Amends the School Code. Requires a school report card to include the most current data collected and maintained by the State Board of Education on the percentage of students, by grade level, who have an individualized education program or a federal Section 504 plan and who are chronically absent. Effective July 1, 2018.
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Amends the Use of Credit Information in Personal Insurance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that all people (rather than men) are by nature free and independent and have certain inherent and inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Provides that to secure these rights and the protection of property, governments are instituted among people (rather than men), deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Mourns the death of Tuskegee Airman John "Jack" Lyle.
Amends the Mortgage Foreclosure Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that provisions concerning an additional fee paid by residential foreclosure plaintiffs are operative until January 1, 2020 (instead of January 1, 2018). Effective immediately.
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 Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act. Provides that "policy" includes a policy that has lapsed or been terminated. Requires insurers to, at no later than the date of policy delivery or the establishment of an account, and upon any change of insured or beneficiary, request information sufficient to ensure that all benefits or proceeds are distributed to the appropriate persons upon the death of the insured. Allows insurers to contact insureds in certain circumstances for the information. Provides that the Act applies to policies, annuity contracts, and retained asset accounts in force at any time on or after January 1, 1996 (rather than on or after the effective date of the Act). Provides that the Act does not apply to a lapsed or terminated policy with no benefits payable that was compared against the Death Master File within the 18 months following the date of the lapse or termination of the applicable policy. Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that any information contained in the vital records shall be made available at no cost to the State Treasurer for purposes related to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Removes provisions concerning certain fees and charges for unclaimed property. Provides that no person or company shall be entitled to a fee for discovering presumptively unclaimed property during the period beginning on the date the property was presumed abandoned and ending 24 months after the payment or delivery of the property to the State Treasurer (rather than until it has been in the custody of the State Treasurer for at least 24 months). Makes other changes.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the State's Attorney shall petition the circuit court when the arrest or charge not initiated by arrest sought to be expunged is for retail theft of property the full retail value of which does not exceed $300; criminal trespass to real property; criminal trespass to State supported land; a traffic offense, except for any offense involving fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer or aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, driving under the influence, or any offense that results in bodily harm; or a Class 4 felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act which results in acquittal, dismissal, or the reversal or vacation of a conviction immediately upon the State's Attorney not to charge or upon entry of acquittal, dismissal, reversal, or vacation. Provides that the circuit court shall promptly enter an order within 90 days upon the filing of a petition under this provision.
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning bond.
Creates the State Resources and Federal Immigration Mandates Act. Contains only a short title provision.