Amends the Statute on Statutes. Prohibits all takings under the power of eminent domain by the State or a unit of local government for private development unless the property is within an area that is a "blighted area" and the condemning authority has entered into a written agreement with a private person or entity that agrees to undertake a development project within the blighted area that specifically details the reasons for which the property or rights in the property are necessary for the success of the development project. Defines "private development". Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that in all eminent domain actions in which a property owner is displaced, the displacing entity must pay certain costs related to the relocation and displacement of the property owner's residence, business, or farm operation. Amends the Eminent Domain Article in the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that, in a condemnation proceeding in which the property has been designated by the condemning authority by ordinance as blighted, the condemning authority must demonstrate and prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the property is blighted property. Provides that the existence of an ordinance designating property as blighted is not prima facie evidence of blight. Provides that an ordinance designating property as "blighted property" shall not be presumed to be valid for purposes of the condemnation proceeding. Makes changes concerning the valuation of condemned property. Requires reimbursement of the property owner for certain relocation costs. Establishes guidelines for determining reasonable attorney's fees (i) if the court awards just compensation that exceeds the initial written offer of the condemning authority and (ii) if the court determines that the taking is not warranted. Preempts home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall develop official information relating to the number of sexual offenders and sexual predators who are placed on supervision, probation, conditional discharge, parole, or mandatory supervised release and who are subject to electronic monitoring. Provides that the Criminal Justice Information Authority shall study the factors relating to the sentencing of sex offenders from the point of arrest through the imposition of sentencing by the sentencing court, including original charges, plea negotiations, trial dispositions, and sentences. Provides that the Department of Corrections, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, the Department of State Police, and the State's Attorneys shall provide information deemed necessary for the study. Provides that the final report shall be presented by March 1, 2007. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted of or placed on supervision for a sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Management Board Act must wear an approved electronic monitoring device for the duration of the person's parole, mandatory supervised release, probation, conditional discharge, or supervision term if the unlawful activity involved a victim who was under 16 years of age and the person convicted of the sex offense is 18 years of age or older or if the person convicted of the sex offense is a sexual predator. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a sexual predator who has been lawfully released from confinement or who has completed his or her term of supervision, probation, conditional discharge, parole, or mandatory supervised release, whichever is later, for at least 40 years, and who has not been arrested for a felony or misdemeanor since release may petition the circuit court for the purpose of no longer being classified as a sexual predator. Provides that it is Class 4 felony for a person who has reason to believe that a sexual predator is not complying, or has not complied, with the Act and who, with the intent to assist the sexual predator in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to find the sexual predator to question the sexual predator about, or to arrest the sexual predator for, his or her noncompliance with the Act to withhold information from the law enforcement agency about the sexual predator or to conceal his or her whereabouts or to provide false information to the law enforcement agency about the sexual predator.
Amends the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the civil nature of proceedings.
Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services has the authority to maintain and deposit into locally held accounts certain school fees and certain student-generated revenues and to use those fees and revenues to pay related expenses. Provides that these locally held accounts may not exceed $20,000 per account (now, may not exceed $10,000 per facility). Authorizes the Department to advance moneys from its appropriations to establish (i) a "Student Compensation Account" to pay students for work performed under the student work program, and (ii) a "Student Activity Travel Account" to pay transportation, meals, and lodging costs of students, coaches, and activity sponsors while traveling off campus for sporting events, lessons, and other activities directly associated with the representation of the school. Provides that funds in the "Student Compensation Account" shall not exceed $20,000, and funds in the "Student Activity Travel Account" shall not exceed $200,000. Effective immediately.
Amends the Attorney General Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to develop educational materials on meningitis for distribution in elementary and secondary schools. Effective immediately.
Proposes to amend the Finance Article of the Illinois Constitution. For an appropriation for a fiscal year when the aggregate appropriation of all moneys other than those belonging to special funds exceeds that of the previous fiscal year, requires a three-fifths affirmative vote of each house for passage of the appropriation if during the previous fiscal year borrowing occurred due to cash flow timing variations or revenue shortfalls. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Prohibits the State from issuing general obligation bonds or other indebtedness secured by the full faith and credit of the State if, in the next fiscal year, the resulting amount of debt service on all outstanding bonds would exceed 7% of that fiscal year's aggregate appropriations of (i) general funds and (ii) specific vehicle or fuel related revenues. Permits the issuance of bonds that would otherwise violate the prohibition if the State Comptroller and State Treasurer consent in writing. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Resolves that public universities and community colleges are entitled to reimbursement for the costs incurred in the administration of the Veteran Grant Program, the Illinois National Guard Grant Program, and the MIA-POW Scholarship Program in the past fiscal years; that these programs receive full funding in fiscal year 2007 and future fiscal years; and that the Board of Higher Education conduct studies concerning the amount of tuition and fees each public university and community college has waived in order to compensate for the lack of funding in the Governor's budgets for these programs.
Amends the Municipal Code. Changes the definition of "municipality" in the Illinois Joint Municipal Natural Gas Act, which allows 2 or more municipalities to form a municipal natural gas agency and sets forth the powers and requirements for those agencies, to include cities, villages, or incorporated towns located in any other state in the United States (instead of the State of Illinois only). Effective immediately.