Urge the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Department of Transportation to study the impact of Public Act 98-506 to insure the safety of all Illinois drivers.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card may transport in a vehicle an accessible rifle, shotgun, or other long gun without the weapon being broken down in a non-functioning state or without the weapon being enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container if the firearm is unloaded.
Amends the Election Code. Requires Voters Identification Cards for those who do not have an acceptable photo ID. Sets forth requirements and exemptions. Provides that any person desiring to vote shall present to the judges of election for verification of the person's identity a government-issued photo identification card or his or her Voter Identification Card.
Directs the Auditor General to conduct an audit of the effects of the closing of the Dwight Correctional Center.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning extended statutes of limitations.
Amends the Counties Code and the Code of Civil Procedure to reverse the changes made by Public Act 98-1132 to provisions governing jury size and compensation. Effective immediately.
Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that certain property is presumed abandoned after 8 (instead of 5) years. Provides that property is not presumed abandoned if the owner of the property was the recipient of a federal taxable interest statement that was not returned to the sender, a dividend check that was cashed, or any automatic transactions, including dividend investments.
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2017, the exclusion amount shall be the applicable exclusion amount calculated under Section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code, including any deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (currently, the exclusion amount for Illinois estate tax purposes is $4,000,000). Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, in counties with a population of less than 100,000, an election authority is only required to provide early voting in the county clerk's office.
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the prohibition by a licensee under the Act from carrying a firearm into any building, parking area, or portion of a building under the control of an officer of the executive or legislative branch of government does not apply to any rest areas under the control of the Department of Transportation or to buildings located in rest areas under the control of the Department of Transportation. Effective immediately.
