Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the offense of obstructing justice also includes destroying, altering, concealing, disguising, or otherwise tampering with samples collected for DNA fingerprinting analysis. Provides that the offense is a Class 3 felony. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that every person arrested for committing a felony shall have a sample of his or her saliva or tissue taken for DNA fingerprinting analysis, at the time of booking, for the purpose of determining identity and for certain other specified purposes. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of State Police shall implement this provision. Provides that this provision becomes operative no later than the earlier of the following: (1) the date on which the Department of State Police informs law enforcement agencies that the Department is ready to collect samples; or (2) January 1, 2013. Provides that in the amendatory changes to the Unified Code of Corrections, intentionally using genetic marker grouping analysis information derived from a DNA sample beyond authorized uses is a Class 3 rather than a Class 4 felony. Provides that the identification, detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based upon a database match or database information is not invalidated if it is later determined that the sample should not have been obtained or placed in the database. Effective immediately.
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Mourns the death of George E. McCollum of Benton.
Mourns the death of Louis H. "Legs" Alegnani of Herrin.
Mourns the death of Martha A. Burlison of Benton.
Mourns the death of Jennifer Preuss of House Springs, Missouri, formerly of Christopher.
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Local Government Road Salt Purchase Reimbursement Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department of Transportation to make grants to counties, municipalities, townships, and road districts in the northeastern Illinois region that entered into contracts for the purchase of road salt for the 2008-2009 winter season at a rate that exceeds the regional average. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the sum of $14,500,000 shall be transferred from the Fund for Illinois' Future to the Local Government Road Salt Purchase Reimbursement Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that moneys and the sale proceeds distributed to the Department of State Police pursuant to the money laundering statute shall be deposited in a special fund in the State treasury to be known as the Money Laundering Asset Recovery Fund. Provides that the moneys deposited in the Money Laundering Asset Recovery Fund shall be appropriated to and administered by the Department of State Police for State law enforcement purposes. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Money Laundering Asset Recovery Fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.
Amends the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act. Authorizes the county board of a county designated in whole or in part as a disaster area by the President of the United States or the Governor of the State to adopt an ordinance or resolution providing that, for any mobile home that is situated within the designated disaster area and determined to be substantially damaged or adversely affected by the disaster, the accrual and payment of certain penalties and the entry of a judgment or order of sale may be postponed as may the date upon which privilege taxes become delinquent. Also provides that the resolution or ordinance may direct the county collector to refund tax payments under certain circumstances. Requires the ordinance or resolution to establish a procedure for affected property owners to make application to a designated county official to determine whether a property is substantially damaged or adversely affected. Effective immediately.
Amends the Railroad Police Act. Requires allegations of abuse of authority or misconduct by members of a railroad police force to be investigated by the Illinois State Police.
Amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning coroner's fees, increases the fee for autopsy reports, cremation permits, transcripts, toxicology reports, and miscellaneous reports. Provides that a coroner may waive the permit fee to cremate a dead human body if the coroner determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or under other special circumstances. Provides that the fee for an electronic file containing a picture obtained by the coroner shall be the actual cost or $3.00, whichever is greater. Effective immediately.