between the higher additional fee paid and the actual fee due. Provides that the mortgagor must petition the judge in the foreclosure action for the award of any fee overpayment, and the award shall be determined by the judge and paid by the clerk of the court out of the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and Administrative Fund. Provides that the refund is the mortgagor's sole remedy and a mortgagor has no private right of action against the plaintiff or plaintiff's representatives if the additional fee paid by the plaintiff is erroneous. Provides that certain motions for an expedited judgment and sale shall be heard by the court no later than 21 (instead of 15) days after the period to answer the foreclosure complaint has expired, or, if a motion for an expedited judgment and sale is filed after the period to answer the foreclosure complaint has expired, no later than 21 (instead of 15) days after the motion is filed. Effective June 1, 2013.
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Urges the United States Postal Service to reconsider its decision to reduce delivery service from six days a week to five days a week and urges Congress, in recognition of the Postal Service's duty to operate in the public interest, to require it to maintain its current delivery schedule.
Designates the date of May 15, 2013 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day in the State of Illinois in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and its work.
Mourns the death of Catherine Gladys Martin of Carlyle.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum established by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall include training in techniques designed to promote effective communication with crime victims and ways to comprehensively explain to victims and witnesses their rights under the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Violent Crime Victim's Assistance Act. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Creates the Office of the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer. Provides that the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of at least 3 persons, prepared and submitted by the Violent Crimes Advisory Commission, to serve a 3-year term at the pleasure of the Governor. Establishes the duties of the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer. Provides that any person who willfully or maliciously commits a violation of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000. Provides that such action may only be pursued by the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer. Provides that if after the Crime Victims' Rights Compliance Officer receives and investigates a complaint of a violation of the Act and concludes that a willful and malicious violation has occurred, he or she shall generate a report detailing his or her findings of fact, conclusions as to the specific legal violations, and recommended sanctions. Establishes court procedures for pursuing the sanctions.
Designates the month of February in 2013 as Thirteenth Amendment Ratification Month in the State of Illinois.
Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act to authorize the Illinois Housing Authority to establish and administer a foreclosure prevention counseling program using moneys in the Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Fund, appropriated for that purpose, to make grants to HUD-certified housing counseling agencies to support pre-purchase and post-purchase home ownership education and foreclosure prevention counseling. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Fund. Provides that 75% of the moneys in this Fund shall be used for housing counseling outside Chicago and 25% of the moneys shall be used for such counseling in Chicago. Effective immediately.
Designates the date of February 7, 2013 as National African-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in the State of Illinois.
Mourns the death of Sylvia B. Washington.
Mourns the death of Timothy Cornell Collins.