Rep. Robert F. Flider

Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and the Lobbyist Registration Act. Redefines a special government agent who must file a statement of economic interests to include a person who, by or on behalf of a statewide executive branch constitutional officer, is directed, retained, designated, appointed, or employed to cause the making of an ex parte communication. Requires that a special government agent file a statement of economic interests before making any ex parte communications (now, within 30 days after). Makes a special government agent's failure to file a statement a Class 4 felony. Makes a special government agent ineligible for registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act. Makes it a violation of that Act for a person required to register to act as a special government agent and for a special government agent to engage in lobbying. Prohibits a person subject to the Act from accepting compensation from a State agency for lobbying legislative action. Exempts the salaries of full-time State employees with responsibilities or authority other than lobbying.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall require that if a customer elects to suspend gas service for a portion of the year, then the gas utility may not charge that customer a gas meter fee or penalty during the period that service is suspended. Effective July 1, 2010.

Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Defines "crime victim" to include the spouse, parent, child, or sibling, or any combination of such persons, of a person killed as a result of a violent crime perpetrated against the person killed. Provides that the office of the State's Attorney shall, at the request of the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of a person killed as the result of a homicide, file a complaint and apply to the circuit court for a temporary restraining order, and such circuit court shall upon hearing grant a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction, without bond, restraining the perpetrator of the homicide from contacting, regardless of the purpose of the contact, the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the person killed as the result of a homicide. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any written or electronically transmitted recommendation by the Board to the Governor or his or her agent or employee concerning a petition for a pardon, commutation, or reprieve shall be made available to the public within 24 hours after transmission.

Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Office of the Attorney General for a grant to the Illinois Association of Court Appointed Special Advocates (Illinois CASA). Effective July 1, 2009.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Amends the Central Illinois Economic Development Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.