Rep. Thomas Holbrook

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning waste from multiple generators.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act. Authorizes special license plates designated as Boy Scout and Girl Scout plates. Provides for increased fees for these plates, to be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund. Creates the Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that all moneys in the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Fund shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, be paid as grants, to be divided equally between the Illinois divisions of the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America. Effective January 1, 2006.

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

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that tourism boards and convention or civic center boards (now tourism boards and convention or civic center boards located in counties that are contiguous to the Mississippi River with populations of more than 250,000 but less than 300,000) are public bodies for purposes of the Act. Provides that a tourism board or a convention or civic center board may hold closed meetings to consider convention contracts or convention contract proposals.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires automobile insurers to allow policyholders to choose repair facilities. Allows the insurer to recommend facilities so long as the insurer informs the insured or claimant at the same time of the insured's or claimant's right to choose the facility. Prohibits the adjuster for the motor vehicle from being employed by the facility or having any direct authority over the facility's recommendations or decisions relating to the repair of the motor vehicle if the insurer owns an interest in that facility. Provides for civil penalties. Makes a violation a violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to include the violations. Requires repair facilities in which an insurer owns an interest to file an annual report delineating the number of repairs and the dollar amount when the motor vehicle owner was an insured or claimant of the insurer with the ownership interest, and those repairs as a percentage of the total repairs. Requires the Secretary to maintain the information in the reports as confidential.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning judicial review.

Amends the Illinois Historic Preservation Act. Creates the Historic Preservation Advisory Council to provide assistance, advice, and recommendations to the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency in: (i) establishing priorities for the identification, acquisition, protection, and preservation of historic and archaeological sites and properties, (ii) establishing criteria for use in assessing the significance of historic and archaeological sites and properties, (iii) evaluating proposals for awards of historic preservation grants administered by the Agency, and (iv) preparing rules relating to the historic preservation programs administered by the Agency. Provides that The Council shall consist of 12 members who represent different areas of the State and who are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth certain additional conditions for the appointment of Council members and for the operation of the Council.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning tourism.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the caption only for a Section concerning a destination city program.

Creates the Volunteer HazMat Response Team Act. Contains only a short title provision.