CHICAGO - Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bills:

Bill No.: HB 192

An Act Concerning: Education

Allows Lake County Township High School District 113 to issue bonds to become due within 25 years.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

Bill No.: HB 479

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Allows the Illinois Medical District Commission, rather than the Auditor General, to provide its annual audits to the General Assembly.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

Bill No.: HB 513

An Act Concerning: Education

Requires Governor's State University to provide the names of individuals enrolled in alternative teaching certification programs and extends the deadline for those individuals to complete the programs.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

Bill No.: HB 982

An Act Concerning: Insurance

Allows the charging of assets for another business a company conducts if the separate account is subject to guarantees, so long as the contract does not specify that the assets are insulated.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

Bill No.: HB 3390

An Act Concerning: Civil Law

Implements operational efficiencies and cost-cutting measures for the administration of the Workers' Compensation Commission.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

Bill No.: SB 626

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Ensures that Early Intervention Services is in compliance with new federal regulation.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

Bill No.: SB 1366

An Act Concerning: Public Employee Benefits

Extends the Early Retirement Without Discount Option under the Teachers' Retirement System for three years, provided certain conditions are met.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

Bill No.: SB 1584

An Act Concerning: Public Employee Benefits

Requires the boards of local pension systems within the City of Chicago to continue to subsidize retiree health care costs for the City of Chicago.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

Bill No.: SB 1621

An Act Concerning: State Government

Repeals or makes permissive several unfunded or unduly burdensome mandates for State agencies.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

Bill No.: SB 1664

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Makes technical changes to and extends the sunset dates of the Public Utilities Act, Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007, and the Wireless Emergency Telephone System Act.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

Bill No.: SB 1688

An Act Concerning: Education

Eliminates the community college districts' non-residential gross square footage calculation requirement for grant appropriations.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediate

 

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