Governor Quinn Takes Bill Action
**Thursday, March 10, 2011**
CHICAGO - March 10, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bill:
Bill No.: HB 1422
Renames an Illinois Department of Natural Resources building after former Director Joel Brunsvold.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 5289
Amends the School Code so that Valley View Community Unit School District 365U may, as a part of a debt restructuring plan, extend their bond maturity limit for capital bonds from 20 to 25 years.
An Act Concerning: Finance
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 6908
Creates specialty license plates for the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation.
An Act Concerning: Transportation
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 150
Creates the Community Expanded Mental Health Services Act requiring election authorities to place the question of creating an Expanded Mental Health Services Program within the City of Chicago on the ballot if it is initiated by resolution, ordinance or by a petition.
An Act Concerning: Public Health
Action: Signed
Effective Date: June 1
Bill No.: SB 362
Extends the time that fractional cumulative votes can be tabulated at the central office of an election jurisdiction from December 31, 2007 to December 31, 2011.
An Act Concerning: Elections
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 389
Provides assistance in obtaining mental health and support services upon release to wrongfully imprisoned individuals.
An Act Concerning: State Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: July 1
Bill No.: SB 1310
Re-codifies and realigns provisions of the Criminal Code.
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Action: Signed
Effective Date: July 1
Bill No.: SB 2530
Allows a redevelopment project in a TIF district in the City of Venice to be completed by the end of 2028.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: SB 2797
Limits the scope of the Cook County Assessor`s power to add mistakenly omitted properties to the tax rolls, makes disputes over such omissions reviewable by the Board of Review, and sets parameters for the mandated repayment of any resulting back property taxes owed.
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
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