Amends the Truth in Taxation Law in the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning the notice required to be published for a public hearing to approve a proposed property tax increase. Provides that for corporate and special purpose property taxes the notice shall set forth the proposed estimated (now, only proposed) corporate and special purpose property taxes to be levied for the current year and provides that the dollar amount supplied in the notice is estimated and the percentage increase or decrease over the previous year is an estimated percentage. In those parts of the notice concerning estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission leases and estimated total property taxes to be levied for the current year, provides that the dollar amount stated in the notice is estimated and that the percentage increase or decrease over the previous year is an estimated percentage. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an applicant for an instruction permit who is under the age of 18 must undergo testing for controlled substances and cannabis and must be found to be free of controlled substances and cannabis before he or she may receive an instruction permit. Provides that the Secretary of State shall adopt rules for implementing the new provision and shall prescribe an additional fee, to be added to the fees charged for the issuance of a first-time driver's license, to cover the cost of the testing.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in the State aid formula provisions concerning supplemental general State aid.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Requires a person convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine or of the possession of a methamphetamine manufacturing chemical to pay restitution for the cost of an emergency response to the site where the manufacture of methamphetamine occurred. The restitution payment may not exceed $5,000 per public agency.
Amends the School Code. Provides that the statement of affairs of certain school districts shall be made available to the public by posting the statement on the district's Internet web site, if any, having copies available in the administrative office of the district, and publishing notice on where the statement is available in a newspaper of general circulation (now, the statement itself is required to be published in the newspaper). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that the Illinois Finance Authority shall administer a road grader revolving loan program to provide loans to units of local government for the purchase of road graders that are manufactured in the United States of America. Provides that the Illinois Finance Authority shall determine eligibility for the loans based on need and that the loan funds, subject to appropriation, shall be paid out of the Road Grader Revolving Loan Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Provides terms for the loan concerning: (i) the maximum aggregate outstanding principal amount of loans to any one unit of local government; (ii) the repayment schedule; and (iii) the amount that must be repaid each year. Provides that the loan interest is 1% annually. Requires the Illinois Finance Authority to adopt rules to administer the program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund.
Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act and State Finance Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create and operate an E85 Vehicle Encouragement Program that provides pro rata grant moneys from the E85 Vehicle Encouragement Fund to purchasers of flexible fuel vehicles. Provides that Program grants shall not exceed 10% of the purchase price of the vehicle and that only one Program grant shall be made to the owner of any vehicle during the life of that vehicle. Creates the E85 Vehicle Encouragement Fund. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that if a firefighter responds to a fire and the firefighter is impeded in his or her ability to extinguish the fire by or is injured while performing his or her duties in extinguishing the fire by a person at the scene of the fire and the firefighter has reasonable suspicion to believe that the person is under the influence of a controlled substance, the firefighter shall make written documentation of the actions of the person and may inform a peace officer of his or her suspicion. Provides that the peace officer who responds to the scene of the fire based upon the firefighter's written documentation may apprehend the person and take the person to a hospital or other medical facility and order a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a registered nurse, or a phlebotomist acting under the direction of a licensed physician to withdraw blood from the person for testing for the presence of a controlled substance in the person's body and may search the premises of the person and surrounding premises suspected of being the origin of the fire for controlled substances possessed in violation of the Act.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Redefines a unit of local government to include a hospital provider that is a county and that has 100 or fewer beds.
Amends the Vital Records Act. Requires the State Registrar to prescribe and distribute a form for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires a person who files a fetal death certificate to also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires that the certificate be filed as in the case of a certificate of live birth and be offered to the parent or parents of the stillborn child. Effective immediately.