Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that clean construction or demolition debris (CCDD), including general fill soil commingled with CCDD, is not waste if certain requirements are met. Provides that "general fill soil" is soil generated from construction or demolition activities and containing concentrations of chemicals at or below either certain Tiered Approach to Corrective Action Objective (TACO) Tier I exposure route values or, under certain circumstances, higher limits, such as acceptable detection limits or background concentrations. Provides that "restricted fill soil", including general fill soil commingled with restricted fill soil, is soil generated from construction or demolition activities that meets certain requirements. Makes changes to concerning the use of CCDD. Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to issue permits for the use of CCDD and restricted fill soil as fill material. Provides that after January 1, 2010, a person may use CCDD and restricted fill soil as fill material, if certain requirements are met. Provides that the Agency may, without a permit, enter into intergovernmental agreements with units of State or local government to authorize the use of soil and CCDD. Provides for enforcement of certain CCDD-related violations by administrative citation. Provides civil penalties for certain violations. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Amends the State Finance Act to create the Save Our Sight Fund. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall print on its standard certificate of title application form a provision indicating that if the applicant wishes to contribute $1 to the Save Our Sight Fund, he or she may do so by stating the amount of the contribution ($1) on the application form. Provides that the Secretary of State shall also make available to an applicant for a certificate of title informational materials on the importance of eye care and safety. Specifies the purposes for the use of funds in the Save Our Sight Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act. Provides that, if the county board of any county has levied a tax for a detention home and cannot adequately support the facility, the county board may expend the tax receipts for detention services purchased through agreements with other governmental units or entities. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act; the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act; and the Livestock Management Act. Defines "100-year floodplain" as the lowland and relatively flat areas adjoining inland and coastal waters, including flood-prone areas of offshore islands, that are inundated by a flood that has a 1% or greater chance of recurring in any given year or a flood of a magnitude equalled or exceeded once in 100 years on the average over a significantly long period. Provides that areas that lie within an area protected by a levee or levees located in a flood prevention district established by the Flood Prevention District Act are deemed by operation of law not to be within the 100-year floodplain for the purposes of these Acts. Provides that to the extent that Executive Order 2006-5 is inconsistent with the provisions of this amendatory Act, the provisions of this amendatory Act shall govern. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no company authorized to transact the kinds of business related to Class 2 (casualty, fidelity, and surety) or Class 3 (fire and marine) insurance may issue an insurance contract or policy that contains a provision that allows a property claim and settlement offer to be calculated using a method other than actual cash value. Defines "actual cash value" as replacement cost less depreciation, considering the age and condition of the property.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall direct the Office of Retail Market Development to update the consumer education materials for residential consumers and small business consumers. Provides that the Commission may form another working group to prepare and review the consumer education materials prior to adoption by the Commission. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 in the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility with more than 100,000 customers in the State shall file a tariff pursuant to specified provisions that provides alternative retail electric suppliers, and electric utilities other than the electric utility in whose service area the retail customers are located, with the option to have the electric utility purchase 2 billing cycles worth of uncollectible receivables for power and energy service provided to residential retail customers and to non-residential retail customers (instead of non-residential retail customers with a non-coincident peak demand of less than 400 kilowatts) upon returning that customer to that electric utility for delivery and energy service after that alternative retail electric supplier, or an electric utility other than the electric utility in whose service area the retail customer is located, has made reasonable collection efforts on that account. Makes a technical correction. Effective immediately.
Amends the Home Repair and Remodeling Act. Provides that the consumer rights pamphlet that must be provided to customers by a person engaged in the business of home repair and remodeling may be printed on the back of the home repair and remodeling contract (as an alternative to being provided as a separate document). Provides that in either case, the pamphlet must be printed in at least 12 point type and in legible ink. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.