Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the basic amount of the standard exemption, annually, by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the previous calendar year. Effective immediately.
Amends the Urban Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Collateral Recovery Act. Provides for the licensure of repossession agencies, the certification of recovery managers, and the registration of repossession agency employees. Establishes the Illinois Repossession and Recovery Board. Grants rulemaking authority to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Sets forth provisions concerning qualifications, application, examination, assignment, insurance requirements, and administrative proceedings. Prohibits recovery work on a contingency basis.
Amends provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to the examination of health care records. Replaces references to "authorization for the release of records" with references to "authorization for the release of records or protected health information". Makes numerous changes, additions and deletions in provisions concerning copying, duplication, retrieval, and release of records. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. With respect to the Early Childhood Education Block Grant, provides that not less than 11% (instead of exactly 11%) of the grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3. Provides that this percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year 2014, except that if, in a given fiscal year, the amount appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of the grant for existing providers of preschool education programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of increased. Effective July 1, 2008.
Repeals a provision providing for the collection of an annual commercial distribution fee on vehicles of the second division weighing more than 8,000 pounds. Effective July 1, 2008.
Amends the Illinois Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Safety Act. Makes a technical change in provisions concerning the short title of the Act.
Creates the State Facility Overtime Act. Provides that the Director of the State agency responsible for the operation of specified State facilities (or the Director's designee or agent) may not require an employee to accept work in excess of an agreed upon, predetermined, and regularly scheduled daily work shift, not to exceed 40 hours per week. Provides for: exceptions to the prohibition; posting a summary of the Act and applicable rules; investigation of complaints by the Illinois Department of Labor and disposition of complaints; adoption of administrative rules; construction; and other matters. Effective immediately.
Amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. Provides that: a third party client that is more than 30 days delinquent in payment to a day and temporary labor service agency may not purchase or acquire services directly or indirectly from any day and temporary labor service agency until the delinquency is cured; the Department of Labor shall accept reports alleging that a third party client is more than 30 days delinquent in payments to a day and temporary labor service agency; the Department shall include the third party client on a Do Not Service List on the Department's website if the Department determines that such a delinquency has occurred; and the Department shall establish procedures for removal of a third party client from the Do Not Service List when the delinquency is cured.
Creates the Internet Dating Disclosure and Safety Awareness Act. Contains a short title only.
