Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the identification, evaluation, and placement of children with disabilities, provides that if a child is deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or visually impaired and he or she might be eligible to receive services from the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, the school district shall notify the parents or guardian, in writing, of the existence of these schools and the services they provide. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Creates the Good Samaritan Energy Plan Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes grammatical changes in the statute relating to the unlawful delivery of a controlled substance to a pregnant woman.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Increases the amount of debt that the District may issue during a budget year, from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution Center Act. Provides that a qualified center must provide mediation services at no charge in connection with disputes referred from the court system (instead of at no charge to disputants who agree to use the services). Provides that rules of the Chief Judge apply only to disputes referred from the court system.
Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Open Parole Hearings Act. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to establish a toll-free number that may be accessed by the victim of a violent crime to present information for consideration by the Board at the parole hearing or at a proceeding on determining conditions of mandatory supervised release or at a hearing on revocation of mandatory supervised release of a person sentenced to a determinate sentence who committed the crime against the victim. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Fairgrounds Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture may arrange, organize, and hold events on the Springfield and DuQuoin fairgrounds for any purpose that the facilities and fairgrounds can accommodate. Authorizes the Department to charge and collect fees associated with the events. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that no fine or penalty imposed by a county board, except certain civil penalties, shall exceed $1,000 (now, $500).
Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Provides for additional items of a tenant's income to be excluded for the purpose of determining rent, including income received from participation in an economic self-sufficiency or other job training program or income earned after receiving TANF assistance for 6 months. Provides for a 12-month exclusion of all of an increase in income, followed by a 12-month exclusion of 50% of the increase, within a maximum period of 48 months. Effective immediately.
Amends the Disaster Relief Act. Defines "disaster" to include public health emergencies and acts of domestic terrorism. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides for the Department and the Agency to coordinate with respect to planning for and responding to public health emergencies. Defines "disaster" to include public health emergencies. Defines "public health emergency". Provides that the Governor must deposit transfers and loan proceeds into and make expenditures from the Disaster Relief Fund. Provides for the General Assembly to restore moneys used from other funds to meet disaster needs. Effective immediately.
Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that a rule adopted by a condominium association board of managers, or the association's declaration or bylaws, may provide that unit owners may not vote by proxy in board elections, but may vote only (i) by submitting an association-issued ballot in person at the election meeting or (ii) by submitting an association-issued ballot to the association or its designated agent by mail or other means of delivery specified in the declaration, bylaws, or rule. States requirements for use of ballots. Provides for a meeting and vote of the unit owners on the question of a board's adoption of a rule prohibiting proxy voting in board elections.
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Requires that a lobbyist provide a copy of his or her expenditure report to each official listed in it at least 25 days before filing the report (now, at least 25 days before the deadline for filing the report). If an official returns or reimburses a lobbyist's gift or honorarium within 10 days after the official receives a copy of the report listing the official, the lobbyist's final report shall not list the official unless he or she was informed upon receiving the gift or honorarium that it was a reportable expenditure.
