Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Eliminates the provision that a licensee under the Act shall not knowingly carry a firearm into any building, real property, and parking area under the control of a public or private hospital or hospital affiliate, mental health facility, or nursing home.
Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that trustees shall be appointed as follows: (1) for municipalities in the district with a population of 6,500 or more, one trustee shall be appointed per 6,500 in population from each municipality by the presiding officer of the municipality with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities of the municipality; and (2) for each county in the district, one trustee shall be appointed from the area within the district outside of each municipality and one trustee shall be appointed at large for each county, appointed by the chairperson of the county board with the advice and consent of the county board. Further provides that these requirements only apply to appointments made on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall impose a $20 monthly fee on a person released on parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release unless exempt from the fee for specified statutory reasons. Provides that the fee imposed on a parolee or releasee shall be collected by the Department of Corrections if the parolee or releasee was confined in a facility of that Department or Department of Juvenile Justice if the releasee was confined in a facility of that Department. Provides that the respective Departments shall pay all moneys collected from this fee to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Parole, Aftercare Release, and Mandatory Supervised Release Fund, which is created in the State treasury. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change.
Amends the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program Act. Provides that the Illinois Environmental Protection agency shall implement the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program in a manner that is geographically equitable to all residents of this State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a volunteer firefighter in good standing with a municipal fire department or fire protection district may, during his or her term of service as a volunteer firefighter, purchase 4 vehicle tires every 3 years under a contract established by the State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that a craft distiller licensee may sell up to 35,000 gallons of spirits by distillation per year to importing distributors and retail licensees and up to 10,000 gallons (instead of 2,500 gallons) of spirits by distillation per year to non-licensees.
Amends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that no person shall knowingly use or accept cash assistance benefits provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for the purchase or sale of certain services or products, including alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets, firearms or firearms ammunition, admission to any performance, gambling games, and rental goods.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit in an amount equal to a percentage of the credit claimed for child care expenses under Section 21 of the Internal Revenue Code. Sets forth the amount of the credit, which is based on the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. Provides that the credit may not exceed $500 for one dependent or $1,000 for 2 or more dependents in any taxable year. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the waiting period before a firearm may be delivered to the transferee after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to the non-retail sales of firearms. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975. Provides that except in the case of a medical emergency, no physician or person shall knowingly perform, induce, or attempt to perform an abortion upon a pregnant woman when the probable gestational age of her unborn child has been determined to be at least 20 weeks. Provides that a woman upon whom an abortion in violation of the Act is performed or induced may not be prosecuted under the Act for a conspiracy to violate the 20 week requirement. Provides that the woman, the father of the unborn child if married to the mother at the time she receives an abortion in violation of the Act, or, if the mother has not attained the age of 18 years at the time of the abortion, or both, the maternal grandparents of the unborn child, may in a civil action obtain appropriate relief, unless the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or, if brought by the maternal grandparents, the maternal grandparents consented to the abortion. Provides that a medical facility licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act or the Hospital Licensing Act in which an abortion is performed or induced in violation of the Act shall be subject to immediate revocation of its license by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a medical facility licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act or the Hospital Licensing Act in which an abortion is performed or induced in violation of the Act shall lose all State funding for 2 years and shall reimburse the State for moneys or grants received from the State by the medical facility for the fiscal year in which the abortion in violation of the Act was performed.
