Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates designated as Peace Officers Memorial Foundation of Cook County license plates to active or retired Cook County peace officers and their family members, surviving family members of deceased law enforcement officers, and members of or donors to the Peace Officers Memorial Foundation of Cook County. Provides that the issuance and renewal fee shall be $25. Creates the Peace Officers Memorial Foundation of Cook County Fund. Makes corresponding changes in the Illinois Lottery Law, the State Finance Act, and the Illinois Income Tax Act.

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning background investigations.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that public indecency also includes committing the proscribed acts while confined in a penal institution. Provides that a person convicted of a second or subsequent violation for public indecency while confined in a penal institution is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Includes in the definition of "sex offense", a second violation or attempted violation of public indecency while confined in a penal institution committed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act. Provides that if an inmate while in custody of the warden is convicted of public indecency, his or her day for day good behavior allowance shall be revoked for each day the allowance was earned while the inmate was in custody of the warden. Effective immediately.

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

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision concerning the Community Care Program, establishes the following rate increases in the wages paid by vendors to their employees who provide homemaker services: on July 1, 2018, rates shall be increased to $19.89 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour; on July 1, 2019, rates shall be increased to $21.49 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour; on July 1, 2020, rates shall be increased to $23.09 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour; and on July 1, 2021, rates shall be increased to $24.69 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour. Provides that fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, any paid time off or payments for training, health insurance, travel, or transportation shall not be reduced in relation to the rate increases established in this provision. Effective July 1, 2018.

Creates the Illinois Workers' Rights and Worker Safety Act. Provides that except as authorized by State law enacted after January 1, 2017, a State agency may not amend or revise its rules relating to protection of workers' rights or worker safety in a manner less stringent than specified federal laws. Provides that a State agency may establish workers' rights and worker safety standards that are more stringent than those provided in federal law in existence as of January 1, 2017. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that in certain circumstances an action may be brought in a circuit court by a person in the public interest to enforce standards or requirements concerning air, water, drinking water, and endangered and threatened species adopted under specified provisions of the Act and the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act. Provides that the provisions concerning public interest enforcement shall only become operative if specified events occur. Provides that the enforcement provisions of the Act are severable. Adds provisions concerning protection of the environment, natural resources, and public health. Requires various State agencies to adopt, maintain, and enforce rules concerning air, water, drinking water, and endangered and threatened species that are at least as stringent as various regulatory baselines under federal law, in addition to State law requirements. Provides that every State agency shall undertake all feasible efforts to implement and enforce these provisions. Contains reporting requirements. Deletes provisions providing that an air pollution construction or operating permit shall not be required due to emissions of greenhouse gases if certain events occur. Deletes certain language concerning exemptions from provisions concerning the Clean Air Act Permit Program.

Amends "An Act to renew the Great Seal of State", approved March 7, 1867. Provides that the State seal shall bear the date "December 3, 1818" in recognition of the date of Illinois' statehood and that the date "December 3, 1818" shall replace any other date appearing on the State seal. Provides that any further additions or changes made to the design of the seal are wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if a fireman is involved in a proceeding for a declaration of invalidity of marriage, legal separation, or dissolution of marriage at the time he or she withdraws or enters upon annuity, his or her contributions for widow's annuity shall be refunded, upon request and if consistent with the court's order, after the entry of the judgment declaring the invalidity of the marriage, the judgment for legal separation, or the judgment of dissolution of marriage. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply without regard to whether the fireman was in service on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the final average salary of a person who first becomes a firefighter under the Article on or after January 1, 2011 shall be the greater of (1) the average monthly salary obtained by dividing the total salary of the firefighter during the 96 consecutive months of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total salary was the highest by the number of months of service in that period, or (2) the average monthly salary obtained by dividing the total salary of the firefighter during the 48 consecutive months of service within the last 60 months of service in which the total salary was the highest by the number of months of service in that period (currently, the final average salary is the average monthly salary obtained by dividing the total salary of the firefighter during the 96 consecutive months of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total salary was the highest by the number of months of service in that period). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, upon request, to provide DUI service providers licensed by the State and any court, as defined, with copies of identification and arrest data the Department receives from federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. Establishes the DUI Service Provider Effectiveness Program Exploratory Committee to create an audit and evaluation process that permits the evaluation of treatment and intervention outcomes of licensed DUI service providers so that persons interested in DUI treatment or intervention services can make informed decisions concerning provider selection and courts can better determine which DUI service providers to keep on their approved-provider lists. Contains provisions concerning membership on the Committee, initial appointments, voting rights, reporting requirements, and other matters. Requires the Committee to prepare and publish in a central publication information obtained through the audit and evaluation process established by the Committee, but not before performing certain tasks, including the development of: (i) a process and statistical method of outcome analysis and research that targets DUI recidivism as a measure of the treatment or intervention effectiveness of each DUI service provider; and (ii) a standardized method or process by which a court may consult and collaborate with a DUI service provider whose program of DUI treatment or intervention services fails to meet or adequately address the needs of clients residing within the court's judicial circuit. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds a requirement concerning DUI treatment review surveys. Effective immediately.