Rep. Dan Reitz

Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning administration and definitions.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a business proposing to construct an electric generating facility need not include certain documentation in its application for financial assistance or file certain monthly reports if it provides a bond to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs that is equal to the projected State occupation and use taxes during the 4 preceding calendar quarters. Effective immediately.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Reduces the amount of wine that a second-class wine-maker's licensee may sell from a second premises from 100,000 gallons per year to 50,000 gallons per year. Deletes provisions authorizing a wine-maker's licensee to sell wine from a third location.

Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a person employed by the Department of Corrections who is a member of the Teachers' Retirement System may elect to become a member of the State Employees Retirement System. Effective immediately.

Creates the Nursing Facility Conversion Funding Act and amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Nursing Facility Conversion Cash Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, to be used by the Department of Public Health to make grants to nursing facilities for capital or one-time expenditures to convert all or a portion of such facilities to licensed assisted living establishments or other alternatives to nursing facility care. Provides for a refund of a grant to the State if the grantee or its successor in interest ceases to operate an assisted living establishment or other alternative to nursing facility care within 10 years after beginning operation.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the county collector in each county may assess to the purchaser of property for delinquent taxes an education fee of $2 per parcel. Provides that 50% of the fees collected shall be deposited into the County Officials Education Fund, a special fund hereby created in the State treasury, and shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the University of Illinois for the purpose of providing continuing educational programs for county officials. Provides that 50% of the fees collected shall be retained by the county treasurer for deposit into a special fund which shall be used solely for the administration of the county's tax sale program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Effective immediately.

Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning disabled veterans.

Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that workers at a facility dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to performance of the contract or project and located in such proximity to the actual construction location that it would be reasonable to include them shall be deemed to be employed on public works.

Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning administration and definitions.