Sen. Napoleon Harris

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the administration of the Code.

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning administration of the Code.

Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Creates the Task Force on Modes of School Transportation for Elementary and Secondary Education. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall conduct a review of current State and federal law regarding the use of various modes to transport elementary and secondary education students and make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly regarding safe transportation of the students, and shall present legislative and administrative recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly no later than December 15, 2017.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.

Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Changes the product registration fee to $600 per 2-year registration period (currently, $300 per product per year). Changes the business registration fee to $800 per 2-year registration period (currently, $400 per year). Changes the penalty for late registration to $100 per product in addition to the regular product registration fee (currently, $400 per product in lieu of the normal registration fee). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2019, a supplying municipality in Cook County shall not charge another municipality in Cook County more than the actual cost of providing water to the municipality. Provides that a supplying municipality in Cook County shall post on its website and provide to the municipality to which it supplies water the actual cost of providing water. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall monitor all supplying municipalities in Cook County to make sure the municipalities are not charging more than the actual cost of providing water. Defines "supplying municipality in Cook County" as a municipality in Cook County that either receives water directly from Lake Michigan or buys its water from another municipality that receives its water either directly or indirectly from Lake Michigan and "actual cost of providing water" as the cost of providing water along with reasonable fees to deliver the drinking water. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Agency to make grants to municipalities to fund infrastructure improvements to facilitate water supplies from Lake Michigan for residents of Cook County. Provides that the Fund is not subject to sweeps, administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any funds from the Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund into any other fund of the State. Provides that the Agency may adopt rules to implement the provisions. Amends the State Finance Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Local Government Travel Expense Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.