Amends the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Makes technical changes in a Section defining "livestock management facility".
Amends the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act. Makes technical changes to a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Agricultural Fair Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes appointed assessors eligible for the special retirement formula for elected county officers. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Fair Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning rules and regulations.
Amends the Illinois Drainage Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Grain Code. Makes a technical change in the purpose Section.
Creates the Small Business Advisory Act. Requires State agencies to create and make available on the World Wide Web a small business advisory page with plain language explanations of proposed and adopted rules and legislation affecting small businesses that the agency is designated to administer, and plain language versions of advisory opinions and interpretations. Provides that explanations must remain posted on the web page for 6 months after their effective dates. Requires each agency to notify the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs when it updates its small business advisory web page. Requires DCCA to serve as a clearinghouse for notifying the small business community of rulemakings, seek input from the small business community on those rulemakings, and maintain a small business advisory web page that serves as a coordinated point of access to other agencies' small business advisory web pages.
Amends the Home Repair Fraud Act. In provisions relating to a victim who is 60 years of age or older or a disabled person, increases criminal penalties and lowers the monetary thresholds for enhanced penalties. In addition, provides that the offender's licenses and permits may be suspended or revoked.
