Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In provisions concerning finance, provides that a municipality may file a petition and exercise powers pursuant to applicable federal bankruptcy law. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code and the Code of Civil Procedure to reverse the changes made by Public Act 98-1132 to provisions governing jury size and compensation. Effective June 1, 2015.
Amends the Community College Districts Article of the Public Community College Act. Provides that any severance package for an employee of a community college district approved after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall not include naming rights to any physical property on campus grounds. Effective immediately.
Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. In provisions allowing a board of education to enter into a contract with a third party for non-instructional services currently performed by any employee or bargaining unit member, removes a provision that requires any third party that submits a bid to perform the non-instructional services to provide a benefits package for the third party's employees who will perform the non-instructional services comparable to the benefits package provided to school board employees who perform those services. With respect to excusing pupils from engaging in physical education courses, provides for additional reasons why a pupil may be excused, pursuant to school board policy. Requires a public hearing on whether to adopt such a policy to be held at a regular or special school board meeting prior to adopting the policy. Provides that a school district may offer a driver education course in a school by contracting with a commercial driver training school to provide both the classroom instruction part and the practice driving part or either one without having to request a modification or waiver of administrative rules of the State Board of Education if a public hearing on whether to enter into a contract with a commercial driver training school has been held at a regular or special school board meeting prior to entering into such a contract; sets forth requirements concerning the contract.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be tried in any one of the following counties in which: (1) any part of the offense occurred; or (2) the victim or one of the victims reside. Provides that a prosecution for the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be commenced within 7 years of the last act committed in furtherance of the crime (rather than 3 years after commission of the offense). Provides that theft by deception in which the offender obtained money or property valued at $5,000 or more from a person with a disability is a Class 2 felony.
Amends the Transmitters of Money Act. Deletes provision that a person who engages in conduct requiring a license under the Act and fails to obtain a license from the Director is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning money laundering, provides that the laundering of property of a value exceeding $1,000,000 is a Class X felony. Creates the offense of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property and the offense of unlawful money transmitting business. Defines offenses and establishes penalties. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that 2 or more acts or transactions involving money laundering, engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property, unlawful money transmitting business, online sale of stolen property, online theft by deception, electronic fencing, or workers' compensation fraud, may be charged as a single offense in a single count of the same indictment, information, or complaint, if the acts or transactions by one or more defendants are in furtherance of a single intention and design or if the property, labor, or services obtained are of the same person or are of several persons having a common interest in the property, labor, or services. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes.
Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Prohibits a person from holding the office of State Senator or State Representative, or a combination of those offices, for more than 10 years. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Amends and re-enacts provisions of the Civil Practice Article of the Code of Civil Procedure concerning actions on account of bodily injury or death or physical damage to property based on negligence or product liability based on strict tort liability. Provides that the court shall not instruct the jury of the consequence of any findings of fault of any plaintiff or defendant under specified provisions of the Code. Deletes language providing that the court shall instruct the jury in writing that the defendant shall be found not liable if the jury finds that the contributory fault of the plaintiff is more than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought. In the Section concerning joint liability, deletes language providing that: any defendant whose fault is less than 25% of the total fault attributable to the plaintiff, the defendants sued by the plaintiff, and any third party defendant except the plaintiff's employer, is severally liable for non-medical damages; and any defendant whose fault is 25% or greater of the total fault attributable to the plaintiff, the defendants sued by the plaintiff, and any third party defendants except the plaintiff's employer, is jointly and severally liable for non-medical damages. Adds language providing that: any defendant whose fault is less than 25% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought by the plaintiff is severally liable for non-medical damages; and any defendant whose fault is 25% or greater of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought by the plaintiff is jointly and severally liable for non-medical damages. Contains applicability provisions.
