Rep. Katie Stuart

Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that an elected or appointed official of a unit of local government may not hire or appoint himself or herself to a second position in the unit of local government if the second position is a salaried or hourly position. Allows the governing body of the unit of local government to hire or appoint an elected or appointed official to a second position in the unit of local government with a salary or hourly wages by ordinance or resolution if the ordinance or resolution states the salary or total compensation of an hourly position. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 (Senate recedes Jun 02, 2019) Provides that an elected or appointed official of a unit of local government may not hire or appoint himself or herself to a position (rather than a second position) in the unit of local government if the position is a salaried or hourly position. Provides that the governing body of the unit of local government may consolidate positions within the unit of local government (rather than hire or appoint an elected or appointed official to a second position in the unit of local government with a salary or hourly wages) by ordinance or resolution if the ordinance or resolution states the salary or total compensation of the combined position. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 (Senate recedes Jun 02, 2019) Deletes reference to: 50 ILCS 105/4.1 new Adds reference to: 50 ILCS 50/5 50 ILCS 50/10 50 ILCS 50/15 50 ILCS 50/20 50 ILCS 50/25 50 ILCS 50/30 50 ILCS 50/35 50 ILCS 50/42 new 50 ILCS 50/45 new 50 ILCS 50/50 new 50 ILCS 50/40 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act. Modifies and deletes various definitions. Expands and changes the financing or refinancing that a governmental unit (rather than a local unit of government) or the Illinois Finance Authority may use for assessment contracts. Provides that a governmental unit or the Authority may sale and assign assessment contracts without competitive bidding or the solicitation of requests for proposals or requests for qualifications. Changes elements required in an ordinance or resolution establishing a property assessed clean energy program. Changes elements required to be included in a property assessed clean energy program report. Changes requirements of assessment contracts in a program. Provides that assessments under the program may be included in property tax bills and establishes procedures for billing and collection of assessments. Modifies how PACE bonds are issued and paid, including that the State will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in governmental units by this Act or in the Authority in accordance with this Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act are intended to be supplemental and in addition to all other powers or authorities granted to any governmental unit, shall be construed liberally, and shall not be construed as a limitation of any power or authority otherwise granted. Requires PACE bonds to contain a recital. Validates all actions and bonds issued prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Repeals provisions on joint property assessed clean energy programs. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 (Senate recedes Jun 02, 2019) Makes organizational and grammatical changes. Changes a cross-reference. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 2, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 3, with the following changes: Removes cost of collecting assessments from costs allowed to be included in the amount of financing or refinancing. Modifies the definitions of "assessment", "property", "record owner", and "resiliency improvement". Modifies the requirements of the program report. Changes requirements of property that may be subject to an assessment contract. Removes provisions allowing a county collector to charge flat fees relating to collection of assessments. Removes language providing that a record owner waives objects to assessments related to assessment contracts when entering into the assessment contract. Makes grammatical changes. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Provides that "capital provider" means any credit union, federally insured depository institution, insurance company, trust company, or other entity (rather than institution) approved by a governmental unit or its program administrator or program administrators that finances or refinances an energy project by purchasing PACE bonds issued by the governmental unit or the Authority for that purpose. Corrects typographical errors.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse may be commenced at any time (rather than within 10 years of the commission of the offense if the victim reported the offense to law enforcement authorities within 3 years after the commission of the offense). Makes conforming changes.

Amends the School Code. Provides that, upon request, the school board of a school district that maintains grades 10 through 12 may posthumously award a diploma to any service member who was killed in action while performing active military duty in the armed forces of the United States if he or she: (1) resided in an area currently within the district; (2) left high school before graduating to serve in the armed forces of the United States; and (3) did not receive a high school diploma. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that if the rights and privileges accorded to a parent under the Act have been transferred to a student, a school must give reasonable prior notice to the student (rather than the parent) before any school student record is destroyed or any information is deleted from that record. Provides that a school may provide reasonable prior notice to a parent or student through (i) notice in the school's parent or student handbook, (ii) publication in a newspaper, (iii) U.S. mail delivered to the last known address of the parent or student, or (iv) other means provided the notice is confirmed to have been received.

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide a racing program (rather than a 5-day racing program) at the State Fair each year. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall provide at least a 5-day racing program at the State Fair each year, unless an alternate racing program is requested by the Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund Advisory Board (rather than requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a racing program at the State Fair each year).

Amends the Energy Efficient Building Act. Provides that references to the International Code Council's International Energy Conservation Code includes Appendix RB. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Energy Efficient Building Act. Removes provisions providing that references to the International Code Council's International Energy Conservation Code exclude published supplements. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Energy Efficient Building Act. Removes provisions providing that references to the International Code Council's International Energy Conservation Code exclude published supplements. Provides that references to the International Code Council's International Energy Conservation Code include published supplements adopted by the Board. Effective immediately.

Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that each hospital shall post, in each facility that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in health insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace.

Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act, Alternative Health Care Delivery Act, Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, Community Living Facilities Licensing Act, Nursing Home Care Act, MC/DD Act, ID/DD Community Care Act, Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, Hospital Licensing Act, and Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that for hospitals, alternative health care models, Community Living Facilities, long-term care facilities, MC/DD facilities, ID/DD facilities, specialized mental health rehabilitation facilities, and community-integrated living arrangements, reasonable efforts must be made to have activated at all times the closed captioning feature on a television in a common area provided for use by the general public or in a patient's, resident's, or consumer's room or to enable the closed captioning feature when requested to do so by a member of the general public or a patient if the television includes a closed captioning feature, or if a staff member deactivates a closed captioning feature unless the deactivation was done so knowingly or intentionally, or if the closed captioning feature is deactivated by specified individuals. Provides that if there is not a television with a closed captioning feature available, then it must be ensured that all televisions obtained for common areas and patient rooms after the effective date of the amendatory Act include a closed captioning feature. Provides that certain provisions concerning closed captioning shall not apply to televisions that are privately owned by a resident or third party and not owned by the facility. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: 210 ILCS 46/3-801.2 new 210 ILCS 47/3-801.2 new 210 ILCS 135/10.5 new Removes the provisions amending the MC/DD Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, and the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Restaurant Meals Program to permit individuals who are elderly, persons with a disability, and homeless individuals to redeem their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits at private establishments that contract with the Department to offer meals for eligible SNAP recipients at concessional prices. Requires the Restaurant Meals Program to be operational no later than January 1, 2020. Requires the Department to adopt rules. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Provides that if an educational support personnel employee is removed or dismissed as a result of a decision of the school board to decrease the number of educational support personnel employed by the board or to discontinue some particular type of educational support service and he or she accepts the tender of a vacancy within one calendar year from the beginning of the following school term, then that employee shall maintain any rights accrued during his or her previous service with the school district. Effective immediately.