Rep. Angelo Saviano

Amends the Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act. Requires each television manufacturer to submit an estimate of the total weight of televisions sold under its brand to individuals at retail in the State (rather than the total weight of its televisions sold under its brand to individuals at retail in the State). Specifies a formula that manufacturers may use to estimate that weight. Deletes provisions requiring retailers to report the number of televisions sold at retail to individuals in the State. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Authorizes a school district to provide students with instructional materials in an electronic format.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Amends the Uniform Prescription Drug Information Card Act. Provides that a discounted health care services plan administrator shall issue to its beneficiaries and insureds a card or other technology containing uniform prescription drug information. Sets forth the mandatory data elements that the card or other technology issued by a discounted health care services plan administrator shall display. Sets forth a definition for "discounted health care services plan administrator".

Amends the Interior Design Title Act. Removes requirement that residential interior designers be registered under the Act. Provides that the 2 additional Board members who are registered residential interior designers on the effective date of the amendatory Act shall serve out the full length of their current terms. Also makes technical changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning coroner's fees, increases the fee for autopsy reports, cremation permits, transcripts, toxicology reports, and miscellaneous reports. Provides that a coroner may waive the permit fee to cremate a dead human body if the coroner determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or under other special circumstances. Provides that the fee for an electronic file containing a picture obtained by the coroner shall be the actual cost or $3.00, whichever is greater. Effective immediately.

Amends the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act. Provides that a "mandated reporter" under the Act includes (i) any bank, savings and loan, or credit union officer, trustee, or employee and (ii) any ambulatory currency exchange or community currency exchange, as defined in the Currency Exchange Act, or an employee of such a currency exchange.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the supervision of persons on parole or mandatory supervised release.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that, in evaluating the financial strength of a qualified group workers' compensation pool, the Department of Insurance shall consider the gross annual payroll of members, which must be at least $10,000,000 for active pools not in runoff (instead of which must be at least $10,000,000). Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In a provision defining a "residence district", provides that for purposes of establishing maximum speed limits, a residence district shall be at least a quarter of a mile long with residences or residences and buildings in use for businesses spaced no more than 500 feet (instead of 300 feet) apart. Effective immediately.