Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to compile and make available to the public a report identifying the types and volumes of waste treated at authorized recycling facilities, the types and volumes of waste treated at authorized organic waste composting facilities, the total volumes of food scraps processed at municipal solid waste landfills, the total permitted capacity for compost volume on municipal solid waste (MSW) sites, and the total emissions of methane from MSW landfills. Sets forth findings, purposes, and goals. Establishes organic waste composting goals. Requires specified commercial food wholesalers, commercial food distributors, industrial food manufacturers or processors, supermarkets, restaurants, resorts, and conference centers to begin arranging for: (1) source separation of organic wastes from other solid wastes; and (2) recycling of the source-separated organic waste at an authorized source-separated organic material composting facility. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Requires each county waste management plan to include a composting program for organic waste as a part of the basic waste disposal plan. Allows a unit of local government to collect fees or rates for the organic waste composting services. Includes exemptions. Makes corresponding changes in the Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act.
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Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Creates a Small Estate Affidavit to transfer real property if the fair market value does not exceed $350,000. Requires notice to interested persons as defined by the Act and any personal representatives of the decedent. Exempts property was owned by the decedent in joint tenancy, tenancy by the entirety, in which the decedent had a life other interest terminable upon the decedent's death, or was governed by a transfer on death instrument as authorized by Illinois law.
Creates the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program Act. Creates the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program within the Illinois State Police to provide a stable funding source for the veterinary care for retired police dogs. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall contract with a not-for-profit corporation organized under Article 2 of the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 to administer and manage the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall select the not-for-profit corporation through a competitive grant award process. Establishes criteria for the selection of the not-for-profit corporation. Provides that from appropriations made by the General Assembly to the Illinois State Police for implementation of the Act, the Illinois State Police shall make grants to the not-for-profit corporation contracted by the Illinois State Police to be the disbursing authority for the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. Provides that these funds must be disbursed to the former handler or the adopter of a retired police dog that served for 5 years or more as a police dog upon receipt specified verification. Provides that annual disbursements to a former handler or an adopter to reimburse him or her for the cost of the retired police dog's veterinary care may not exceed $1,500 per dog. Provides that a former handler or an adopter of a retired police dog may not accumulate unused funds from a current year for use in a future year. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall pay to the not-for-profit corporation, and the not-for-profit corporation may use, up to 10% of appropriated funds for its administrative expenses, including salaries and benefits. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall adopt rules to implement the Act.
Creates the Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that the Chicago Board of Education may not contract with a third party on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act for services relating to custodial, dietary, or daily maintenance of a district facility. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Uniform Racial Classification Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that for Tier 2 firemen, final average salary is the greater of (1) the average monthly salary obtained by dividing the total salary of the fireman during the 96 consecutive months of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total salary was the highest by the number of months of service in that period or (2) the average monthly salary obtained by dividing the total salary of the fireman during the 48 consecutive months of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total salary was the highest by the number of months of service in that period (currently, the final average salary is the average monthly salary obtained by dividing the total salary of the firefighter during the 96 consecutive months of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total salary was the highest by the number of months of service in that period). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Creates the Government Zero Emission Vehicle Act. Defines terms. Provides that all vehicles owned by a governmental unit must either be a manufactured zero-emission vehicle or converted into a zero-emission vehicle no later than January 1, 2045. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules to implement the Act. Provides that the rules may include requirements for all governmental units to gradually reduce the percentage of vehicles that are not zero-emission vehicles up through January 1, 2045. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, when a revision is made by the county assessor and that revision is not made on complaint of the property owner, the county assessor shall continue to accept appeals from the taxpayer for a period of not less than 35 business days from the later of the date the assessment notice is mailed or is published on the assessor's website.
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. With respect to safety education instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade 6, adds water safety that incorporates the water safety instructional materials and resources developed by the American Red Cross and the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project or by a district-approved source. Effective immediately.