Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits, on and after January 1, 2011, the installation of drycleaning machines that use perchloroethylene (PERC). Prohibits, on and after January 1, 2013, the use of PERC in certain drycleaning applications. Bans, beginning on January 1, 2026, the use of PERC in drycleaning. Defines "drycleaning" and "drycleaning machine". Amends the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act. Imposes, and requires the Department of Revenue to collect, 2 additional taxes on PERC. Requires moneys received from these taxes to be deposited into a grant account in the Drycleaner Environmental Trust Fund. Provides that moneys in the grant account may be used, subject to certain limitations, to (i) establish a demonstration program to showcase green solvent drycleaning technologies and (ii) provide grants to encourage a transition to use of those technologies. Authorizes the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council to adopt rules for administering the grant program. Repeals one PERC tax on January 1, 2020 and makes changes to prevent the repeal of another PERC tax on that date. Defines "drycleaning machine" and "green solvent". Effective immediately.
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Creates the Student Referendum All-American Energy Act. Provides that students at a public institution of higher education may, by a majority vote of the students participating in a referendum, authorize the imposition of an All-American Energy Fee on students. Provides that the revenues of an All-American Energy Fee must be used for energy conservation measures in student residence halls or purchasing renewable energy resources to provide power for student residence halls or both. Provides that the referendum for an All-American Energy Fee must be submitted to a vote of the student body if a petition for such a vote is signed by no fewer than 300 students currently enrolled. If approved, the fee, which must not exceed $10 per full-time student per term, must be imposed on students at the start of the next following term. Requires the Board of Higher Education to report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than 2 years following the effective date of the Act concerning the fee.
Amends the Restroom Access Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides an additional circumstance when the confidential nature of counseling records is not waived: in the case of an adult who has a guardian of his person, if the guardian inspects the records with the victim's consent. Provides that an adult victim who has a guardian of his or her person may knowingly waive the rape crisis statement privilege, but if the adult victim is, in the court's opinion, incapable of knowingly waiving the privilege, the guardian of the adult victim may waive the privilege, unless the guardian is charged with a violent crime against the victim or otherwise has an adverse interest to the victim with respect to the privilege.
Mourns the death in Afghanistan of United States Marine Corps Captain Matthew Charles Hays Freeman of Richmond Hill, Georgia.
Congratulates Shani Davis for his gold medal victory at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.
Shows support for the mission and spirit of Northwestern University Dance Marathon, congratulates the marathon's dancers, supporters, and beneficiaries, and urges the people of this State to join in celebrating the pride, potential, and power of Northwestern University Dance Marathon and StandUp for Kids on the weekend of March 5-7, 2010.
Congratulates Peter S. Knobel on the occasion of his retirement after 30 years of outstanding leadership in the greater Jewish and non-Jewish community as the Senior Rabbi of Beth Emet the Free Synogogue.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that Veterans Day honors the victory in all wars of all United States Armed Forces (now, United States Army, Navy, and Air Force).