Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general powers and duties of the Department.
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning powers transferred to the Department.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Chicago police.
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section identifying the short title of the Act.
Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Deletes the provision that limits the grant of peace officer powers to Department of Revenue investigators assigned to the Illinois Gaming Board to the enforcement of offenses or violations occurring or committed on a riverboat or on the dock of a riverboat licensed under the Riverboat Gambling Act. Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes changes concerning the powers of the Gaming Board. Provides that provisions concerning owners license applications are applicable to the transfer of ownership interests in an owners license. Provides that the Board may change the fee for a suppliers license to a graduated fee based on the amount of business transacted by the applicant in Illinois. Makes changes concerning the qualifications for an occupational license. Deletes provisions authorizing a person who is at least 18 years of age and who is an employee of a riverboat gambling operation to be present on a riverboat. Provides that persons may place themselves on a Self-Exclusion List. Provides that persons on the list shall not knowingly be permitted on a riverboat. Provides that any chips, tokens, or other wagering instruments found in the possession of a person on the list shall be donated to a problem gambling charitable organization. Provides that a person under 21 years of age who enters upon a riverboat commits a petty offense. Provides that, for the purpose of determining the amount of wagering taxes owed by a licensee, the licensee's annual adjusted gross receipts shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of certain charitable contributions made by the licensee. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to an affirmative defense to retail theft.
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Authorizes the county boards of certain counties to establish rules and regulations for the provision of public grounds for public libraries and authorizes certain municipal plan commissions and planning departments to implement a comprehensive plan by an ordinance concerning the provision of public grounds for public libraries. Defines "public libraries" for the purposes of implementing ordinances regarding developer donations or impact fees. Makes the provisions of the bill applicable to all impact fees or development donations paid into a public library or library district or held in a separate account or escrow fund by any public library, library district, county, or municipality for a public library or library district. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes technical changes in the Section concerning methamphetamine restitution.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961, the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person who has the disability of mental retardation may not be sentenced to death for first degree murder. Establishes procedures before and after trial and during the sentencing hearing in a first degree murder case to raise the issue of the defendant's mental retardation. Provides that the Governor has full authority to grant clemency and commute a capital sentence to a non-capital sentence for any person convicted of first degree murder who has been sentenced to death whom the Governor determines to have the disability of mental retardation. Effective immediately.
