Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Authorizes advance deposit wagering through June 30, 2013. Effective immediately.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the propagation and stocking of mammals and birds.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Amends the Child Vision and Hearing Test Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the State Board of Education, shall establish an auditory-visual integration assessment pilot program in selected school districts in the northern region of the State, to be determined by the State Board of Education. Sets forth provisions concerning the pilot program. Effective immediately.
Creates the Human Tissue Transfer Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to make a report to the Governor, the General Assembly, or either branch of the General Assembly (rather than the Governor) upon request. In provisions concerning recovery of delivery service costs through performance-based formula rate tariffs, makes changes concerning how the Commission shall determine the investment return on certain pension assets. Allows a utility to retroactively recover certain costs of delivery service to the extent not recovered through reconciliation by assessing a surcharge reflecting those unrecovered costs with interest at the utility's weighted average cost of capital during the period in which those costs were unrecovered. Provides that the utility's filing on its updated cost inputs to the performance-based formula rate shall include a reconciliation of the revenue requirement in effect for the prior rate year (as set by the cost inputs for the prior rate year) with the actual revenue requirement for the prior rate year (determined using a year-end rate base) that uses amounts reflected in the applicable FERC Form 1 that reports actual costs for the prior rate year. States that the changes are intended to: be a restatement and clarification of existing law; give binding effect to certain legislative actions; and preempt and supersede certain final orders of the Commission. Provides that each participating utility is deemed to have been in full compliance with specified requirements and all Commission orders entered under specified provisions. Provides that the Commission shall not undertake any investigation of such compliance and no penalty shall be assessed or adverse action taken against a participating utility for noncompliance with Commission orders associated with the Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Financial Services Development Act. Makes a technical change to the short title Section.
Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change concerning submission of the State budget.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Changes the amount of the additional fee that may be charged against an offender for any amount of a fine, a fee, costs, restitution, judgment of bond forfeiture, or an installment of those amounts, that remains unpaid after the time fixed for payment by the court. Changes the additional fee to $75 or 30% of the delinquent amount, whichever is greater, together with all taxable court costs, including, without limitation, costs of service of process (rather than 30% of the delinquent amount). Effective immediately.
