Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that law enforcement officers, in an effort to assist the Department of Children and Family Services in child protective investigations in its response to reports of child abuse or neglect, must, upon request of a child protection investigator, accompany the child protection investigator. Provides that it is the responsibility of the accompanying officer to accompany the child protection investigator to any other police jurisdiction that is outside the accompanying officer's primary jurisdiction. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code making conforming changes.

Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that for community-integrated living arrangements licensed under the Act, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide the necessary fire inspection to comply with licensing requirements. Provides that the Office of the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement with another State agency to conduct this inspection if qualified personnel are employed by that agency. Removes language providing that code enforcement inspection of the facility by the local authority may occur if the local authority having jurisdiction enforces code requirements that are equal to those enforced by the State Fire Marshal. Provides that nothing in provisions concerning fire inspections shall limit a local authority with jurisdiction from conducting local code inspection and enforcement or (rather than shall prohibit a local fire authority) from conducting fire incident planning activities. Effective immediately.

Congratulates Robert T. Boey on the occasion of his retirement from the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees.

Amends the School Code. Provides that a waiver or modification from mandates of the Code may not be requested from a provision in the Code governing tuition for non-resident pupils unless the area encompassing the school district requesting the waiver qualifies as a designated teacher shortage area as determined by the State Board of Education and approved by the U.S. Department of Education. Effective immediately.

Recognizes Kishwaukee College on its 50 year anniversary.

Congratulates Dan Long on his retirement as Executive Director of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.

Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Reduces the fee collected by the Secretary of State for the filing of articles of organization, applications for admission, and restated articles of organization from $500 to $39 and reduces those fees in connection with a limited liability company with ability to establish series from $750 to $59. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.

Recognizes Donna Belknap's 36 years of service with the Illinois legislative staff, the Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission, and the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, and congratulates her on her planned retirement in December 2017.

Congratulates Dan Long on his retirement as Executive Director of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.