Amends the Home Repair Fraud Act. Provides that a person commits home repair fraud when he or she promises a performance that he or she knows will not be completed at any time during the performance of the service.
Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Changes the definitions Section to put the terms in alphabetical order and changes the definitions of "motorboat" and "operate". Defines "international regulations" and "wearable U.S. Coast Guard approved personal flotation device". Makes additional changes and adds provisions in Sections concerning: personal flotation devices; navigation lights; interference with navigation; and traffic rules.
Amends various Acts relating to the admission of students to public universities in Illinois. Relative to the 15 units of high school coursework that each student must satisfactorily complete for admission to a university, adds agricultural sciences as a course option to the required 3 years of science category and agricultural education as a course option to the required 2 years of electives category.
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that all surplus funds in the special tax allocation fund shall be distributed as soon as possible after they are calculated (rather than distributed annually within 180 days after the close of the municipality's fiscal year).
Amends the Collection Agency Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may discipline a licensee if a finding is made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection that a licensee violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act or its rules.
Amends the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that the requirements established under the Act do not apply to State shared revenues distributed by formula to units of local government from the Local Government Distributive Fund, the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund, the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, or the Transportation Renewal Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall issue a certificate of birth with the identity of the attending physician redacted upon request by: the person named on the certificate of birth, if the person is 18 years of age or older; a parent of the person named on the certificate of birth; the legal representative of the person named on the certificate of birth; or an attorney at law authorized in writing by the person named on the certificate of birth. Effective 120 days after becoming law.
Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Makes changes in provisions concerning firearm training requirements under the Act. Requires that commercial or industrial operations that employ one or more persons (rather than 5 or more persons) shall register their security forces with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and that registration subjects the security force to certain requirements. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to make conforming changes.
Amends the Employee Sick Leave Act. Removes language exempting from coverage under the Act an employee of an employer subject to the provisions of Title II of the federal Railway Labor Act.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that a request for information process need not be used in procuring, among other items, property of less than 10,000 square feet with rent of less than $200,000 (currently, $100,000) per year. Provides that upon receipt of (1) any proposed lease of real property of 10,000 or more square feet or (2) any proposed lease of real property with annual rent payments of $200,000 (currently, $100,000) or more, the Procurement Policy Board shall have 14 (currently, 30) calendar days to review the proposed lease. Provides that if the Board does not object in writing within 14 calendar days, then the proposed lease shall become effective according to its terms as submitted. Provides that leases shall be for a term not to exceed 10 years, exclusive (rather than inclusive) of proposed contract renewal options in favor of the State that shall not exceed an additional 10 years. Provides that a lease for real property owned by the University of Illinois to be used by the University of Illinois for healthcare uses, academic facilities, dormitories, or other support uses may exceed 10 years in length under specified circumstances.
