Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title of the Code.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section of the sentencing Chapter of the Code that defines "victim".
Amends the Supreme Court Act. Makes technical changes in the Section concerning Supreme Court terms.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a designated domestic partner to qualify as a surviving spouse for purposes of survivor and death benefits. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the rate of tax.
Amends the Capital Crimes Litigation Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the appointment of trial counsel in death penalty cases.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a marriage license and marriage certificate.
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning a testator's capacity.
Urges the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt changes in Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction-Criminal 3.17 relating to the testimony of accomplices and informants.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that upon leave of court, in any case in which the defendant is charged with the offense of first degree murder and the prosecution seeks the death penalty, or in a first degree murder case in which a term of natural life imprisonment is the only sentence allowed under the law following the defendant's conviction, any party may take the testimony, upon oral examination, of: (1) any person other than a law enforcement officer, victim, or family member who is identified as, or believed to be, an eyewitness to the occurrence that is the subject of the prosecution; (2) any person whom either party intends to call at trial regarding incriminating statements made by the accused to persons other than a law enforcement officer or prosecutor; and (3) any person identified as, or believed to be, an alibi witness. Applies to actions initiated on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act.
