Creates the Recess in Schools Task Force to examine the barriers facing schools in providing daily recess to every age-appropriate student and make recommendations in a final report to the General Assembly by June 30, 2010.
Mourns the death of Vern L. Aldridge of Maywood, formerly of Summit.
Mourns the death of Charles L. Bradley of Springfield.
Creates the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to operate as a debt settlement provider or engage in debt settlement service except as authorized by the Act and without first having obtained a license under the Act. Contains provisions concerning the (1) application for a license, (2) qualifications for licensure, (3) renewal of a license, (4) display requirements for a license, (5) temporary licensed locations, (6) denial of a license, (7) revocation or suspension of a license, (8) maintenance of records by a licensee, (9) examination of a licensee, (10) maintenance of trust funds by a licensee, and (11) other licensee businesses. With respect to the Director of Financial Institutions, contains provisions concerning the (1) adoption of rules by the Director, (2) penalties for violations of the Act, (3) procedure the Director may take to obtain an injunction, (4) review of decisions, (5) issuance of cease and desist orders. Contains provisions concerning (1) advertising practices, (2) individualized financial analysis, (3) required disclosures, (4) debt settlement contracts, (5) fees, (6) consumer settlement accounts, (7) cancellation of contracts, (8) obligations of good faith, (9) prohibited practices and noncompliance with the Act, and (10) civil remedies. Amends the Debt Management Service Act to exclude "debt settlement service" and attorneys engaged in specific practices from the Act. Amends the State Finance Act to provide that moneys collected under the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act shall be deposited into the Financial Institution Fund. Contains a severability clause. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to specify that a violation of the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act is a violation of the Act. Effective immediately.
Creates the Financial Oversight Panel Law of the School Code. Allows a school district (other than the Chicago school district) to petition the State Board of Education for the establishment of a Financial Oversight Panel for the district. Allows the State Board to establish a Financial Oversight Panel without a petition from a district. Contains provisions concerning duties of the district; members and meetings of a Panel; powers of a Panel; officers of a Panel; collective bargaining agreements; deposits and investments; cash and bank accounts; the financial, management, and budgetary structure; the School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund; grants and loans; the issuance of bonds; a tax levy; a debt service fund; a debt service reserve fund; bond anticipation notes; tax anticipation warrants and other certificates and notes; reports; a Panel audit; Panel property being exempt from taxation; sanctions; and abolition of a Panel. Makes related changes in the School Code, the Property Tax Code, and the Illinois Pension Code. Further amends the School Code with respect to districts in financial difficulty, the custody of school funds, bank reconciliation reports, and deficit reduction plans. Effective immediately.
Amends the Office of Banks and Real Estate Act. Changes the title of the Act (and makes conforming changes in other Acts). Changes the powers of the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation with respect to jurisdiction over entities subject to the Act. Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Provides that the Secretary may (1) waive specified reciprocity requirements with respect to the establishment of branches and (2) prescribe the definition of "liabilities outstanding". Changes provisions concerning the powers and duties of the Secretary with respect to deposits, penalties, and the borrowing of funds under specified situations. Adds provisions concerning audits of banks subject to the Act. Changes provisions concerning capital impairment. Amends the Illinois Bank Holding Company Act of 1957. Changes provisions concerning the powers of the Secretary. Amends the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 and Savings Bank Act. Changes provisions concerning (1) the bonds of officers and employees, (2) personnel, records, files, actions, and duties, (3) the examination of associations, (4) reimbursement and powers of members of the Board of Savings Institutions. Adds provisions concerning the appointment of a receiver following taking of custody. Amends the Pawnbroker Regulation Act to make changes concerning (1) administration of the Act, (2) licensure, and (3) insurance requirements. Amends the Banking Emergencies Act, Corporate Fiduciary Act, and Foreign Banking Office Act to make changes concerning the powers of the Secretary. Repeals provisions in the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 and the Savings Bank Act. Repeals the Financial Institution Activity Reporting Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Increases the penalty for a parent, legal guardian, or other person who is 18 years of age or older who brings a person under 13 years of age to a dog fighting show, exhibition, program, or other activity from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony for a first violation and from a Class 3 to a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent violation. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 3 (rather than a Class 4) felony for a first violation and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent violation if the person conducts the dog fighting show within 1,000 feet of a school, public park, playground, child care institution, day care center, part day child care facility, day care home, group day care home, or a facility providing programs or services exclusively directed toward persons under 18 years of age. Provides that a person who ties or attaches or fastens any live animal to any machine or device propelled by any power for the purpose of causing the animal to be pursued by a dog or dogs is guilty of a Class 4 felony for a first violation and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent violation, and may be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000.
Amends the Interior Design Title Act. Removes requirement that residential interior designers be registered under the Act. Provides that the 2 additional Board members who are registered residential interior designers on the effective date of the amendatory Act shall serve out the full length of their current terms. Also makes technical changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "railroad track equipment" as all vehicles operated upon rails for the purpose of the maintenance of railroads including, but not limited to, all hi-rail vehicles and on-track roadway maintenance machines. In provisions concerning approaching trains, provides that approaching railroad track equipment shall be treated the same as approaching trains.
Amends the MR/DD Community Care Act. Includes the size of the facility licensed under the Act to the list of factors the Director of Public Health is to consider when making a determination as to possible penalties for a violation. Effective July 1, 2010.
