Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "year".

Amends the Veterans Preference Act. Increases the fine for a violation of the Act to a minimum of $75 (instead of $25) and a maximum of $300 (instead of $100). Effective immediately.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Adds persons included within the definition of "person subject to involuntary admission", including: (1) a person with mental illness who, because of the nature of his or her illness, is unable to understand his or her need for treatment and who, if not treated, is at risk of suffering or continuing to suffer mental deterioration or emotional deterioration, or both, to the point that the person is at risk of engaging in dangerous conduct; and (2) a person who has been adjudged to be subject to authorized involuntary treatment and with respect to whom (A) outpatient treatment has been shown to be ineffective because the person is unable or unwilling to comply with his or her treatment plan and (B) inpatient admission is likely to be effective in implementing the person's treatment plan and is otherwise in the person's best interests. Provides that at any time before the conclusion of a hearing on involuntary admission and the entry of the court's findings, a respondent may enter into an agreement to be subject to an order for alternative treatment or care and custody, if certain conditions are met. Provides that an agreed order for care and custody may grant the custodian the authority to admit a respondent to a hospital if the respondent fails to comply with the conditions of the agreed order. Provides that an agreed order for alternative treatment or care and custody does not constitute a finding that the respondent is a person subject to involuntary admission. Provides that a respondent may not be cited for contempt for violating the terms and conditions of his or her agreed order for care and custody. Makes other changes.

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code and the Wildlife Code. Allows all veterans (now, only certain disabled veterans) to fish and hunt during times allowed without being required to have a license.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require that coverage under those Acts include coverage for hearing aids.

Amends the School Code. With respect to reimbursement for qualified transportation expenses of a custodian of a qualifying pupil, provides that a public school pupil qualifies if, among other requirements, conditions are such that walking constitutes a serious hazard to the safety of the pupil, including without limitation a serious safety hazard due to gangs, violent activity, or vehicular traffic (now the serious safety hazard must be due to vehicular traffic, which requirement still applies to nonpublic school pupils). Provides that the State Board of Education makes the determination as to what constitutes a serious safety hazard, except for serious safety hazards due to vehicular traffic, which the Department of Transportation determines. Effective July 1, 2006.

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a landlord must comply with standards adopted by a county or multiple county health department concerning the presence of mold in buildings. Provides that a landlord who fails to comply is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an individual is not ineligible for benefits solely because his or her unemployment is due to a stoppage of work because of a labor dispute where he or she is or was last employed. Provides that the disqualifications based on voluntary leaving and refusal of work do not apply to an individual whose unemployment is due to a stoppage of work because of a labor dispute where he or she is or was last employed.

Urges the Illinois Commerce Commission to study the impact of wind farms on surrounding real property values and report these findings to the Governor and General Assembly by January 1, 2007.

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Awards a bid preference to State contract bidders based on the number of their employees, hired more than 30 days but less than 18 months before the bid, who receive benefits from the bidder. Requires that the bidder be located within 5 miles of an Illinois municipality with certain levels of unemployment, parolee population, median household income, and minority population.