Rep. Jeanne M Ives

Amends the State Agency Web Site Act. Requires that a State agency make applications for licenses under the jurisdiction of that State agency accessible by means of a State agency Web site to the general public no later than January 1, 2017. Defines "license" as any license, certification, registration, or permit issued by a State agency, except for a driver's license, State identification card, or vehicle registration issued by the Secretary of State or any license issued by the State Board of Elections. Effective immediately.

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Children and Family Services shall establish a child protection training academy for child protective investigators and supervisors employed by the Department or its contractors, and for other State and county employees, judges, court personnel, service providers, mental health professionals, law enforcement, foster parents, and other appropriate individuals and entities that are involved in providing child welfare services and that work directly with abused or neglected children. Provides that the training efforts of the academy shall include, but shall not be limited to, establishing: (i) training curricula on recognizing and responding to cases of child abuse or neglect; (ii) laboratory training facilities that include mock houses, mock medical facilities, mock courtrooms, and mock forensic interview rooms that allow for simulated, interactive, and intensive training; and (iii) minimum standards of competence that a person shall be required to demonstrate prior to receiving certification from the academy. Provides that by January 1, 2016, the Department shall adopt rules for the administration of the child protection training academy that not only establish statewide competence, assessment, and training standards for persons providing child welfare services, but that also ensure that persons who provide child welfare services have the knowledge, skills, professionalism, and abilities to make decisions that keep children safe and secure. Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall create and maintain a website to help persons wishing to create new businesses or relocate businesses to Illinois. Establishes requirements for information to be included on the website.

Designates the bridge at Illinois Route 38 and Illinois Route 53 as the "Jerome F. "JR" McBride, Jr. Memorial Bridge".

Directs the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys provided to the College of DuPage in Fiscal Year 2011, Fiscal Year 2012, Fiscal Year 2013, and Fiscal Year 2014.

Mourns the death of Verlyn R. Roskam.

Congratulates Frank Kaminsky of the Wisconsin Badgers on being named the men's 2015 National College Player of the Year.

Congratulates Naperville Mayor A. George Pradel on the occasion of his retirement.

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that if an employer and an employee organization have entered into a fair share agreement that applies to the employees of a bargaining unit, then the exclusive representative of the employees in that unit shall annually provide, not more than 90 days after the end of the exclusive representative's fiscal year, a financial disclosure report to the Illinois Labor Relations Board, for posting on its internet website, and to each employee of the bargaining unit. Sets forth requirements for the report. Provides that if an exclusive representative fails or refuses to prepare the report for a fiscal year, then the exclusive representative shall immediately refund all fair share payments that it has collected for that fiscal year to the persons who made those payments. Provides that if, for a second or subsequent fiscal year, an exclusive representative fails or refuses to prepare the report, then the exclusive representative shall immediately refund all fair share payments that it has collected for that fiscal year to the persons who made those payments and an election shall be held to determine whether the labor organization shall continue to be the exclusive representative. Makes these provisions applicable to fair share agreements entered into, modified, or renewed on or after the effective date. Effective immediately.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "33 1/3%".