Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that any current Tier 2 employee who first became an employee after attaining the age of 57 may, until December 31, 2017, make a one-time, irrevocable election to terminate his or her participation in the Fund. Provides that if an employee elects to terminate his or her participation, he or she shall receive a refund of his or her employee contributions, plus interest at the effective rate from the date of the service to the date of payment. Provides that the option not to participate in the Fund shall be offered to every person who (i) first enters employment for which creditable service may be granted on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, (ii) is 57 years of age or more when he or she first enters that employment, and (iii) would be subject to the Tier 2 provisions. Provides that the election not to participate must be made prior to making any employee contributions and prior to any employer contributions being made on that person's behalf. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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Designate McAdams/River Road as it passes through the Village of Godfrey as the "Officer Blake Snyder Memorial Road".
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning notices of cancellation.
Mourns the death of Mary Asadorian of Granite City.
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a license required to engage in the business of making loans of money in a principal amount not exceeding $40,000.
Creates the 24/7 Sobriety and Drug Monitoring Program Act. Provides that there is created a statewide 24/7 sobriety and drug monitoring program administered by the probation department in counties that have adopted the program. Provides that a court in a participating county, as a condition of bond, pretrial release, sentence, suspended sentence, probation, or conditional discharge, may: (1) require a person who has been charged, pled guilty, or convicted of a crime in which the abuse of alcohol or drugs was a contributing factor in the commission of the crime to abstain from alcohol or drugs for a specific period of time; and (2) require the person to be subject to testing to determine the presence of alcohol or drugs in his or her body: (A) at least twice a day at a central location where immediate sanctions may be applied; (B) if twice a day testing creates a documented hardship or is geographically impractical by an alternate method as determined by the court and consistent with this Section in which timely sanctions may be effectively applied; or (C) if testing only for drugs, as frequently as practicable, as determined by the court. Provides that the Division of Probation Services of the Supreme Court shall assist in the creation and administration of the 24/7 sobriety and drug monitoring program in the manner provided in this Act in the participating counties. Provides that the Division shall also assist participating counties in which a 24/7 program exists in determining alternatives to incarceration. Provides that the probation department in the participating county may designate a third party to provide the testing services. Effective immediately.
Creates the Criminal Justice Office Holders Parity and Protection Act. Contains only a short title provision and purpose Section.
Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Redefines "detoxification" as the process of allowing an individual to safely withdraw or sober from a drug or alcohol in a controlled environment, including a treatment or law enforcement facility (rather than the process of allowing an individual to safely withdraw from a drug in a controlled environment). Provides that a person who appears to be an intoxicated person and who may be a danger to himself, herself, or others shall be taken into protective custody by police for detoxification at the police station. Provides that the police, in detaining the intoxicated person, shall take him or her into protective custody only, which does not constitute an arrest; and that no entry or other record shall be made to indicate that the person has been arrested or charged with a crime. Provides that a police officer may request that a person provide a sample of his or her breath for a preliminary breath screening test using an approved portable device. Provides that the results of the preliminary breath screening test may be used by the police officer only for assisting with the determination of whether the person is an intoxicated person and shall not be used as evidence in a court proceeding. Defines "protective custody". Exempts a police officer from civil or criminal liability for acting in good faith and without negligence in connection with certain actions, including the detention or discharge or the taking into protective custody of an individual under the Act.
Amends the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.