Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

Mourns the death of Louis E. Hazelwood of Jerseyville.

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Sons of American Legion Scholarship Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Sons of the American Legion special license plates. Provides that an applicant shall be charged an additional fee of $15 at original issuance and an additional $10 upon renewal. Provides that $5 of the original issuance fee and renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that $10 of the original issuance fee and $5 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Sons of American Legion Scholarship Fund. Provides all moneys in the Sons of the American Legion Scholarship Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used for grants for scholarships for Illinois residents who are children of members of the Sons of the American Legion and who meet the academic, financial, and other requirements established by the Sons of the American Legion. Provides that all grants must be used at a college or university in Illinois.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall create a designation for driver's licenses of members of the Armed Forces or Reserve Forces of the United States, or veterans of these forces, who request the designation and voluntarily provide the Secretary with a diagnosis that the person suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. The Secretary shall provide the designation upon request of an applicant who provides a sworn statement verifying the diagnosis from a person licensed to practice medicine or psychology in this State and any other documentation the Secretary deems necessary.

Amends the Motor Vehicle Theft Reporting Act. Provides that for each day after the discovery that a motor vehicle in possession of a motor vehicle repair station has been stolen, and a report has not been made to a police department or sheriff's department, shall be a separate violation.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires every low-speed electric bicycle to at all times be equipped with a lamp visible from the front. Requires every moped to be equipped with a lamp. Requires every motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, moped, and low-speed electric bicycle to at all times have at least one lighted lamp when operating on a highway in this State.

Mourns the death of Brian R. Miller of Carrollton.

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that no employee of the Department of Natural Resources shall search any home or its curtilage without a valid warrant, permission, or probable cause that the home or its curtilage contains evidence of a violation of this Code. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that at the discretion of the Chief Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be operated in one or more counties in the Circuit, and allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties within the Circuit to participate.

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Illinois Elks Association Fund. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Authorizes the Secretary of State to issue Illinois Elks Association specialty license plates. Makes the cost of issuance for these plates $30, with $15 going to the Illinois Elks Association Fund and $15 going to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Makes renewal costs $17, with $15 going to the Illinois Elks Association Fund and $2 going to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Allows distribution of moneys in the Illinois Elks Association Fund, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and distribution by the Secretary of State, to the Illinois Elks Association or charitable entities it designates.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the length of a school term.