CHICAGO - August 2, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bills:
Bill No.: HB 3915
An Act Concerning: Human Rights
Deletes the word "handicap" and replaces it with the word "disability" in various acts.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3960
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Removes life insurance premiums as a deduction from an obligor's net income for purposes of determining the amount of child support.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 4447
An Act Concerning: Agriculture
Provides that the Department of Agriculture will receive appropriations for funding research at Illinois' public and non-public institutions of higher education.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 639
An Act Concerning: Education
Allows for the rehabilitation of aging school buildings and facilities.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 1127
An Act Concerning: Corporations
Codifies right to indemnification of employees of corporations and not for profit entities.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 2536
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
In counties with populations greater than 1 million, the public administrator will retain his or her records pursuant to the Local Records Act.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 2579
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Allows trailer and semi-trailer length limits to be expanded to accommodate livestock transportation.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 2824
An Act Concerning: State Government
Prohibits the comptroller from offsetting payments to be distributed from the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 2897
An Act Concerning: Business
Creates the Benefit Corporation Act, which allows corporations organized under the Business Corporation Act of 1983 to elect to become benefit corporations.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 2941
An Act Concerning: Regulation
Provide that a dentist may not have more than four dental assistants working under the dentist's supervision.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 2947
An Act Concerning: Safety
Prohibits the ownership or operation of municipal solid waste landfill units by anyone other than the state, its agencies and institutions, or a unit of local government.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 3292
An Act Concerning: Animals
Allows the Department of Agriculture to establish and collect fees for services performed in the state's animal disease laboratories.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 3423
An Act Concerning: Drugs
Promotes the rehabilitation of individuals convicted of non-violent, first-time possession of methamphetamine by making them eligible for probation with drug treatment and supervision by Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC) as an alternative to prison.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: SB 3508
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Requires specified governmental units to electronically submit financial reports to the comptroller's office. Requires all counties to electronically submit to the comptroller annual audit and financial reports. Requires the comptroller to post all such reports on the Internet.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
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