Rep. Thaddeus Jones

Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that every park district that maintains an Internet website must post to its website a list of total compensation paid to each employee and whether that employee is an elected official. Requires park districts without a website to make the same information available to the public in its main office. Limits home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Urges the Sears Holdings Corporation to reconsider the financial impact the removal of jobs from the State has on rebuilding communities and to pay back any tax incentive revenue received in Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013. Urges the Illinois Attorney General's Office to review the actions taken by the Sears Holding Corporation regarding the tax incentive program.

Amends the School Code. In order to provide additional funding beyond the funding awarded to specific after-school programs, requires the State Board of Education to add, in its annual budget proposal, (i) a line item equal to 2% of the After-school Programs, Mentoring and Student Support (ASPMSS) line item for out-of-school time for monitoring, administration, and technical assistance for after-school providers funded by the ASPMSS line item in the State Board of Education's budget proposal; and (ii) a line item equal to 4% of the ASPMSS line item for out-of-school time for grants to qualified, statewide, non-profit agencies to provide capacity building, system development, training, and professional development services. Provides for how the additional appropriations, if any, must be used.

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Board.

Recognizes Michael B. Jones on becoming an Eagle Scout.

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning terms.

Appropriates $23,802,660 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for expenses of programs related to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Effective July 1, 2013.

Amends the Personnel Record Review Act and the State Finance Act. Authorizes the Department of Labor to assess civil penalties under the Personnel Record Review Act. Provides for collection actions by the Attorney General. Provides that employers in violation are subject to a penalty of $250 plus $25 per day of violation. Creates the Personnel Records Enforcement Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Authorizes the Department to use the moneys in the fund for administration of the Act.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.

Amends the State Finance Act. Requires the mayor or village president of each municipality to submit a 3-year economic development and housing stabilization plan for the municipality to the municipality's city council or village board for approval. Provides that after receiving such approval, the mayor or village president shall submit the plan to the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for certification. Prohibits the State Treasurer from distributing any funds to a municipality until receipt of the certification. Makes conforming changes in the State Treasurer Act.