Amends the Local Government Travel Expense Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Commitment to Justice Act and includes legislative findings. Amends the Court of Claims Act. Removes the $100,000 limit on awards in tort cases. Provides that the changes apply to cases filed on or after July 1, 2015. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a municipality that has not extended property taxes for any purpose for a continuous 5-year period immediately preceding the tax year of the initial levy may establish an initial levy without resort to referendum, but not to exceed an aggregate rate of 0.25% and further subject to the Truth in Taxation Law. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the short title.
Mourns the death of Marnya J. Williamson.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Deletes language providing that a public body that maintains a website shall also post specified information on its website. Provides that a unit of local government or school district with annual operating expenditures of more than $1 million for 2 consecutive years that has a website maintained by the full-time staff of the public body shall post to that website specified information. Provides that a public record is considered published on the public body's website even if it is hosted on a website that is maintained by another governmental entity if a hyperlink to the public record is provided on the public body's website. Amends the Local Records Act. Repeals a Section providing that specified units of local government and school districts shall post specified information to their websites. Amends the Notice By Publication Act. Provides that whenever an officer of a court, unit of local government, or school district is required by law to provide notice by publication in a newspaper, it is sufficient to publish, in lieu of the entire text of the notice, the following information: (1) a citation to the statutory basis for the requirement that the notice be published; and (2) the Internet website where the full text of the notice may be found.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that the Authority may issue, sell, and deliver additional Working Cash Notes before July 1, 2020 (rather than July 1, 2018) that are over and above and in addition to the $100,000,000 authorization. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of John J. "Jack" Lanigan Sr.
Amends the Local Government Facility Lease Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
