Public Act 102-1030
 
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    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the
General Assembly in enacting this amendatory Act of the 102nd
General Assembly to make only nonsubstantive changes that
remove the dehumanizing term "alien" from all Illinois
statutory provisions. No change made by this amendatory Act of
the 102nd General Assembly shall be interpreted so as to make
any substantive change to existing law, including, but not
limited to, eligibility for federal programs or benefits that
are available to a person who meets the definition of "alien"
under State or federal law.
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Notary Public Act is amended by
changing Section 2-102 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 312/2-102)  (from Ch. 102, par. 202-102)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-160)
    Sec. 2-102. Application. Every applicant for appointment
and commission as a notary shall complete an application in a
format prescribed by the Secretary of State to be filed with
the Secretary of State, stating:
        (a) the applicant's official name, as it appears on
    his or her current driver's license or state-issued
    identification card;
        (b) the county in which the applicant resides or, if
    the applicant is a resident of a state bordering Illinois,
    the county in Illinois in which that person's principal
    place of work or principal place of business is located;
        (c) the applicant's residence address, as it appears
    on his or her current driver's license or state-issued
    identification card;
        (c-5) the applicant's business address if different
    than the applicant's residence address, if performing
    notarial acts constitutes any portion of the applicant's
    job duties;
        (d) that the applicant has resided in the State of
    Illinois for 30 days preceding the application or that the
    applicant who is a resident of a state bordering Illinois
    has worked or maintained a business in Illinois for 30
    days preceding the application;
        (e) that the applicant is a citizen of the United
    States or a person an alien lawfully admitted for
    permanent residence in the United States;
        (f) the applicant's date of birth;
        (g) that the applicant is able to read and write the
    English language;
        (h) that the applicant has never been the holder of a
    notary public appointment that was revoked or suspended
    during the past 10 years;
        (i) that the applicant has not been convicted of a
    felony;
        (i-5) that the applicant's signature authorizes the
    Office of the Secretary of State to conduct a verification
    to confirm the information provided in the application,
    including a criminal background check of the applicant, if
    necessary; and
        (j) any other information the Secretary of State deems
    necessary.
(Source: P.A. 99-112, eff. 1-1-16; 100-809, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-160)
    Sec. 2-102. Application.
    (a) Application for notary public commission. Every
applicant for appointment and commission as a notary shall
complete an application in a format prescribed by the
Secretary of State to be filed with the Secretary of State,
stating:
        (1) the applicant's official name, as it appears on
    his or her current driver's license or state-issued
    identification card;
        (2) the county in which the applicant resides or, if
    the applicant is a resident of a state bordering Illinois,
    the county in Illinois in which that person's principal
    place of work or principal place of business is located;
        (3) the applicant's residence address, as it appears
    on his or her current driver's license or state-issued
    identification card;
        (4) the applicant's e-mail address;
        (5) the applicant's business address if different than
    the applicant's residence address, if performing notarial
    acts constitutes any portion of the applicant's job
    duties;
        (6) that the applicant has resided in the State of
    Illinois for 30 days preceding the application or that the
    applicant who is a resident of a state bordering Illinois
    has worked or maintained a business in Illinois for 30
    days preceding the application;
        (7) that the applicant is a citizen of the United
    States or lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the
    United States;
        (8) the applicant's date of birth;
        (9) that the applicant is proficient in the the
    English language;
        (10) that the applicant has not had a prior
    application or commission revoked due to a finding or
    decision by the Secretary of State;
        (11) that the applicant has not been convicted of a
    felony;
        (12) that the applicant's signature authorizes the
    Office of the Secretary of State to conduct a verification
    to confirm the information provided in the application,
    including a criminal background check of the applicant, if
    necessary;
        (13) that the applicant has provided satisfactory
    proof to the Secretary of State that the applicant has
    successfully completed any required course of study on
    notarization; and
        (14) any other information the Secretary of State
    deems necessary.
    (b) Any notary appointed under subsection (a) shall have
the authority to conduct remote notarizations.
    (c) Application for electronic notary public commission.
An application for an electronic notary public commission must
be filed with the Secretary of State in a manner prescribed by
the Secretary of State. Every applicant for appointment and
commission as an electronic notary public shall complete an
application to be filed with the Secretary of State, stating:
        (1) all information required to be included in an
    application for appointment as an electronic notary
    public, as provided under subsection (a);
        (2) that the applicant is commissioned as a notary
    public under this Act;
        (3) the applicant's email address;
        (4) that the applicant has provided satisfactory proof
    to the Secretary of State that the applicant has
    successfully completed any required course of study on
    electronic notarization and passed a qualifying
    examination;
        (5) a description of the technology or device that the
    applicant intends to use to create his or her electronic
    signature in performing electronic notarial acts;
        (6) the electronic signature of the applicant; and
        (7) any other information the Secretary of State deems
    necessary.
    (d) Electronic notarial acts. Before an electronic notary
public performs an electronic notarial act using audio-video
communication, he or she must be granted an electronic notary
public commission by the Secretary of State under this
Section, and identify the technology that the electronic
notary public intends to use, which must be approved by the
Secretary of State.
    (e) Approval of commission. Upon the applicant's
fulfillment of the requirements for a notarial commission or
an electronic notary public commission, the Secretary of State
shall approve the commission and issue to the applicant a
unique commission number.
    (f) Rejection of application. The Secretary of State may
reject an application for a notarial commission or an
electronic notary public commission if the applicant fails to
comply with any Section of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-160 (See Section 99 of P.A. 102-160 for
effective date of P.A. 102-160).)
 
    Section 15. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
is amended by changing Section 605-800 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 605/605-800)  (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19a in part)
    Sec. 605-800. Training grants for skills in critical
demand.
    (a) Grants to provide training in fields affected by
critical demands for certain skills may be made as provided in
this Section.
    (b) The Director may make grants to eligible employers or
to other eligible entities on behalf of employers as
authorized in subsection (c) to provide training for employees
in fields for which there are critical demands for certain
skills. No participating employee may be a person without
employment authorization under federal law an unauthorized
alien, as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324a.
    (c) The Director may accept applications for training
grant funds and grant requests from: (i) entities sponsoring
multi-company eligible employee training projects as defined
in subsection (d), including business associations, strategic
business partnerships, institutions of secondary or higher
education, large manufacturers for supplier network companies,
federal Job Training Partnership Act administrative entities
or grant recipients, and labor organizations when those
projects will address common training needs identified by
participating companies; and (ii) individual employers that
are undertaking eligible employee training projects as defined
in subsection (d), including intermediaries and training
agents.
    (d) The Director may make grants to eligible applicants as
defined in subsection (c) for employee training projects that
include, but need not be limited to, one or more of the
following:
        (1) Training programs in response to new or changing
    technology being introduced in the workplace.
        (2) Job-linked training that offers special skills for
    career advancement or that is preparatory for, and leads
    directly to, jobs with definite career potential and
    long-term job security.
        (3) Training necessary to implement total quality
    management or improvement or both management and
    improvement systems within the workplace.
        (4) Training related to new machinery or equipment.
        (5) Training of employees of companies that are
    expanding into new markets or expanding exports from
    Illinois.
        (6) Basic, remedial, or both basic and remedial
    training of employees as a prerequisite for other
    vocational or technical skills training or as a condition
    for sustained employment.
        (7) Self-employment training of the unemployed and
    underemployed with comprehensive, competency-based
    instructional programs and services, entrepreneurial
    education and training initiatives for youth and adult
    learners in cooperation with the Illinois Institute for
    Entrepreneurial Education, training and education,
    conferences, workshops, and best practice information for
    local program operators of entrepreneurial education and
    self-employment training programs.
        (8) Other training activities or projects, or both
    training activities and projects, related to the support,
    development, or evaluation of job training programs,
    activities, and delivery systems, including training needs
    assessment and design.
    (e) Grants shall be made on the terms and conditions that
the Department shall determine. No grant made under subsection
(d), however, shall exceed 50% of the direct costs of all
approved training programs provided by the employer or the
employer's training agent or other entity as defined in
subsection (c). Under this Section, allowable costs include,
but are not limited to:
        (1) Administrative costs of tracking, documenting,
    reporting, and processing training funds or project costs.
        (2) Curriculum development.
        (3) Wages and fringe benefits of employees.
        (4) Training materials, including scrap product costs.
        (5) Trainee travel expenses.
        (6) Instructor costs, including wages, fringe
    benefits, tuition, and travel expenses.
        (7) Rent, purchase, or lease of training equipment.
        (8) Other usual and customary training costs.
    (f) The Department may conduct on-site grant monitoring
visits to verify trainee employment dates and wages and to
ensure that the grantee's financial management system is
structured to provide for accurate, current, and complete
disclosure of the financial results of the grant program in
accordance with all provisions, terms, and conditions
contained in the grant contract. Each applicant must, on
request by the Department, provide to the Department a
notarized certification signed and dated by a duly authorized
representative of the applicant, or that representative's
authorized designee, certifying that all participating
employees are employed at an Illinois facility and, for each
participating employee, stating the employee's name and
providing either (i) the employee's social security number or
(ii) a statement that the applicant has adequate written
verification that the employee is employed at an Illinois
facility. The Department may audit the accuracy of
submissions. Applicants sponsoring multi-company training
grant programs shall obtain information meeting the
requirement of this subsection from each participating company
and provide it to the Department upon request.
    (g) The Director may establish and collect a schedule of
charges from subgrantee entities and other system users under
federal job-training programs for participating in and
utilizing the Department's automated job-training program
information systems if the systems and the necessary
participation and utilization are requirements of the federal
job-training programs. All monies collected pursuant to this
subsection shall be deposited into the Federal Workforce
Training Fund and may be used, subject to appropriation by the
General Assembly, only for the purpose of financing the
maintenance and operation of the automated federal
job-training information systems.
(Source: P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)
 
    Section 20. The Illinois Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act is
amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 1510/25)
    Sec. 25. Program eligibility.
    (a) General Rule. An individual is eligible to participate
in the job projects assisted under this Act if the individual:
        (1) is at least 16 years of age;
        (2) has resided in the eligible area for at least 30
    days;
        (3) has been unemployed for 35 days prior to the
    determination of employment for job projects assisted
    under this Act;
        (4) is a citizen of the United States, is a national of
    the United States, is a lawfully admitted permanent
    resident alien, is a lawfully admitted refugee or parolee,
    or is otherwise authorized by the United States Attorney
    General to work in the United States; and
        (5) is a recipient of assistance under Article IV of
    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
    (b) Limitations.
        (1) (Blank).
        (2) (Blank).
        (3) No individual participating in the job opportunity
    project assisted under this Act may work in any
    compensated job other than the job assisted under this Act
    for more than 20 hours per week.
        (4) Individuals participating under this Act shall
    seek employment during the period of employment assisted
    under this Act.
        (5) Any individual eligible for retirement benefits
    under the Social Security Act, under any retirement system
    for Federal Government employees, under the railroad
    retirement system, under the military retirement system,
    under a State or local government pension plan or
    retirement system, or any private pension program is not
    eligible to receive a job under a job project assisted
    under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-46, eff. 7-1-03.)
 
    Section 25. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
changing Section 1501 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 5/1501)  (from Ch. 120, par. 15-1501)
    Sec. 1501. Definitions.
    (a) In general. When used in this Act, where not otherwise
distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the
intent thereof:
        (1) Business income. The term "business income" means
    all income that may be treated as apportionable business
    income under the Constitution of the United States.
    Business income is net of the deductions allocable
    thereto. Such term does not include compensation or the
    deductions allocable thereto. For each taxable year
    beginning on or after January 1, 2003, a taxpayer may
    elect to treat all income other than compensation as
    business income. This election shall be made in accordance
    with rules adopted by the Department and, once made, shall
    be irrevocable.
        (1.5) Captive real estate investment trust:
            (A) The term "captive real estate investment
        trust" means a corporation, trust, or association:
                (i) that is considered a real estate
            investment trust for the taxable year under
            Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code;
                (ii) the certificates of beneficial interest
            or shares of which are not regularly traded on an
            established securities market; and
                (iii) of which more than 50% of the voting
            power or value of the beneficial interest or
            shares, at any time during the last half of the
            taxable year, is owned or controlled, directly,
            indirectly, or constructively, by a single
            corporation.
            (B) The term "captive real estate investment
        trust" does not include:
                (i) a real estate investment trust of which
            more than 50% of the voting power or value of the
            beneficial interest or shares is owned or
            controlled, directly, indirectly, or
            constructively, by:
                    (a) a real estate investment trust, other
                than a captive real estate investment trust;
                    (b) a person who is exempt from taxation
                under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue
                Code, and who is not required to treat income
                received from the real estate investment trust
                as unrelated business taxable income under
                Section 512 of the Internal Revenue Code;
                    (c) a listed Australian property trust, if
                no more than 50% of the voting power or value
                of the beneficial interest or shares of that
                trust, at any time during the last half of the
                taxable year, is owned or controlled, directly
                or indirectly, by a single person;
                    (d) an entity organized as a trust,
                provided a listed Australian property trust
                described in subparagraph (c) owns or
                controls, directly or indirectly, or
                constructively, 75% or more of the voting
                power or value of the beneficial interests or
                shares of such entity; or
                    (e) an entity that is organized outside of
                the laws of the United States and that
                satisfies all of the following criteria:
                        (1) at least 75% of the entity's total
                    asset value at the close of its taxable
                    year is represented by real estate assets
                    (as defined in Section 856(c)(5)(B) of the
                    Internal Revenue Code, thereby including
                    shares or certificates of beneficial
                    interest in any real estate investment
                    trust), cash and cash equivalents, and
                    U.S. Government securities;
                        (2) the entity is not subject to tax
                    on amounts that are distributed to its
                    beneficial owners or is exempt from
                    entity-level taxation;
                        (3) the entity distributes at least
                    85% of its taxable income (as computed in
                    the jurisdiction in which it is organized)
                    to the holders of its shares or
                    certificates of beneficial interest on an
                    annual basis;
                        (4) either (i) the shares or
                    beneficial interests of the entity are
                    regularly traded on an established
                    securities market or (ii) not more than
                    10% of the voting power or value in the
                    entity is held, directly, indirectly, or
                    constructively, by a single entity or
                    individual; and
                        (5) the entity is organized in a
                    country that has entered into a tax treaty
                    with the United States; or
                (ii) during its first taxable year for which
            it elects to be treated as a real estate
            investment trust under Section 856(c)(1) of the
            Internal Revenue Code, a real estate investment
            trust the certificates of beneficial interest or
            shares of which are not regularly traded on an
            established securities market, but only if the
            certificates of beneficial interest or shares of
            the real estate investment trust are regularly
            traded on an established securities market prior
            to the earlier of the due date (including
            extensions) for filing its return under this Act
            for that first taxable year or the date it
            actually files that return.
            (C) For the purposes of this subsection (1.5), the
        constructive ownership rules prescribed under Section
        318(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as modified by
        Section 856(d)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, apply
        in determining the ownership of stock, assets, or net
        profits of any person.
            (D) For the purposes of this item (1.5), for
        taxable years ending on or after August 16, 2007, the
        voting power or value of the beneficial interest or
        shares of a real estate investment trust does not
        include any voting power or value of beneficial
        interest or shares in a real estate investment trust
        held directly or indirectly in a segregated asset
        account by a life insurance company (as described in
        Section 817 of the Internal Revenue Code) to the
        extent such voting power or value is for the benefit of
        entities or persons who are either immune from
        taxation or exempt from taxation under subtitle A of
        the Internal Revenue Code.
        (2) Commercial domicile. The term "commercial
    domicile" means the principal place from which the trade
    or business of the taxpayer is directed or managed.
        (3) Compensation. The term "compensation" means wages,
    salaries, commissions and any other form of remuneration
    paid to employees for personal services.
        (4) Corporation. The term "corporation" includes
    associations, joint-stock companies, insurance companies
    and cooperatives. Any entity, including a limited
    liability company formed under the Illinois Limited
    Liability Company Act, shall be treated as a corporation
    if it is so classified for federal income tax purposes.
        (5) Department. The term "Department" means the
    Department of Revenue of this State.
        (6) Director. The term "Director" means the Director
    of Revenue of this State.
        (7) Fiduciary. The term "fiduciary" means a guardian,
    trustee, executor, administrator, receiver, or any person
    acting in any fiduciary capacity for any person.
        (8) Financial organization.
            (A) The term "financial organization" means any
        bank, bank holding company, trust company, savings
        bank, industrial bank, land bank, safe deposit
        company, private banker, savings and loan association,
        building and loan association, credit union, currency
        exchange, cooperative bank, small loan company, sales
        finance company, investment company, or any person
        which is owned by a bank or bank holding company. For
        the purpose of this Section a "person" will include
        only those persons which a bank holding company may
        acquire and hold an interest in, directly or
        indirectly, under the provisions of the Bank Holding
        Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841, et seq.), except
        where interests in any person must be disposed of
        within certain required time limits under the Bank
        Holding Company Act of 1956.
            (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A) of this
        paragraph, the term "bank" includes (i) any entity
        that is regulated by the Comptroller of the Currency
        under the National Bank Act, or by the Federal Reserve
        Board, or by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
        and (ii) any federally or State chartered bank
        operating as a credit card bank.
            (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A) of this
        paragraph, the term "sales finance company" has the
        meaning provided in the following item (i) or (ii):
                (i) A person primarily engaged in one or more
            of the following businesses: the business of
            purchasing customer receivables, the business of
            making loans upon the security of customer
            receivables, the business of making loans for the
            express purpose of funding purchases of tangible
            personal property or services by the borrower, or
            the business of finance leasing. For purposes of
            this item (i), "customer receivable" means:
                    (a) a retail installment contract or
                retail charge agreement within the meaning of
                the Sales Finance Agency Act, the Retail
                Installment Sales Act, or the Motor Vehicle
                Retail Installment Sales Act;
                    (b) an installment, charge, credit, or
                similar contract or agreement arising from the
                sale of tangible personal property or services
                in a transaction involving a deferred payment
                price payable in one or more installments
                subsequent to the sale; or
                    (c) the outstanding balance of a contract
                or agreement described in provisions (a) or
                (b) of this item (i).
                A customer receivable need not provide for
            payment of interest on deferred payments. A sales
            finance company may purchase a customer receivable
            from, or make a loan secured by a customer
            receivable to, the seller in the original
            transaction or to a person who purchased the
            customer receivable directly or indirectly from
            that seller.
                (ii) A corporation meeting each of the
            following criteria:
                    (a) the corporation must be a member of an
                "affiliated group" within the meaning of
                Section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,
                determined without regard to Section 1504(b)
                of the Internal Revenue Code;
                    (b) more than 50% of the gross income of
                the corporation for the taxable year must be
                interest income derived from qualifying loans.
                A "qualifying loan" is a loan made to a member
                of the corporation's affiliated group that
                originates customer receivables (within the
                meaning of item (i)) or to whom customer
                receivables originated by a member of the
                affiliated group have been transferred, to the
                extent the average outstanding balance of
                loans from that corporation to members of its
                affiliated group during the taxable year do
                not exceed the limitation amount for that
                corporation. The "limitation amount" for a
                corporation is the average outstanding
                balances during the taxable year of customer
                receivables (within the meaning of item (i))
                originated by all members of the affiliated
                group. If the average outstanding balances of
                the loans made by a corporation to members of
                its affiliated group exceed the limitation
                amount, the interest income of that
                corporation from qualifying loans shall be
                equal to its interest income from loans to
                members of its affiliated groups times a
                fraction equal to the limitation amount
                divided by the average outstanding balances of
                the loans made by that corporation to members
                of its affiliated group;
                    (c) the total of all shareholder's equity
                (including, without limitation, paid-in
                capital on common and preferred stock and
                retained earnings) of the corporation plus the
                total of all of its loans, advances, and other
                obligations payable or owed to members of its
                affiliated group may not exceed 20% of the
                total assets of the corporation at any time
                during the tax year; and
                    (d) more than 50% of all interest-bearing
                obligations of the affiliated group payable to
                persons outside the group determined in
                accordance with generally accepted accounting
                principles must be obligations of the
                corporation.
            This amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly
        is declaratory of existing law.
            (D) Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this paragraph
        are declaratory of existing law and apply
        retroactively, for all tax years beginning on or
        before December 31, 1996, to all original returns, to
        all amended returns filed no later than 30 days after
        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996, and
        to all notices issued on or before the effective date
        of this amendatory Act of 1996 under subsection (a) of
        Section 903, subsection (a) of Section 904, subsection
        (e) of Section 909, or Section 912. A taxpayer that is
        a "financial organization" that engages in any
        transaction with an affiliate shall be a "financial
        organization" for all purposes of this Act.
            (E) For all tax years beginning on or before
        December 31, 1996, a taxpayer that falls within the
        definition of a "financial organization" under
        subparagraphs (B) or (C) of this paragraph, but who
        does not fall within the definition of a "financial
        organization" under the Proposed Regulations issued by
        the Department of Revenue on July 19, 1996, may
        irrevocably elect to apply the Proposed Regulations
        for all of those years as though the Proposed
        Regulations had been lawfully promulgated, adopted,
        and in effect for all of those years. For purposes of
        applying subparagraphs (B) or (C) of this paragraph to
        all of those years, the election allowed by this
        subparagraph applies only to the taxpayer making the
        election and to those members of the taxpayer's
        unitary business group who are ordinarily required to
        apportion business income under the same subsection of
        Section 304 of this Act as the taxpayer making the
        election. No election allowed by this subparagraph
        shall be made under a claim filed under subsection (d)
        of Section 909 more than 30 days after the effective
        date of this amendatory Act of 1996.
            (F) Finance Leases. For purposes of this
        subsection, a finance lease shall be treated as a loan
        or other extension of credit, rather than as a lease,
        regardless of how the transaction is characterized for
        any other purpose, including the purposes of any
        regulatory agency to which the lessor is subject. A
        finance lease is any transaction in the form of a lease
        in which the lessee is treated as the owner of the
        leased asset entitled to any deduction for
        depreciation allowed under Section 167 of the Internal
        Revenue Code.
        (9) Fiscal year. The term "fiscal year" means an
    accounting period of 12 months ending on the last day of
    any month other than December.
        (9.5) Fixed place of business. The term "fixed place
    of business" has the same meaning as that term is given in
    Section 864 of the Internal Revenue Code and the related
    Treasury regulations.
        (10) Includes and including. The terms "includes" and
    "including" when used in a definition contained in this
    Act shall not be deemed to exclude other things otherwise
    within the meaning of the term defined.
        (11) Internal Revenue Code. The term "Internal Revenue
    Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of
    1954 or any successor law or laws relating to federal
    income taxes in effect for the taxable year.
        (11.5) Investment partnership.
            (A) The term "investment partnership" means any
        entity that is treated as a partnership for federal
        income tax purposes that meets the following
        requirements:
                (i) no less than 90% of the partnership's cost
            of its total assets consists of qualifying
            investment securities, deposits at banks or other
            financial institutions, and office space and
            equipment reasonably necessary to carry on its
            activities as an investment partnership;
                (ii) no less than 90% of its gross income
            consists of interest, dividends, and gains from
            the sale or exchange of qualifying investment
            securities; and
                (iii) the partnership is not a dealer in
            qualifying investment securities.
            (B) For purposes of this paragraph (11.5), the
        term "qualifying investment securities" includes all
        of the following:
                (i) common stock, including preferred or debt
            securities convertible into common stock, and
            preferred stock;
                (ii) bonds, debentures, and other debt
            securities;
                (iii) foreign and domestic currency deposits
            secured by federal, state, or local governmental
            agencies;
                (iv) mortgage or asset-backed securities
            secured by federal, state, or local governmental
            agencies;
                (v) repurchase agreements and loan
            participations;
                (vi) foreign currency exchange contracts and
            forward and futures contracts on foreign
            currencies;
                (vii) stock and bond index securities and
            futures contracts and other similar financial
            securities and futures contracts on those
            securities;
                (viii) options for the purchase or sale of any
            of the securities, currencies, contracts, or
            financial instruments described in items (i) to
            (vii), inclusive;
                (ix) regulated futures contracts;
                (x) commodities (not described in Section
            1221(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code) or
            futures, forwards, and options with respect to
            such commodities, provided, however, that any item
            of a physical commodity to which title is actually
            acquired in the partnership's capacity as a dealer
            in such commodity shall not be a qualifying
            investment security;
                (xi) derivatives; and
                (xii) a partnership interest in another
            partnership that is an investment partnership.
        (12) Mathematical error. The term "mathematical error"
    includes the following types of errors, omissions, or
    defects in a return filed by a taxpayer which prevents
    acceptance of the return as filed for processing:
            (A) arithmetic errors or incorrect computations on
        the return or supporting schedules;
            (B) entries on the wrong lines;
            (C) omission of required supporting forms or
        schedules or the omission of the information in whole
        or in part called for thereon; and
            (D) an attempt to claim, exclude, deduct, or
        improperly report, in a manner directly contrary to
        the provisions of the Act and regulations thereunder
        any item of income, exemption, deduction, or credit.
        (13) Nonbusiness income. The term "nonbusiness income"
    means all income other than business income or
    compensation.
        (14) Nonresident. The term "nonresident" means a
    person who is not a resident.
        (15) Paid, incurred and accrued. The terms "paid",
    "incurred" and "accrued" shall be construed according to
    the method of accounting upon the basis of which the
    person's base income is computed under this Act.
        (16) Partnership and partner. The term "partnership"
    includes a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture or other
    unincorporated organization, through or by means of which
    any business, financial operation, or venture is carried
    on, and which is not, within the meaning of this Act, a
    trust or estate or a corporation; and the term "partner"
    includes a member in such syndicate, group, pool, joint
    venture or organization.
        The term "partnership" includes any entity, including
    a limited liability company formed under the Illinois
    Limited Liability Company Act, classified as a partnership
    for federal income tax purposes.
        The term "partnership" does not include a syndicate,
    group, pool, joint venture, or other unincorporated
    organization established for the sole purpose of playing
    the Illinois State Lottery.
        (17) Part-year resident. The term "part-year resident"
    means an individual who became a resident during the
    taxable year or ceased to be a resident during the taxable
    year. Under Section 1501(a)(20)(A)(i) residence commences
    with presence in this State for other than a temporary or
    transitory purpose and ceases with absence from this State
    for other than a temporary or transitory purpose. Under
    Section 1501(a)(20)(A)(ii) residence commences with the
    establishment of domicile in this State and ceases with
    the establishment of domicile in another State.
        (18) Person. The term "person" shall be construed to
    mean and include an individual, a trust, estate,
    partnership, association, firm, company, corporation,
    limited liability company, or fiduciary. For purposes of
    Section 1301 and 1302 of this Act, a "person" means (i) an
    individual, (ii) a corporation, (iii) an officer, agent,
    or employee of a corporation, (iv) a member, agent or
    employee of a partnership, or (v) a member, manager,
    employee, officer, director, or agent of a limited
    liability company who in such capacity commits an offense
    specified in Section 1301 and 1302.
        (18A) Records. The term "records" includes all data
    maintained by the taxpayer, whether on paper, microfilm,
    microfiche, or any type of machine-sensible data
    compilation.
        (19) Regulations. The term "regulations" includes
    rules promulgated and forms prescribed by the Department.
        (20) Resident. The term "resident" means:
            (A) an individual (i) who is in this State for
        other than a temporary or transitory purpose during
        the taxable year; or (ii) who is domiciled in this
        State but is absent from the State for a temporary or
        transitory purpose during the taxable year;
            (B) The estate of a decedent who at his or her
        death was domiciled in this State;
            (C) A trust created by a will of a decedent who at
        his death was domiciled in this State; and
            (D) An irrevocable trust, the grantor of which was
        domiciled in this State at the time such trust became
        irrevocable. For purpose of this subparagraph, a trust
        shall be considered irrevocable to the extent that the
        grantor is not treated as the owner thereof under
        Sections 671 through 678 of the Internal Revenue Code.
        (21) Sales. The term "sales" means all gross receipts
    of the taxpayer not allocated under Sections 301, 302 and
    303.
        (22) State. The term "state" when applied to a
    jurisdiction other than this State means any state of the
    United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
    of Puerto Rico, any Territory or Possession of the United
    States, and any foreign country, or any political
    subdivision of any of the foregoing. For purposes of the
    foreign tax credit under Section 601, the term "state"
    means any state of the United States, the District of
    Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any
    territory or possession of the United States, or any
    political subdivision of any of the foregoing, effective
    for tax years ending on or after December 31, 1989.
        (23) Taxable year. The term "taxable year" means the
    calendar year, or the fiscal year ending during such
    calendar year, upon the basis of which the base income is
    computed under this Act. "Taxable year" means, in the case
    of a return made for a fractional part of a year under the
    provisions of this Act, the period for which such return
    is made.
        (24) Taxpayer. The term "taxpayer" means any person
    subject to the tax imposed by this Act.
        (25) International banking facility. The term
    international banking facility shall have the same meaning
    as is set forth in the Illinois Banking Act or as is set
    forth in the laws of the United States or regulations of
    the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
        (26) Income Tax Return Preparer.
            (A) The term "income tax return preparer" means
        any person who prepares for compensation, or who
        employs one or more persons to prepare for
        compensation, any return of tax imposed by this Act or
        any claim for refund of tax imposed by this Act. The
        preparation of a substantial portion of a return or
        claim for refund shall be treated as the preparation
        of that return or claim for refund.
            (B) A person is not an income tax return preparer
        if all he or she does is
                (i) furnish typing, reproducing, or other
            mechanical assistance;
                (ii) prepare returns or claims for refunds for
            the employer by whom he or she is regularly and
            continuously employed;
                (iii) prepare as a fiduciary returns or claims
            for refunds for any person; or
                (iv) prepare claims for refunds for a taxpayer
            in response to any notice of deficiency issued to
            that taxpayer or in response to any waiver of
            restriction after the commencement of an audit of
            that taxpayer or of another taxpayer if a
            determination in the audit of the other taxpayer
            directly or indirectly affects the tax liability
            of the taxpayer whose claims he or she is
            preparing.
        (27) Unitary business group.
            (A) The term "unitary business group" means a
        group of persons related through common ownership
        whose business activities are integrated with,
        dependent upon and contribute to each other. The group
        will not include those members whose business activity
        outside the United States is 80% or more of any such
        member's total business activity; for purposes of this
        paragraph and clause (a)(3)(B)(ii) of Section 304,
        business activity within the United States shall be
        measured by means of the factors ordinarily applicable
        under subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), or (h) of
        Section 304 except that, in the case of members
        ordinarily required to apportion business income by
        means of the 3 factor formula of property, payroll and
        sales specified in subsection (a) of Section 304,
        including the formula as weighted in subsection (h) of
        Section 304, such members shall not use the sales
        factor in the computation and the results of the
        property and payroll factor computations of subsection
        (a) of Section 304 shall be divided by 2 (by one if
        either the property or payroll factor has a
        denominator of zero). The computation required by the
        preceding sentence shall, in each case, involve the
        division of the member's property, payroll, or revenue
        miles in the United States, insurance premiums on
        property or risk in the United States, or financial
        organization business income from sources within the
        United States, as the case may be, by the respective
        worldwide figures for such items. Common ownership in
        the case of corporations is the direct or indirect
        control or ownership of more than 50% of the
        outstanding voting stock of the persons carrying on
        unitary business activity. Unitary business activity
        can ordinarily be illustrated where the activities of
        the members are: (1) in the same general line (such as
        manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing of tangible
        personal property, insurance, transportation or
        finance); or (2) are steps in a vertically structured
        enterprise or process (such as the steps involved in
        the production of natural resources, which might
        include exploration, mining, refining, and marketing);
        and, in either instance, the members are functionally
        integrated through the exercise of strong centralized
        management (where, for example, authority over such
        matters as purchasing, financing, tax compliance,
        product line, personnel, marketing and capital
        investment is not left to each member).
            (B) In no event, for taxable years ending prior to
        December 31, 2017, shall any unitary business group
        include members which are ordinarily required to
        apportion business income under different subsections
        of Section 304 except that for tax years ending on or
        after December 31, 1987 this prohibition shall not
        apply to a holding company that would otherwise be a
        member of a unitary business group with taxpayers that
        apportion business income under any of subsections
        (b), (c), (c-1), or (d) of Section 304. If a unitary
        business group would, but for the preceding sentence,
        include members that are ordinarily required to
        apportion business income under different subsections
        of Section 304, then for each subsection of Section
        304 for which there are two or more members, there
        shall be a separate unitary business group composed of
        such members. For purposes of the preceding two
        sentences, a member is "ordinarily required to
        apportion business income" under a particular
        subsection of Section 304 if it would be required to
        use the apportionment method prescribed by such
        subsection except for the fact that it derives
        business income solely from Illinois. As used in this
        paragraph, for taxable years ending before December
        31, 2017, the phrase "United States" means only the 50
        states and the District of Columbia, but does not
        include any territory or possession of the United
        States or any area over which the United States has
        asserted jurisdiction or claimed exclusive rights with
        respect to the exploration for or exploitation of
        natural resources. For taxable years ending on or
        after December 31, 2017, the phrase "United States",
        as used in this paragraph, means only the 50 states,
        the District of Columbia, and any area over which the
        United States has asserted jurisdiction or claimed
        exclusive rights with respect to the exploration for
        or exploitation of natural resources, but does not
        include any territory or possession of the United
        States.
            (C) Holding companies.
                (i) For purposes of this subparagraph, a
            "holding company" is a corporation (other than a
            corporation that is a financial organization under
            paragraph (8) of this subsection (a) of Section
            1501 because it is a bank holding company under
            the provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of
            1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841, et seq.) or because it is
            owned by a bank or a bank holding company) that
            owns a controlling interest in one or more other
            taxpayers ("controlled taxpayers"); that, during
            the period that includes the taxable year and the
            2 immediately preceding taxable years or, if the
            corporation was formed during the current or
            immediately preceding taxable year, the taxable
            years in which the corporation has been in
            existence, derived substantially all its gross
            income from dividends, interest, rents, royalties,
            fees or other charges received from controlled
            taxpayers for the provision of services, and gains
            on the sale or other disposition of interests in
            controlled taxpayers or in property leased or
            licensed to controlled taxpayers or used by the
            taxpayer in providing services to controlled
            taxpayers; and that incurs no substantial expenses
            other than expenses (including interest and other
            costs of borrowing) incurred in connection with
            the acquisition and holding of interests in
            controlled taxpayers and in the provision of
            services to controlled taxpayers or in the leasing
            or licensing of property to controlled taxpayers.
                (ii) The income of a holding company which is
            a member of more than one unitary business group
            shall be included in each unitary business group
            of which it is a member on a pro rata basis, by
            including in each unitary business group that
            portion of the base income of the holding company
            that bears the same proportion to the total base
            income of the holding company as the gross
            receipts of the unitary business group bears to
            the combined gross receipts of all unitary
            business groups (in both cases without regard to
            the holding company) or on any other reasonable
            basis, consistently applied.
                (iii) A holding company shall apportion its
            business income under the subsection of Section
            304 used by the other members of its unitary
            business group. The apportionment factors of a
            holding company which would be a member of more
            than one unitary business group shall be included
            with the apportionment factors of each unitary
            business group of which it is a member on a pro
            rata basis using the same method used in clause
            (ii).
                (iv) The provisions of this subparagraph (C)
            are intended to clarify existing law.
            (D) If including the base income and factors of a
        holding company in more than one unitary business
        group under subparagraph (C) does not fairly reflect
        the degree of integration between the holding company
        and one or more of the unitary business groups, the
        dependence of the holding company and one or more of
        the unitary business groups upon each other, or the
        contributions between the holding company and one or
        more of the unitary business groups, the holding
        company may petition the Director, under the
        procedures provided under Section 304(f), for
        permission to include all base income and factors of
        the holding company only with members of a unitary
        business group apportioning their business income
        under one subsection of subsections (a), (b), (c), or
        (d) of Section 304. If the petition is granted, the
        holding company shall be included in a unitary
        business group only with persons apportioning their
        business income under the selected subsection of
        Section 304 until the Director grants a petition of
        the holding company either to be included in more than
        one unitary business group under subparagraph (C) or
        to include its base income and factors only with
        members of a unitary business group apportioning their
        business income under a different subsection of
        Section 304.
            (E) If the unitary business group members'
        accounting periods differ, the common parent's
        accounting period or, if there is no common parent,
        the accounting period of the member that is expected
        to have, on a recurring basis, the greatest Illinois
        income tax liability must be used to determine whether
        to use the apportionment method provided in subsection
        (a) or subsection (h) of Section 304. The prohibition
        against membership in a unitary business group for
        taxpayers ordinarily required to apportion income
        under different subsections of Section 304 does not
        apply to taxpayers required to apportion income under
        subsection (a) and subsection (h) of Section 304. The
        provisions of this amendatory Act of 1998 apply to tax
        years ending on or after December 31, 1998.
        (28) Subchapter S corporation. The term "Subchapter S
    corporation" means a corporation for which there is in
    effect an election under Section 1362 of the Internal
    Revenue Code, or for which there is a federal election to
    opt out of the provisions of the Subchapter S Revision Act
    of 1982 and have applied instead the prior federal
    Subchapter S rules as in effect on July 1, 1982.
        (30) Foreign person. The term "foreign person" means
    any person who is a nonresident individual who is a
    national or citizen of a country other than the United
    States alien individual and any nonindividual entity,
    regardless of where created or organized, whose business
    activity outside the United States is 80% or more of the
    entity's total business activity.
    (b) Other definitions.
        (1) Words denoting number, gender, and so forth, when
    used in this Act, where not otherwise distinctly expressed
    or manifestly incompatible with the intent thereof:
            (A) Words importing the singular include and apply
        to several persons, parties or things;
            (B) Words importing the plural include the
        singular; and
            (C) Words importing the masculine gender include
        the feminine as well.
        (2) "Company" or "association" as including successors
    and assigns. The word "company" or "association", when
    used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to
    embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company
    or association", and in like manner as if these last-named
    words, or words of similar import, were expressed.
        (3) Other terms. Any term used in any Section of this
    Act with respect to the application of, or in connection
    with, the provisions of any other Section of this Act
    shall have the same meaning as in such other Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-213, eff. 7-31-15; 100-22, eff. 7-6-17.)
 
    Section 30. The Counties Code is amended by changing
Section 3-12007 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/3-12007)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12007)
    Sec. 3-12007. Proposed rules for classified service. (a)
The Director of Personnel shall prepare and submit to the
commission proposed rules for the classified service. The
director shall give at least 10 days' notice to the heads of
all departments or agencies affected and they shall be given
an opportunity, upon their request, to appear before the
commission to express their views thereon before action is
taken by the commission.
    (b) The rules, as adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of
Section 3-12005 shall provide for:
    (1) preparation, maintenance and revision of a position
classification plan for all positions in the classified
service, based upon the similarity of duties performed and
responsibilities assumed, so that the same qualifications may
reasonably be required and the same schedule of pay may be
applied to all positions in the same class. Each position
authorized by the Board shall be allocated by the director to
the proper class and assigned to the appropriate pay range for
that class.
    (2) promotion which shall give appropriate consideration
to the applicant's qualifications, record of performance,
seniority, and conduct. Vacancies shall be filled by promotion
whenever practicable and in the best interest of the county
service, and preference may be given to employees within the
department in which the vacancy occurs.
    (3) open competitive examinations to determine the
relative fitness of applicants for the respective competitive
positions.
    (4) competitive selection of employees for all classes in
the classified service.
    (5) establishment of lists of eligibles for appointment
and promotion, upon which lists shall be placed the names of
successful candidates in the order of their relative
excellence in the respective examinations. The duration of
eligible lists for initial appointment shall be for no more
than one year unless extended by the director for not more than
one additional year; lists of eligibles for promotion shall be
maintained for as long as the tests on which they are based are
considered valid by the director.
    (6) certification by the director to the appointing
authorities of not more than the top 5 names from the list of
eligibles for a single vacancy.
    (7) rejection of candidates who do not comply with
reasonable job requirements in regard to such factors as age,
physical condition, training and experience, or who are
addicted to alcohol or narcotics or have been guilty of
infamous or disgraceful conduct or are undocumented immigrants
illegal aliens.
    (8) periods of probationary employment. During the initial
probation period following appointment any employee may be
discharged or demoted without charges or hearing except that
any applicant or employee, regardless of status, who has
reason to believe that he/she has been discriminated against
because of religious opinions or affiliation, or race, sex, or
national origin in any personnel action may appeal to the
commission in accordance with the provisions of this Division
or in appropriate rules established by the commission pursuant
to subsection (a) of Section 3-12005.
    (9) provisional employment without competitive
examinations when there is no appropriate eligible list
available. No person hired as a provisional employee shall
continue on the county payroll longer than 6 months per
calendar year nor shall successive provisional appointments be
allowed.
    (10) transfer from a position in one department to a
position in another department involving similar
qualifications, duties, responsibilities and salary.
    (11) procedures for authorized reinstatement within one
year of persons who resign in good standing.
    (12) layoff by reason of lack of funds or work or abolition
of the position, or material changes in duties or
organization, and for the layoff of nontenured employees
first, and for the reemployment of permanent employees so laid
off, giving consideration in both layoff and reemployment to
performance record and seniority in service.
    (13) keeping records of performance of all employees in
the classified service.
    (14) suspension, demotion or dismissal of an employee for
misconduct, inefficiency, incompetence, insubordination,
malfeasance or other unfitness to render effective service and
for the investigation and hearing of appeals of any employee
recommended for suspension, demotion or dismissal by a
department head for any of the foregoing reasons.
    (15) establishment of a plan for resolving employee
grievances and complaints, including an appeals procedure.
    (16) hours of work, holidays and attendance regulations,
and for annual, sick and special leaves of absence, with or
without pay, or at reduced pay.
    (17) development of employee morale, safety and training
programs.
    (18) establishment of a period of probation, the length of
which shall be determined by the complexity of the work
involved, but which shall not exceed one year without special
written approval from the commission.
    (19) such other rules, not inconsistent with this
Division, as may be proper and necessary for its enforcement.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
    Section 35. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Act is amended by changing Section 11.15 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 2605/11.15)  (from Ch. 42, par. 331.15)
    Sec. 11.15. No person shall be employed upon contracts for
work to be done by any such sanitary district unless he or she
is a citizen of the United States, a national of the United
States under Section 1401 of Title 8 of the United States Code,
a person an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence
under Section 1101 of Title 8 of the United States Code, an
individual who has been granted asylum under Section 1158 of
Title 8 of the United States Code, or an individual who is
otherwise legally authorized to work in the United States.
(Source: P.A. 98-280, eff. 8-9-13; 99-231, eff. 8-3-15.)
 
    Section 40. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
by changing Section 9.16 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 205/9.16)  (from Ch. 144, par. 189.16)
    Sec. 9.16. Underrepresentation of certain groups in higher
education. To require public institutions of higher education
to develop and implement methods and strategies to increase
the participation of minorities, women and individuals with
disabilities who are traditionally underrepresented in
education programs and activities. For the purpose of this
Section, minorities shall mean persons who are citizens of the
United States or lawful permanent residents resident aliens of
the United States and who are any of the following:
        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
    America, including Central America, and who maintains
    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
    in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
    culture or origin, regardless of race).
        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
    The Board shall adopt any rules necessary to administer
this Section. The Board shall also do the following:
    (a) require all public institutions of higher education to
develop and submit plans for the implementation of this
Section;
    (b) conduct periodic review of public institutions of
higher education to determine compliance with this Section;
and if the Board finds that a public institution of higher
education is not in compliance with this Section, it shall
notify the institution of steps to take to attain compliance;
    (c) provide advice and counsel pursuant to this Section;
    (d) conduct studies of the effectiveness of methods and
strategies designed to increase participation of students in
education programs and activities in which minorities, women
and individuals with disabilities are traditionally
underrepresented, and monitor the success of students in such
education programs and activities;
    (e) encourage minority student recruitment and retention
in colleges and universities. In implementing this paragraph,
the Board shall undertake but need not be limited to the
following: the establishment of guidelines and plans for
public institutions of higher education for minority student
recruitment and retention, the review and monitoring of
minority student programs implemented at public institutions
of higher education to determine their compliance with any
guidelines and plans so established, the determination of the
effectiveness and funding requirements of minority student
programs at public institutions of higher education, the
dissemination of successful programs as models, and the
encouragement of cooperative partnerships between community
colleges and local school attendance centers which are
experiencing difficulties in enrolling minority students in
four-year colleges and universities;
    (f) mandate all public institutions of higher education to
submit data and information essential to determine compliance
with this Section. The Board shall prescribe the format and
the date for submission of this data and any other education
equity data; and
    (g) report to the General Assembly and the Governor
annually with a description of the plans submitted by each
public institution of higher education for implementation of
this Section, including financial data relating to the most
recent fiscal year expenditures for specific minority
programs, the effectiveness of such plans and programs and the
effectiveness of the methods and strategies developed by the
Board in meeting the purposes of this Section, the degree of
compliance with this Section by each public institution of
higher education as determined by the Board pursuant to its
periodic review responsibilities, and the findings made by the
Board in conducting its studies and monitoring student success
as required by paragraph d) of this Section. With respect to
each public institution of higher education such report also
shall include, but need not be limited to, information with
respect to each institution's minority program budget
allocations; minority student admission, retention and
graduation statistics; admission, retention, and graduation
statistics of all students who are the first in their
immediate family to attend an institution of higher education;
number of financial assistance awards to undergraduate and
graduate minority students; and minority faculty
representation. This paragraph shall not be construed to
prohibit the Board from making, preparing or issuing
additional surveys or studies with respect to minority
education in Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
    Section 45. The Dental Student Grant Act is amended by
changing Section 3.06 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 925/3.06)  (from Ch. 144, par. 1503.06)
    Sec. 3.06. "Eligible dental student" means a person who
meets all of the following qualifications:
    (a) That the individual is a resident of this State and a
citizen or lawful permanent resident alien of the United
States;
    (b) That the individual has been accepted in a dental
school located in Illinois;
    (c) That the individual exhibits financial need as
determined by the Department;
    (d) That the individual has earned an educational diploma
at an institution of education located in this State or has
been a resident of the State for no less than 3 years prior to
applying for the grant;
    (e) That the individual is a member of a racial minority as
defined in Section 3.07; and
    (f) That the individual meets other qualifications which
shall be established by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 87-665.)
 
    Section 50. The Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in
Illinois Act is amended by changing Sections 2 and 7 as
follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 930/2)  (from Ch. 144, par. 2302)
    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
    "Board" means the Board of Higher Education.
    "DFI" means the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in
Illinois Program of financial assistance to minorities who are
traditionally underrepresented as participants in
postsecondary education. The program shall assist them in
pursuing a graduate or professional degree and shall also
assist program graduates to find employment at an Illinois
institution of higher education, including a community
college, in a faculty or staff position.
    "Program Board" means the entity created to administer the
grant program authorized by this Act.
    "Qualified institution of higher education" means a
qualifying publicly or privately operated educational
institution located within Illinois (i) that offers
instruction leading toward or prerequisite to an academic or
professional degree beyond the baccalaureate degree, excluding
theological schools, and (ii) that is authorized to operate in
the State of Illinois.
    "Racial minority" means a person who is a citizen of the
United States or a lawful permanent resident alien of the
United States and who is any of the following:
        (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
    origins in any of the original peoples of North and South
    America, including Central America, and who maintains
    tribal affiliation or community attachment).
        (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
        (3) Black or African American (a person having origins
    in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
        (4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
    Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
    culture or origin, regardless of race).
        (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
(Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
    (110 ILCS 930/7)  (from Ch. 144, par. 2307)
    Sec. 7. Eligibility for DFI grants. An individual is
eligible for an award under the provisions of this Act when the
Program Board finds:
        (a) That the individual is a resident of this State
    and a citizen or lawful permanent resident alien of the
    United States;
        (b) That the individual is a member of a racial
    minority as defined under the terms of this Act;
        (c) That the individual has earned any educational
    diploma at an institution of education located in this
    State, or is a resident of the State for no less than three
    years prior to applying for the grant, and the individual
    must hold a baccalaureate degree from an institution of
    higher learning;
        (d) That the individual's financial resources are such
    that, in the absence of a DFI grant, the individual will be
    prevented from pursuing a graduate or professional degree
    at a qualified institution of higher education of his or
    her choice;
        (e) That the individual has above average academic
    ability to pursue a graduate or professional degree; and
        (f) That the individual meets other qualifications
    which shall be established by the Program Board.
    Grant funds shall be awarded only to those persons
pursuing a graduate or professional degree program at a
qualified institution of higher education.
    The Board shall by rule promulgate, pursuant to the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, precise standards to be
used by the Program Board to determine whether a program
applicant has above average academic ability to pursue a
graduate or professional degree.
(Source: P.A. 93-862, eff. 8-4-04.)
 
    Section 55. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
amended by changing Sections 65.50 and 65.110 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 947/65.50)
    Sec. 65.50. Teacher training full-time undergraduate
scholarships.
    (a) Five hundred new scholarships shall be provided each
year for qualified high school students or high school
graduates who desire to pursue full-time undergraduate studies
in teacher education at public or private universities or
colleges and community colleges in this State. The Commission,
in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated for this
program, shall provide funding and shall designate each year's
new recipients from among those applicants who qualify for
consideration by showing:
        (1) that he or she is a resident of this State and a
    citizen or a lawful permanent resident alien of the United
    States;
        (2) that he or she has successfully completed the
    program of instruction at an approved high school or is a
    student in good standing at such a school and is engaged in
    a program that will be completed by the end of the academic
    year, and in either event that his or her cumulative grade
    average was or is in the upper 1/4 of the high school
    class;
        (3) that he or she has superior capacity to profit by a
    higher education; and
        (4) that he or she agrees to teach in Illinois schools
    in accordance with subsection (b).
    No rule or regulation promulgated by the State Board of
Education prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right, power, duty,
responsibility or matter of pending business transferred from
the State Board of Education to the Commission under this
Section shall be affected thereby, and all such rules and
regulations shall become the rules and regulations of the
Commission until modified or changed by the Commission in
accordance with law.
    If in any year the number of qualified applicants exceeds
the number of scholarships to be awarded, the Commission shall
give priority in awarding scholarships to students in
financial need. The Commission shall consider factors such as
the applicant's family income, the size of the applicant's
family and the number of other children in the applicant's
family attending college in determining the financial need of
the individual.
    Unless otherwise indicated, these scholarships shall be
good for a period of up to 4 years while the recipient is
enrolled for residence credit at a public or private
university or college or at a community college. The
scholarship shall cover tuition, fees and a stipend of $1,500
per year. For purposes of calculating scholarship awards for
recipients attending private universities or colleges, tuition
and fees for students at private colleges and universities
shall not exceed the average tuition and fees for students at
4-year public colleges and universities for the academic year
in which the scholarship is made.
    (b) Upon graduation from or termination of enrollment in a
teacher education program, any person who accepted a
scholarship under the undergraduate scholarship program
continued by this Section, including persons whose graduation
or termination of enrollment occurred prior to the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1993, shall teach in any school
in this State for at least 4 of the 7 years immediately
following his or her graduation or termination. If the
recipient spends up to 4 years in military service before or
after he or she graduates, the period of military service
shall be excluded from the computation of that 7 year period. A
recipient who is enrolled full-time in an academic program
leading to a graduate degree in education shall have the
period of graduate study excluded from the computation of that
7 year period.
    Any person who fails to fulfill the teaching requirement
shall pay to the Commission an amount equal to one-fourth of
the scholarship received for each unfulfilled year of the
4-year teaching requirement, together with interest at 8% per
year on that amount. However, this obligation to repay does
not apply when the failure to fulfill the teaching requirement
results from involuntarily leaving the profession due to a
decrease in the number of teachers employed by the school
board or a discontinuation of a type of teaching service under
Section 24-12 of the School Code or from the death or
adjudication as incompetent of the person holding the
scholarship. No claim for repayment may be filed against the
estate of such a decedent or incompetent.
    Each person applying for such a scholarship shall be
provided with a copy of this subsection at the time he or she
applies for the benefits of such scholarship.
    (c) This Section is substantially the same as Sections
30-14.5 and 30-14.6 of the School Code, which are repealed by
this amendatory Act of 1993, and shall be construed as a
continuation of the teacher training undergraduate scholarship
program established by that prior law, and not as a new or
different teacher training undergraduate scholarship program.
The State Board of Education shall transfer to the Commission,
as the successor to the State Board of Education for all
purposes of administering and implementing the provisions of
this Section, all books, accounts, records, papers, documents,
contracts, agreements, and pending business in any way
relating to the teacher training undergraduate scholarship
program continued under this Section, and all scholarships at
any time awarded under that program by, and all applications
for any such scholarship at any time made to, the State Board
of Education shall be unaffected by the transfer to the
Commission of all responsibility for the administration and
implementation of the teacher training undergraduate
scholarship program continued under this Section. The State
Board of Education shall furnish to the Commission such other
information as the Commission may request to assist it in
administering this Section.
(Source: P.A. 88-228.)
 
    (110 ILCS 947/65.110)
    Sec. 65.110. Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work
Professional Educator License scholarship.
    (a) Subject to appropriation, beginning with awards for
the 2022-2023 academic year, the Commission shall award
annually up to 250 Post-Master of Social Work School Social
Work Professional Educator License scholarships to a person
who:
        (1) holds a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social
    work license or social work license;
        (2) has obtained a master's degree in social work from
    an approved program;
        (3) is a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen;
    and
        (4) submits an application to the Commission for such
    scholarship and agrees to take courses to obtain an
    Illinois Professional Educator License with an endorsement
    in School Social Work.
    (b) If an appropriation for this Section for a given
fiscal year is insufficient to provide scholarships to all
qualified applicants, the Commission shall allocate the
appropriation in accordance with this subsection (b). If funds
are insufficient to provide all qualified applicants with a
scholarship as authorized by this Section, the Commission
shall allocate the available scholarship funds for that fiscal
year to qualified applicants who submit a complete application
on or before a date specified by the Commission, based on the
following order of priority:
        (1) firstly, to students who received a scholarship
    under this Section in the prior academic year and who
    remain eligible for a scholarship under this Section;
        (2) secondly, to new, qualified applicants who are
    members of a racial minority, as defined in subsection
    (c); and
        (3) finally, to other new, qualified applicants in
    accordance with this Section.
    (c) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be
issued pursuant to rules adopted by the Commission. In
awarding scholarships, the Commission shall give priority to
those applicants who are members of a racial minority. Racial
minorities are underrepresented as school social workers in
elementary and secondary schools in this State, and the
General Assembly finds that it is in the interest of this State
to provide them with priority consideration for programs that
encourage their participation in this field and thereby foster
a profession that is more reflective of the diversity of
Illinois students and the parents they will serve. A more
reflective workforce in school social work allows improved
outcomes for students and a better utilization of services.
Therefore, the Commission shall give priority to those
applicants who are members of a racial minority. In this
subsection (c), "racial minority" means a person who is a
citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident
alien of the United States and who is:
        (1) Black (a person having origins in any of the black
    racial groups in Africa);
        (2) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese
    culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America,
    or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race);
        (3) Asian American (a person having origins in any of
    the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the
    Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands); or
        (4) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person having
    origins in any of the original peoples of North America).
    (d) Each scholarship shall be applied to the payment of
tuition and mandatory fees at the University of Illinois,
Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University,
Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University,
Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
Each scholarship may be applied to pay tuition and mandatory
fees required to obtain an Illinois Professional Educator
License with an endorsement in School Social Work.
    (e) The Commission shall make tuition and fee payments
directly to the qualified institution of higher learning that
the applicant attends.
    (f) Any person who has accepted a scholarship under this
Section must, within one year after graduation or termination
of enrollment in a Post-Master of Social Work Professional
Education License with an endorsement in School Social Work
program, begin working as a school social worker at a public or
nonpublic not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or
secondary school located in this State for at least 2 of the 5
years immediately following that graduation or termination,
excluding, however, from the computation of that 5-year
period: (i) any time up to 3 years spent in the military
service, whether such service occurs before or after the
person graduates; (ii) the time that person is a person with a
temporary total disability for a period of time not to exceed 3
years, as established by the sworn affidavit of a qualified
physician; and (iii) the time that person is seeking and
unable to find full-time employment as a school social worker
at a State public or nonpublic not-for-profit preschool,
elementary school, or secondary school.
    (g) If a recipient of a scholarship under this Section
fails to fulfill the work obligation set forth in subsection
(f), the Commission shall require the recipient to repay the
amount of the scholarships received, prorated according to the
fraction of the obligation not completed, at a rate of
interest equal to 5%, and, if applicable, reasonable
collection fees. The Commission is authorized to establish
rules relating to its collection activities for repayment of
scholarships under this Section. All repayments collected
under this Section shall be forwarded to the State Comptroller
for deposit into this State's General Revenue Fund.
    A recipient of a scholarship under this Section is not
considered to be in violation of the failure to fulfill the
work obligation under subsection (f) if the recipient (i)
enrolls on a full-time basis as a graduate student in a course
of study related to the field of social work at a qualified
Illinois institution of higher learning; (ii) is serving, not
in excess of 3 years, as a member of the armed services of the
United States; (iii) is a person with a temporary total
disability for a period of time not to exceed 3 years, as
established by the sworn affidavit of a qualified physician;
(iv) is seeking and unable to find full-time employment as a
school social worker at an Illinois public or nonpublic
not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or secondary
school that satisfies the criteria set forth in subsection (f)
and is able to provide evidence of that fact; or (v) becomes a
person with a permanent total disability, as established by
the sworn affidavit of a qualified physician.
(Source: P.A. 102-621, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
    Section 60. The Mental Health Graduate Education
Scholarship Act is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 952/20)
    Sec. 20. Scholarships.
    (a) Beginning with the fall term of the 2009-2010 academic
year, the Department, in accordance with rules adopted by it
for this program, shall provide scholarships to individuals
selected from among those applicants who qualify for
consideration by showing all of the following:
        (1) That the individual has been a resident of this
    State for at least one year prior to application and is a
    citizen or a lawful permanent resident alien of the United
    States.
        (2) That the individual enrolled in or accepted into a
    mental health graduate program at an approved institution.
        (3) That the individual agrees to meet the mental
    health employment obligation.
    (b) If in any year the number of qualified applicants
exceeds the number of scholarships to be awarded, the
Department shall, in consultation with the Advisory Council,
consider the following factors in granting priority in
awarding scholarships:
        (1) Financial need, as shown on a standardized
    financial needs assessment form used by an approved
    institution.
        (2) A student's merit, as shown through his or her
    grade point average, class rank, and other academic and
    extracurricular activities.
The Department may add to and further define these merit
criteria by rule.
    (c) Unless otherwise indicated, scholarships shall be
awarded to recipients at approved institutions for a period of
up to 2 years if the recipient is enrolled in a master's degree
program and up to 4 years if the recipient is enrolled in a
doctoral degree program.
(Source: P.A. 96-672, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
    Section 65. The Nursing Education Scholarship Law is
amended by changing Sections 5 and 6.5 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 975/5)  (from Ch. 144, par. 2755)
    Sec. 5. Nursing education scholarships. Beginning with the
fall term of the 2004-2005 academic year, the Department, in
accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by it for
this program, shall provide scholarships to individuals
selected from among those applicants who qualify for
consideration by showing:
        (1) that he or she has been a resident of this State
    for at least one year prior to application, and is a
    citizen or a lawful permanent resident alien of the United
    States;
        (2) that he or she is enrolled in or accepted for
    admission to an associate degree in nursing program,
    hospital-based diploma in nursing program, baccalaureate
    degree in nursing program, graduate degree in nursing
    program, or practical nursing program at an approved
    institution; and
        (3) that he or she agrees to meet the nursing
    employment obligation.
    If in any year the number of qualified applicants exceeds
the number of scholarships to be awarded, the Department
shall, in consultation with the Illinois Nursing Workforce
Center Advisory Board, consider the following factors in
granting priority in awarding scholarships:
            (A) Financial need, as shown on a standardized
        financial needs assessment form used by an approved
        institution, of students who will pursue their
        education on a full-time or close to full-time basis
        and who already have a certificate in practical
        nursing, a diploma in nursing, or an associate degree
        in nursing and are pursuing a higher degree.
            (B) A student's status as a registered nurse who
        is pursuing a graduate degree in nursing to pursue
        employment in an approved institution that educates
        licensed practical nurses and that educates registered
        nurses in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.
            (C) A student's merit, as shown through his or her
        grade point average, class rank, and other academic
        and extracurricular activities. The Department may add
        to and further define these merit criteria by rule.
    Unless otherwise indicated, scholarships shall be awarded
to recipients at approved institutions for a period of up to 2
years if the recipient is enrolled in an associate degree in
nursing program, up to 3 years if the recipient is enrolled in
a hospital-based diploma in nursing program, up to 4 years if
the recipient is enrolled in a baccalaureate degree in nursing
program, up to 5 years if the recipient is enrolled in a
graduate degree in nursing program, and up to one year if the
recipient is enrolled in a certificate in practical nursing
program. At least 40% of the scholarships awarded shall be for
recipients who are pursuing baccalaureate degrees in nursing,
30% of the scholarships awarded shall be for recipients who
are pursuing associate degrees in nursing or a diploma in
nursing, 10% of the scholarships awarded shall be for
recipients who are pursuing a certificate in practical
nursing, and 20% of the scholarships awarded shall be for
recipients who are pursuing a graduate degree in nursing.
    Beginning with the fall term of the 2021-2022 academic
year and continuing through the 2024-2025 academic year,
subject to appropriation from the Hospital Licensure Fund, in
addition to any other funds available to the Department for
such scholarships, the Department may award a total of
$500,000 annually in scholarships under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 102-641, eff. 8-27-21.)
 
    (110 ILCS 975/6.5)
    Sec. 6.5. Nurse educator scholarships.
    (a) Beginning with the fall term of the 2009-2010 academic
year, the Department shall provide scholarships to individuals
selected from among those applicants who qualify for
consideration by showing the following:
        (1) that he or she has been a resident of this State
    for at least one year prior to application and is a citizen
    or a lawful permanent resident alien of the United States;
        (2) that he or she is enrolled in or accepted for
    admission to a graduate degree in nursing program at an
    approved institution; and
        (3) that he or she agrees to meet the nurse educator
    employment obligation.
    (b) If in any year the number of qualified applicants
exceeds the number of scholarships to be awarded under this
Section, the Department shall, in consultation with the
Illinois Nursing Workforce Center Advisory Board, consider the
following factors in granting priority in awarding
scholarships:
        (1) Financial need, as shown on a standardized
    financial needs assessment form used by an approved
    institution, of students who will pursue their education
    on a full-time or close to full-time basis and who already
    have a diploma in nursing and are pursuing a higher
    degree.
        (2) A student's status as a registered nurse who is
    pursuing a graduate degree in nursing to pursue employment
    in an approved institution that educates licensed
    practical nurses and that educates registered nurses in
    undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.
        (3) A student's merit, as shown through his or her
    grade point average, class rank, experience as a nurse,
    including supervisory experience, experience as a nurse in
    the United States military, and other academic and
    extracurricular activities.
    (c) Unless otherwise indicated, scholarships under this
Section shall be awarded to recipients at approved
institutions for a period of up to 3 years.
    (d) Within 12 months after graduation from a graduate
degree in nursing program for nurse educators, any recipient
who accepted a scholarship under this Section shall begin
meeting the required nurse educator employment obligation. In
order to defer his or her continuous employment obligation, a
recipient must request the deferment in writing from the
Department. A recipient shall receive a deferment if he or she
notifies the Department, within 30 days after enlisting, that
he or she is spending up to 4 years in military service. A
recipient shall receive a deferment if he or she notifies the
Department, within 30 days after enrolling, that he or she is
enrolled in an academic program leading to a graduate degree
in nursing. The recipient must begin meeting the required
nurse educator employment obligation no later than 6 months
after the end of the deferment or deferments.
    Any person who fails to fulfill the nurse educator
employment obligation shall pay to the Department an amount
equal to the amount of scholarship funds received per year for
each unfulfilled year of the nurse educator employment
obligation, together with interest at 7% per year on the
unpaid balance. Payment must begin within 6 months following
the date of the occurrence initiating the repayment. All
repayments must be completed within 6 years from the date of
the occurrence initiating the repayment. However, this
repayment obligation may be deferred and re-evaluated every 6
months when the failure to fulfill the nurse educator
employment obligation results from involuntarily leaving the
profession due to a decrease in the number of nurses employed
in this State or when the failure to fulfill the nurse educator
employment obligation results from total and permanent
disability. The repayment obligation shall be excused if the
failure to fulfill the nurse educator employment obligation
results from the death or adjudication as incompetent of the
person holding the scholarship. No claim for repayment may be
filed against the estate of such a decedent or incompetent.
    The Department may allow a nurse educator employment
obligation fulfillment alternative if the nurse educator
scholarship recipient is unsuccessful in finding work as a
nurse educator. The Department shall maintain a database of
all available nurse educator positions in this State.
    (e) Each person applying for a scholarship under this
Section must be provided with a copy of this Section at the
time of application for the benefits of this scholarship.
    (f) Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the
rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and
procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any
purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is
unauthorized.
(Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
    Section 70. The Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act is
amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
    (215 ILCS 105/7)  (from Ch. 73, par. 1307)
    Sec. 7. Eligibility.
    a. Except as provided in subsection (e) of this Section or
in Section 15 of this Act, any person who is either a citizen
of the United States or an individual an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence and who has been for a period
of at least 180 days and continues to be a resident of this
State shall be eligible for Plan coverage under this Section
if evidence is provided of:
        (1) A notice of rejection or refusal to issue
    substantially similar individual health insurance coverage
    for health reasons by a health insurance issuer;
        (2) A refusal by a health insurance issuer to issue
    individual health insurance coverage except at a rate
    exceeding the applicable Plan rate for which the person is
    responsible; or
        (3) The absence of available health insurance coverage
    for a person under 19 years of age.
    A rejection or refusal by a group health plan or health
insurance issuer offering only stop-loss or excess of loss
insurance or contracts, agreements, or other arrangements for
reinsurance coverage with respect to the applicant shall not
be sufficient evidence under this subsection.
    b. The Board shall promulgate a list of medical or health
conditions for which a person who is either a citizen of the
United States or an individual an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence and a resident of this State would be
eligible for Plan coverage without applying for health
insurance coverage pursuant to subsection a. of this Section.
Persons who can demonstrate the existence or history of any
medical or health conditions on the list promulgated by the
Board shall not be required to provide the evidence specified
in subsection a. of this Section. The list shall be effective
on the first day of the operation of the Plan and may be
amended from time to time as appropriate.
    c. Family members of the same household who each are
covered persons are eligible for optional family coverage
under the Plan.
    d. For persons qualifying for coverage in accordance with
Section 7 of this Act, the Board shall, if it determines that
such appropriations as are made pursuant to Section 12 of this
Act are insufficient to allow the Board to accept all of the
eligible persons which it projects will apply for enrollment
under the Plan, limit or close enrollment to ensure that the
Plan is not over-subscribed and that it has sufficient
resources to meet its obligations to existing enrollees. The
Board shall not limit or close enrollment for federally
eligible individuals.
    e. A person shall not be eligible for coverage under the
Plan if:
        (1) He or she has or obtains other coverage under a
    group health plan or health insurance coverage
    substantially similar to or better than a Plan policy as
    an insured or covered dependent or would be eligible to
    have that coverage if he or she elected to obtain it.
    Persons otherwise eligible for Plan coverage may, however,
    solely for the purpose of having coverage for a
    pre-existing condition, maintain other coverage only while
    satisfying any pre-existing condition waiting period under
    a Plan policy or a subsequent replacement policy of a Plan
    policy.
        (1.1) His or her prior coverage under a group health
    plan or health insurance coverage, provided or arranged by
    an employer of more than 10 employees was discontinued for
    any reason without the entire group or plan being
    discontinued and not replaced, provided he or she remains
    an employee, or dependent thereof, of the same employer.
        (2) He or she is a recipient of or is approved to
    receive medical assistance, except that a person may
    continue to receive medical assistance through the medical
    assistance no grant program, but only while satisfying the
    requirements for a preexisting condition under Section 8,
    subsection f. of this Act. Payment of premiums pursuant to
    this Act shall be allocable to the person's spenddown for
    purposes of the medical assistance no grant program, but
    that person shall not be eligible for any Plan benefits
    while that person remains eligible for medical assistance.
    If the person continues to receive or be approved to
    receive medical assistance through the medical assistance
    no grant program at or after the time that requirements
    for a preexisting condition are satisfied, the person
    shall not be eligible for coverage under the Plan. In that
    circumstance, coverage under the Plan shall terminate as
    of the expiration of the preexisting condition limitation
    period. Under all other circumstances, coverage under the
    Plan shall automatically terminate as of the effective
    date of any medical assistance.
        (3) Except as provided in Section 15, the person has
    previously participated in the Plan and voluntarily
    terminated Plan coverage, unless 12 months have elapsed
    since the person's latest voluntary termination of
    coverage.
        (4) The person fails to pay the required premium under
    the covered person's terms of enrollment and
    participation, in which event the liability of the Plan
    shall be limited to benefits incurred under the Plan for
    the time period for which premiums had been paid and the
    covered person remained eligible for Plan coverage.
        (5) The Plan has paid a total of $5,000,000 in
    benefits on behalf of the covered person.
        (6) The person is a resident of a public institution.
        (7) The person's premium is paid for or reimbursed
    under any government sponsored program or by any
    government agency or health care provider, except as an
    otherwise qualifying full-time employee, or dependent of
    such employee, of a government agency or health care
    provider or, except when a person's premium is paid by the
    U.S. Treasury Department pursuant to the federal Trade Act
    of 2002.
        (8) The person has or later receives other benefits or
    funds from any settlement, judgement, or award resulting
    from any accident or injury, regardless of the date of the
    accident or injury, or any other circumstances creating a
    legal liability for damages due that person by a third
    party, whether the settlement, judgment, or award is in
    the form of a contract, agreement, or trust on behalf of a
    minor or otherwise and whether the settlement, judgment,
    or award is payable to the person, his or her dependent,
    estate, personal representative, or guardian in a lump sum
    or over time, so long as there continues to be benefits or
    assets remaining from those sources in an amount in excess
    of $300,000.
        (9) Within the 5 years prior to the date a person's
    Plan application is received by the Board, the person's
    coverage under any health care benefit program as defined
    in 18 U.S.C. 24, including any public or private plan or
    contract under which any medical benefit, item, or service
    is provided, was terminated as a result of any act or
    practice that constitutes fraud under State or federal law
    or as a result of an intentional misrepresentation of
    material fact; or if that person knowingly and willfully
    obtained or attempted to obtain, or fraudulently aided or
    attempted to aid any other person in obtaining, any
    coverage or benefits under the Plan to which that person
    was not entitled.
    f. The Board or the administrator shall require
verification of residency and may require any additional
information or documentation, or statements under oath, when
necessary to determine residency upon initial application and
for the entire term of the policy.
    g. Coverage shall cease (i) on the date a person is no
longer a resident of Illinois, (ii) on the date a person
requests coverage to end, (iii) upon the death of the covered
person, (iv) on the date State law requires cancellation of
the policy, or (v) at the Plan's option, 30 days after the Plan
makes any inquiry concerning a person's eligibility or place
of residence to which the person does not reply.
    h. Except under the conditions set forth in subsection g
of this Section, the coverage of any person who ceases to meet
the eligibility requirements of this Section shall be
terminated at the end of the current policy period for which
the necessary premiums have been paid.
(Source: P.A. 96-938, eff. 6-24-10; 97-661, eff. 1-13-12.)
 
    Section 75. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act
is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 50/8)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7408)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
    Sec. 8. Applicant qualifications; examination.
    (a) In order to protect persons who are deaf or hard of
hearing, the Department shall authorize or shall conduct an
appropriate examination, which may be the International
Hearing Society's licensure examination, for persons who
dispense, test, select, recommend, fit, or service hearing
instruments. The frequency of holding these examinations shall
be determined by the Department by rule. Those who
successfully pass such an examination shall be issued a
license as a hearing instrument dispenser, which shall be
effective for a 2-year period.
    (b) Applicants shall be:
        (1) at least 18 years of age;
        (2) of good moral character;
        (3) the holder of an associate's degree or the
    equivalent;
        (4) free of contagious or infectious disease; and
        (5) a citizen or person lawfully present in the United
    States person who has the status as a legal alien.
    Felony convictions of the applicant and findings against
the applicant involving matters set forth in Sections 17 and
18 shall be considered in determining moral character, but
such a conviction or finding shall not make an applicant
ineligible to register for examination.
    (c) Prior to engaging in the practice of fitting,
dispensing, or servicing hearing instruments, an applicant
shall demonstrate, by means of written and practical
examinations, that such person is qualified to practice the
testing, selecting, recommending, fitting, selling, or
servicing of hearing instruments as defined in this Act. An
applicant must obtain a license within 12 months after passing
either the written or practical examination, whichever is
passed first, or must take and pass those examinations again
in order to be eligible to receive a license.
    The Department shall, by rule, determine the conditions
under which an individual is examined.
    (d) Proof of having met the minimum requirements of
continuing education as determined by the Board shall be
required of all license renewals. Pursuant to rule, the
continuing education requirements may, upon petition to the
Board, be waived in whole or in part if the hearing instrument
dispenser can demonstrate that he or she served in the Coast
Guard or Armed Forces, had an extreme hardship, or obtained
his or her license by examination or endorsement within the
preceding renewal period.
    (e) Persons applying for an initial license must
demonstrate having earned, at a minimum, an associate degree
or its equivalent from an accredited institution of higher
education that is recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education or that meets the U.S. Department of Education
equivalency as determined through a National Association of
Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) member, and meet the
other requirements of this Section. In addition, the applicant
must demonstrate the successful completion of (1) 12 semester
hours or 18 quarter hours of academic undergraduate course
work in an accredited institution consisting of 3 semester
hours of anatomy and physiology of the hearing mechanism, 3
semester hours of hearing science, 3 semester hours of
introduction to audiology, and 3 semester hours of aural
rehabilitation, or the quarter hour equivalent or (2) an
equivalent program as determined by the Department that is
consistent with the scope of practice of a hearing instrument
dispenser as defined in Section 3 of this Act. Persons
licensed before January 1, 2003 who have a valid license on
that date may have their license renewed without meeting the
requirements of this subsection.
(Source: P.A. 98-827, eff. 1-1-15; 99-204, eff. 7-30-15;
99-847, eff. 8-19-16.)
 
    Section 80. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 5-3 as follows:
 
    (305 ILCS 5/5-3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-3)
    Sec. 5-3. Residence.) Any person who has established his
residence in this State and lives therein, including any
person who is a migrant worker, may qualify for medical
assistance. A person who, while temporarily in this State,
suffers injury or illness endangering his life and health and
necessitating emergency care, may also qualify.
    Temporary absence from the State shall not disqualify a
person from maintaining his eligibility under this Article.
    As used in this Section, "migrant worker" means any person
residing temporarily and employed in Illinois who moves
seasonally from one place to another for the purpose of
employment in agricultural activities, including the planting,
raising or harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural
commodities and the handling, packing or processing of such
commodities on the farm where produced or at the point of first
processing, in animal husbandry, or in other activities
connected with the care of animals. Dependents of such person
shall be considered eligible if they are living with the
person during his or her temporary residence and employment in
Illinois.
    In order to be eligible for medical assistance under this
section, each migrant worker shall show proof of citizenship
or legal immigration alien status.
(Source: P.A. 81-746.)
 
    Section 85. The Service Member Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act is amended by changing Section 1-10 as follows:
 
    (330 ILCS 61/1-10)
    Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Accrue" means to accumulate in regular or increasing
amounts over time subject to customary allocation of cost.
    "Active duty" means any full-time military service
regardless of length or voluntariness including, but not
limited to, annual training, full-time National Guard duty,
and State active duty. "Active duty" does not include any form
of inactive duty service such as drill duty or muster duty.
"Active duty", unless provided otherwise, includes active duty
without pay.
    "Active service" means all forms of active and inactive
duty regardless of voluntariness including, but not limited
to, annual training, active duty for training, initial active
duty training, overseas training duty, full-time National
Guard duty, active duty other than training, State active
duty, mobilizations, and muster duty. "Active service", unless
provided otherwise, includes active service without pay.
"Active service" includes:
        (1) Reserve component voluntary active service means
    service under one of the following authorities:
            (A) any duty under 32 U.S.C. 502(f)(1)(B);
            (B) active guard reserve duty, operational
        support, or additional duty under 10 U.S.C. 12301(d)
        or 32 U.S.C. 502(f)(1)(B);
            (C) funeral honors under 10 U.S.C. 12503 or 32
        U.S.C. 115;
            (D) duty at the National Guard Bureau under 10
        U.S.C. 12402;
            (E) unsatisfactory participation under 10 U.S.C.
        10148 or 10 U.S.C. 12303;
            (F) discipline under 10 U.S.C. 802(d);
            (G) extended active duty under 10 U.S.C. 12311;
        and
            (H) reserve program administrator under 10 U.S.C.
        10211.
        (2) Reserve component involuntary active service
    includes, but is not limited to, service under one of the
    following authorities:
            (A) annual training or drill requirements under 10
        U.S.C. 10147, 10 U.S.C. 12301(b) or 32 U.S.C. 502(a).
            (B) additional training duty or other duty under
        32 U.S.C. 502(f)(1)(A);
            (C) pre-planned or pre-programmed combatant
        commander support under 10 U.S.C. 12304b;
            (D) mobilization under 10 U.S.C. 12301(a) or 10
        U.S.C. 12302;
            (E) presidential reserve call-up under 10 U.S.C.
        12304;
            (F) emergencies and natural disasters under 10
        U.S.C. 12304a or 14 U.S.C. 712;
            (G) muster duty under 10 U.S.C. 12319;
            (H) retiree recall under 10 U.S.C. 688;
            (I) captive status under 10 U.S.C. 12301(g);
            (J) insurrection under 10 U.S.C. 331, 10 U.S.C.
        332, or 10 U.S.C. 12406;
            (K) pending line of duty determination for
        response to sexual assault under 10 U.S.C. 12323; and
            (L) initial active duty for training under 10
        U.S.C. 671.
    Reserve component active service not listed in paragraph
(1) or (2) shall be considered involuntary active service
under paragraph (2).
    "Active service without pay" means active service
performed under any authority in which base pay is not
received regardless of other allowances.
    "Annual training" means any active duty performed under
Section 10147 or 12301(b) of Title 10 of the United States Code
or under Section 502(a) of Title 32 of the United States Code.
    "Base pay" means the main component of military pay,
whether active or inactive, based on rank and time in service.
It does not include the addition of conditional funds for
specific purposes such as allowances, incentive and special
pay. Base pay, also known as basic pay, can be determined by
referencing the appropriate military pay chart covering the
time period in question located on the federal Defense Finance
and Accounting Services website or as reflected on a federal
Military Leave and Earnings Statement.
    "Benefits" includes, but is not limited to, the terms,
conditions, or privileges of employment, including any
advantage, profit, privilege, gain, status, account, or
interest, including wages or salary for work performed, that
accrues by reason of an employment contract or agreement or an
employer policy, plan, or practice and includes rights and
benefits under a pension plan, a health plan, an employee
stock ownership plan, insurance coverage and awards, bonuses,
severance pay, supplemental unemployment benefits, vacations,
and the opportunity to select work hours or location of
employment.
    "Differential compensation" means pay due when the
employee's daily rate of compensation for military service is
less than his or her daily rate of compensation as a public
employee.
    "Employee" means anyone employed by an employer.
"Employee" includes any person who is a citizen, national, or
permanent resident alien of the United States employed in a
workplace that the State has legal authority to regulate
business and employment. "Employee" does not include an
independent contractor.
    "Employer" means any person, institution, organization, or
other entity that pays salary or wages for work performed or
that has control over employment opportunities, including:
        (1) a person, institution, organization, or other
    entity to whom the employer has delegated the performance
    of employment-related responsibilities;
        (2) an employer of a public employee;
        (3) any successor in interest to a person,
    institution, organization, or other entity referred to
    under this definition; and
        (4) a person, institution, organization, or other
    entity that has been denied initial employment in
    violation of Section 5-15.
    "Inactive duty" means inactive duty training, including
drills, consisting of regularly scheduled unit training
assemblies, additional training assemblies, periods of
appropriate duty or equivalent training, and any special
additional duties authorized for reserve component personnel
by appropriate military authority. "Inactive duty" does not
include active duty.
    "Military leave" means a furlough or leave of absence
while performing active service. It cannot be substituted for
accrued vacation, annual, or similar leave with pay except at
the sole discretion of the service member employee. It is not a
benefit of employment that is requested but a legal
requirement upon receiving notice of pending military service.
    "Military service" means:
        (1) Service in the Armed Forces of the United States,
    the National Guard of any state or territory regardless of
    status, and the State Guard as defined in the State Guard
    Act. "Military service", whether active or reserve,
    includes service under the authority of U.S.C. Titles 10,
    14, or 32, or State active duty.
        (2) Service in a federally recognized auxiliary of the
    United States Armed Forces when performing official duties
    in support of military or civilian authorities as a result
    of an emergency.
        (3) A period for which an employee is absent from a
    position of employment for the purpose of medical or
    dental treatment for a condition, illness, or injury
    sustained or aggravated during a period of active service
    in which treatment is paid by the United States Department
    of Defense Military Health System.
    "Public employee" means any person classified as a
full-time employee of the State of Illinois, a unit of local
government, a public institution of higher education as
defined in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act, or a
school district, other than an independent contractor.
    "Reserve component" means the reserve components of
Illinois and the United States Armed Forces regardless of
status.
    "Service member" means any person who is a member of a
military service.
    "State active duty" means full-time State-funded military
duty under the command and control of the Governor and subject
to the Military Code of Illinois.
    "Unit of local government" means any city, village, town,
county, or special district.
(Source: P.A. 100-1101, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
    Section 90. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Sections 1.1, 4, and 8 as follows:
 
    (430 ILCS 65/1.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)
    Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act:
    "Addicted to narcotics" means a person who has been:
        (1) convicted of an offense involving the use or
    possession of cannabis, a controlled substance, or
    methamphetamine within the past year; or
        (2) determined by the Illinois State Police to be
    addicted to narcotics based upon federal law or federal
    guidelines.
    "Addicted to narcotics" does not include possession or use
of a prescribed controlled substance under the direction and
authority of a physician or other person authorized to
prescribe the controlled substance when the controlled
substance is used in the prescribed manner.
    "Adjudicated as a person with a mental disability" means
the person is the subject of a determination by a court, board,
commission or other lawful authority that the person, as a
result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness,
mental impairment, incompetency, condition, or disease:
        (1) presents a clear and present danger to himself,
    herself, or to others;
        (2) lacks the mental capacity to manage his or her own
    affairs or is adjudicated a person with a disability as
    defined in Section 11a-2 of the Probate Act of 1975;
        (3) is not guilty in a criminal case by reason of
    insanity, mental disease or defect;
        (3.5) is guilty but mentally ill, as provided in
    Section 5-2-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
        (4) is incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case;
        (5) is not guilty by reason of lack of mental
    responsibility under Articles 50a and 72b of the Uniform
    Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 850a, 876b;
        (6) is a sexually violent person under subsection (f)
    of Section 5 of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment
    Act;
        (7) is a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually
    Dangerous Persons Act;
        (8) is unfit to stand trial under the Juvenile Court
    Act of 1987;
        (9) is not guilty by reason of insanity under the
    Juvenile Court Act of 1987;
        (10) is subject to involuntary admission as an
    inpatient as defined in Section 1-119 of the Mental Health
    and Developmental Disabilities Code;
        (11) is subject to involuntary admission as an
    outpatient as defined in Section 1-119.1 of the Mental
    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code;
        (12) is subject to judicial admission as set forth in
    Section 4-500 of the Mental Health and Developmental
    Disabilities Code; or
        (13) is subject to the provisions of the Interstate
    Agreements on Sexually Dangerous Persons Act.
    "Clear and present danger" means a person who:
        (1) communicates a serious threat of physical violence
    against a reasonably identifiable victim or poses a clear
    and imminent risk of serious physical injury to himself,
    herself, or another person as determined by a physician,
    clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner; or
        (2) demonstrates threatening physical or verbal
    behavior, such as violent, suicidal, or assaultive
    threats, actions, or other behavior, as determined by a
    physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner,
    school administrator, or law enforcement official.
    "Clinical psychologist" has the meaning provided in
Section 1-103 of the Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code.
    "Controlled substance" means a controlled substance or
controlled substance analog as defined in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act.
    "Counterfeit" means to copy or imitate, without legal
authority, with intent to deceive.
    "Federally licensed firearm dealer" means a person who is
licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of the
federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
    "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name known, which
is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action
of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas; excluding,
however:
        (1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or
    B-B gun which expels a single globular projectile not
    exceeding .18 inch in diameter or which has a maximum
    muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second;
        (1.1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun,
    or B-B gun which expels breakable paint balls containing
    washable marking colors;
        (2) any device used exclusively for signaling or
    safety and required or recommended by the United States
    Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission;
        (3) any device used exclusively for the firing of stud
    cartridges, explosive rivets or similar industrial
    ammunition; and
        (4) an antique firearm (other than a machine-gun)
    which, although designed as a weapon, the Illinois State
    Police finds by reason of the date of its manufacture,
    value, design, and other characteristics is primarily a
    collector's item and is not likely to be used as a weapon.
    "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained cartridge or
shotgun shell, by whatever name known, which is designed to be
used or adaptable to use in a firearm; excluding, however:
        (1) any ammunition exclusively designed for use with a
    device used exclusively for signaling signalling or safety
    and required or recommended by the United States Coast
    Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
        (2) any ammunition designed exclusively for use with a
    stud or rivet driver or other similar industrial
    ammunition.
    "Gun show" means an event or function:
        (1) at which the sale and transfer of firearms is the
    regular and normal course of business and where 50 or more
    firearms are displayed, offered, or exhibited for sale,
    transfer, or exchange; or
        (2) at which not less than 10 gun show vendors
    display, offer, or exhibit for sale, sell, transfer, or
    exchange firearms.
    "Gun show" includes the entire premises provided for an
event or function, including parking areas for the event or
function, that is sponsored to facilitate the purchase, sale,
transfer, or exchange of firearms as described in this
Section. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to
exclude a gun show held in conjunction with competitive
shooting events at the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a
national governing body in which the sale or transfer of
firearms is authorized under subparagraph (5) of paragraph (g)
of subsection (A) of Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
    Unless otherwise expressly stated, "gun show" does not
include training or safety classes, competitive shooting
events, such as rifle, shotgun, or handgun matches, trap,
skeet, or sporting clays shoots, dinners, banquets, raffles,
or any other event where the sale or transfer of firearms is
not the primary course of business.
    "Gun show promoter" means a person who organizes or
operates a gun show.
    "Gun show vendor" means a person who exhibits, sells,
offers for sale, transfers, or exchanges any firearms at a gun
show, regardless of whether the person arranges with a gun
show promoter for a fixed location from which to exhibit,
sell, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange any firearm.
    "Involuntarily admitted" has the meaning as prescribed in
Sections 1-119 and 1-119.1 of the Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities Code.
    "Mental health facility" means any licensed private
hospital or hospital affiliate, institution, or facility, or
part thereof, and any facility, or part thereof, operated by
the State or a political subdivision thereof which provides
provide treatment of persons with mental illness and includes
all hospitals, institutions, clinics, evaluation facilities,
mental health centers, colleges, universities, long-term care
facilities, and nursing homes, or parts thereof, which provide
treatment of persons with mental illness whether or not the
primary purpose is to provide treatment of persons with mental
illness.
    "National governing body" means a group of persons who
adopt rules and formulate policy on behalf of a national
firearm sporting organization.
    "Noncitizen" means a person who is not a citizen of the
United States, but is a person who is a foreign-born person who
lives in the United States, has not been naturalized, and is
still a citizen of a foreign country.
    "Patient" means:
        (1) a person who is admitted as an inpatient or
    resident of a public or private mental health facility for
    mental health treatment under Chapter III of the Mental
    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code as an informal
    admission, a voluntary admission, a minor admission, an
    emergency admission, or an involuntary admission, unless
    the treatment was solely for an alcohol abuse disorder; or
        (2) a person who voluntarily or involuntarily receives
    mental health treatment as an out-patient or is otherwise
    provided services by a public or private mental health
    facility, and who poses a clear and present danger to
    himself, herself, or to others.
    "Person with a developmental disability" means a person
with a disability which is attributable to any other condition
which results in impairment similar to that caused by an
intellectual disability and which requires services similar to
those required by persons with intellectual disabilities. The
disability must originate before the age of 18 years, be
expected to continue indefinitely, and constitute a
substantial disability. This disability results, in the
professional opinion of a physician, clinical psychologist, or
qualified examiner, in significant functional limitations in 3
or more of the following areas of major life activity:
        (i) self-care;
        (ii) receptive and expressive language;
        (iii) learning;
        (iv) mobility; or
        (v) self-direction.
    "Person with an intellectual disability" means a person
with a significantly subaverage general intellectual
functioning which exists concurrently with impairment in
adaptive behavior and which originates before the age of 18
years.
    "Physician" has the meaning as defined in Section 1-120 of
the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
    "Protective order" means any orders of protection issued
under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, stalking no
contact orders issued under the Stalking No Contact Order Act,
civil no contact orders issued under the Civil No Contact
Order Act, and firearms restraining orders issued under the
Firearms Restraining Order Act.
    "Qualified examiner" has the meaning provided in Section
1-122 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Code.
    "Sanctioned competitive shooting event" means a shooting
contest officially recognized by a national or state shooting
sport association, and includes any sight-in or practice
conducted in conjunction with the event.
    "School administrator" means the person required to report
under the School Administrator Reporting of Mental Health
Clear and Present Danger Determinations Law.
    "Stun gun or taser" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
revised 10-6-21.)
 
    (430 ILCS 65/4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
    Sec. 4. Application for Firearm Owner's Identification
Cards.
    (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card must:
        (1) Submit an application as made available by the
    Illinois State Police; and
        (2) Submit evidence to the Illinois State Police that:
            (i) This subparagraph (i) applies through the
        180th day following July 12, 2019 (the effective date
        of Public Act 101-80) this amendatory Act of the 101st
        General Assembly. He or she is 21 years of age or over,
        or if he or she is under 21 years of age that he or she
        has the written consent of his or her parent or legal
        guardian to possess and acquire firearms and firearm
        ammunition and that he or she has never been convicted
        of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
        adjudged delinquent, provided, however, that such
        parent or legal guardian is not an individual
        prohibited from having a Firearm Owner's
        Identification Card and files an affidavit with the
        Department as prescribed by the Department stating
        that he or she is not an individual prohibited from
        having a Card;
            (i-5) This subparagraph (i-5) applies on and after
        the 181st day following July 12, 2019 (the effective
        date of Public Act 101-80) this amendatory Act of the
        101st General Assembly. He or she is 21 years of age or
        over, or if he or she is under 21 years of age that he
        or she has never been convicted of a misdemeanor other
        than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent and is
        an active duty member of the United States Armed
        Forces or has the written consent of his or her parent
        or legal guardian to possess and acquire firearms and
        firearm ammunition, provided, however, that such
        parent or legal guardian is not an individual
        prohibited from having a Firearm Owner's
        Identification Card and files an affidavit with the
        Illinois State Police Department as prescribed by the
        Illinois State Police Department stating that he or
        she is not an individual prohibited from having a Card
        or the active duty member of the United States Armed
        Forces under 21 years of age annually submits proof to
        the Illinois State Police, in a manner prescribed by
        the Illinois State Police Department;
            (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony
        under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
            (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
            (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental
        health facility within the past 5 years or, if he or
        she has been a patient in a mental health facility more
        than 5 years ago submit the certification required
        under subsection (u) of Section 8 of this Act;
            (v) He or she is not a person with an intellectual
        disability;
            (vi) He or she is not a noncitizen an alien who is
        unlawfully present in the United States under the laws
        of the United States;
            (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order
        of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a
        firearm;
            (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the
        past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault,
        violation of an order of protection, or a
        substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction,
        in which a firearm was used or possessed;
            (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic
        battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a
        substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
        committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the
        effective date of Public Act 97-158). If the applicant
        knowingly and intelligently waives the right to have
        an offense described in this clause (ix) tried by a
        jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
        conviction for an offense in which a domestic
        relationship is not a required element of the offense
        but in which a determination of the applicability of
        18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of
        the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the
        court of a judgment of conviction for that offense
        shall be grounds for denying the issuance of a Firearm
        Owner's Identification Card under this Section;
            (x) (Blank);
            (xi) He or she is not a noncitizen an alien who has
        been admitted to the United States under a
        non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined in Section
        101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
        U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is a
        noncitizen an alien who has been lawfully admitted to
        the United States under a non-immigrant visa if that
        noncitizen alien is:
                (1) admitted to the United States for lawful
            hunting or sporting purposes;
                (2) an official representative of a foreign
            government who is:
                    (A) accredited to the United States
                Government or the Government's mission to an
                international organization having its
                headquarters in the United States; or
                    (B) en route to or from another country to
                which that noncitizen alien is accredited;
                (3) an official of a foreign government or
            distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
            designated by the Department of State;
                (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a
            friendly foreign government entering the United
            States on official business; or
                (5) one who has received a waiver from the
            Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
            18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
            (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a
        petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile
        Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
        delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that
        if committed by an adult would be a felony;
            (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been
        adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile
        Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that
        if committed by an adult would be a felony;
            (xiv) He or she is a resident of the State of
        Illinois;
            (xv) He or she has not been adjudicated as a person
        with a mental disability;
            (xvi) He or she has not been involuntarily
        admitted into a mental health facility; and
            (xvii) He or she is not a person with a
        developmental disability; and
        (3) Upon request by the Illinois State Police, sign a
    release on a form prescribed by the Illinois State Police
    waiving any right to confidentiality and requesting the
    disclosure to the Illinois State Police of limited mental
    health institution admission information from another
    state, the District of Columbia, any other territory of
    the United States, or a foreign nation concerning the
    applicant for the sole purpose of determining whether the
    applicant is or was a patient in a mental health
    institution and disqualified because of that status from
    receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. No mental
    health care or treatment records may be requested. The
    information received shall be destroyed within one year of
    receipt.
    (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Illinois
State Police either his or her Illinois driver's license
number or Illinois Identification Card number, except as
provided in subsection (a-10).
    (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card, who is employed as a law enforcement officer, an armed
security officer in Illinois, or by the United States Military
permanently assigned in Illinois and who is not an Illinois
resident, shall furnish to the Illinois State Police his or
her driver's license number or state identification card
number from his or her state of residence. The Illinois State
Police may adopt rules to enforce the provisions of this
subsection (a-10).
    (a-15) If an applicant applying for a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card moves from the residence address named in
the application, he or she shall immediately notify in a form
and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police of that
change of address.
    (a-20) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card shall furnish to the Illinois State Police his or her
photograph. An applicant who is 21 years of age or older
seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement
must furnish with the application an approved copy of United
States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service
Form 4029. In lieu of a photograph, an applicant regardless of
age seeking a religious exemption to the photograph
requirement shall submit fingerprints on a form and manner
prescribed by the Illinois State Police Department with his or
her application.
    (a-25) Beginning January 1, 2023, each applicant for the
issuance of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card may include
a full set of his or her fingerprints in electronic format to
the Illinois State Police, unless the applicant has previously
provided a full set of his or her fingerprints to the Illinois
State Police under this Act or the Firearm Concealed Carry
Act.
    The fingerprints must be transmitted through a live scan
fingerprint vendor licensed by the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation. The fingerprints shall be checked
against the fingerprint records now and hereafter filed in the
Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation
criminal history records databases, including all available
State and local criminal history record information files.
    The Illinois State Police shall charge applicants a
one-time fee for conducting the criminal history record check,
which shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund
and shall not exceed the actual cost of the State and national
criminal history record check.
    (a-26) The Illinois State Police shall research, explore,
and report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2022 on the
feasibility of permitting voluntarily submitted fingerprints
obtained for purposes other than Firearm Owner's
Identification Card enforcement that are contained in the
Illinois State Police database for purposes of this Act.
    (b) Each application form shall include the following
statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false
information on an application for a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in
accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm
Owners Identification Card Act.".
    (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4,
paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the
consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the
applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
102-538, eff. 8-20-21; revised 10-12-21.)
 
    (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
    Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation. The Illinois
State Police has authority to deny an application for or to
revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
previously issued under this Act only if the Illinois State
Police Department finds that the applicant or the person to
whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
        (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been
    convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
    adjudged delinquent;
        (b) This subsection (b) applies through the 180th day
    following July 12, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act
    101-80) this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
    A person under 21 years of age who does not have the
    written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
    possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent
    or guardian has revoked such written consent, or where
    such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm
    Owner's Identification Card;
        (b-5) This subsection (b-5) applies on and after the
    181st day following July 12, 2019 (the effective date of
    Public Act 101-80) this amendatory Act of the 101st
    General Assembly. A person under 21 years of age who is not
    an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces
    and does not have the written consent of his or her parent
    or guardian to acquire and possess firearms and firearm
    ammunition, or whose parent or guardian has revoked such
    written consent, or where such parent or guardian does not
    qualify to have a Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
        (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of
    this or any other jurisdiction;
        (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
        (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental health
    facility within the past 5 years or a person who has been a
    patient in a mental health facility more than 5 years ago
    who has not received the certification required under
    subsection (u) of this Section. An active law enforcement
    officer employed by a unit of government or a Department
    of Corrections employee authorized to possess firearms who
    is denied, revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's
    Identification Card seized under this subsection (e) may
    obtain relief as described in subsection (c-5) of Section
    10 of this Act if the officer or employee did not act in a
    manner threatening to the officer or employee, another
    person, or the public as determined by the treating
    clinical psychologist or physician, and the officer or
    employee seeks mental health treatment;
        (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a
    nature that it poses a clear and present danger to the
    applicant, any other person or persons, or the community;
        (g) A person who has an intellectual disability;
        (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement
    in the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
        (i) A noncitizen An alien who is unlawfully present in
    the United States under the laws of the United States;
        (i-5) A noncitizen An alien who has been admitted to
    the United States under a non-immigrant visa (as that term
    is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and
    Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this
    subsection (i-5) does not apply to any noncitizen alien
    who has been lawfully admitted to the United States under
    a non-immigrant visa if that noncitizen alien is:
            (1) admitted to the United States for lawful
        hunting or sporting purposes;
            (2) an official representative of a foreign
        government who is:
                (A) accredited to the United States Government
            or the Government's mission to an international
            organization having its headquarters in the United
            States; or
                (B) en route to or from another country to
            which that noncitizen alien is accredited;
            (3) an official of a foreign government or
        distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
        designated by the Department of State;
            (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a
        friendly foreign government entering the United States
        on official business; or
            (5) one who has received a waiver from the
        Attorney General of the United States pursuant to 18
        U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
        (j) (Blank);
        (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5
    years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation
    of an order of protection, or a substantially similar
    offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was
    used or possessed;
        (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic
    battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially
    similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before,
    on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
    Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been
    previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
    under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the
    right to have an offense described in this paragraph (l)
    tried by a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results
    in a conviction for an offense in which a domestic
    relationship is not a required element of the offense but
    in which a determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C.
    922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of
    Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a
    judgment of conviction for that offense shall be grounds
    for denying an application for and for revoking and
    seizing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously
    issued to the person under this Act;
        (m) (Blank);
        (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or
    possessing firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois
    State statute or by federal law;
        (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section
    5-520 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the
    minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an
    offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;
        (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent
    minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the
    commission of an offense that if committed by an adult
    would be a felony;
        (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of
    Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of
    Section 4;
        (r) A person who has been adjudicated as a person with
    a mental disability;
        (s) A person who has been found to have a
    developmental disability;
        (t) A person involuntarily admitted into a mental
    health facility; or
        (u) A person who has had his or her Firearm Owner's
    Identification Card revoked or denied under subsection (e)
    of this Section or item (iv) of paragraph (2) of
    subsection (a) of Section 4 of this Act because he or she
    was a patient in a mental health facility as provided in
    subsection (e) of this Section, shall not be permitted to
    obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, after the
    5-year period has lapsed, unless he or she has received a
    mental health evaluation by a physician, clinical
    psychologist, or qualified examiner as those terms are
    defined in the Mental Health and Developmental
    Disabilities Code, and has received a certification that
    he or she is not a clear and present danger to himself,
    herself, or others. The physician, clinical psychologist,
    or qualified examiner making the certification and his or
    her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or
    professionally liable for making or not making the
    certification required under this subsection, except for
    willful or wanton misconduct. This subsection does not
    apply to a person whose firearm possession rights have
    been restored through administrative or judicial action
    under Section 10 or 11 of this Act.
    Upon revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, the Illinois State Police shall provide
notice to the person and the person shall comply with Section
9.5 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
102-645, eff. 1-1-22; revised 10-14-21.)
 
    Section 95. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 17-6.5 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/17-6.5)
    Sec. 17-6.5. Persons under deportation order;
ineligibility for benefits.
    (a) An individual against whom a United States Immigration
Judge has issued an order of deportation which has been
affirmed by the Board of Immigration Review, as well as an
individual who appeals such an order pending appeal, under
paragraph 19 of Section 241(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act relating to persecution of others on account
of race, religion, national origin or political opinion under
the direction of or in association with the Nazi government of
Germany or its allies, shall be ineligible for the following
benefits authorized by State law:
        (1) The homestead exemptions and homestead improvement
    exemption under Sections 15-170, 15-175, 15-176, and
    15-180 of the Property Tax Code.
        (2) Grants under the Senior Citizens and Persons with
    Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act.
        (3) The double income tax exemption conferred upon
    persons 65 years of age or older by Section 204 of the
    Illinois Income Tax Act.
        (4) Grants provided by the Department on Aging.
        (5) Reductions in vehicle registration fees under
    Section 3-806.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
        (6) Free fishing and reduced fishing license fees
    under Sections 20-5 and 20-40 of the Fish and Aquatic Life
    Code.
        (7) Tuition free courses for senior citizens under the
    Senior Citizen Courses Act.
        (8) Any benefits under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
    (b) If a person has been found by a court to have knowingly
received benefits in violation of subsection (a) and:
        (1) the total monetary value of the benefits received
    is less than $150, the person is guilty of a Class A
    misdemeanor; a second or subsequent violation is a Class 4
    felony;
        (2) the total monetary value of the benefits received
    is $150 or more but less than $1,000, the person is guilty
    of a Class 4 felony; a second or subsequent violation is a
    Class 3 felony;
        (3) the total monetary value of the benefits received
    is $1,000 or more but less than $5,000, the person is
    guilty of a Class 3 felony; a second or subsequent
    violation is a Class 2 felony;
        (4) the total monetary value of the benefits received
    is $5,000 or more but less than $10,000, the person is
    guilty of a Class 2 felony; a second or subsequent
    violation is a Class 1 felony; or
        (5) the total monetary value of the benefits received
    is $10,000 or more, the person is guilty of a Class 1
    felony.
    (c) For purposes of determining the classification of an
offense under this Section, all of the monetary value of the
benefits received as a result of the unlawful act, practice,
or course of conduct may be accumulated.
    (d) Any grants awarded to persons described in subsection
(a) may be recovered by the State of Illinois in a civil action
commenced by the Attorney General in the circuit court of
Sangamon County or the State's Attorney of the county of
residence of the person described in subsection (a).
    (e) An individual described in subsection (a) who has been
deported shall be restored to any benefits which that
individual has been denied under State law pursuant to
subsection (a) if (i) the Attorney General of the United
States has issued an order cancelling deportation and has
adjusted the status of the individual to that of a person an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
States or (ii) the country to which the individual has been
deported adjudicates or exonerates the individual in a
judicial or administrative proceeding as not being guilty of
the persecution of others on account of race, religion,
national origin, or political opinion under the direction of
or in association with the Nazi government of Germany or its
allies.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
    Section 100. The Prevention of Cigarette and Electronic
Cigarette Sales to Persons under 21 Years of Age Act is amended
by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 678/2)
    Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act:
    "Cigarette", when used in this Act, means any roll for
smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco irrespective of size
or shape and whether or not the tobacco is flavored,
adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, and the
wrapper or cover of which is made of paper or any other
substance or material except whole leaf tobacco.
    "Clear and conspicuous statement" means the statement is
of sufficient type size to be clearly readable by the
recipient of the communication.
    "Consumer" means an individual who acquires or seeks to
acquire cigarettes or electronic cigarettes for personal use.
    "Delivery sale" means any sale of cigarettes or electronic
cigarettes to a consumer if:
        (a) the consumer submits the order for such sale by
    means of a telephone or other method of voice
    transmission, the mails, or the Internet or other online
    service, or the seller is otherwise not in the physical
    presence of the buyer when the request for purchase or
    order is made; or
        (b) the cigarettes or electronic cigarettes are
    delivered by use of a common carrier, private delivery
    service, or the mails, or the seller is not in the physical
    presence of the buyer when the buyer obtains possession of
    the cigarettes or electronic cigarettes.
    "Delivery service" means any person (other than a person
that makes a delivery sale) who delivers to the consumer the
cigarettes or electronic cigarettes sold in a delivery sale.
    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
    "Electronic cigarette" means:
        (1) any device that employs a battery or other
    mechanism to heat a solution or substance to produce a
    vapor or aerosol intended for inhalation;
        (2) any cartridge or container of a solution or
    substance intended to be used with or in the device or to
    refill the device; or
        (3) any solution or substance, whether or not it
    contains nicotine, intended for use in the device.
    "Electronic cigarette" includes, but is not limited to,
any electronic nicotine delivery system, electronic cigar,
electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, electronic hookah, vape
pen, or similar product or device, and any component, part, or
accessory of a device used during the operation of the device,
even if the part or accessory was sold separately. "Electronic
cigarette" does not include: cigarettes, as defined in Section
1 of the Cigarette Tax Act; any product approved by the United
States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco
cessation product, a tobacco dependence product, or for other
medical purposes that is marketed and sold solely for that
approved purpose; any asthma inhaler prescribed by a physician
for that condition that is marketed and sold solely for that
approved purpose; any device that meets the definition of
cannabis paraphernalia under Section 1-10 of the Cannabis
Regulation and Tax Act; or any cannabis product sold by a
dispensing organization pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation
and Tax Act or the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
Program Act.
    "Government-issued identification" means a State driver's
license, State identification card, passport, a military
identification or an official naturalization or immigration
document, such as a permanent resident card an alien
registration recipient card (commonly known as a "green card")
or an immigrant visa.
    "Mails" or "mailing" mean the shipment of cigarettes or
electronic cigarettes through the United States Postal
Service.
    "Out-of-state sale" means a sale of cigarettes or
electronic cigarettes to a consumer located outside of this
State where the consumer submits the order for such sale by
means of a telephonic or other method of voice transmission,
the mails or any other delivery service, facsimile
transmission, or the Internet or other online service and
where the cigarettes or electronic cigarettes are delivered by
use of the mails or other delivery service.
    "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, association, or other organization
that engages in any for-profit or not-for-profit activities.
    "Shipping package" means a container in which packs or
cartons of cigarettes or electronic cigarettes are shipped in
connection with a delivery sale.
    "Shipping documents" means bills of lading, air bills, or
any other documents used to evidence the undertaking by a
delivery service to deliver letters, packages, or other
containers.
(Source: P.A. 102-575, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
    Section 105. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
amended by changing Section 113-8 as follows:
 
    (725 ILCS 5/113-8)
    Sec. 113-8. Advisement concerning status as a noncitizen
an alien.
    (a) Before the acceptance of a plea of guilty, guilty but
mentally ill, or nolo contendere to a misdemeanor or felony
offense, the court shall give the following advisement to the
defendant in open court:
    "If you are not a citizen of the United States, you are
hereby advised that conviction of the offense for which you
have been charged may have the consequence of deportation,
exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of
naturalization under the laws of the United States.".
    (b) If the defendant is arraigned on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly, and the court fails to advise the defendant as
required by subsection (a) of this Section, and the defendant
shows that conviction of the offense to which the defendant
pleaded guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere
may have the consequence for the defendant of deportation,
exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of
naturalization under the laws of the United States, the court,
upon the defendant's motion, shall vacate the judgment and
permit the defendant to withdraw the plea of guilty, guilty
but mentally ill, or nolo contendere and enter a plea of not
guilty. The motion shall be filed within 2 years of the date of
the defendant's conviction.
(Source: P.A. 101-409, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
    Section 110. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Sections 3-2-2 and 5-5-3 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2)
    Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and duties of the Department.
    (1) In addition to the powers, duties, and
responsibilities which are otherwise provided by law, the
Department shall have the following powers:
        (a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts of
    this State for care, custody, treatment, and
    rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and
    noncitizens aliens over whom the Office of the Federal
    Detention Trustee is authorized to exercise the federal
    detention function for limited purposes and periods of
    time.
        (b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation
    units for purposes of analyzing the custody and
    rehabilitation needs of persons committed to it and to
    assign such persons to institutions and programs under its
    control or transfer them to other appropriate agencies. In
    consultation with the Department of Alcoholism and
    Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human Services),
    the Department of Corrections shall develop a master plan
    for the screening and evaluation of persons committed to
    its custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and
    for making appropriate treatment available to such
    persons; the Department shall report to the General
    Assembly on such plan not later than April 1, 1987. The
    maintenance and implementation of such plan shall be
    contingent upon the availability of funds.
        (b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a
    pilot program to establish the effectiveness of
    pupillometer technology (the measurement of the pupil's
    reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for
    purposes of screening and evaluating persons committed to
    its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The pilot
    program shall require the pupillometer technology to be
    used in at least one Department of Corrections facility.
    The Director may expand the pilot program to include an
    additional facility or facilities as he or she deems
    appropriate. A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in
    the pilot program. The Department must report to the
    General Assembly on the effectiveness of the program by
    January 1, 2003.
        (b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Illinois
    State Police, a program for tracking and evaluating each
    inmate from commitment through release for recording his
    or her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.
        (c) To maintain and administer all State correctional
    institutions and facilities under its control and to
    establish new ones as needed. Pursuant to its power to
    establish new institutions and facilities, the Department
    may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize
    the Department of Central Management Services to enter
    into an agreement of the type described in subsection (d)
    of Section 405-300 of the Department of Central Management
    Services Law. The Department shall designate those
    institutions which shall constitute the State Penitentiary
    System. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall maintain
    and administer all State youth centers pursuant to
    subsection (d) of Section 3-2.5-20.
        Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions
    and facilities, the Department may authorize the
    Department of Central Management Services to accept bids
    from counties and municipalities for the construction,
    remodeling, or conversion of a structure to be leased to
    the Department of Corrections for the purposes of its
    serving as a correctional institution or facility. Such
    construction, remodeling, or conversion may be financed
    with revenue bonds issued pursuant to the Industrial
    Building Revenue Bond Act by the municipality or county.
    The lease specified in a bid shall be for a term of not
    less than the time needed to retire any revenue bonds used
    to finance the project, but not to exceed 40 years. The
    lease may grant to the State the option to purchase the
    structure outright.
        Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify
    one or more of the bids and shall submit any such bids to
    the General Assembly for approval. Upon approval of a bid
    by a constitutional majority of both houses of the General
    Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of
    Central Management Services may enter into an agreement
    with the county or municipality pursuant to such bid.
        (c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile
    detention centers and to charge a per diem to the counties
    as established by the Department to defray the costs of
    housing each minor in a center. In this subsection (c-5),
    "juvenile detention center" means a facility to house
    minors during pendency of trial who have been transferred
    from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to
    prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in
    accordance with Section 5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of
    1987, whether the transfer was by operation of law or
    permissive under that Section. The Department shall
    designate the counties to be served by each regional
    juvenile detention center.
        (d) To develop and maintain programs of control,
    rehabilitation, and employment of committed persons within
    its institutions.
        (d-5) To provide a pre-release job preparation program
    for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.
        (d-10) To provide educational and visitation
    opportunities to committed persons within its institutions
    through temporary access to content-controlled tablets
    that may be provided as a privilege to committed persons
    to induce or reward compliance.
        (e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance
    of committed persons in the community.
        (f) To establish in cooperation with the Department of
    Transportation to supply a sufficient number of prisoners
    for use by the Department of Transportation to clean up
    the trash and garbage along State, county, township, or
    municipal highways as designated by the Department of
    Transportation. The Department of Corrections, at the
    request of the Department of Transportation, shall furnish
    such prisoners at least annually for a period to be agreed
    upon between the Director of Corrections and the Secretary
    of Transportation. The prisoners used on this program
    shall be selected by the Director of Corrections on
    whatever basis he deems proper in consideration of their
    term, behavior and earned eligibility to participate in
    such program - where they will be outside of the prison
    facility but still in the custody of the Department of
    Corrections. Prisoners convicted of first degree murder,
    or a Class X felony, or armed violence, or aggravated
    kidnapping, or criminal sexual assault, aggravated
    criminal sexual abuse or a subsequent conviction for
    criminal sexual abuse, or forcible detention, or arson, or
    a prisoner adjudged a Habitual Criminal shall not be
    eligible for selection to participate in such program. The
    prisoners shall remain as prisoners in the custody of the
    Department of Corrections and such Department shall
    furnish whatever security is necessary. The Department of
    Transportation shall furnish trucks and equipment for the
    highway cleanup program and personnel to supervise and
    direct the program. Neither the Department of Corrections
    nor the Department of Transportation shall replace any
    regular employee with a prisoner.
        (g) To maintain records of persons committed to it and
    to establish programs of research, statistics, and
    planning.
        (h) To investigate the grievances of any person
    committed to the Department and to inquire into any
    alleged misconduct by employees or committed persons; and
    for these purposes it may issue subpoenas and compel the
    attendance of witnesses and the production of writings and
    papers, and may examine under oath any witnesses who may
    appear before it; to also investigate alleged violations
    of a parolee's or releasee's conditions of parole or
    release; and for this purpose it may issue subpoenas and
    compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of
    documents only if there is reason to believe that such
    procedures would provide evidence that such violations
    have occurred.
        If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under
    this subsection, the Director may apply to any circuit
    court to secure compliance with the subpoena. The failure
    to comply with the order of the court issued in response
    thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.
        (i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative
    officers, and administer programs of training and
    development of personnel of the Department. Personnel
    assigned by the Department to be responsible for the
    custody and control of committed persons or to investigate
    the alleged misconduct of committed persons or employees
    or alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's
    conditions of parole shall be conservators of the peace
    for those purposes, and shall have the full power of peace
    officers outside of the facilities of the Department in
    the protection, arrest, retaking, and reconfining of
    committed persons or where the exercise of such power is
    necessary to the investigation of such misconduct or
    violations. This subsection shall not apply to persons
    committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under the
    Juvenile Court Act of 1987 on aftercare release.
        (j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies
    and with local communities for the development of
    standards and programs for better correctional services in
    this State.
        (k) To administer all moneys and properties of the
    Department.
        (l) To report annually to the Governor on the
    committed persons, institutions, and programs of the
    Department.
        (l-5) (Blank).
        (m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise all
    powers and duties vested by law in the Department.
        (n) To establish rules and regulations for
    administering a system of sentence credits, established in
    accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject to review by the
    Prisoner Review Board.
        (o) To administer the distribution of funds from the
    State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal
    institutions are located for the payment of assistant
    state's attorneys' salaries under Section 4-2001 of the
    Counties Code.
        (p) To exchange information with the Department of
    Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family
    Services for the purpose of verifying living arrangements
    and for other purposes directly connected with the
    administration of this Code and the Illinois Public Aid
    Code.
        (q) To establish a diversion program.
        The program shall provide a structured environment for
    selected technical parole or mandatory supervised release
    violators and committed persons who have violated the
    rules governing their conduct while in work release. This
    program shall not apply to those persons who have
    committed a new offense while serving on parole or
    mandatory supervised release or while committed to work
    release.
        Elements of the program shall include, but shall not
    be limited to, the following:
            (1) The staff of a diversion facility shall
        provide supervision in accordance with required
        objectives set by the facility.
            (2) Participants shall be required to maintain
        employment.
            (3) Each participant shall pay for room and board
        at the facility on a sliding-scale basis according to
        the participant's income.
            (4) Each participant shall:
                (A) provide restitution to victims in
            accordance with any court order;
                (B) provide financial support to his
            dependents; and
                (C) make appropriate payments toward any other
            court-ordered obligations.
            (5) Each participant shall complete community
        service in addition to employment.
            (6) Participants shall take part in such
        counseling, educational, and other programs as the
        Department may deem appropriate.
            (7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol
        screening.
            (8) The Department shall promulgate rules
        governing the administration of the program.
        (r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation
    agreements under which persons in the custody of the
    Department may participate in a county impact
    incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or
    3-15003.5 of the Counties Code.
        (r-5) (Blank).
        (r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with
    respect to each streetgang active within the correctional
    system: (1) each active gang; (2) every existing
    inter-gang affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current
    leaders in each gang. The Department shall promptly
    segregate leaders from inmates who belong to their gangs
    and allied gangs. "Segregate" means no physical contact
    and, to the extent possible under the conditions and space
    available at the correctional facility, prohibition of
    visual and sound communication. For the purposes of this
    paragraph (r-10), "leaders" means persons who:
            (i) are members of a criminal streetgang;
            (ii) with respect to other individuals within the
        streetgang, occupy a position of organizer,
        supervisor, or other position of management or
        leadership; and
            (iii) are actively and personally engaged in
        directing, ordering, authorizing, or requesting
        commission of criminal acts by others, which are
        punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang
        related activity both within and outside of the
        Department of Corrections.
    "Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the
    meanings ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois
    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
        (s) To operate a super-maximum security institution,
    in order to manage and supervise inmates who are
    disruptive or dangerous and provide for the safety and
    security of the staff and the other inmates.
        (t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any
    unprivileged communication, whether in person or by mail,
    telephone, or other means, between an inmate who, before
    commitment to the Department, was a member of an organized
    gang and any other person without the need to show cause or
    satisfy any other requirement of law before beginning the
    monitoring, except as constitutionally required. The
    monitoring may be by video, voice, or other method of
    recording or by any other means. As used in this
    subdivision (1)(t), "organized gang" has the meaning
    ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang
    Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
        As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged
    conversation" or "unprivileged communication" means a
    conversation or communication that is not protected by any
    privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order
    of the Illinois Supreme Court.
        (u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release
    Community Supervision Program for the purpose of providing
    housing and services to eligible female inmates, as
    determined by the Department, and their newborn and young
    children.
        (u-5) To issue an order, whenever a person committed
    to the Department absconds or absents himself or herself,
    without authority to do so, from any facility or program
    to which he or she is assigned. The order shall be
    certified by the Director, the Supervisor of the
    Apprehension Unit, or any person duly designated by the
    Director, with the seal of the Department affixed. The
    order shall be directed to all sheriffs, coroners, and
    police officers, or to any particular person named in the
    order. Any order issued pursuant to this subdivision
    (1)(u-5) shall be sufficient warrant for the officer or
    person named in the order to arrest and deliver the
    committed person to the proper correctional officials and
    shall be executed the same as criminal process.
        (u-6) To appoint a point of contact person who shall
    receive suggestions, complaints, or other requests to the
    Department from visitors to Department institutions or
    facilities and from other members of the public.
        (v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the
    provisions of this Chapter.
    (2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1,
1998, consider building and operating a correctional facility
within 100 miles of a county of over 2,000,000 inhabitants,
especially a facility designed to house juvenile participants
in the impact incarceration program.
    (3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for
medical services to be provided to persons committed to
Department facilities by a health maintenance organization,
medical service corporation, or other health care provider,
the bid may only be let to a health care provider that has
obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond
issued by a company whose bonds have an investment grade or
higher rating by a bond rating organization.
    (4) When the Department lets bids for contracts for food
or commissary services to be provided to Department
facilities, the bid may only be let to a food or commissary
services provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of
credit or performance bond issued by a company whose bonds
have an investment grade or higher rating by a bond rating
organization.
    (5) On and after the date 6 months after August 16, 2013
(the effective date of Public Act 98-488), as provided in the
Executive Order 1 (2012) Implementation Act, all of the
powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to State
healthcare purchasing under this Code that were transferred
from the Department of Corrections to the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services by Executive Order 3 (2005) are
transferred back to the Department of Corrections; however,
powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to State
healthcare purchasing under this Code that were exercised by
the Department of Corrections before the effective date of
Executive Order 3 (2005) but that pertain to individuals
resident in facilities operated by the Department of Juvenile
Justice are transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
(Source: P.A. 101-235, eff. 1-1-20; 102-350, eff. 8-13-21;
102-535, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; revised
10-15-21.)
 
    (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3)
    Sec. 5-5-3. Disposition.
    (a) (Blank).
    (b) (Blank).
    (c) (1) (Blank).
    (2) A period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment
or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for the
following offenses. The court shall sentence the offender to
not less than the minimum term of imprisonment set forth in
this Code for the following offenses, and may order a fine or
restitution or both in conjunction with such term of
imprisonment:
        (A) First degree murder where the death penalty is not
    imposed.
        (B) Attempted first degree murder.
        (C) A Class X felony.
        (D) A violation of Section 401.1 or 407 of the
    Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or a violation of
    subdivision (c)(1.5) of Section 401 of that Act which
    relates to more than 5 grams of a substance containing
    fentanyl or an analog thereof.
        (D-5) A violation of subdivision (c)(1) of Section 401
    of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act which relates to
    3 or more grams of a substance containing heroin or an
    analog thereof.
        (E) (Blank).
        (F) A Class 1 or greater felony if the offender had
    been convicted of a Class 1 or greater felony, including
    any state or federal conviction for an offense that
    contained, at the time it was committed, the same elements
    as an offense now (the date of the offense committed after
    the prior Class 1 or greater felony) classified as a Class
    1 or greater felony, within 10 years of the date on which
    the offender committed the offense for which he or she is
    being sentenced, except as otherwise provided in Section
    40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act.
        (F-3) A Class 2 or greater felony sex offense or
    felony firearm offense if the offender had been convicted
    of a Class 2 or greater felony, including any state or
    federal conviction for an offense that contained, at the
    time it was committed, the same elements as an offense now
    (the date of the offense committed after the prior Class 2
    or greater felony) classified as a Class 2 or greater
    felony, within 10 years of the date on which the offender
    committed the offense for which he or she is being
    sentenced, except as otherwise provided in Section 40-10
    of the Substance Use Disorder Act.
        (F-5) A violation of Section 24-1, 24-1.1, or 24-1.6
    of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012
    for which imprisonment is prescribed in those Sections.
        (G) Residential burglary, except as otherwise provided
    in Section 40-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act.
        (H) Criminal sexual assault.
        (I) Aggravated battery of a senior citizen as
    described in Section 12-4.6 or subdivision (a)(4) of
    Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
    Criminal Code of 2012.
        (J) A forcible felony if the offense was related to
    the activities of an organized gang.
        Before July 1, 1994, for the purposes of this
    paragraph, "organized gang" means an association of 5 or
    more persons, with an established hierarchy, that
    encourages members of the association to perpetrate crimes
    or provides support to the members of the association who
    do commit crimes.
        Beginning July 1, 1994, for the purposes of this
    paragraph, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to it
    in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
    Prevention Act.
        (K) Vehicular hijacking.
        (L) A second or subsequent conviction for the offense
    of hate crime when the underlying offense upon which the
    hate crime is based is felony aggravated assault or felony
    mob action.
        (M) A second or subsequent conviction for the offense
    of institutional vandalism if the damage to the property
    exceeds $300.
        (N) A Class 3 felony violation of paragraph (1) of
    subsection (a) of Section 2 of the Firearm Owners
    Identification Card Act.
        (O) A violation of Section 12-6.1 or 12-6.5 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
        (P) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5),
    or (7) of subsection (a) of Section 11-20.1 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
        (P-5) A violation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a)
    of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
    Criminal Code of 2012 if the victim is a household or
    family member of the defendant.
        (Q) A violation of subsection (b) or (b-5) of Section
    20-1, Section 20-1.2, or Section 20-1.3 of the Criminal
    Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
        (R) A violation of Section 24-3A of the Criminal Code
    of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
        (S) (Blank).
        (T) (Blank).
        (U) A second or subsequent violation of Section 6-303
    of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed while his or her
    driver's license, permit, or privilege was revoked because
    of a violation of Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961
    or the Criminal Code of 2012, relating to the offense of
    reckless homicide, or a similar provision of a law of
    another state.
        (V) A violation of paragraph (4) of subsection (c) of
    Section 11-20.1B or paragraph (4) of subsection (c) of
    Section 11-20.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or paragraph
    (6) of subsection (a) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal
    Code of 2012 when the victim is under 13 years of age and
    the defendant has previously been convicted under the laws
    of this State or any other state of the offense of child
    pornography, aggravated child pornography, aggravated
    criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual assault,
    predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or any of
    the offenses formerly known as rape, deviate sexual
    assault, indecent liberties with a child, or aggravated
    indecent liberties with a child where the victim was under
    the age of 18 years or an offense that is substantially
    equivalent to those offenses.
        (W) A violation of Section 24-3.5 of the Criminal Code
    of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
        (X) A violation of subsection (a) of Section 31-1a of
    the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
        (Y) A conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm
    by a street gang member when the firearm was loaded or
    contained firearm ammunition.
        (Z) A Class 1 felony committed while he or she was
    serving a term of probation or conditional discharge for a
    felony.
        (AA) Theft of property exceeding $500,000 and not
    exceeding $1,000,000 in value.
        (BB) Laundering of criminally derived property of a
    value exceeding $500,000.
        (CC) Knowingly selling, offering for sale, holding for
    sale, or using 2,000 or more counterfeit items or
    counterfeit items having a retail value in the aggregate
    of $500,000 or more.
        (DD) A conviction for aggravated assault under
    paragraph (6) of subsection (c) of Section 12-2 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 if the
    firearm is aimed toward the person against whom the
    firearm is being used.
        (EE) A conviction for a violation of paragraph (2) of
    subsection (a) of Section 24-3B of the Criminal Code of
    2012.
    (3) (Blank).
    (4) A minimum term of imprisonment of not less than 10
consecutive days or 30 days of community service shall be
imposed for a violation of paragraph (c) of Section 6-303 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code.
    (4.1) (Blank).
    (4.2) Except as provided in paragraphs (4.3) and (4.8) of
this subsection (c), a minimum of 100 hours of community
service shall be imposed for a second violation of Section
6-303 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
    (4.3) A minimum term of imprisonment of 30 days or 300
hours of community service, as determined by the court, shall
be imposed for a second violation of subsection (c) of Section
6-303 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
    (4.4) Except as provided in paragraphs (4.5), (4.6), and
(4.9) of this subsection (c), a minimum term of imprisonment
of 30 days or 300 hours of community service, as determined by
the court, shall be imposed for a third or subsequent
violation of Section 6-303 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
court may give credit toward the fulfillment of community
service hours for participation in activities and treatment as
determined by court services.
    (4.5) A minimum term of imprisonment of 30 days shall be
imposed for a third violation of subsection (c) of Section
6-303 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
    (4.6) Except as provided in paragraph (4.10) of this
subsection (c), a minimum term of imprisonment of 180 days
shall be imposed for a fourth or subsequent violation of
subsection (c) of Section 6-303 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
    (4.7) A minimum term of imprisonment of not less than 30
consecutive days, or 300 hours of community service, shall be
imposed for a violation of subsection (a-5) of Section 6-303
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, as provided in subsection (b-5)
of that Section.
    (4.8) A mandatory prison sentence shall be imposed for a
second violation of subsection (a-5) of Section 6-303 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, as provided in subsection (c-5) of that
Section. The person's driving privileges shall be revoked for
a period of not less than 5 years from the date of his or her
release from prison.
    (4.9) A mandatory prison sentence of not less than 4 and
not more than 15 years shall be imposed for a third violation
of subsection (a-5) of Section 6-303 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, as provided in subsection (d-2.5) of that Section. The
person's driving privileges shall be revoked for the remainder
of his or her life.
    (4.10) A mandatory prison sentence for a Class 1 felony
shall be imposed, and the person shall be eligible for an
extended term sentence, for a fourth or subsequent violation
of subsection (a-5) of Section 6-303 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, as provided in subsection (d-3.5) of that Section. The
person's driving privileges shall be revoked for the remainder
of his or her life.
    (5) The court may sentence a corporation or unincorporated
association convicted of any offense to:
        (A) a period of conditional discharge;
        (B) a fine;
        (C) make restitution to the victim under Section 5-5-6
    of this Code.
    (5.1) In addition to any other penalties imposed, and
except as provided in paragraph (5.2) or (5.3), a person
convicted of violating subsection (c) of Section 11-907 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code shall have his or her driver's license,
permit, or privileges suspended for at least 90 days but not
more than one year, if the violation resulted in damage to the
property of another person.
    (5.2) In addition to any other penalties imposed, and
except as provided in paragraph (5.3), a person convicted of
violating subsection (c) of Section 11-907 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code shall have his or her driver's license, permit,
or privileges suspended for at least 180 days but not more than
2 years, if the violation resulted in injury to another
person.
    (5.3) In addition to any other penalties imposed, a person
convicted of violating subsection (c) of Section 11-907 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code shall have his or her driver's license,
permit, or privileges suspended for 2 years, if the violation
resulted in the death of another person.
    (5.4) In addition to any other penalties imposed, a person
convicted of violating Section 3-707 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code shall have his or her driver's license, permit, or
privileges suspended for 3 months and until he or she has paid
a reinstatement fee of $100.
    (5.5) In addition to any other penalties imposed, a person
convicted of violating Section 3-707 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code during a period in which his or her driver's license,
permit, or privileges were suspended for a previous violation
of that Section shall have his or her driver's license,
permit, or privileges suspended for an additional 6 months
after the expiration of the original 3-month suspension and
until he or she has paid a reinstatement fee of $100.
    (6) (Blank).
    (7) (Blank).
    (8) (Blank).
    (9) A defendant convicted of a second or subsequent
offense of ritualized abuse of a child may be sentenced to a
term of natural life imprisonment.
    (10) (Blank).
    (11) The court shall impose a minimum fine of $1,000 for a
first offense and $2,000 for a second or subsequent offense
upon a person convicted of or placed on supervision for
battery when the individual harmed was a sports official or
coach at any level of competition and the act causing harm to
the sports official or coach occurred within an athletic
facility or within the immediate vicinity of the athletic
facility at which the sports official or coach was an active
participant of the athletic contest held at the athletic
facility. For the purposes of this paragraph (11), "sports
official" means a person at an athletic contest who enforces
the rules of the contest, such as an umpire or referee;
"athletic facility" means an indoor or outdoor playing field
or recreational area where sports activities are conducted;
and "coach" means a person recognized as a coach by the
sanctioning authority that conducted the sporting event.
    (12) A person may not receive a disposition of court
supervision for a violation of Section 5-16 of the Boat
Registration and Safety Act if that person has previously
received a disposition of court supervision for a violation of
that Section.
    (13) A person convicted of or placed on court supervision
for an assault or aggravated assault when the victim and the
offender are family or household members as defined in Section
103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or convicted
of domestic battery or aggravated domestic battery may be
required to attend a Partner Abuse Intervention Program under
protocols set forth by the Illinois Department of Human
Services under such terms and conditions imposed by the court.
The costs of such classes shall be paid by the offender.
    (d) In any case in which a sentence originally imposed is
vacated, the case shall be remanded to the trial court. The
trial court shall hold a hearing under Section 5-4-1 of this
Code which may include evidence of the defendant's life, moral
character and occupation during the time since the original
sentence was passed. The trial court shall then impose
sentence upon the defendant. The trial court may impose any
sentence which could have been imposed at the original trial
subject to Section 5-5-4 of this Code. If a sentence is vacated
on appeal or on collateral attack due to the failure of the
trier of fact at trial to determine beyond a reasonable doubt
the existence of a fact (other than a prior conviction)
necessary to increase the punishment for the offense beyond
the statutory maximum otherwise applicable, either the
defendant may be re-sentenced to a term within the range
otherwise provided or, if the State files notice of its
intention to again seek the extended sentence, the defendant
shall be afforded a new trial.
    (e) In cases where prosecution for aggravated criminal
sexual abuse under Section 11-1.60 or 12-16 of the Criminal
Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 results in conviction
of a defendant who was a family member of the victim at the
time of the commission of the offense, the court shall
consider the safety and welfare of the victim and may impose a
sentence of probation only where:
        (1) the court finds (A) or (B) or both are
    appropriate:
            (A) the defendant is willing to undergo a court
        approved counseling program for a minimum duration of
        2 years; or
            (B) the defendant is willing to participate in a
        court approved plan, including, but not limited to,
        the defendant's:
                (i) removal from the household;
                (ii) restricted contact with the victim;
                (iii) continued financial support of the
            family;
                (iv) restitution for harm done to the victim;
            and
                (v) compliance with any other measures that
            the court may deem appropriate; and
        (2) the court orders the defendant to pay for the
    victim's counseling services, to the extent that the court
    finds, after considering the defendant's income and
    assets, that the defendant is financially capable of
    paying for such services, if the victim was under 18 years
    of age at the time the offense was committed and requires
    counseling as a result of the offense.
    Probation may be revoked or modified pursuant to Section
5-6-4; except where the court determines at the hearing that
the defendant violated a condition of his or her probation
restricting contact with the victim or other family members or
commits another offense with the victim or other family
members, the court shall revoke the defendant's probation and
impose a term of imprisonment.
    For the purposes of this Section, "family member" and
"victim" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section
11-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
    (f) (Blank).
    (g) Whenever a defendant is convicted of an offense under
Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-14,
11-14.3, 11-14.4 except for an offense that involves keeping a
place of juvenile prostitution, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17,
11-18, 11-18.1, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 12-13, 12-14,
12-14.1, 12-15, or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
Criminal Code of 2012, the defendant shall undergo medical
testing to determine whether the defendant has any sexually
transmissible disease, including a test for infection with
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any other identified
causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Any such medical test shall be performed only by appropriately
licensed medical practitioners and may include an analysis of
any bodily fluids as well as an examination of the defendant's
person. Except as otherwise provided by law, the results of
such test shall be kept strictly confidential by all medical
personnel involved in the testing and must be personally
delivered in a sealed envelope to the judge of the court in
which the conviction was entered for the judge's inspection in
camera. Acting in accordance with the best interests of the
victim and the public, the judge shall have the discretion to
determine to whom, if anyone, the results of the testing may be
revealed. The court shall notify the defendant of the test
results. The court shall also notify the victim if requested
by the victim, and if the victim is under the age of 15 and if
requested by the victim's parents or legal guardian, the court
shall notify the victim's parents or legal guardian of the
test results. The court shall provide information on the
availability of HIV testing and counseling at Department of
Public Health facilities to all parties to whom the results of
the testing are revealed and shall direct the State's Attorney
to provide the information to the victim when possible. The
court shall order that the cost of any such test shall be paid
by the county and may be taxed as costs against the convicted
defendant.
    (g-5) When an inmate is tested for an airborne
communicable disease, as determined by the Illinois Department
of Public Health, including, but not limited to, tuberculosis,
the results of the test shall be personally delivered by the
warden or his or her designee in a sealed envelope to the judge
of the court in which the inmate must appear for the judge's
inspection in camera if requested by the judge. Acting in
accordance with the best interests of those in the courtroom,
the judge shall have the discretion to determine what if any
precautions need to be taken to prevent transmission of the
disease in the courtroom.
    (h) Whenever a defendant is convicted of an offense under
Section 1 or 2 of the Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act, the
defendant shall undergo medical testing to determine whether
the defendant has been exposed to human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) or any other identified causative agent of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Except as otherwise provided
by law, the results of such test shall be kept strictly
confidential by all medical personnel involved in the testing
and must be personally delivered in a sealed envelope to the
judge of the court in which the conviction was entered for the
judge's inspection in camera. Acting in accordance with the
best interests of the public, the judge shall have the
discretion to determine to whom, if anyone, the results of the
testing may be revealed. The court shall notify the defendant
of a positive test showing an infection with the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The court shall provide
information on the availability of HIV testing and counseling
at Department of Public Health facilities to all parties to
whom the results of the testing are revealed and shall direct
the State's Attorney to provide the information to the victim
when possible. The court shall order that the cost of any such
test shall be paid by the county and may be taxed as costs
against the convicted defendant.
    (i) All fines and penalties imposed under this Section for
any violation of Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 11 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code, or a similar provision of a local ordinance, and
any violation of the Child Passenger Protection Act, or a
similar provision of a local ordinance, shall be collected and
disbursed by the circuit clerk as provided under the Criminal
and Traffic Assessment Act.
    (j) In cases when prosecution for any violation of Section
11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9,
11-11, 11-14, 11-14.3, 11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17,
11-17.1, 11-18, 11-18.1, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1,
11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 11-21, 11-30, 11-40, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
12-15, or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
Code of 2012, any violation of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act, any violation of the Cannabis Control Act, or
any violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
Protection Act results in conviction, a disposition of court
supervision, or an order of probation granted under Section 10
of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act of a
defendant, the court shall determine whether the defendant is
employed by a facility or center as defined under the Child
Care Act of 1969, a public or private elementary or secondary
school, or otherwise works with children under 18 years of age
on a daily basis. When a defendant is so employed, the court
shall order the Clerk of the Court to send a copy of the
judgment of conviction or order of supervision or probation to
the defendant's employer by certified mail. If the employer of
the defendant is a school, the Clerk of the Court shall direct
the mailing of a copy of the judgment of conviction or order of
supervision or probation to the appropriate regional
superintendent of schools. The regional superintendent of
schools shall notify the State Board of Education of any
notification under this subsection.
    (j-5) A defendant at least 17 years of age who is convicted
of a felony and who has not been previously convicted of a
misdemeanor or felony and who is sentenced to a term of
imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections shall
as a condition of his or her sentence be required by the court
to attend educational courses designed to prepare the
defendant for a high school diploma and to work toward a high
school diploma or to work toward passing high school
equivalency testing or to work toward completing a vocational
training program offered by the Department of Corrections. If
a defendant fails to complete the educational training
required by his or her sentence during the term of
incarceration, the Prisoner Review Board shall, as a condition
of mandatory supervised release, require the defendant, at his
or her own expense, to pursue a course of study toward a high
school diploma or passage of high school equivalency testing.
The Prisoner Review Board shall revoke the mandatory
supervised release of a defendant who wilfully fails to comply
with this subsection (j-5) upon his or her release from
confinement in a penal institution while serving a mandatory
supervised release term; however, the inability of the
defendant after making a good faith effort to obtain financial
aid or pay for the educational training shall not be deemed a
wilful failure to comply. The Prisoner Review Board shall
recommit the defendant whose mandatory supervised release term
has been revoked under this subsection (j-5) as provided in
Section 3-3-9. This subsection (j-5) does not apply to a
defendant who has a high school diploma or has successfully
passed high school equivalency testing. This subsection (j-5)
does not apply to a defendant who is determined by the court to
be a person with a developmental disability or otherwise
mentally incapable of completing the educational or vocational
program.
    (k) (Blank).
    (l) (A) Except as provided in paragraph (C) of subsection
(l), whenever a defendant, who is not a citizen or national of
the United States an alien as defined by the Immigration and
Nationality Act, is convicted of any felony or misdemeanor
offense, the court after sentencing the defendant may, upon
motion of the State's Attorney, hold sentence in abeyance and
remand the defendant to the custody of the Attorney General of
the United States or his or her designated agent to be deported
when:
        (1) a final order of deportation has been issued
    against the defendant pursuant to proceedings under the
    Immigration and Nationality Act, and
        (2) the deportation of the defendant would not
    deprecate the seriousness of the defendant's conduct and
    would not be inconsistent with the ends of justice.
    Otherwise, the defendant shall be sentenced as provided in
this Chapter V.
    (B) If the defendant has already been sentenced for a
felony or misdemeanor offense, or has been placed on probation
under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of
the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, the
court may, upon motion of the State's Attorney to suspend the
sentence imposed, commit the defendant to the custody of the
Attorney General of the United States or his or her designated
agent when:
        (1) a final order of deportation has been issued
    against the defendant pursuant to proceedings under the
    Immigration and Nationality Act, and
        (2) the deportation of the defendant would not
    deprecate the seriousness of the defendant's conduct and
    would not be inconsistent with the ends of justice.
    (C) This subsection (l) does not apply to offenders who
are subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection
(a) of Section 3-6-3.
    (D) Upon motion of the State's Attorney, if a defendant
sentenced under this Section returns to the jurisdiction of
the United States, the defendant shall be recommitted to the
custody of the county from which he or she was sentenced.
Thereafter, the defendant shall be brought before the
sentencing court, which may impose any sentence that was
available under Section 5-5-3 at the time of initial
sentencing. In addition, the defendant shall not be eligible
for additional earned sentence credit as provided under
Section 3-6-3.
    (m) A person convicted of criminal defacement of property
under Section 21-1.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
Criminal Code of 2012, in which the property damage exceeds
$300 and the property damaged is a school building, shall be
ordered to perform community service that may include cleanup,
removal, or painting over the defacement.
    (n) The court may sentence a person convicted of a
violation of Section 12-19, 12-21, 16-1.3, or 17-56, or
subsection (a) or (b) of Section 12-4.4a, of the Criminal Code
of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 (i) to an impact
incarceration program if the person is otherwise eligible for
that program under Section 5-8-1.1, (ii) to community service,
or (iii) if the person has a substance use disorder, as defined
in the Substance Use Disorder Act, to a treatment program
licensed under that Act.
    (o) Whenever a person is convicted of a sex offense as
defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act, the
defendant's driver's license or permit shall be subject to
renewal on an annual basis in accordance with the provisions
of license renewal established by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-168, eff. 7-27-21;
102-531, eff. 1-1-22; revised 10-12-21.)
 
    Section 120. The Property Owned By Aliens Act is amended
by changing the title of the Act and Sections 0.01, 7, and 8 as
follows:
 
    (765 ILCS 60/Act title)
    An Act concerning the right of noncitizens aliens to
acquire and hold real and personal property.
 
    (765 ILCS 60/0.01)  (from Ch. 6, par. 0.01)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Property Owned By Noncitizens Aliens Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
    (765 ILCS 60/7)  (from Ch. 6, par. 7)
    Sec. 7. All noncitizens aliens may acquire, hold, and
dispose of real and personal property in the same manner and to
the same extent as natural born citizens of the United States,
and the personal estate of a noncitizen an alien dying
intestate shall be distributed in the same manner as the
estates of natural born citizens, and all persons interested
in such estate shall be entitled to proper distributive shares
thereof under the laws of this state, whether they are
noncitizens aliens or not.
    This amendatory Act of 1992 does not apply to the
Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-1101.)
 
    (765 ILCS 60/8)  (from Ch. 6, par. 8)
    Sec. 8. An act in regard to noncitizens aliens and to
restrict their right to acquire and hold real and personal
estate and to provide for the disposition of the lands now
owned by non-resident noncitizens aliens, approved June 16,
1887, and in force July 1, 1887, and all other acts and parts
of acts in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed.
(Source: Laws 1897, p. 5.)
 
    Section 125. The Property Taxes of Alien Landlords Act is
amended by changing the title of the Act and Sections 0.01 and
1 as follows:
 
    (765 ILCS 725/Act title)
    An Act to prevent noncitizen alien landlords from
including the payment of taxes in the rent of farm lands as a
part of the rental thereof.
 
    (765 ILCS 725/0.01)  (from Ch. 6, par. 8.9)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Property Taxes Of Noncitizen Alien Landlords Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
    (765 ILCS 725/1)  (from Ch. 6, par. 9)
    Sec. 1. No contract, agreement or lease in writing or by
parol, by which any lands or tenements therein are demised or
leased by any noncitizen alien or his agents for the purpose of
farming, cultivation or the raising of crops thereon, shall
contain any provision requiring the tenant or other person for
him, to pay taxes on said lands or tenements, or any part
thereof, and all such provisions, agreements and leases so
made are declared void as to the taxes aforesaid. If any
noncitizen alien landlord or his agents shall receive in
advance or at any other time any sum of money or article of
value from any tenant in lieu of such taxes, directly or
indirectly, the same may be recovered back by such tenant
before any court having jurisdiction of the amount thereof,
and all provisions or agreements in writing or otherwise to
pay such taxes shall be held in all courts of this state to be
void.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
 
    Section 130. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
changing Section 2-101 as follows:
 
    (775 ILCS 5/2-101)
    Sec. 2-101. Definitions. The following definitions are
applicable strictly in the context of this Article.
    (A) Employee.
        (1) "Employee" includes:
            (a) Any individual performing services for
        remuneration within this State for an employer;
            (b) An apprentice;
            (c) An applicant for any apprenticeship.
        For purposes of subsection (D) of Section 2-102 of
    this Act, "employee" also includes an unpaid intern. An
    unpaid intern is a person who performs work for an
    employer under the following circumstances:
            (i) the employer is not committed to hiring the
        person performing the work at the conclusion of the
        intern's tenure;
            (ii) the employer and the person performing the
        work agree that the person is not entitled to wages for
        the work performed; and
            (iii) the work performed:
                (I) supplements training given in an
            educational environment that may enhance the
            employability of the intern;
                (II) provides experience for the benefit of
            the person performing the work;
                (III) does not displace regular employees;
                (IV) is performed under the close supervision
            of existing staff; and
                (V) provides no immediate advantage to the
            employer providing the training and may
            occasionally impede the operations of the
            employer.
        (2) "Employee" does not include:
            (a) (Blank);
            (b) Individuals employed by persons who are not
        "employers" as defined by this Act;
            (c) Elected public officials or the members of
        their immediate personal staffs;
            (d) Principal administrative officers of the State
        or of any political subdivision, municipal corporation
        or other governmental unit or agency;
            (e) A person in a vocational rehabilitation
        facility certified under federal law who has been
        designated an evaluee, trainee, or work activity
        client.
    (B) Employer.
        (1) "Employer" includes:
            (a) Any person employing one or more employees
        within Illinois during 20 or more calendar weeks
        within the calendar year of or preceding the alleged
        violation;
            (b) Any person employing one or more employees
        when a complainant alleges civil rights violation due
        to unlawful discrimination based upon his or her
        physical or mental disability unrelated to ability,
        pregnancy, or sexual harassment;
            (c) The State and any political subdivision,
        municipal corporation or other governmental unit or
        agency, without regard to the number of employees;
            (d) Any party to a public contract without regard
        to the number of employees;
            (e) A joint apprenticeship or training committee
        without regard to the number of employees.
        (2) "Employer" does not include any place of worship,
    religious corporation, association, educational
    institution, society, or non-profit nursing institution
    conducted by and for those who rely upon treatment by
    prayer through spiritual means in accordance with the
    tenets of a recognized church or religious denomination
    with respect to the employment of individuals of a
    particular religion to perform work connected with the
    carrying on by such place of worship, corporation,
    association, educational institution, society or
    non-profit nursing institution of its activities.
    (C) Employment Agency. "Employment Agency" includes both
public and private employment agencies and any person, labor
organization, or labor union having a hiring hall or hiring
office regularly undertaking, with or without compensation, to
procure opportunities to work, or to procure, recruit, refer
or place employees.
    (D) Labor Organization. "Labor Organization" includes any
organization, labor union, craft union, or any voluntary
unincorporated association designed to further the cause of
the rights of union labor which is constituted for the
purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of
dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or
conditions of employment, or apprenticeships or applications
for apprenticeships, or of other mutual aid or protection in
connection with employment, including apprenticeships or
applications for apprenticeships.
    (E) Sexual Harassment. "Sexual harassment" means any
unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any
conduct of a sexual nature when (1) submission to such conduct
is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of
an individual's employment, (2) submission to or rejection of
such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for
employment decisions affecting such individual, or (3) such
conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering
with an individual's work performance or creating an
intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
    For purposes of this definition, the phrase "working
environment" is not limited to a physical location an employee
is assigned to perform his or her duties.
    (E-1) Harassment. "Harassment" means any unwelcome conduct
on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived race,
color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital
status, order of protection status, disability, military
status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge
from military service, citizenship status, or work
authorization status that has the purpose or effect of
substantially interfering with the individual's work
performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive
working environment. For purposes of this definition, the
phrase "working environment" is not limited to a physical
location an employee is assigned to perform his or her duties.
    (F) Religion. "Religion" with respect to employers
includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as
well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that he is
unable to reasonably accommodate an employee's or prospective
employee's religious observance or practice without undue
hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.
    (G) Public Employer. "Public employer" means the State, an
agency or department thereof, unit of local government, school
district, instrumentality or political subdivision.
    (H) Public Employee. "Public employee" means an employee
of the State, agency or department thereof, unit of local
government, school district, instrumentality or political
subdivision. "Public employee" does not include public
officers or employees of the General Assembly or agencies
thereof.
    (I) Public Officer. "Public officer" means a person who is
elected to office pursuant to the Constitution or a statute or
ordinance, or who is appointed to an office which is
established, and the qualifications and duties of which are
prescribed, by the Constitution or a statute or ordinance, to
discharge a public duty for the State, agency or department
thereof, unit of local government, school district,
instrumentality or political subdivision.
    (J) Eligible Bidder. "Eligible bidder" means a person who,
prior to contract award or prior to bid opening for State
contracts for construction or construction-related services,
has filed with the Department a properly completed, sworn and
currently valid employer report form, pursuant to the
Department's regulations. The provisions of this Article
relating to eligible bidders apply only to bids on contracts
with the State and its departments, agencies, boards, and
commissions, and the provisions do not apply to bids on
contracts with units of local government or school districts.
    (K) Citizenship Status. "Citizenship status" means the
status of being:
        (1) a born U.S. citizen;
        (2) a naturalized U.S. citizen;
        (3) a U.S. national; or
        (4) a person born outside the United States and not a
    U.S. citizen who is lawfully present not an unauthorized
    alien and who is protected from discrimination under the
    provisions of Section 1324b of Title 8 of the United
    States Code, as now or hereafter amended.
    (L) Work Authorization Status. "Work authorization status"
means the status of being a person born outside of the United
States, and not a U.S. citizen, who is authorized by the
federal government to work in the United States.
(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-430, eff. 7-1-20;
102-233, eff. 8-2-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
    Section 135. The Resident Alien Course Act is amended by
changing the title of the Act and Sections 0.01, 1, 2, and 3 as
follows:
 
    (815 ILCS 400/Act title)
    An Act concerning fees charged for courses offered to
persons seeking permanent resident alien status under the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
 
    (815 ILCS 400/0.01)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8050)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Resident Alien Course Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
    (815 ILCS 400/1)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8051)
    Sec. 1. No individual or agency, authorized by the U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service to offer a course
leading to a certificate of satisfactory pursuit for issuance
of permanent resident alien status, may charge a fee for such
course in excess of $5 per hour per individual up to the first
60 hours of instruction or $500 for up to 12 months of
instruction from the date of registration. As used in this
Section, the term "fee" includes all costs associated with the
course, including the costs of instruction and materials.
(Source: P.A. 86-831.)
 
    (815 ILCS 400/2)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8052)
    Sec. 2. No individual or agency which offers any service
or course with the promise of preparing the recipient or
enrollee for the English and civics exam of the U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service for issuance of
permanent resident alien status may charge a fee for such
service or course in excess of $5 per hour per individual up to
the first 60 hours of instruction or $500 for up to 12 months
of instruction from the date of registration. As used in this
Section, the term "fee" includes all costs associated with the
service or course, including the costs of instruction and
materials.
(Source: P.A. 86-831.)
 
    (815 ILCS 400/3)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8053)
    Sec. 3. Any individual or agency offering a course or
service described in Section 2 shall include within any
literature or print or electronic advertisement for such
service or course a statement that such service or course is
designed to prepare the recipient or enrollee for the English
and civics exam of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service and that the individual or agency offering the service
or course does not issue the certificate of satisfactory
pursuit required by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service for issuance of permanent resident alien status.
(Source: P.A. 86-831.)
 
    Section 140. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2AA as follows:
 
    (815 ILCS 505/2AA)
    Sec. 2AA. Immigration services.
    (a) "Immigration matter" means any proceeding, filing, or
action affecting the nonimmigrant, immigrant or citizenship
status of any person that arises under immigration and
naturalization law, executive order or presidential
proclamation of the United States or any foreign country, or
that arises under action of the United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services, the United States Department of Labor,
or the United States Department of State.
    "Immigration assistance service" means any information or
action provided or offered to customers or prospective
customers related to immigration matters, excluding legal
advice, recommending a specific course of legal action, or
providing any other assistance that requires legal analysis,
legal judgment, or interpretation of the law.
    "Compensation" means money, property, services, promise of
payment, or anything else of value.
    "Employed by" means that a person is on the payroll of the
employer and the employer deducts from the employee's paycheck
social security and withholding taxes, or receives
compensation from the employer on a commission basis or as an
independent contractor.
    "Reasonable costs" means actual costs or, if actual costs
cannot be calculated, reasonably estimated costs of such
things as photocopying, telephone calls, document requests,
and filing fees for immigration forms, and other nominal costs
incidental to assistance in an immigration matter.
    (a-1) The General Assembly finds and declares that private
individuals who assist persons with immigration matters have a
significant impact on the ability of their clients to reside
and work within the United States and to establish and
maintain stable families and business relationships. The
General Assembly further finds that that assistance and its
impact also have a significant effect on the cultural, social,
and economic life of the State of Illinois and thereby
substantially affect the public interest. It is the intent of
the General Assembly to establish rules of practice and
conduct for those individuals to promote honesty and fair
dealing with residents and to preserve public confidence.
    (a-5) The following persons are exempt from this Section,
provided they prove the exemption by a preponderance of the
evidence:
        (1) An attorney licensed to practice law in any state
    or territory of the United States, or of any foreign
    country when authorized by the Illinois Supreme Court, to
    the extent the attorney renders immigration assistance
    service in the course of his or her practice as an
    attorney.
        (2) A legal intern, as described by the rules of the
    Illinois Supreme Court, employed by and under the direct
    supervision of a licensed attorney and rendering
    immigration assistance service in the course of the
    intern's employment.
        (3) A not-for-profit organization recognized by the
    Board of Immigration Appeals under 8 CFR 292.2(a) and
    employees of those organizations accredited under 8 CFR
    292.2(d).
        (4) Any organization employing or desiring to employ a
    documented or undocumented immigrant or nonimmigrant
    alien, where the organization, its employees or its agents
    provide advice or assistance in immigration matters to
    documented or undocumented immigrant or nonimmigrant alien
    employees or potential employees without compensation from
    the individuals to whom such advice or assistance is
    provided.
    Nothing in this Section shall regulate any business to the
extent that such regulation is prohibited or preempted by
State or federal law.
    All other persons providing or offering to provide
immigration assistance service shall be subject to this
Section.
    (b) Any person who provides or offers to provide
immigration assistance service may perform only the following
services:
        (1) Completing a government agency form, requested by
    the customer and appropriate to the customer's needs, only
    if the completion of that form does not involve a legal
    judgment for that particular matter.
        (2) Transcribing responses to a government agency form
    which is related to an immigration matter, but not
    advising a customer as to his or her answers on those
    forms.
        (3) Translating information on forms to a customer and
    translating the customer's answers to questions posed on
    those forms.
        (4) Securing for the customer supporting documents
    currently in existence, such as birth and marriage
    certificates, which may be needed to be submitted with
    government agency forms.
        (5) Translating documents from a foreign language into
    English.
        (6) Notarizing signatures on government agency forms,
    if the person performing the service is a notary public of
    the State of Illinois.
        (7) Making referrals, without fee, to attorneys who
    could undertake legal representation for a person in an
    immigration matter.
        (8) Preparing or arranging for the preparation of
    photographs and fingerprints.
        (9) Arranging for the performance of medical testing
    (including X-rays and AIDS tests) and the obtaining of
    reports of such test results.
        (10) Conducting English language and civics courses.
        (11) Other services that the Attorney General
    determines by rule may be appropriately performed by such
    persons in light of the purposes of this Section.
    Fees for a notary public, agency, or any other person who
is not an attorney or an accredited representative filling out
immigration forms shall be limited to the maximum fees set
forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3-104 of the
Illinois Notary Public Act (5 ILCS 312/3-104). The maximum fee
schedule set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3-104
of the Illinois Notary Public Act shall apply to any person
that provides or offers to provide immigration assistance
service performing the services described therein. The
Attorney General may promulgate rules establishing maximum
fees that may be charged for any services not described in that
subsection. The maximum fees must be reasonable in light of
the costs of providing those services and the degree of
professional skill required to provide the services.
    No person subject to this Act shall charge fees directly
or indirectly for referring an individual to an attorney or
for any immigration matter not authorized by this Article,
provided that a person may charge a fee for notarizing
documents as permitted by the Illinois Notary Public Act.
    (c) Any person performing such services shall register
with the Illinois Attorney General and submit verification of
malpractice insurance or of a surety bond.
    (d) Except as provided otherwise in this subsection,
before providing any assistance in an immigration matter a
person shall provide the customer with a written contract that
includes the following:
        (1) An explanation of the services to be performed.
        (2) Identification of all compensation and costs to be
    charged to the customer for the services to be performed.
        (3) A statement that documents submitted in support of
    an application for nonimmigrant, immigrant, or
    naturalization status may not be retained by the person
    for any purpose, including payment of compensation or
    costs.
    This subsection does not apply to a not-for-profit
organization that provides advice or assistance in immigration
matters to clients without charge beyond a reasonable fee to
reimburse the organization's or clinic's reasonable costs
relating to providing immigration services to that client.
    (e) Any person who provides or offers immigration
assistance service and is not exempted from this Section,
shall post signs at his or her place of business, setting forth
information in English and in every other language in which
the person provides or offers to provide immigration
assistance service. Each language shall be on a separate sign.
Signs shall be posted in a location where the signs will be
visible to customers. Each sign shall be at least 11 inches by
17 inches, and shall contain the following:
        (1) The statement "I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO
    PRACTICE LAW AND MAY NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR ACCEPT FEES
    FOR LEGAL ADVICE.".
        (2) The statement "I AM NOT ACCREDITED TO REPRESENT
    YOU BEFORE THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND
    NATURALIZATION SERVICE AND THE IMMIGRATION BOARD OF
    APPEALS.".
        (3) The fee schedule.
        (4) The statement that "You may cancel any contract
    within 3 working days and get your money back for services
    not performed.".
        (5) Additional information the Attorney General may
    require by rule.
    Every person engaged in immigration assistance service who
is not an attorney who advertises immigration assistance
service in a language other than English, whether by radio,
television, signs, pamphlets, newspapers, or other written
communication, with the exception of a single desk plaque,
shall include in the document, advertisement, stationery,
letterhead, business card, or other comparable written
material the following notice in English and the language in
which the written communication appears. This notice shall be
of a conspicuous size, if in writing, and shall state: "I AM
NOT AN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN ILLINOIS AND MAY
NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR ACCEPT FEES FOR LEGAL ADVICE.". If
such advertisement is by radio or television, the statement
may be modified but must include substantially the same
message.
    Any person who provides or offers immigration assistance
service and is not exempted from this Section shall not, in any
document, advertisement, stationery, letterhead, business
card, or other comparable written material, literally
translate from English into another language terms or titles
including, but not limited to, notary public, notary,
licensed, attorney, lawyer, or any other term that implies the
person is an attorney. To illustrate, the words "notario" and
"poder notarial" are prohibited under this provision.
    If not subject to penalties under subsection (a) of
Section 3-103 of the Illinois Notary Public Act (5 ILCS
312/3-103), violations of this subsection shall result in a
fine of $1,000. Violations shall not preempt or preclude
additional appropriate civil or criminal penalties.
    (f) The written contract shall be in both English and in
the language of the customer.
    (g) A copy of the contract shall be provided to the
customer upon the customer's execution of the contract.
    (h) A customer has the right to rescind a contract within
72 hours after his or her signing of the contract.
    (i) Any documents identified in paragraph (3) of
subsection (c) shall be returned upon demand of the customer.
    (j) No person engaged in providing immigration services
who is not exempted under this Section shall do any of the
following:
        (1) Make any statement that the person can or will
    obtain special favors from or has special influence with
    the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
    or any other government agency.
        (2) Retain any compensation for service not performed.
        (2.5) Accept payment in exchange for providing legal
    advice or any other assistance that requires legal
    analysis, legal judgment, or interpretation of the law.
        (3) Refuse to return documents supplied by, prepared
    on behalf of, or paid for by the customer upon the request
    of the customer. These documents must be returned upon
    request even if there is a fee dispute between the
    immigration assistant and the customer.
        (4) Represent or advertise, in connection with the
    provision of assistance in immigration matters, other
    titles of credentials, including but not limited to
    "notary public" or "immigration consultant," that could
    cause a customer to believe that the person possesses
    special professional skills or is authorized to provide
    advice on an immigration matter; provided that a notary
    public appointed by the Illinois Secretary of State may
    use the term "notary public" if the use is accompanied by
    the statement that the person is not an attorney; the term
    "notary public" may not be translated to another language;
    for example "notario" is prohibited.
        (5) Provide legal advice, recommend a specific course
    of legal action, or provide any other assistance that
    requires legal analysis, legal judgment, or interpretation
    of the law.
        (6) Make any misrepresentation of false statement,
    directly or indirectly, to influence, persuade, or induce
    patronage.
    (k) (Blank).
    (l) (Blank).
    (m) Any person who violates any provision of this Section,
or the rules and regulations issued under this Section, shall
be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a
Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense committed
within 5 years of a previous conviction for the same offense.
    Upon his own information or upon the complaint of any
person, the Attorney General or any State's Attorney, or a
municipality with a population of more than 1,000,000, may
maintain an action for injunctive relief and also seek a civil
penalty not exceeding $50,000 in the circuit court against any
person who violates any provision of this Section. These
remedies are in addition to, and not in substitution for,
other available remedies.
    If the Attorney General or any State's Attorney or a
municipality with a population of more than 1,000,000 fails to
bring an action as provided under this Section any person may
file a civil action to enforce the provisions of this Article
and maintain an action for injunctive relief, for compensatory
damages to recover prohibited fees, or for such additional
relief as may be appropriate to deter, prevent, or compensate
for the violation. In order to deter violations of this
Section, courts shall not require a showing of the traditional
elements for equitable relief. A prevailing plaintiff may be
awarded 3 times the prohibited fees or a minimum of $1,000 in
punitive damages, attorney's fees, and costs of bringing an
action under this Section. It is the express intention of the
General Assembly that remedies for violation of this Section
be cumulative.
    (n) No unit of local government, including any home rule
unit, shall have the authority to regulate immigration
assistance services unless such regulations are at least as
stringent as those contained in Public Act 87-1211. It is
declared to be the law of this State, pursuant to paragraph (i)
of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of
1970, that Public Act 87-1211 is a limitation on the authority
of a home rule unit to exercise powers concurrently with the
State. The limitations of this Section do not apply to a home
rule unit that has, prior to January 1, 1993 (the effective
date of Public Act 87-1211), adopted an ordinance regulating
immigration assistance services.
    (o) This Section is severable under Section 1.31 of the
Statute on Statutes.
    (p) The Attorney General shall issue rules not
inconsistent with this Section for the implementation,
administration, and enforcement of this Section. The rules may
provide for the following:
        (1) The content, print size, and print style of the
    signs required under subsection (e). Print sizes and
    styles may vary from language to language.
        (2) Standard forms for use in the administration of
    this Section.
        (3) Any additional requirements deemed necessary.
(Source: P.A. 99-679, eff. 1-1-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
 
    Section 145. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by
changing Sections 1 and 7 as follows:
 
    (820 ILCS 305/1)  (from Ch. 48, par. 138.1)
    Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Workers' Compensation
Act.
    (a) The term "employer" as used in this Act means:
    1. The State and each county, city, town, township,
incorporated village, school district, body politic, or
municipal corporation therein.
    2. Every person, firm, public or private corporation,
including hospitals, public service, eleemosynary, religious
or charitable corporations or associations who has any person
in service or under any contract for hire, express or implied,
oral or written, and who is engaged in any of the enterprises
or businesses enumerated in Section 3 of this Act, or who at or
prior to the time of the accident to the employee for which
compensation under this Act may be claimed, has in the manner
provided in this Act elected to become subject to the
provisions of this Act, and who has not, prior to such
accident, effected a withdrawal of such election in the manner
provided in this Act.
    3. Any one engaging in any business or enterprise referred
to in subsections 1 and 2 of Section 3 of this Act who
undertakes to do any work enumerated therein, is liable to pay
compensation to his own immediate employees in accordance with
the provisions of this Act, and in addition thereto if he
directly or indirectly engages any contractor whether
principal or sub-contractor to do any such work, he is liable
to pay compensation to the employees of any such contractor or
sub-contractor unless such contractor or sub-contractor has
insured, in any company or association authorized under the
laws of this State to insure the liability to pay compensation
under this Act, or guaranteed his liability to pay such
compensation. With respect to any time limitation on the
filing of claims provided by this Act, the timely filing of a
claim against a contractor or subcontractor, as the case may
be, shall be deemed to be a timely filing with respect to all
persons upon whom liability is imposed by this paragraph.
    In the event any such person pays compensation under this
subsection he may recover the amount thereof from the
contractor or sub-contractor, if any, and in the event the
contractor pays compensation under this subsection he may
recover the amount thereof from the sub-contractor, if any.
    This subsection does not apply in any case where the
accident occurs elsewhere than on, in or about the immediate
premises on which the principal has contracted that the work
be done.
    4. Where an employer operating under and subject to the
provisions of this Act loans an employee to another such
employer and such loaned employee sustains a compensable
accidental injury in the employment of such borrowing employer
and where such borrowing employer does not provide or pay the
benefits or payments due such injured employee, such loaning
employer is liable to provide or pay all benefits or payments
due such employee under this Act and as to such employee the
liability of such loaning and borrowing employers is joint and
several, provided that such loaning employer is in the absence
of agreement to the contrary entitled to receive from such
borrowing employer full reimbursement for all sums paid or
incurred pursuant to this paragraph together with reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses in any hearings before the
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission or in any action to
secure such reimbursement. Where any benefit is provided or
paid by such loaning employer the employee has the duty of
rendering reasonable cooperation in any hearings, trials or
proceedings in the case, including such proceedings for
reimbursement.
    Where an employee files an Application for Adjustment of
Claim with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
alleging that his claim is covered by the provisions of the
preceding paragraph, and joining both the alleged loaning and
borrowing employers, they and each of them, upon written
demand by the employee and within 7 days after receipt of such
demand, shall have the duty of filing with the Illinois
Workers' Compensation Commission a written admission or denial
of the allegation that the claim is covered by the provisions
of the preceding paragraph and in default of such filing or if
any such denial be ultimately determined not to have been bona
fide then the provisions of Paragraph K of Section 19 of this
Act shall apply.
    An employer whose business or enterprise or a substantial
part thereof consists of hiring, procuring or furnishing
employees to or for other employers operating under and
subject to the provisions of this Act for the performance of
the work of such other employers and who pays such employees
their salary or wages notwithstanding that they are doing the
work of such other employers shall be deemed a loaning
employer within the meaning and provisions of this Section.
    (b) The term "employee" as used in this Act means:
    1. Every person in the service of the State, including
members of the General Assembly, members of the Commerce
Commission, members of the Illinois Workers' Compensation
Commission, and all persons in the service of the University
of Illinois, county, including deputy sheriffs and assistant
state's attorneys, city, town, township, incorporated village
or school district, body politic, or municipal corporation
therein, whether by election, under appointment or contract of
hire, express or implied, oral or written, including all
members of the Illinois National Guard while on active duty in
the service of the State, and all probation personnel of the
Juvenile Court appointed pursuant to Article VI of the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and including any official of the
State, any county, city, town, township, incorporated village,
school district, body politic or municipal corporation therein
except any duly appointed member of a police department in any
city whose population exceeds 500,000 according to the last
Federal or State census, and except any member of a fire
insurance patrol maintained by a board of underwriters in this
State. A duly appointed member of a fire department in any
city, the population of which exceeds 500,000 according to the
last federal or State census, is an employee under this Act
only with respect to claims brought under paragraph (c) of
Section 8.
    One employed by a contractor who has contracted with the
State, or a county, city, town, township, incorporated
village, school district, body politic or municipal
corporation therein, through its representatives, is not
considered as an employee of the State, county, city, town,
township, incorporated village, school district, body politic
or municipal corporation which made the contract.
    2. Every person in the service of another under any
contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written,
including persons whose employment is outside of the State of
Illinois where the contract of hire is made within the State of
Illinois, persons whose employment results in fatal or
non-fatal injuries within the State of Illinois where the
contract of hire is made outside of the State of Illinois, and
persons whose employment is principally localized within the
State of Illinois, regardless of the place of the accident or
the place where the contract of hire was made, and including
noncitizens aliens, and minors who, for the purpose of this
Act are considered the same and have the same power to
contract, receive payments and give quittances therefor, as
adult employees.
    3. Every sole proprietor and every partner of a business
may elect to be covered by this Act.
    An employee or his dependents under this Act who shall
have a cause of action by reason of any injury, disablement or
death arising out of and in the course of his employment may
elect to pursue his remedy in the State where injured or
disabled, or in the State where the contract of hire is made,
or in the State where the employment is principally localized.
    However, any employer may elect to provide and pay
compensation to any employee other than those engaged in the
usual course of the trade, business, profession or occupation
of the employer by complying with Sections 2 and 4 of this Act.
Employees are not included within the provisions of this Act
when excluded by the laws of the United States relating to
liability of employers to their employees for personal
injuries where such laws are held to be exclusive.
    The term "employee" does not include persons performing
services as real estate broker, broker-salesman, or salesman
when such persons are paid by commission only.
    (c) "Commission" means the Industrial Commission created
by Section 5 of "The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois",
approved March 7, 1917, as amended, or the Illinois Workers'
Compensation Commission created by Section 13 of this Act.
    (d) To obtain compensation under this Act, an employee
bears the burden of showing, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that he or she has sustained accidental injuries
arising out of and in the course of the employment.
(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11; 97-268, eff. 8-8-11;
97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
    (820 ILCS 305/7)  (from Ch. 48, par. 138.7)
    Sec. 7. The amount of compensation which shall be paid for
an accidental injury to the employee resulting in death is:
    (a) If the employee leaves surviving a widow, widower,
child or children, the applicable weekly compensation rate
computed in accordance with subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of
Section 8, shall be payable during the life of the widow or
widower and if any surviving child or children shall not be
physically or mentally incapacitated then until the death of
the widow or widower or until the youngest child shall reach
the age of 18, whichever shall come later; provided that if
such child or children shall be enrolled as a full time student
in any accredited educational institution, the payments shall
continue until such child has attained the age of 25. In the
event any surviving child or children shall be physically or
mentally incapacitated, the payments shall continue for the
duration of such incapacity.
    The term "child" means a child whom the deceased employee
left surviving, including a posthumous child, a child legally
adopted, a child whom the deceased employee was legally
obligated to support or a child to whom the deceased employee
stood in loco parentis. The term "children" means the plural
of "child".
    The term "physically or mentally incapacitated child or
children" means a child or children incapable of engaging in
regular and substantial gainful employment.
    In the event of the remarriage of a widow or widower, where
the decedent did not leave surviving any child or children
who, at the time of such remarriage, are entitled to
compensation benefits under this Act, the surviving spouse
shall be paid a lump sum equal to 2 years compensation benefits
and all further rights of such widow or widower shall be
extinguished.
    If the employee leaves surviving any child or children
under 18 years of age who at the time of death shall be
entitled to compensation under this paragraph (a) of this
Section, the weekly compensation payments herein provided for
such child or children shall in any event continue for a period
of not less than 6 years.
    Any beneficiary entitled to compensation under this
paragraph (a) of this Section shall receive from the special
fund provided in paragraph (f) of this Section, in addition to
the compensation herein provided, supplemental benefits in
accordance with paragraph (g) of Section 8.
    (b) If no compensation is payable under paragraph (a) of
this Section and the employee leaves surviving a parent or
parents who at the time of the accident were totally dependent
upon the earnings of the employee then weekly payments equal
to the compensation rate payable in the case where the
employee leaves surviving a widow or widower, shall be paid to
such parent or parents for the duration of their lives, and in
the event of the death of either, for the life of the survivor.
    (c) If no compensation is payable under paragraphs (a) or
(b) of this Section and the employee leaves surviving any
child or children who are not entitled to compensation under
the foregoing paragraph (a) but who at the time of the accident
were nevertheless in any manner dependent upon the earnings of
the employee, or leaves surviving a parent or parents who at
the time of the accident were partially dependent upon the
earnings of the employee, then there shall be paid to such
dependent or dependents for a period of 8 years weekly
compensation payments at such proportion of the applicable
rate if the employee had left surviving a widow or widower as
such dependency bears to total dependency. In the event of the
death of any such beneficiary the share of such beneficiary
shall be divided equally among the surviving beneficiaries and
in the event of the death of the last such beneficiary all the
rights under this paragraph shall be extinguished.
    (d) If no compensation is payable under paragraphs (a),
(b) or (c) of this Section and the employee leaves surviving
any grandparent, grandparents, grandchild or grandchildren or
collateral heirs dependent upon the employee's earnings to the
extent of 50% or more of total dependency, then there shall be
paid to such dependent or dependents for a period of 5 years
weekly compensation payments at such proportion of the
applicable rate if the employee had left surviving a widow or
widower as such dependency bears to total dependency. In the
event of the death of any such beneficiary the share of such
beneficiary shall be divided equally among the surviving
beneficiaries and in the event of the death of the last such
beneficiary all rights hereunder shall be extinguished.
    (e) The compensation to be paid for accidental injury
which results in death, as provided in this Section, shall be
paid to the persons who form the basis for determining the
amount of compensation to be paid by the employer, the
respective shares to be in the proportion of their respective
dependency at the time of the accident on the earnings of the
deceased. The Commission or an Arbitrator thereof may, in its
or his discretion, order or award the payment to the parent or
grandparent of a child for the latter's support the amount of
compensation which but for such order or award would have been
paid to such child as its share of the compensation payable,
which order or award may be modified from time to time by the
Commission in its discretion with respect to the person to
whom shall be paid the amount of the order or award remaining
unpaid at the time of the modification.
    The payments of compensation by the employer in accordance
with the order or award of the Commission discharges such
employer from all further obligation as to such compensation.
    (f) The sum of $8,000 for burial expenses shall be paid by
the employer to the widow or widower, other dependent, next of
kin or to the person or persons incurring the expense of
burial.
    In the event the employer failed to provide necessary
first aid, medical, surgical or hospital service, he shall pay
the cost thereof to the person or persons entitled to
compensation under paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this
Section, or to the person or persons incurring the obligation
therefore, or providing the same.
    On January 15 and July 15, 1981, and on January 15 and July
15 of each year thereafter the employer shall within 60 days
pay a sum equal to 1/8 of 1% of all compensation payments made
by him after July 1, 1980, either under this Act or the
Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, whether by lump sum
settlement or weekly compensation payments, but not including
hospital, surgical or rehabilitation payments, made during the
first 6 months and during the second 6 months respectively of
the fiscal year next preceding the date of the payments, into a
special fund which shall be designated the "Second Injury
Fund", of which the State Treasurer is ex-officio custodian,
such special fund to be held and disbursed for the purposes
hereinafter stated in paragraphs (f) and (g) of Section 8,
either upon the order of the Commission or of a competent
court. Said special fund shall be deposited the same as are
State funds and any interest accruing thereon shall be added
thereto every 6 months. It is subject to audit the same as
State funds and accounts and is protected by the General bond
given by the State Treasurer. It is considered always
appropriated for the purposes of disbursements as provided in
Section 8, paragraph (f), of this Act, and shall be paid out
and disbursed as therein provided and shall not at any time be
appropriated or diverted to any other use or purpose.
    On January 15, 1991, the employer shall further pay a sum
equal to one half of 1% of all compensation payments made by
him from January 1, 1990 through June 30, 1990 either under
this Act or under the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act,
whether by lump sum settlement or weekly compensation
payments, but not including hospital, surgical or
rehabilitation payments, into an additional Special Fund which
shall be designated as the "Rate Adjustment Fund". On March
15, 1991, the employer shall pay into the Rate Adjustment Fund
a sum equal to one half of 1% of all such compensation payments
made from July 1, 1990 through December 31, 1990. Within 60
days after July 15, 1991, the employer shall pay into the Rate
Adjustment Fund a sum equal to one half of 1% of all such
compensation payments made from January 1, 1991 through June
30, 1991. Within 60 days after January 15 of 1992 and each
subsequent year through 1996, the employer shall pay into the
Rate Adjustment Fund a sum equal to one half of 1% of all such
compensation payments made in the last 6 months of the
preceding calendar year. Within 60 days after July 15 of 1992
and each subsequent year through 1995, the employer shall pay
into the Rate Adjustment Fund a sum equal to one half of 1% of
all such compensation payments made in the first 6 months of
the same calendar year. Within 60 days after January 15 of 1997
and each subsequent year through 2005, the employer shall pay
into the Rate Adjustment Fund a sum equal to three-fourths of
1% of all such compensation payments made in the last 6 months
of the preceding calendar year. Within 60 days after July 15 of
1996 and each subsequent year through 2004, the employer shall
pay into the Rate Adjustment Fund a sum equal to three-fourths
of 1% of all such compensation payments made in the first 6
months of the same calendar year. Within 60 days after July 15
of 2005, the employer shall pay into the Rate Adjustment Fund a
sum equal to 1% of such compensation payments made in the first
6 months of the same calendar year. Within 60 days after
January 15 of 2006 and each subsequent year, the employer
shall pay into the Rate Adjustment Fund a sum equal to 1.25% of
such compensation payments made in the last 6 months of the
preceding calendar year. Within 60 days after July 15 of 2006
and each subsequent year, the employer shall pay into the Rate
Adjustment Fund a sum equal to 1.25% of such compensation
payments made in the first 6 months of the same calendar year.
The administrative costs of collecting assessments from
employers for the Rate Adjustment Fund shall be paid from the
Rate Adjustment Fund. The cost of an actuarial audit of the
Fund shall be paid from the Rate Adjustment Fund. The State
Treasurer is ex officio custodian of such Special Fund and the
same shall be held and disbursed for the purposes hereinafter
stated in paragraphs (f) and (g) of Section 8 upon the order of
the Commission or of a competent court. The Rate Adjustment
Fund shall be deposited the same as are State funds and any
interest accruing thereon shall be added thereto every 6
months. It shall be subject to audit the same as State funds
and accounts and shall be protected by the general bond given
by the State Treasurer. It is considered always appropriated
for the purposes of disbursements as provided in paragraphs
(f) and (g) of Section 8 of this Act and shall be paid out and
disbursed as therein provided and shall not at any time be
appropriated or diverted to any other use or purpose. Within 5
days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990,
the Comptroller and the State Treasurer shall transfer
$1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Rate
Adjustment Fund. By February 15, 1991, the Comptroller and the
State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000 from the Rate
Adjustment Fund to the General Revenue Fund. The Comptroller
and Treasurer are authorized to make transfers at the request
of the Chairman up to a total of $19,000,000 from the Second
Injury Fund, the General Revenue Fund, and the Workers'
Compensation Benefit Trust Fund to the Rate Adjustment Fund to
the extent that there is insufficient money in the Rate
Adjustment Fund to pay claims and obligations. Amounts may be
transferred from the General Revenue Fund only if the funds in
the Second Injury Fund or the Workers' Compensation Benefit
Trust Fund are insufficient to pay claims and obligations of
the Rate Adjustment Fund. All amounts transferred from the
Second Injury Fund, the General Revenue Fund, and the Workers'
Compensation Benefit Trust Fund shall be repaid from the Rate
Adjustment Fund within 270 days of a transfer, together with
interest at the rate earned by moneys on deposit in the Fund or
Funds from which the moneys were transferred.
    Upon a finding by the Commission, after reasonable notice
and hearing, that any employer has willfully and knowingly
failed to pay the proper amounts into the Second Injury Fund or
the Rate Adjustment Fund required by this Section or if such
payments are not made within the time periods prescribed by
this Section, the employer shall, in addition to such
payments, pay a penalty of 20% of the amount required to be
paid or $2,500, whichever is greater, for each year or part
thereof of such failure to pay. This penalty shall only apply
to obligations of an employer to the Second Injury Fund or the
Rate Adjustment Fund accruing after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1989. All or part of such a penalty may be
waived by the Commission for good cause shown.
    Any obligations of an employer to the Second Injury Fund
and Rate Adjustment Fund accruing prior to the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1989 shall be paid in full by such
employer within 5 years of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1989, with at least one-fifth of such
obligation to be paid during each year following the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1989. If the Commission finds,
following reasonable notice and hearing, that an employer has
failed to make timely payment of any obligation accruing under
the preceding sentence, the employer shall, in addition to all
other payments required by this Section, be liable for a
penalty equal to 20% of the overdue obligation or $2,500,
whichever is greater, for each year or part thereof that
obligation is overdue. All or part of such a penalty may be
waived by the Commission for good cause shown.
    The Chairman of the Illinois Workers' Compensation
Commission shall, annually, furnish to the Director of the
Department of Insurance a list of the amounts paid into the
Second Injury Fund and the Rate Adjustment Fund by each
insurance company on behalf of their insured employers. The
Director shall verify to the Chairman that the amounts paid by
each insurance company are accurate as best as the Director
can determine from the records available to the Director. The
Chairman shall verify that the amounts paid by each
self-insurer are accurate as best as the Chairman can
determine from records available to the Chairman. The Chairman
may require each self-insurer to provide information
concerning the total compensation payments made upon which
contributions to the Second Injury Fund and the Rate
Adjustment Fund are predicated and any additional information
establishing that such payments have been made into these
funds. Any deficiencies in payments noted by the Director or
Chairman shall be subject to the penalty provisions of this
Act.
    The State Treasurer, or his duly authorized
representative, shall be named as a party to all proceedings
in all cases involving claim for the loss of, or the permanent
and complete loss of the use of one eye, one foot, one leg, one
arm or one hand.
    The State Treasurer or his duly authorized agent shall
have the same rights as any other party to the proceeding,
including the right to petition for review of any award. The
reasonable expenses of litigation, such as medical
examinations, testimony, and transcript of evidence, incurred
by the State Treasurer or his duly authorized representative,
shall be borne by the Second Injury Fund.
    If the award is not paid within 30 days after the date the
award has become final, the Commission shall proceed to take
judgment thereon in its own name as is provided for other
awards by paragraph (g) of Section 19 of this Act and take the
necessary steps to collect the award.
    Any person, corporation or organization who has paid or
become liable for the payment of burial expenses of the
deceased employee may in his or its own name institute
proceedings before the Commission for the collection thereof.
    For the purpose of administration, receipts and
disbursements, the Special Fund provided for in paragraph (f)
of this Section shall be administered jointly with the Special
Fund provided for in Section 7, paragraph (f) of the Workers'
Occupational Diseases Act.
    (g) All compensation, except for burial expenses provided
in this Section to be paid in case accident results in death,
shall be paid in installments equal to the percentage of the
average earnings as provided for in Section 8, paragraph (b)
of this Act, at the same intervals at which the wages or
earnings of the employees were paid. If this is not feasible,
then the installments shall be paid weekly. Such compensation
may be paid in a lump sum upon petition as provided in Section
9 of this Act. However, in addition to the benefits provided by
Section 9 of this Act where compensation for death is payable
to the deceased's widow, widower or to the deceased's widow,
widower and one or more children, and where a partial lump sum
is applied for by such beneficiary or beneficiaries within 18
months after the deceased's death, the Commission may, in its
discretion, grant a partial lump sum of not to exceed 100 weeks
of the compensation capitalized at their present value upon
the basis of interest calculated at 3% per annum with annual
rests, upon a showing that such partial lump sum is for the
best interest of such beneficiary or beneficiaries.
    (h) In case the injured employee is under 16 years of age
at the time of the accident and is illegally employed, the
amount of compensation payable under paragraphs (a), (b), (c),
(d) and (f) of this Section shall be increased 50%.
    Nothing herein contained repeals or amends the provisions
of the Child Labor Law relating to the employment of minors
under the age of 16 years.
    However, where an employer has on file an employment
certificate issued pursuant to the Child Labor Law or work
permit issued pursuant to the Federal Fair Labor Standards
Act, as amended, or a birth certificate properly and duly
issued, such certificate, permit or birth certificate is
conclusive evidence as to the age of the injured minor
employee for the purposes of this Section only.
    (i) Whenever the dependents of a deceased employee are
noncitizens aliens not residing in the United States, Mexico
or Canada, the amount of compensation payable is limited to
the beneficiaries described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of
this Section and is 50% of the compensation provided in
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section, except as
otherwise provided by treaty.
    In a case where any of the persons who would be entitled to
compensation is living at any place outside of the United
States, then payment shall be made to the personal
representative of the deceased employee. The distribution by
such personal representative to the persons entitled shall be
made to such persons and in such manner as the Commission
orders.
(Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05; 94-277, eff. 7-20-05;
94-695, eff. 11-16-05.)
 
    Section 150. The Workers' Occupational Diseases Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
    (820 ILCS 310/1)  (from Ch. 48, par. 172.36)
    Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the
"Workers' Occupational Diseases Act".
    (a) The term "employer" as used in this Act shall be
construed to be:
        1. The State and each county, city, town, township,
    incorporated village, school district, body politic, or
    municipal corporation therein.
        2. Every person, firm, public or private corporation,
    including hospitals, public service, eleemosynary,
    religious or charitable corporations or associations, who
    has any person in service or under any contract for hire,
    express or implied, oral or written.
        3. Where an employer operating under and subject to
    the provisions of this Act loans an employee to another
    such employer and such loaned employee sustains a
    compensable occupational disease in the employment of such
    borrowing employer and where such borrowing employer does
    not provide or pay the benefits or payments due such
    employee, such loaning employer shall be liable to provide
    or pay all benefits or payments due such employee under
    this Act and as to such employee the liability of such
    loaning and borrowing employers shall be joint and
    several, provided that such loaning employer shall in the
    absence of agreement to the contrary be entitled to
    receive from such borrowing employer full reimbursement
    for all sums paid or incurred pursuant to this paragraph
    together with reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses in
    any hearings before the Illinois Workers' Compensation
    Commission or in any action to secure such reimbursement.
    Where any benefit is provided or paid by such loaning
    employer, the employee shall have the duty of rendering
    reasonable co-operation in any hearings, trials or
    proceedings in the case, including such proceedings for
    reimbursement.
        Where an employee files an Application for Adjustment
    of Claim with the Illinois Workers' Compensation
    Commission alleging that his or her claim is covered by
    the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and joining
    both the alleged loaning and borrowing employers, they and
    each of them, upon written demand by the employee and
    within 7 days after receipt of such demand, shall have the
    duty of filing with the Illinois Workers' Compensation
    Commission a written admission or denial of the allegation
    that the claim is covered by the provisions of the
    preceding paragraph and in default of such filing or if
    any such denial be ultimately determined not to have been
    bona fide then the provisions of Paragraph K of Section 19
    of this Act shall apply.
        An employer whose business or enterprise or a
    substantial part thereof consists of hiring, procuring or
    furnishing employees to or for other employers operating
    under and subject to the provisions of this Act for the
    performance of the work of such other employers and who
    pays such employees their salary or wage notwithstanding
    that they are doing the work of such other employers shall
    be deemed a loaning employer within the meaning and
    provisions of this Section.
    (b) The term "employee" as used in this Act, shall be
construed to mean:
        1. Every person in the service of the State, county,
    city, town, township, incorporated village or school
    district, body politic or municipal corporation therein,
    whether by election, appointment or contract of hire,
    express or implied, oral or written, including any
    official of the State, or of any county, city, town,
    township, incorporated village, school district, body
    politic or municipal corporation therein and except any
    duly appointed member of the fire department in any city
    whose population exceeds 500,000 according to the last
    Federal or State census, and except any member of a fire
    insurance patrol maintained by a board of underwriters in
    this State. One employed by a contractor who has
    contracted with the State, or a county, city, town,
    township, incorporated village, school district, body
    politic or municipal corporation therein, through its
    representatives, shall not be considered as an employee of
    the State, county, city, town, township, incorporated
    village, school district, body politic or municipal
    corporation which made the contract.
        2. Every person in the service of another under any
    contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, who
    contracts an occupational disease while working in the
    State of Illinois, or who contracts an occupational
    disease while working outside of the State of Illinois but
    where the contract of hire is made within the State of
    Illinois, and any person whose employment is principally
    localized within the State of Illinois, regardless of the
    place where the disease was contracted or place where the
    contract of hire was made, including noncitizens aliens,
    and minors who, for the purpose of this Act, except
    Section 3 hereof, shall be considered the same and have
    the same power to contract, receive payments and give
    quittances therefor, as adult employees. An employee or
    his or her dependents under this Act who shall have a cause
    of action by reason of an occupational disease,
    disablement or death arising out of and in the course of
    his or her employment may elect or pursue his or her remedy
    in the State where the disease was contracted, or in the
    State where the contract of hire is made, or in the State
    where the employment is principally localized.
    (c) "Commission" means the Illinois Workers' Compensation
Commission created by the Workers' Compensation Act, approved
July 9, 1951, as amended.
    (d) In this Act the term "Occupational Disease" means a
disease arising out of and in the course of the employment or
which has become aggravated and rendered disabling as a result
of the exposure of the employment. Such aggravation shall
arise out of a risk peculiar to or increased by the employment
and not common to the general public.
    A disease shall be deemed to arise out of the employment if
there is apparent to the rational mind, upon consideration of
all the circumstances, a causal connection between the
conditions under which the work is performed and the
occupational disease. The disease need not to have been
foreseen or expected but after its contraction it must appear
to have had its origin or aggravation in a risk connected with
the employment and to have flowed from that source as a
rational consequence.
    An employee shall be conclusively deemed to have been
exposed to the hazards of an occupational disease when, for
any length of time however short, he or she is employed in an
occupation or process in which the hazard of the disease
exists; provided however, that in a claim of exposure to
atomic radiation, the fact of such exposure must be verified
by the records of the central registry of radiation exposure
maintained by the Department of Public Health or by some other
recognized governmental agency maintaining records of such
exposures whenever and to the extent that the records are on
file with the Department of Public Health or the agency.
    Any injury to or disease or death of an employee arising
from the administration of a vaccine, including without
limitation smallpox vaccine, to prepare for, or as a response
to, a threatened or potential bioterrorist incident to the
employee as part of a voluntary inoculation program in
connection with the person's employment or in connection with
any governmental program or recommendation for the inoculation
of workers in the employee's occupation, geographical area, or
other category that includes the employee is deemed to arise
out of and in the course of the employment for all purposes
under this Act. This paragraph added by Public Act 93-829 is
declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment.
    The employer liable for the compensation in this Act
provided shall be the employer in whose employment the
employee was last exposed to the hazard of the occupational
disease claimed upon regardless of the length of time of such
last exposure, except, in cases of silicosis or asbestosis,
the only employer liable shall be the last employer in whose
employment the employee was last exposed during a period of 60
days or more after the effective date of this Act, to the
hazard of such occupational disease, and, in such cases, an
exposure during a period of less than 60 days, after the
effective date of this Act, shall not be deemed a last
exposure. If a miner who is suffering or suffered from
pneumoconiosis was employed for 10 years or more in one or more
coal mines there shall, effective July 1, 1973 be a rebuttable
presumption that his or her pneumoconiosis arose out of such
employment.
    If a deceased miner was employed for 10 years or more in
one or more coal mines and died from a respirable disease there
shall, effective July 1, 1973, be a rebuttable presumption
that his or her death was due to pneumoconiosis.
    Any condition or impairment of health of an employee
employed as a firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT),
emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), advanced
emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic which
results directly or indirectly from any bloodborne pathogen,
lung or respiratory disease or condition, heart or vascular
disease or condition, hypertension, tuberculosis, or cancer
resulting in any disability (temporary, permanent, total, or
partial) to the employee shall be rebuttably presumed to arise
out of and in the course of the employee's firefighting, EMT,
EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic employment and, further, shall be
rebuttably presumed to be causally connected to the hazards or
exposures of the employment. This presumption shall also apply
to any hernia or hearing loss suffered by an employee employed
as a firefighter, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic. However,
this presumption shall not apply to any employee who has been
employed as a firefighter, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic for
less than 5 years at the time he or she files an Application
for Adjustment of Claim concerning this condition or
impairment with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
The rebuttable presumption established under this subsection,
however, does not apply to an emergency medical technician
(EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I),
advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic
employed by a private employer if the employee spends the
preponderance of his or her work time for that employer
engaged in medical transfers between medical care facilities
or non-emergency medical transfers to or from medical care
facilities. The changes made to this subsection by this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be narrowly
construed. The Finding and Decision of the Illinois Workers'
Compensation Commission under only the rebuttable presumption
provision of this paragraph shall not be admissible or be
deemed res judicata in any disability claim under the Illinois
Pension Code arising out of the same medical condition;
however, this sentence makes no change to the law set forth in
Krohe v. City of Bloomington, 204 Ill.2d 392.
    The insurance carrier liable shall be the carrier whose
policy was in effect covering the employer liable on the last
day of the exposure rendering such employer liable in
accordance with the provisions of this Act.
    (e) "Disablement" means an impairment or partial
impairment, temporary or permanent, in the function of the
body or any of the members of the body, or the event of
becoming disabled from earning full wages at the work in which
the employee was engaged when last exposed to the hazards of
the occupational disease by the employer from whom he or she
claims compensation, or equal wages in other suitable
employment; and "disability" means the state of being so
incapacitated.
    (f) No compensation shall be payable for or on account of
any occupational disease unless disablement, as herein
defined, occurs within two years after the last day of the last
exposure to the hazards of the disease, except in cases of
occupational disease caused by berylliosis or by the
inhalation of silica dust or asbestos dust and, in such cases,
within 3 years after the last day of the last exposure to the
hazards of such disease and except in the case of occupational
disease caused by exposure to radiological materials or
equipment, and in such case, within 25 years after the last day
of last exposure to the hazards of such disease.
    (g)(1) In any proceeding before the Commission in which
the employee is a COVID-19 first responder or front-line
worker as defined in this subsection, if the employee's injury
or occupational disease resulted from exposure to and
contraction of COVID-19, the exposure and contraction shall be
rebuttably presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of
the employee's first responder or front-line worker employment
and the injury or occupational disease shall be rebuttably
presumed to be causally connected to the hazards or exposures
of the employee's first responder or front-line worker
employment.
    (2) The term "COVID-19 first responder or front-line
worker" means: all individuals employed as police, fire
personnel, emergency medical technicians, or paramedics; all
individuals employed and considered as first responders; all
workers for health care providers, including nursing homes and
rehabilitation facilities and home care workers; corrections
officers; and any individuals employed by essential businesses
and operations as defined in Executive Order 2020-10 dated
March 20, 2020, as long as individuals employed by essential
businesses and operations are required by their employment to
encounter members of the general public or to work in
employment locations of more than 15 employees. For purposes
of this subsection only, an employee's home or place of
residence is not a place of employment, except for home care
workers.
    (3) The presumption created in this subsection may be
rebutted by evidence, including, but not limited to, the
following:
        (A) the employee was working from his or her home, on
    leave from his or her employment, or some combination
    thereof, for a period of 14 or more consecutive days
    immediately prior to the employee's injury, occupational
    disease, or period of incapacity resulted from exposure to
    COVID-19; or
        (B) the employer was engaging in and applying to the
    fullest extent possible or enforcing to the best of its
    ability industry-specific workplace sanitation, social
    distancing, and health and safety practices based on
    updated guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control
    and Prevention or Illinois Department of Public Health or
    was using a combination of administrative controls,
    engineering controls, or personal protective equipment to
    reduce the transmission of COVID-19 to all employees for
    at least 14 consecutive days prior to the employee's
    injury, occupational disease, or period of incapacity
    resulting from exposure to COVID-19. For purposes of this
    subsection, "updated" means the guidance in effect at
    least 14 days prior to the COVID-19 diagnosis. For
    purposes of this subsection, "personal protective
    equipment" means industry-specific equipment worn to
    minimize exposure to hazards that cause illnesses or
    serious injuries, which may result from contact with
    biological, chemical, radiological, physical, electrical,
    mechanical, or other workplace hazards. "Personal
    protective equipment" includes, but is not limited to,
    items such as face coverings, gloves, safety glasses,
    safety face shields, barriers, shoes, earplugs or muffs,
    hard hats, respirators, coveralls, vests, and full body
    suits; or
        (C) the employee was exposed to COVID-19 by an
    alternate source.
    (4) The rebuttable presumption created in this subsection
applies to all cases tried after June 5, 2020 (the effective
date of Public Act 101-633) and in which the diagnosis of
COVID-19 was made on or after March 9, 2020 and on or before
June 30, 2021 (including the period between December 31, 2020
and the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
General Assembly).
    (5) Under no circumstances shall any COVID-19 case
increase or affect any employer's workers' compensation
insurance experience rating or modification, but COVID-19
costs may be included in determining overall State loss costs.
    (6) In order for the presumption created in this
subsection to apply at trial, for COVID-19 diagnoses occurring
on or before June 15, 2020, an employee must provide a
confirmed medical diagnosis by a licensed medical practitioner
or a positive laboratory test for COVID-19 or for COVID-19
antibodies; for COVID-19 diagnoses occurring after June 15,
2020, an employee must provide a positive laboratory test for
COVID-19 or for COVID-19 antibodies.
    (7) The presumption created in this subsection does not
apply if the employee's place of employment was solely the
employee's home or residence for a period of 14 or more
consecutive days immediately prior to the employee's injury,
occupational disease, or period of incapacity resulted from
exposure to COVID-19.
    (8) The date of injury or the beginning of the employee's
occupational disease or period of disability is either the
date that the employee was unable to work due to contraction of
COVID-19 or was unable to work due to symptoms that were later
diagnosed as COVID-19, whichever came first.
    (9) An employee who contracts COVID-19, but fails to
establish the rebuttable presumption is not precluded from
filing for compensation under this Act or under the Workers'
Compensation Act.
    (10) To qualify for temporary total disability benefits
under the presumption created in this subsection, the employee
must be certified for or recertified for temporary disability.
    (11) An employer is entitled to a credit against any
liability for temporary total disability due to an employee as
a result of the employee contracting COVID-19 for (A) any sick
leave benefits or extended salary benefits paid to the
employee by the employer under Emergency Family Medical Leave
Expansion Act, Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act of the Families
First Coronavirus Response Act, or any other federal law, or
(B) any other credit to which an employer is entitled under the
Workers' Compensation Act.
(Source: P.A. 101-633, eff. 6-5-20; 101-653, eff. 2-28-21.)
 
    Section 155. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
changing Sections 211.4 and 614 as follows:
 
    (820 ILCS 405/211.4)  (from Ch. 48, par. 321.4)
    Sec. 211.4. A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the term "employment" shall include service performed
after December 31, 1977, by an individual in agricultural
labor as defined in Section 214 when:
        1. Such service is performed for an employing unit
    which (a) paid cash wages of $20,000 or more during any
    calendar quarter in either the current or preceding
    calendar year to an individual or individuals employed in
    agricultural labor (not taking into account service in
    agricultural labor performed before January 1, 1980, by a
    noncitizen an alien referred to in paragraph 2); or (b)
    employed in agricultural labor (not taking into account
    service in agricultural labor performed before January 1,
    1980, by a noncitizen an alien referred to in paragraph 2)
    10 or more individuals within each of 20 or more calendar
    weeks (but not necessarily simultaneously and irrespective
    of whether the same individuals are or were employed in
    each such week), whether or not such weeks are or were
    consecutive, within either the current or preceding
    calendar year.
        2. Such service is not performed in agricultural labor
    if performed before January 1, 1980 or on or after the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
    Assembly, by an individual who is a noncitizen an alien
    admitted to the United States to perform service in
    agricultural labor pursuant to Sections 214(c) and
    101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
    B. For the purposes of this Section, any individual who is
a member of a crew furnished by a crew leader to perform
service in agricultural labor for any other employing unit
shall be treated as performing service in the employ of such
crew leader if (1) the leader holds a valid certificate of
registration under the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act
of 1963, or substantially all the members of such crew operate
or maintain tractors, mechanized harvesting or crop dusting
equipment, or any other mechanized equipment, which is
provided by the crew leader; and (2) the service of such
individual is not in employment for such other employing unit
within the meaning of subsections A and C of Section 212, and
of Section 213.
    C. For the purposes of this Section, any individual who is
furnished by a crew leader to perform service in agricultural
labor for any other employing unit, and who is not treated as
performing service in the employ of such crew leader under
subsection B, shall be treated as performing service in the
employ of such other employing unit, and such employing unit
shall be treated as having paid cash wages to such individual
in an amount equal to the amount of cash wages paid to the
individual by the crew leader (either on his own behalf or on
behalf of such other employing unit) for the service in
agricultural labor performed for such other employing unit.
    D. For the purposes of this Section, the term "crew
leader" means an individual who (1) furnishes individuals to
perform service in agricultural labor for any other employing
unit; (2) pays (either on his own behalf or on behalf of such
other employing unit) the individuals so furnished by him for
the service in agricultural labor performed by them; and (3)
has not entered into a written agreement with such other
employing unit under which an individual so furnished by him
is designated as performing services in the employ of such
other employing unit.
(Source: P.A. 96-1208, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
    (820 ILCS 405/614)  (from Ch. 48, par. 444)
    Sec. 614. Noncitizens Non-resident aliens - ineligibility.
A noncitizen An alien shall be ineligible for benefits for any
week which begins after December 31, 1977, on the basis of
wages for services performed by such noncitizen alien, unless
the noncitizen alien was an individual who was lawfully
admitted for permanent residence at the time such services
were performed or otherwise was permanently residing in the
United States under color of law at the time such services were
performed (including a noncitizen an alien who was lawfully
present in the United States as a result of the application of
the provisions of Section 212(d) (5) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act); provided, that any modifications of the
provisions of Section 3304(a) (14) of the Federal Unemployment
Tax Act which
        A. Specify other conditions or another effective date
    than stated herein for ineligibility for benefits based on
    wages for services performed by noncitizens aliens, and
        B. Are required to be implemented under this Act as a
    condition for the Federal approval of this Act requisite
    to the full tax credit against the tax imposed by the
    Federal Act for contributions paid by employers pursuant
    to this Act, shall be applicable under the provisions of
    this Section.
    Any data or information required of individuals who claim
benefits for the purpose of determining whether benefits are
not payable to them pursuant to this Section shall be
uniformly required of all individuals who claim benefits.
    If an individual would otherwise be eligible for benefits,
no determination shall be made that such individual is
ineligible for benefits pursuant to this Section because of
the individual's noncitizen alien status, except upon a
preponderance of the evidence.
(Source: P.A. 86-3; 87-122.)
 
    Section 995. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the
changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any
other Public Act.
 
    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.