Creates the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Community-Integrated Living Arrangements and Developmental Disability Facilities Act. Provides that under certain conditions, a resident of a living arrangement certified under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act and a resident of a developmental disability facility shall be permitted to use an audio and video surveillance system in his or her room at his or her own expense. Requires the electronic monitoring device to be placed in a conspicuously visible location in the room. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a program to distribute specified funds each year for the purchase and installation of electronic monitoring devices. Establishes criminal penalties for a person or entity that knowingly hampers, obstructs, tampers with, or destroys an electronic monitoring device. Contains provisions concerning: resident and roommate consent to monitoring; notice of electronic monitoring to the staff and visitors; limitations on the staff's access to recordings; the admissibility of recordings in civil, criminal, and administrative actions; staff reporting; liability; and rulemaking. Makes other changes. Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act and Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to make conforming changes. Provides that it is a business offense for a person to discriminate or retaliate against a resident for consenting to the electronic monitoring, or to prevent the installation or use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident who has provided specified notice and consent. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2020. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill as amended by House Amendment No. 2 and House Amendment No. 3 with the following changes. Removes language allowing specified individuals to consent to authorized electronic monitoring if the resident or the roommate has not affirmatively objected to the monitoring and his or her physician determines that he or she lacks the ability to understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of electronic monitoring. Provides that if a resident chooses to install an electronic monitoring device that uses Internet technology for visual or audio monitoring, that resident is responsible for installing a secure, password-protected network. In provisions amending the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, provides that intentionally retaliating or discriminating against any recipient for consenting to authorized electronic monitoring, or preventing the installation or use of an electronic monitoring device by a recipient under the Act, is a business offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 (rather than $10,000).
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Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Defines "retired law enforcement officer qualified under federal law" for purposes of the Act to permit the carrying of a concealed weapon. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act. Permits currently employed and qualified retired State correctional officers and county correctional officers to carry their own firearms off-duty without being in violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes if they meet certain training requirements. Provides that currently employed and qualified retired State correctional officers and county correctional officers shall carry a photographic identification and a valid annual firearm certificate while carrying their own firearms off-duty. Limited to correctional officers who have custody and control over inmates in an adult correctional facility. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that an elected or appointed official of a unit of local government may not hire or appoint himself or herself to a second position in the unit of local government if the second position is a salaried or hourly position. Allows the governing body of the unit of local government to hire or appoint an elected or appointed official to a second position in the unit of local government with a salary or hourly wages by ordinance or resolution if the ordinance or resolution states the salary or total compensation of an hourly position. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 (Senate recedes Jun 02, 2019) Provides that an elected or appointed official of a unit of local government may not hire or appoint himself or herself to a position (rather than a second position) in the unit of local government if the position is a salaried or hourly position. Provides that the governing body of the unit of local government may consolidate positions within the unit of local government (rather than hire or appoint an elected or appointed official to a second position in the unit of local government with a salary or hourly wages) by ordinance or resolution if the ordinance or resolution states the salary or total compensation of the combined position. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 (Senate recedes Jun 02, 2019) Deletes reference to: 50 ILCS 105/4.1 new Adds reference to: 50 ILCS 50/5 50 ILCS 50/10 50 ILCS 50/15 50 ILCS 50/20 50 ILCS 50/25 50 ILCS 50/30 50 ILCS 50/35 50 ILCS 50/42 new 50 ILCS 50/45 new 50 ILCS 50/50 new 50 ILCS 50/40 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act. Modifies and deletes various definitions. Expands and changes the financing or refinancing that a governmental unit (rather than a local unit of government) or the Illinois Finance Authority may use for assessment contracts. Provides that a governmental unit or the Authority may sale and assign assessment contracts without competitive bidding or the solicitation of requests for proposals or requests for qualifications. Changes elements required in an ordinance or resolution establishing a property assessed clean energy program. Changes elements required to be included in a property assessed clean energy program report. Changes requirements of assessment contracts in a program. Provides that assessments under the program may be included in property tax bills and establishes procedures for billing and collection of assessments. Modifies how PACE bonds are issued and paid, including that the State will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in governmental units by this Act or in the Authority in accordance with this Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act are intended to be supplemental and in addition to all other powers or authorities granted to any governmental unit, shall be construed liberally, and shall not be construed as a limitation of any power or authority otherwise granted. Requires PACE bonds to contain a recital. Validates all actions and bonds issued prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Repeals provisions on joint property assessed clean energy programs. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 (Senate recedes Jun 02, 2019) Makes organizational and grammatical changes. Changes a cross-reference. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 2, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 3, with the following changes: Removes cost of collecting assessments from costs allowed to be included in the amount of financing or refinancing. Modifies the definitions of "assessment", "property", "record owner", and "resiliency improvement". Modifies the requirements of the program report. Changes requirements of property that may be subject to an assessment contract. Removes provisions allowing a county collector to charge flat fees relating to collection of assessments. Removes language providing that a record owner waives objects to assessments related to assessment contracts when entering into the assessment contract. Makes grammatical changes. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Provides that "capital provider" means any credit union, federally insured depository institution, insurance company, trust company, or other entity (rather than institution) approved by a governmental unit or its program administrator or program administrators that finances or refinances an energy project by purchasing PACE bonds issued by the governmental unit or the Authority for that purpose. Corrects typographical errors.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse may be commenced at any time (rather than within 10 years of the commission of the offense if the victim reported the offense to law enforcement authorities within 3 years after the commission of the offense). Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each tax bill shall contain a list of each tax increment financing (TIF) district in which the property is located and the dollar amount of tax due that is allocable to the TIF district. Effective immediately.
Amends the Real Property Conservation Rights Act. Provides that a conservation right may be amended or modified from time to time only by a written instrument executed by the grantor and grantee and recorded with the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the land is located. Provides that either party may, in the absolute discretion of the party, withhold consent to any amendment or modification requested by the other party. Provides that an amendment or modification shall not materially and adversely affect the conservation purposes of the conservation right or facilitate the extinguishment of the conservation right. Provides that the consent of any party other than the grantor and grantee is not required for amendment or modification, even if the other party is entitled to enforce an easement. Provides that the conservation right may contain other requirements for amendment or modification, and such other requirements shall control. Provides that a unit of local government has the authority to grant a conservation right on property that it owns to another unit of government or to a not-for-profit corporation or trust that meets certain criteria. Provides that an action to enforce a conservation right may be brought by any party entitled to enforce the conservation right against a nonowner who is violating the terms of the conservation right. Provides that a notice of violation may be recorded by the holder of the conservation right against any property that the holder of the conservation right reasonably determines is in violation of the conservation right. Provides that a conservation right shall not be extinguished by adverse possession, a claim of abandonment, or merger, and may be extinguished only by such procedure as may be set forth in the conservation right or by a release of the conservation right in accordance with the terms of the conservation right. Provides that no prescriptive easement shall be established that adversely impacts the conservation values protected by the conservation right. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following changes: Deletes language providing that a notice of violation may be recorded by the holder of the conservation right against any property that the holder of the conservation right reasonably determines is in violation of the conservation right. Provides instead that if the holder of a conservation right reasonably determines that there is a violation of the right, the holder of the conservation right may record a notice of violation against the property for which the conservation right applies. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall study the feasibility of creating a statewide registry of advance directives and Practitioner Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms. Amends the Illinois Living Will Act, the Health Care Surrogate Act, the Mental Health Treatment Preferences Declaration Act, and the Powers of Attorney for Health Care Law of the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that various types of documents may be in hard copy or electronic format. Provides that electronic declarations may be revoked, among other things, by deletion in a manner indicating the intention to revoke and in a manner that meets the requirements for a deletion by a provider deleting an entry in the electronic medical record. Provides that signature and execution requirements are satisfied by written signatures or initials and electronic signatures or computer-generated signature codes that meet the requirements for a signature by a provider making an entry into the electronic medical record. Provides that a person who enters information in an electronic system under the persona of the principal shall be held civilly liable. Makes conforming changes. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 175/5-115 5 ILCS 175/5-120 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following changes: Provides that the Department of Public Health shall also consult with a statewide bar association, a national bar association with an Illinois chapter that concentrates in elder and disability law, and a not-for-profit organ procurement organization that coordinates organ and tissue donation in the study of the feasibility of creating a statewide registry of advance directives and POLST forms. Provides that the study must be filed with the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2021. Provides that an electronic declaration may be created, signed, or revoked electronically using a generic, technology-neutral system in which each user is assigned a unique identifier that is securely maintained and in a manner that meets the regulatory requirements for a digital or electronic signature. Deletes language providing that the signature and execution requirements are satisfied by electronic signatures or computer-generated signature codes that meet the requirements for a signature by a provider making an entry into the medical record. Deletes language providing that an electronic declaration may also be revoked by the principal's deletion in a manner indicating the intention to revoke and in a manner that meets the requirements for a deletion by a provider deleting an entry in the electronic medical records. Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Deletes language providing that provisions regarding electronic records and electronic signatures shall not apply to any rule of law governing the creation or execution of a living will or healthcare power of attorney.
Amends the Wrongful Tree Cutting Act. Changes the definition of "stumpage". Defines "protected land" and "qualified professional forester or ecological restoration professional". Provides that any party found to have intentionally cut or knowingly caused to be cut any standing timber or tree, other than a tree or woody plant referenced in the Illinois Exotic Weed Act, on protected land, and the party did not have the legal right to so cut or cause to be cut, must pay the person or entity that owns or holds a conservation right to the land 3 times stumpage value plus remediation costs. Provides that nothing in the Act limits the rights of a party to pursue causes of action under other laws, including any available common law remedies for damages. Limits the relief available under the Act. Provides that the court shall allow a plaintiff who prevails to recover the cost of expenses incurred. Makes changes in provisions concerning appraisals and findings of value and expenses. Adds provisions concerning: remediation plans; court-ordered determinations of costs; assistance by the Department of Natural Resources; and use of awards under the Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1936. Provides that the board of trustees of the of the Village of Lindenhurst may, by ordinance, terminate the terms of all members of the board of trustees of the Lindenhurst Sanitary District and the powers of the Lindenhurst Sanitary District shall be exercised by the board of trustees of the Village, including the District's authority to levy and collect taxes. Provides that once there are no debts of the District or the Village has sufficient funds on hand or available to satisfy any debts of the District, the board of trustees of the Village may dissolve the Lindenhurst Sanitary District and acquire all of the District's assets and responsibilities if it adopts an ordinance stating: (1) the reasons for dissolving the District; (2) that there are no outstanding debts of the District or that the Village has sufficient funds on hand or available to satisfy the debts; (3) that no federal or State permit or grant will be impaired by dissolution of the District; and (4) that the Village assumes all assets and responsibilities of the District. Requires the Village of Lindenhurst to notify the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency of the dissolution of the District. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person who commits a violation of the Section prohibiting the operation of an electronic communication device while operating a motor vehicle, and the violation results in an accident causing great bodily harm to any person, shall have his or her driver's license suspended for a period of one year and shall be assessed a fine of $1,000. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/6-206 Provides that the Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the driving privileges of a person who has committed a violation involving the use of an electronic communication device while driving that resulted in great bodily harm, permanent disability or disfigurement, and that in such case the driving privileges of the person shall be suspended for 12 months. Provides that a person who commits a violation of the Section prohibiting the operation of an electronic communication device while operating a motor vehicle, and the violation results in an accident causing great bodily harm to any person, shall be subject to a minimum fine of $1,000 (instead of shall have his or her driver's license suspended for a period of one year and shall be assessed a fine of $1,000). Changes the effective date to July 1, 2020.