Rep. Fred Crespo

Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that in certain offenses involving injury to companion animals, except for a State licensed veterinary hospital, humane society, animal shelter, or kennel, the convicted individual shall pay the owner of the companion animal 3 times the value of the immediate, completed, or ongoing veterinary treatment related to the injury of the companion animal.

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the Chicago school district only, a school board must develop and distribute to every parent or guardian of a student in that school district a one-page summation of the statute of limitations for a parent or guardian to bring a claim against the school district and any possible courses of corrective action for a student who has been denied or received delayed individualized education program services. Provides that the summation must be distributed one month before the 2018-2019 school year and the State Board must approve the content of the summation before distribution by the school board. Effective immediately.

Makes various appropriations to the Office of the State Comptroller for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. Effective July 1, 2018.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Secretary of State for its FY18 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2017.

Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that within one month of the beginning of each school year, the school board must distribute to the parents or guardians of all students enrolled in a school information regarding any member of school personnel employed at the school within the past 5 years who has been found to have sexually abused or sexually assaulted a student enrolled in the school. Effective immediately.

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a home rule municipality may file a petition to disconnect fire protection district territory from the district if: the municipality's fire department services at least 80% of the municipality; the disconnection will not cause the territory of the district to be noncontiguous; and the loss of assessed valuation by reason of the disconnection of the territory will not impair the ability of the district to render adequate fire protection service to the territory remaining in the district. Provides that territory disconnected shall remain liable for its proportionate share of any bonded indebtedness outstanding as of the date of disconnection. Provides for petition, hearing, notice, and objection requirements. Further provides that if a court finds that the petition complies with the Section and that the allegations of the petition are true, the court shall order that the territory be disconnected.

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Authorizes the Department of Public Health to license freestanding rapid treatment emergency centers. Contains provisions concerning the requirements a facility must meet to be licensed as a freestanding rapid treatment emergency center. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish provisional licensure and licensing procedures by emergency rule. Makes related changes in the Emergency Medical Treatment Act, the Health Care Worker Background Check Act, the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Prohibits a person from constructing, modifying, or establishing a freestanding rapid treatment emergency center without obtaining a certificate of need permit from the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Requires the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to establish provisional permit application guidelines by emergency rule. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Contains provisions concerning reimbursements to freestanding rapid treatment emergency centers. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Directs the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rates to be paid for services delivered by a freestanding rapid treatment emergency center. Effective immediately.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a person who has been granted a senior citizens homestead exemption need not reapply for the exemption. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning recomputation of State aid claims.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the School District Extension Freeze Law. Provides that, if at the end of any levy year, a school district has reserves of 50% or more in its educational fund, then the school district's extension for educational purposes may not exceed its extension for the previous levy year. Provides that, if the school district has reserves of 60% or more at the end of the immediately preceding levy year, then the district's extension for educational purposes shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the district's educational reserve amount for the immediately preceding levy year and a reserve amount of 60% for that levy year. Effective July 1, 2019.