Amends the Uniform Commercial Code. Makes changes to Article 1, which deals with general provisions, and Article 7, which deals with documents of title, in conformance with recommendations of the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws. Makes conforming changes in other parts of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Sets fees for the issuance of a monitoring device driving permit (MDDP). Provides that an offender who opts out of having an MDDP issued may, during the drug or alcohol-related statutory summary suspension of his or her driving privileges, petition the court for an order directing the Secretary of State to issue an MDDP. Provides that a court shall not direct the Secretary to issue an MDDP if the offender has previously been convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds, involving death. Provides that the $30 administrative fee paid by the offender when an MDDP is issued shall be deposited into the Monitoring Device Driving Permit Administration Fee Fund. Deletes language providing that the court order directing the issuance of the MDDP shall specify the vehicle in which an ignition interlock device is to be installed. Provides that the MDDP shall be cancelled if the offender is convicted of or placed on court supervision for specified offenses or if the offender attempts to remove the ignition interlock device from his or her vehicle without the Secretary's authorization. Provides that, under specified circumstances, additional violations may result in the extension of the offender's statutory summary suspension or vehicle impoundment or forfeiture. Makes other changes regarding the issuance and cancellation of an MDDP and monitoring services to offenders found to be indigent. Effective January 1, 2009.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person issued a restricted driving permit may transport children living in the person's household to and from daycare. Provides that a person issued a restricted driving permit conditioned on the use of an ignition interlock device must pay to the Secretary of State DUI Administration Fund an amount not to exceed $30 (rather than $20) per month. Provides that the owner of a vehicle who is required to use an ignition interlock device because of a second or subsequent conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds must submit to the Secretary of State DUI Administration Fund an amount not exceeding $30 for each month he or she uses the device, and provides that the Secretary shall adopt rules setting these fees and the procedures, terms, and conditions relating to them.
Mourns the death of Robert Hosty Jr. of River Forest.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires a driver of a school bus to open the service door and driver's window before crossing a railroad track or tracks.
Mourns the death of Budd Birnbaum of Wilmette.
Designates Illinois Route 173 as the 173rd Airborne Brigade Highway in honor of the brave men and women of the United States Army 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Mourns the death of Ed Hallinan of Chicago.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning preservation of evidence for forensic testing.
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that references throughout the Act to people with a disability will be by use of the term "person with a disability" or the term "disabled" (at present, "handicapped"). In the definition of "place of public accommodation", deletes the existing examples and inserts language listing facilities that are considered public accommodations for purposes of the Article. Provides that it is a civil rights violation to deny or refuse full and equal enjoyment of goods of any place of public accommodation. Provides that it is not a civil rights violation for a health care professional to respond to a person protected under the Act by referring the person to another professional or to refuse to treat or provide services to that person, if in the normal exercise of his or her profession the health care professional would for the same reason respond in the same way to an individual who is not protected under the Act who seeks or requires the same or similar treatment or services. Effective immediately.
