CHICAGO - August 25, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bills:
Bill No.: HB 78
An Act Concerning: Education
Creates the offense of criminal trespass to a safe school zone.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 190
An Act Concerning: Education
Allows for at least 5 charter schools in the Chicagoland area to educate students from low-performing or overcrowded schools and also be devoted to those high school students at risk of dropping out.
Action: Amendatorily Vetoed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 237
An Act Concerning: State Government
Creates the Illinois Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 242
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Creates a timeframe for counties to respond to requests from townships to demolish or repair buildings considered to be a nuisance or hazard to the community and extends the time allowed for townships to pay back loans on new building projects.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 299
An Act Concerning: Public Health
Creates a reporting requirement for all CD4 and HIV viral load test results.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 806
An Act Concerning: Safety
Places notification requirements on landowners who apply sludge to farmland.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1056
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Allows municipalities to adopt rules of procedure concerning participation during public hearings.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1069
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Requires director of the Illinois State Police to develop a process for waiver applications for qualified State police officers to act as death and homicide investigators and may grant waivers.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1095
An Act Concerning: State Government
The bill prohibits the use of controls in forced air heating equipment "in any non-residential structure," except for structures used for production agriculture, and provides for criminal penalties for violations of rebuilt flame safeguard controls.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1153
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Creates the Illinois Residential Real Property Transfer on Death Instrument Act.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1193
An Act Concerning: Insurance
Sets an 18-month time limit for insurance companies to recoup payments made to providers in error.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1218
An Act Concerning: Revenue
Changes a number of requirements concerning tax sales and other changes to the property tax code.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Bill No.: HB 1488
An Act Concerning: State Government
Creates a Management Improvement Initiative Committee to implement recommendations made in a report concerning streamlining oversight of human service providers.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1571
An Act Concerning: Education
Makes technical changes to the Care of Students with Diabetes Act.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 1908
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Prohibits persons on parole/release for meth charges to buy pseudoephedrine unless prescribed by a physician.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1909
An Act Concerning: Local Government
Amends service of process requirements under the Counties Code for property owners who have repeatedly violated the code.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1929
An Act Concerning: Corrections
Increases from $2 to $5 the amount of co-payment the Illinois Department of Corrections is authorized to collect for non-emergency medical and dental care from inmates.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 1973
An Act Concerning: State Government
Amends the fee-splitting prohibition in the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2094
An Act Concerning: Wildlife
Clarifies the definition of "baiting" in the Wildlife Code.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2193
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Creates a criminal offense for possession and sale of caustic and noxious substances, and provides for restrictions on the purchase or acquisition of corrosive or caustic acid.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 2362
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Clarifies how a defendant's medical records are given to a court-appointed expert for a determination of the defendant's fitness to stand trial.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 2804
An Act Concerning: Wildlife
Allows for the donation of unwanted or unclaimed deer meat by licensed meat processors.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediate
Bill No.: HB 3005
An Act Concerning: Parentage
Restricts the definition of the term "parent" as it relates to child protection proceedings in juvenile court.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3012
An Act Concerning: Civil Law
Requires stable keepers to have an enforceable lien for the cost of unpaid boarding and related expenses for horses as well as all personal property left on the premises.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 3115
An Act Concerning: Education
Authorizes the Illinois State Board of Education to provide funding to K-12 public and private schools for the purchase of selected textbooks through a new state block grant, replacing the former Illinois Textbook Loan Program.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
Bill No.: HB 3237
An Act Concerning: Employment
Creates a criminal penalty of a Class A misdemeanor for violating the Prevailing Wage Act and debars those convicted or found guilty of violations of the Act for a period of 4 years. Permits state, local and federal law enforcement agencies to obtain relevant documents from contractors and subcontractors. Also, ensures that officers and agents of corporations who perform prevailing wage work are held accountable for the actions of their corporations.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 3300
An Act Concerning: Criminal Law
Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act regarding victim impact statements at sentencing hearings and expands the duties of victim advocate personnel.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Jan. 1
Bill No.: HB 3414
An Act Concerning: State Government
Transfers the Illinois Main Street Program to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council to the Governor's Office.
Action: Signed
Effective Date: Immediately
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