Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a concealed carry license shall be renewed for a period of 5 years from the date of expiration on the applicant's current license upon the applicant completing the necessary requirements under the Act.
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes the following changes with respect to the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities: (1) provides that the exemption shall be prorated if the property is first used as a qualified residence by a veteran with a disability after January 1 of a taxable year; and (2) makes changes to the definition of "surviving spouse" to include the surviving spouse of a veteran who did not obtain an exemption before death, but who applied for a service-connected disability certification from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Department of Defense no earlier than January 1, 2007 and would have qualified for the exemption under this Section in the current taxable year if he or she had survived. Effective immediately.
Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption also applies to persons who are quadriplegic; defines "person who is quadriplegic". Amends the State Mandates Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Zoning Division of the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may, by majority vote (rather than by ordinance) and without a further public hearing, deny, grant, or grant subject to conditions a proposed special use on receiving the report from the board of appeals (rather than the board may adopt a proposed special use on receiving the report or it may refer the proposal back to the board of appeals for further consideration). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not operate a vehicle upon any street, roadway, or highway that is closed due to a rise in water level and is clearly marked by a sign stating the street, roadway, or highway is closed. Provides that a person who violates the new provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be fined up to $2,000. Provides that except for any cost of transporting the rescued person to a hospital or other facility for treatment of injuries, a person shall pay restitution to reimburse costs incurred in a rescue operation. Defines "rescue operation" as a response by a law enforcement officer, an ambulance, a firefighter carried on the rolls of a regularly constituted fire department or fire protection district, a firefighter of a volunteer fire department, or a member of a recognized not-for-profit rescue or emergency medical service provider. Provides that moneys shall be deposited into specific funds if the rescuer is an agent of either the Department of State Police or the Department of Natural Resources.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, State Police Act, Counties Code, and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that State and local law enforcement vehicles and facilities shall be equipped with an operational and accessible automated external defibrillator. Requires training for users of automated external defibrillators. Provides that users are exempt from liability for acts or omissions involving automated external defibrillators, except for willful or wanton misconduct. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve an in-service training program to train police officers as automated external defibrillator users. Amends the Automated External Defibrillator Act. Adds vehicles (rather than only premises) to the limitation of liability for automated external defibrillators. Effective immediately.
Honors all women residing in skilled nursing facilities in Illinois for their lifelong service to their families and communities.
