Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. In a provision concerning the reimbursement of receivers by the Department of Public Health adds that a monitor may also be reimbursed. Provides that the Department of Public Health may reimburse the receiver or monitor for its expenses from funds appropriated to the Department by the General Assembly after funds contained in the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver Fund not allocated for the costs associated with hiring and maintaining of surveyors have been exhausted (currently, after funds contained in the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver Fund have been exhausted). Effective immediately.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates an abatement for property that (i) is used exclusively for commercial or industrial purposes and (ii) has been rebuilt following a natural disaster occurring in taxable year 2013 or any taxable year thereafter. Effective immediately.

Amends the Animal Gastroenteritis Act. Adds members to the Swine Disease Control Committee. Renames the Cattle Disease Research Committee to the Cattle Disease Control Committee. Corrects references. Adds members to the Cattle Disease Control Committee. Provides that meetings shall only occur in the event of a disease outbreak or other significant disease situation. Provides that the meetings shall be scheduled at the call of the Director with the Swine Disease Control Committee and the Cattle Disease Committee to address disease prevention, management, and control in the case of a disease outbreak. Provides that members of the Committees shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. Repeals a provision that authorized the Department of Agriculture to coordinate research concerning the cause, transmission, treatment, and control of transmissible gastroenteritis and other diseases of swine and livestock. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that loans for the purchase of fire trucks or brush trucks may not exceed $350,000 (now, $250,000) to any fire department or fire protection district. Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not require a law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of citations or warnings within a designated period of time. Provides that a county or municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a law enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of citations or warnings issued by the law enforcement officer to the number of citations or warnings issued by any other law enforcement officer who has similar job duties. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that it shall be an unfair labor practice to require a peace officer to perform a duty that conflicts with the provisions of this amendatory Act.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning notice to the circuit clerk of support payments received by the Department of Public Aid.

Urges Congress to enact the Safe Freight Act in order to ensure that no freight train be operated unless it is staffed by at least 2 properly certified individuals.

Proclaims March 30, 2013 and March 30, 2014 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" in the State of Illinois.

Congratulates Jasmine Babers of Rock Island for being named one of the top two youth volunteers in Illinois for 2014 in the Prudential Spirit of Community Award program.

Congratulates Roger Clawson of Moline on receiving the Western Illinois University Alumni Achievement Award.