Rep. James H. Meyer

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to create and maintain an Internet-based information source to provide interactive training to assist foster parents in developing the skills necessary to care for the emotional, mental, and physical needs of children within the foster care system. Provides that the information source must include, at least once every 8 weeks, a web-cast seminar on varying topics selected by the Department concerning foster care and the foster children.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning delivery services implementation plans.

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.

Creates the Foster Care Independent Transition Pilot Program Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Children and Family Services shall establish and administer a foster care independent transition pilot program to assist young adults who will be leaving the State's foster care system with the transition to independent living. Grants the Department rulemaking power. Provides location, eligibility, and service criteria for the pilot program. Provides that the Department shall decide, subject to appropriation, whether to continue the program based on reviews conducted by the Department or by a private agency of the Department's choosing, jointly with the Department.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Increases the sentence for aggravated stalking to a Class 2 (instead of Class 3) felony for a first offense and to a Class 1 (instead of Class 2) felony for a second or subsequent conviction.

Amends the School Code with regard to a school district's school report card assessing the performance of its schools and students. Makes a technical change.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning the definition of "telecommunications carrier".

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section regarding the extent of a responsible relative's liability for support.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the construction of any equipment, facility, vehicle, vessel, or aircraft capable of causing or contributing to air pollution or designed to prevent air pollution does not require a construction permit unless that equipment, facility, vehicle, vessel, or aircraft is subject to regulation under certain Sections of the federal Clean Air Act. Provides that the construction of any equipment, facility, vehicle, vessel, or aircraft capable of causing or contributing to water pollution or designed to prevent water pollution does not require a construction or operation permit unless (i) the construction of the equipment, facility, vehicle, vessel, or aircraft will be funded in whole or in part by financial support from the State or the federal government or (ii) the equipment, facility, vehicle, vessel, or aircraft is for the purpose of the pretreatment of wastewater prior to discharge to a non-delegated publicly owned treatment works. Sets forth procedures by which the Environmental Protection Agency must: (i) allow a permit applicant to review and comment on a proposed draft permit; (ii) issue general permits that do not require individual applications for categories of similar sources or equipment, facilities, vessels, or aircraft; (iii) allow a permit applicant to select a permitting analyst to perform permit application reviews and drafting on behalf of the Agency; and (iv) provide, upon an applicant's request, an expedited review of a permit application. Effective immediately.