Sen. James A. DeLeo

Mourns the death of Rosemont Mayor Donald E. Stephens.

Amends the Chicago Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that attainment of age 18 does not terminate the children's pension of a child who is disabled and was dependent upon a deceased teacher at the time of his or her death. Provides that, if there is no eligible surviving spouse or eligible child of a deceased teacher, his or her parent is entitled to a survivor's pension if he or she was dependent upon the deceased teacher at the time of his or her death. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the occupational disease disability benefit shall be equal to 65% of the current salary attached from time to time to the rank held by the police officer at the time of his or her removal from the police department payroll (now the greater of 65% of the salary attached to the rank held by the police officer in the police service at the time of his or her removal from the police department payroll or 50% of the current salary attached from time to time to the rank held by the police officer at the time of his or her removal from the police department payroll). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Eliminates the required contribution for converting past service to the augmented retirement formula, and provides for a refund of such contributions already paid. Also provides for recalculation of the pension and a lump sum payment of the difference between the augmented and unaugmented rates for certain pensioners. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Rosemont Mayor Donald E. Stephens.

Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Compounds the automatic annual increase in retirement annuity. Also increases it to 3% and reduces the minimum age to 55. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher certification.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Digital Divide Elimination Infrastructure Program.

Amends the Illinois Highway Code, the Toll Highway Act, and the Toll Bridge Act. Contains findings. Requires the Department of Transportation, counties, and municipalities to configure the electronic toll collection system on county toll bridges, municipal toll bridges, and municipal ferries (and, if electronic toll collection is used on any highways constructed or maintained by the Department, on those highways) to be compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to the "maximum extent reasonably feasible". Authorizes intergovernmental agreements and cooperation among entities to standardize toll collection and toll violation and enforcement services. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.