24 Aug 2012

Schilling Statement on Updated CBO Outlook

By Andie Pivarunas

"We can find bipartisan, common ground.  We just need the Senate to join us in our efforts."
Moline, Illinois - Congressman Bobby Schilling (IL-17) released the following statement regarding the Budget and Economic Outlook report released today by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).  The report indicates that unemployment will remain at approximately 8 percent through the end of the year and that the 2012 deficit will surpass $1 trillion for the fourth consecutive year:

"Today's CBO report makes clearer than ever that a significant problem is heading our way if Congress fails to act.  The House has taken bipartisan steps to keep taxes low for all Americans, which would keep Illinois from losing 30,700 jobs at a time when our state's unemployment rate is at 8.7 percent.  We have also offered a plan to avoid devastating cuts to our national defense, cuts that would cost around 1 million jobs at a time when the nation's unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent for a record-breaking 42 consecutive months.

"The House of Representatives has passed two serious budget proposals in the short time I have been in office to address our debt crisis, flatten and simplify the tax code, turn our economy around, and help spur private-sector job creation.  But as I have said before, the House cannot do it alone.  We can find bipartisan, common ground, and we can stop spending money we don't have.  We just need the Senate to join us in our efforts."

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24 Aug 2012

Rock Island County Forest Preserve District Awarded

By Robert Jackson Jr.
(Chicago)--The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been

awarded to Rock Island County Forest Preserve District by the Government Finance Officers

Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its comprehensive annual financial

report (CAFR). The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of

governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant

accomplishment by a government and its management

An Award of Financial Reporting Achievement has been awarded to the individual(s),

department or agency designated by the government as primarily responsible for preparing the

award-winning CAFR. This has been presented to:

County Auditor's Ofñce, Rock Island County Forest Preserve District

The CAFR has been judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program

including demonstrating a constructive "spirit of full disclosure" to clearly communicate its

financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the CAFR

The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving approximately 17,500 government

ñnance professionals with offices in Chicago, IL, and Washington, D.C.
24 Aug 2012

Governor Quinn Takes Bill Action Tuesday, August 21, 2012

By William Palmisano

CHICAGO - August 21, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bills:

 

Bill No.: HB 5203

An Act Concerning: Elections

Petitions for nomination are deemed to be filed simultaneously when two or more are filed within the last hour of the filing deadline.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

Bill No.: SB 3614

An Act Concerning: State Government

Requires the Health Facilities and Services Review Board's (HFSRB) Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Subcommittee to evaluate and make recommendations to the HFSRB regarding the buying, selling, and exchanging of beds between long-term care facilities.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Aug. 21, 2013

Bill No.: SB 3673

An Act Concerning: Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Amends the AIDS Confidentiality Act and Section 9 of the Criminal Code of 1961 to include the court as an entity which may be notified of the identity of a person who has been tested for HIV or has tested positive for HIV when that individual is involved in a case of criminal transmission of HIV.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

Bill No.: SB 3823

An Act Concerning: Child Visitation

Allows the Secretary of State to suspend the driver's license of anyone who fails to comply with a visitation order.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

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24 Aug 2012

Postponement of August 28 Public Hearing

By Chris Berge

The Scott County Board of Supervisors has received a request from the applicant to postpone the date of its Public Hearing originally scheduled on August 28, 2012, 5:30 p.m. at North High School Auditorium at 626 West 53rd Street in Davenport. The Public Hearing concerns the application to rezone 318 acres in rural Scott County on property located on the south side of 200th Street between Walcott and Davenport.

The Applicant has asked that the Public Hearing be postponed but no reason was given for the postponement. No new date for the required public hearing has been identified, as of yet. When that date is established public notice in accordance with Iowa and Scott County Codes will be given. Notice is given that the public hearing set for August 28, 2012 is cancelled.

Please feel free to contact Scott County Planning Director Timothy Huey at 326-8643 if you have any questions.

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24 Aug 2012

Branstad signs Executive Order 80 to allow stakeholders a stake in the rulemaking process

By Tim Albrecht

Also signs Executive Order 79 to rescind 12 previous executive orders

(DES MOINES) - Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today that the governor will be signing Executive Order 80, which will enact greater public participation in the administrative rules process.

The governor also signed Executive Order 79, which rescinded 12 previous executive orders.

By signing Executive Order 80, agencies will create stakeholder rulemaking groups consisting of individuals who can adequately represent the interests that will be significantly affecting by a draft rule proposal or subject matter.

Rulemaking authorities will now work with those who will be affected by new regulations, and they will be fully aware of the full consequences of each rule or regulation they look to put into effect.

"Public participation in the formulation of administrative rules will help our state to reform burdensome regulations and prevent overregulation or red tape, encouraging efficiency, economic growth and job creation," said Branstad.

Once formed, the stakeholder groups will then notify the public to their meetings, receive public comment and input, and then make recommendations to the entity with rulemaking authority.

Reynolds notes that she and the governor visit all 99 counties every year, and conducted a rules and regulations tour with legislators in order to hear the concerns of small business owners and working families.

"What has become apparent in our travels is that public input is vitally important, but it is missing in a critical aspect of state government: our rules and regulations process," said Reynolds. "Iowa government has a responsibility to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state of Iowa. We must enact regulations that achieve this goal as effectively and efficiently as possible."

The governor added that this executive order is about injecting common-sense into the regulatory process.

"Our state will be well served by greater public participation and stakeholder input for regulation and administrative rules," said Branstad. "It is our hope that by giving stakeholders a stake in the process, we can all work together to enact smart, better ways to administer rules and regulations."

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24 Aug 2012

Governor Quinn Takes Bill Action Monday, August 20, 2012

By William Palmisano

CHICAGO - August 20, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bill:

Bill No.: HB 5587

An Act Concerning: Government

Requires Illinois State Police and Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to conduct or approve a training program in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for their respective law enforcement entities.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

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24 Aug 2012

SECC agenda for 8/23/12 meeting

By Annie Nugent
SCOTT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER (SECC) BOARD
Board Room, 1st Floor, Scott County Administrative Center,
600 West Fourth Street, Davenport, Iowa
AUGUST 23, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.

Roll Call: Gallagher, Gluba, Lehman, O'Boyle, Sunderbruch
Ex officio members: Bruemmer, Frederiksen, Malin, and Ploehn

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of Minutes

Presentation of LEED Gold certificate from the US Green Building Council

Director's report

Next meeting date - September 20, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.

Adjourn
20 Aug 2012

Burn ban lifted for Scott County

By Ross Bergen
To Whom It May Concern:  Pursuant to Chapter 100.40, State Code of Iowa, and at the request of ROSS BERGEN, representing each fire department having all or part of their fire districts within SCOTT COUNTY, the open burning ban for SCOTT COUNTY will be lifted effective August 20, 2012 AT 3:00 P.M.
20 Aug 2012

Governor Quinn Signs Laws to Boost Protections to Women

By Leslie Wertheimer

Takes aim at sexual assault, stalking, domestic violence

CHICAGO - August 18, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today signed three new laws designed to provide greater protections to Illinois women from sexual assault and domestic violence. Earlier this week, the governor signed a new law to protect women from stalking. Today's action is the latest by Governor Quinn to support crime victims and boost protections of women.

"Violence against women has occurred in small towns, urban neighborhoods and college campuses," Governor Quinn said. "These new laws will help us hold the predators accountable as well as prevent behavior which can lead to sexual assaults."

Governor Quinn signed House Bill 1645, sponsored by Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D-Chicago Heights) and Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D-Chicago), to create the Sexual Assault Services and Prevention Fund. An initiative of Lt. Governor Sheila Simon and the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA), the law is designed to support sexual assault prevention efforts and aid the recovery of victims. According to Illinois State Police Uniform Crime Reports, about 15 rapes occur each day but experts agree that only one-third of all rapes are reported. In 2010, 18,349 survivors of sexual assault or sexual abuse were served by the hotlines of ICASA.

Under the new law, grants would be made to provide community-based assistance to victims of sexual assault and for activities to prevent sexual assault from happening. Administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services, the fund will be supported through the new Live Adult Entertainment Facility Surcharge. Club operators will be required to pay a flat surcharge on their gross receipts or impose a $3 surcharge on each patron upon admission. The law takes effect Jan. 1, 2013.

"I thank Governor Quinn for standing up for rape victims and crisis centers across the state," Lt. Governor Simon said. "This new revenue stream will help offset cuts that threatened critical services. When a sexual assault victim goes to a police station or a survivor calls a hotline, we need trained staff ready to respond. This bill helps to keep lights on and doors open, jobs filled and responders trained."

"This law is a victory for rape victims and the dedicated rape crisis centers who work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in communities across the state to provide services to survivors of sexual assault." said Polly Poskin, ICASA Executive Director. "They will benefit from this innovative and important funding stream. We applaud Governor Quinn for signing this groundbreaking bill." Poskin noted that Chicago will be hosting the National Sexual Assault Conference from August 22-24.

"Gas taxes go for road-building; gambling fees fund addiction services. This is based on the same principle," said Sen. Hutchinson. "Let's work towards a society that understands that violence against women is totally unacceptable. Finding a way to fund these services is critical."

Governor Quinn also signed House Bill 5689 to create the Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force, sponsored by Rep. Camille Lilly (D-Chicago) and Sen. Don Harmon (D-Oak Park). An initiative of Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown, the law paves the way for development of a statewide voluntary prevention course for high school students based on the Step Back program.

Step Back was developed by Sarah's Inn, a not-for-profit that set up a pilot program at Oak Park and River Forest High School. It consists of a daily, 9 week, 45 minute session course designed to increase awareness of domestic violence, sexual assault, date rape, bullying and suicide.

Under the new law, the Task Force will be comprised of 27 experts and advocates who will and report to the General Assembly by April 1, 2013. The law is effective immediately.

"I am thrilled the governor signed this bill," Clerk Brown said. "Eradicating domestic violence is dear to my heart: I was a victim of domestic violence as a teen. If we can show our youth alternatives to violence and teach them self-esteem, we can help them understand that no one should be a victim." The statewide program will be administered and staffed by Clerk of the Court employees.

"The innovative Step Back initiative is already changing behavior - one student at a time - at my alma mater, Oak Park and River Forest High School," Rep. Lilly said. "These teens are getting lessons to last a lifetime."

"We applaud these actions to make violence prevention a priority," said Regina Botterill, Executive Director of Sarah's Inn, a 30-year old agency that helps battered women in Chicago's Austin neighborhood and 22 suburban towns. "Sarah's Inn and all involved with the Step Back program at Oak Park and River Forest High School are honored to be part of the process."

In addition, Governor Quinn signed House Bill 5264 to allow prosecutors to use prior domestic violence offenses as evidence in first- and second-degree murder cases involving domestic violence. Sponsored by Rep. Art Turner (D-Chicago) and Sen. Pamela Althoff (R-Crystal Lake), the bill passed unanimously in both chambers and was supported by Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez. It is effective immediately.

Earlier this week, Governor Quinn signed House Bill 5922, sponsored by Rep William Cunningham (D-Chicago) and Sen. Dan Kotowski (D-Park Ridge), to expedite the process of serving "no-contact" notices to stalkers. Law enforcement authorities and process servers will now be able to use a shorter form to stop stalkers in their tracks. It also allows law enforcement officials to detain a respondent for a reasonable time to prepare and serve a short form "no-contact" order. Proposed by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, the bill - which passed unanimously in both chambers - amends the Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act and Civil No Contact Order Act.

HB 5922 takes effect Jan. 1, 2013.

20 Aug 2012

Governor Quinn Takes Bill Action Friday, August 17, 2012

By William Palmisano

SPRINGFIELD - August 17, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today took action on the following bills:

 

Bill No.: HB 587

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Provides that a park district may increase the property tax levy, but does not allow park districts to increase taxes.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 3806

An Act Concerning: Minors

Changes the definition of "chronic truant" in the Juvenile Court Act to mirror the definition in the School Code.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 3859

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Requires counties and municipalities that agree to share or rebate a retailers' occupation tax to file reports with Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR), and requires IDOR to post these reports on its website.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 4078

An Act Concerning: Transportation

Allows the Illinois Toll Highway Authority to construct railroad tracks along the tollway system after receiving the governor's written approval.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 4190

An Act Concerning: State Government

Amends the Illinois False Claims Act to provide that, unless opposed by the state, the court should dismiss false claim actions if the allegations or transaction were publicly disclosed and specified conditions are met.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 4479

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Recognizing new, nationally-recognized certification language regarding pre-engineered installers to the Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee Regulation Act of 2011, and increases licensing fees; allows Office of the State Fire Marshall to impose fines for violations of the act; extends the repeal of the act to Jan. 1, 2023; and eliminates the Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee Advisory Board.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 4563

An Act Concerning: State Government

Permits facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities (ID/DD) to reduce the number of beds without approval of the Health Facilities and Services Review Board.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 4606

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Requires daycare facilities to test for radon.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 4673

An Act Concerning: Firearms

Allows a local law enforcement officer to retain his/her FOID card, if he/she has been a patient in a mental health institution within the past five years, provided the officer has not been involuntarily admitted or an inpatient for longer than 30 days.

Action: Amendatorily Vetoed

 

Bill No.: HB 4749

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Allows courts to appoint special prosecutors from the Office of the Attorney General, the States' Attorney Appellate Defender or other local states' attorney's offices before appointing a private attorney to act as a special prosecutor in the case of the state's attorney's absence.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 4862

An Act Concerning: Transportation

Clarifies that only low speed vehicles manufactured after Jan. 1, 2010 are required to obtain title certificates.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 4863

An Act Concerning: Transportation

Subjects a vehicle to seizure and forfeiture if the offender's license was revoked following certain violations of a local ordinance, the Criminal Code, or laws of another state.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 4937

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

States that a local, municipal or county law enforcement agency entitled to receive a portion of forfeiture proceeds may share proceeds through an intergovernmental agreement with a municipality that has a population in excess of 20,000 if specified conditions are met.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 4962

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Requires that if a county board opts to have their members elected by districts, then each district must be substantially equal in population. The law also makes a technical change regarding fees.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5050

An Act Concerning: Public Health

Allows post-surgical recovery care centers to discharge patients less than 24 hours after treatment, if appropriate, and permits blood products to be administered in such centers.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5062

An Act Concerning: Civil Law

Eliminates requirement that minors who are under the age of 14 and who are or will be represented by a guardian ad litem be personally served with process in adoption cases.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5109

An Act Concerning: Insurance

Changes the makeup of a board of trustees for a dental service plan corporation.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5121

An Act Concerning: Corrections

Prohibits inmates of the Department of Corrections who are serving time for attempting to commit terrorism from receiving more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5145

An Act Concerning: State Government

Permits up to 2 percent of the Abandoned Mined Lands funding to be spent on non-coal reclamation projects and deletes times limits on the obligation of such expenditures.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5180

An Act Concerning: Transportation

Requires the Illinois Department of Transportation to develop a policy to inform the public of construction projects that result in lane reductions or street closures for a period longer than five consecutive business days.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5189

An Act Concerning: State Government

Allows the state comptroller to disburse employee payroll payments or expense reimbursements to a secure check account.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: 30 days after becoming law

 

Bill No.: HB 5207

An Act Concerning: Elections

Removes reference to constitutional amendments in a section regarding petitions being

added to election ballots if 95 percent of the signatures have been found valid.

Action: Amendatorily Vetoed

 

Bill No.: HB 5221

An Act Concerning: Civil Law

Strengthens compliance requirements for employers pertaining to income withholding orders for child support payments.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5235

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

Amends the current child pornography statute to add violations and respective penalties.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5236

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Reduces the size of the Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port District Board from 23 members to seven, and eliminates all members currently appointed by local mayors.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5250

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

Restructures penalties for the manufacturing, delivery of, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, any substance containing hydrocodone, dihydrocodeinone, dihydrocodeine, oxycodone, or any of the salts, isomers and salts of isomers, or analog of those substances.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5265

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

Revises child abduction statute to add as a violation luring or attempting to lure a child under the age of seventeen while the child is traveling to or from a primary or secondary school.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5314

An Act Concerning: Civil Law

Allows a lessor to use electronic mail to notify a lessee of damage to property before withholding any part of the security deposit.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5319

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Allows sanitary districts to sell or distribute treated wastewater to any public or private entity.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5353

An Act Concerning: Wildlife

Extends the rabbit hunting season by one month.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5359

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Makes several technical changes to the Real Estate License Act.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5441

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

Amends the powers and duties of the State Appellate Defender.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5478

An Act Concerning: Insurance

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to add records exempted under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act to the list of records that the Department of Insurance is not required to disclose for public inspection.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5480

An Act Concerning: Government

Allows organizations desiring to be designated as a qualified organization for the purposes of receiving voluntary payroll deductions to submit electronic designations on forms approved by the State Comptroller; lowers the number of employees that must submit designations.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5548

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act to enable a staff member to retain a personal attorney in the event that the hospital renders an adverse decision regarding the staff member's employment status or clinical privileges.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5586

An Act Concerning: Civil Law

Entitles a resident of a mental health facility operated via a contract with the Department of Human Services (DHS), who has been transferred to another facility due to closures, to the same rights provided to residents of a DHS-operated mental health facility.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5606

An Act Concerning: Corrections

Makes it illegal to possess any product containing a methamphetamine precursor without a prescription if the individual has been convicted of a crime under the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5635

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Includes coroners in the training provided by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB), and makes coroners eligible to receive waivers from the training requirements.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5682

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

Requires professionals who carry weapons to have proper safety training and provides exemptions if professionals have certain levels of training.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5685

An Act Concerning: State Government

Allows the Department of Natural Resources to remove from and deny further entry to any nature preserve any person or persons engaging in illegal or disorderly conduct, and imposes fees for reinstatement of suspended licenses.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5749

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

Allows the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor to assist State's Attorneys in post-conviction proceedings; allows the director of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor to contract out for investigators.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5752

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Makes technical changes to the Illinois Dental Practice Act.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5880

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Makes several changes to the Emergency Medical Services Systems Act, which will benefit Illinois' rural communities.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5893

An Act Concerning: State Government

Enables the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to encourage convention centers to provide free space to farmers' markets in the event of bad weather.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: HB 5899

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Allows counties to enter into intergovernmental agreements with forest preserve districts within the county that would exempt the forest preserve district from county zoning ordinances.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: HB 5922

An Act Concerning: Civil Law

Provides that a law enforcement official may serve a respondent with a short form notification of a civil no contact order or a stalking no contact order, and makes changes to the process for serving no contact orders.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: SB 555

An Act Concerning: Local Government

Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act to allow Emergency Telephone Systems Boards to utilize computer-aided dispatch and hosted supplemental 9-1-1 technologies.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: SB 1351

An Act Concerning: State Government

Updates the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: SB 2559

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

Creates a pilot study to determine the effect of amending the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 on forensic bed capacity at state-operated mental health centers.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: SB 2945

An Act Concerning: Health

Allows employers of for-profit, cancer-based medical or hospital treatment centers to not hire, or to discharge, discipline and alter the pay, benefits and working conditions of any employee who uses tobacco products.

Action: Vetoed


Bill No.: SB 3202

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Amends  provisions regarding regulation of community association managers and caps the amount of fees that can be charged. Provides that all information collected by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation with respect to community association managers is confidential.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: SB 3252

An Act Concerning: Education

Clarifies the maximum tax rates when creating unit districts under the School Code.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: SB 3336

An Act Concerning: Transportation

Allows in-line skaters to skate on roadways and bike lanes.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: SB 3337

An Act Concerning: Children

Removes obsolete statutory language regarding a series of status reports that were successfully issued to the General Assembly in 1994, 1995 and 1996 by the Department of Children and Family Services.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: SB 3367

An Act Concerning: Education

Requires the State Board of Education (ISBE) and the Secretary of State to adopt course content standards for driver's education in district-run courses and commercial driving schools; makes changes to the school waiver requirements for public hearings, and makes more stringent vehicle inspection requirements.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: SB 3433

An Act Concerning: Criminal Law

Provides that sealed criminal records may be disseminated by the Illinois State Police only to arresting authorities, State's Attorneys and courts, and only in the case of a later arrest for the same or similar offense, or for sentencing for any subsequent felony.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: SB 3533

An Act Concerning: Wildlife

Broadens the definition of a gun case in the Wildlife Code to include any case, firearm carrying box, shipping box or other specified container.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: SB 3538

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Allows optometrists to keep records at an off-site storage facility; allows the state to take non-disciplinary action for violations; and provides that fines are to be deposited into the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: SB 3549

An Act Concerning: Child Support

Permits the court to require a person who is self-employed and is found guilty of failure to comply with a child support order to provide the court with monthly financial statements, to seek employment and to periodically advise the court of those efforts, or to report to the Department of Employment Security for job search services.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1

 

Bill No.: SB 3552

An Act Concerning: Civil Law

Includes payments to trusts to the list of debtor's property exempt from judgment, attachment or distress for rent.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: SB 3635

An Act Concerning: Education

Allows a community college to accept a gift or grant that requires the use of a particular contractor if specified conditions are met.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: SB 3677

An Act Concerning: Human Rights

Establishes procedures relating to a petition for enforcement, or a petition to modify or set aside a subpoena issued by the Attorney General, and establishes the circuit courts' jurisdiction over these petitions.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Jan. 1


Bill No.: SB 3724

An Act Concerning: State Government

Provides Capital Development Board (CDB) with additional time to review and adopt the latest edition of the International Energy Conservation Code.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: Immediately

 

Bill No.: SB 3764

An Act Concerning: Business

Amends Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Action: Signed

Effective Date: July 1

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