Amends the General Provisions and Departments of State Government law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals the Agricultural Export Advisory Committee. Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Lowers the age in which a person may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without parental or legal guardian consent from 21 years of age to 18 years of age. Provides that an applicant who is 18 (rather than 21) years of age or older seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement must furnish with the application an approved copy of United States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form 4029.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Code.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of State Police.
Amends the State Revenue Sharing Act. Provides that, in fiscal year 2018, each school district having Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund receipts totaling 13% or more of its total revenues in fiscal year 2016 shall receive an additional amount equal to 11% of the total amount distributed to the school district from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund during fiscal year 2016. Requires the State Board of Education to identify those school districts to the Department of Revenue. Provides that the total amount of additional distributions shall not exceed $4,353,136. Effective immediately.
Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Provides that a city with a population of 2,000,000 or more shall have a sealer of weights and measures and such deputy sealers as may be required (rather than allowing a city with a population of 25,000 or more to have those individuals). Provides that the city sealer and deputy sealers shall be responsible for all aspects of the weights and measures program within the city. Removes provisions requiring the Director of Agriculture to test the standards of weights and measures procured by a city sealer. Removes provisions requiring a city inspector of weights and measures to submit an annual report. Removes provisions requiring a city with a sealer to provide certain equipment and resources at the city's expense. Removes provisions allowing the Director concurrent authority with the city to enforce the provisions of the Act. Removes language allowing a city sealer to collect and receive certain inspection fees. Makes other changes.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to class actions. Adds additional requirements concerning: prerequisites to the maintenance of a class action (including provisions that a class action may be certified only if: the plurality of the class members are residents of Illinois or if the plurality of the class members were physically in Illinois when the cause of action arose; and a class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy); where a class action may be brought; preliminary determinations to be made by the court; notice to the class; coupon and other noncash settlements; loss by class members under a proposed settlement; and attorney's fees.
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold closed meetings for issues involving communications between a public body and an attorney or auditor representing the public body that would not be subject to discovery in litigation.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that records and communications may be disclosed without consent by any treatment provider to a public defender or other attorney appointed by the court or retained by a criminal defendant for the purpose of preparing for and conducting a hearing to determine whether to release the defendant on her or his own recognizance or to determine the amount of bail or the conditions of the bail bond. Provides that the records and communications may be used only for the purpose of the hearing and shall not be further disclosed without the consent of the defendant.
Amends the Personnel Code to provide for partial jurisdiction B exemption for certain positions within the Department of Human Services.
