Sen. Louis S. Viverito

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the District may impose fees on areas outside of the District, but within Cook County, for the performance of stormwater management services (now, to mitigate the effects of stormwater runoff from new development). Provides that the fees shall not exceed the actual annual cost (instead of the cost) of stormwater management services provided. Contains provisions for the collection of the fee. Provides that the District may pay a reasonable administrative fee to the unit of local government for the collection of the fee. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Library District Act. Provides that the balance in the working cash fund may not exceed 0.2% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property in the district (instead of 0.2% of the equalized assessed value of taxable property for the year the fund was established or, for funds established after January 1, 1979, for the year 1978). Provides that the library district board may invest temporarily idle moneys from the district's working cash fund. Provides that the interest earned from the investments may be transferred to the general fund or may remain in the working cash fund, provided that the balance of the working cash fund does not exceed the statutory maximum. Provides that, if a working cash fund is abolished, it may be reestablished in the same manner as the fund was originally created. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Dale Roehr of Burbank.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides for Medicaid eligibility for persons who (i) are age 60 or older, (ii) have an ongoing need for medical services for the monitoring or treatment of a chronic condition, without which institutionalization would be necessary, and (iii) have income and resources that are equal to or less than the monthly maintenance allowance and resource allowance amounts for a community spouse as set forth in the Social Security Act. Effective immediately.

Creates the Illinois Food, Farms, and Jobs Act and the Illinois Local and Organic Food and Farm Task Force. Sets out the composition of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall develop a plan for expanding and supporting a State local and organic food system and for assessing and overcoming obstacles to an increase in locally grown food and local organic food production. Sets out the contents of the plan. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Local Organic Food and Farm Fund. Effective immediately.

Creates the Prescribed Burning Act. Allows for the prescribed burning of certain land under specified circumstances when approved by a certified prescribed burn manager. Provides that no property owner or his agent, conducting a prescribed burn pursuant to the requirements of the Act, shall be liable for damage or injury caused by fire or resulting smoke, unless gross negligence is proven or unless conducted without the approval of a prescribed burn manager. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Office of the State Fire Marshall, shall promulgate rules to implement the Act. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed as requiring certification as a prescribed burn manager to conduct prescribed burning on one's own property or on the lands of another with the landowner's permission. Effective immediately.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Excludes certain wood-fired and biomass-fired boiler facilities, or portions thereof, from the definition of "pollution control facility". Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Antoinetta Frega of Riverside.

Designates the part of Interstate Route 355 in Illinois as the Veterans Memorial Tollway.

Mourns the death of George P. Poulos.