Sen. Mike Hastings

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that if a highway authority does not have fee ownership of property located over or under a highway or road or the right to grant use of the property, an entity applying for consent to use the property for ditches, drains, tracks, rails, poles, wires, pipeline, or other equipment of the entity shall pay to the owners of the property all damages the owners may sustain by reason of use of the property and the damages shall be agreed upon by the entity and the owners or ascertained and paid in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the right of eminent domain. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Exempts the Illinois State Guard from the definition of "agency". Amends the State Employee Indemnification Act. Expands the definition of "State" and "employee" to include the Illinois State Guard and its members. Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Provides that, in the event of the death or disability of the Adjutant General or any other occurrence that creates a vacancy in the office, the Commander-in-Chief shall designate either the Assistant Adjutant General for Army or the Assistant Adjutant General for Air as the acting Adjutant General until an Adjutant General is appointed. Amends the Illinois Code of Military Justice. Provides that no person may be brought to trial by court-martial if that person is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering that person mentally incompetent. Provides that a determination on the accused person's capacity to stand trial shall be made in accordance with specified rules described in the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2012 Edition). Contains provisions concerning inquiries into a person's mental responsibility and mental health. Amends the State Guard Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Illinois State Guard Act. Repeals the substantive provisions of the Act. Establishes the Illinois State Guard as the State's non-federally recognized military force composed of members of the Unorganized Militia who are 18 through 45 years of age and other persons as determined necessary by the Governor. Contains provision concerning: the activation and organization of the State Guard; personnel, pay, and allowances; equipping and uniforms; and other matters. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that an expatriate corporation shall be considered a non-resident bidder for purposes of the Code. Provides that no business or member of a unitary business group shall submit a bid for or enter into a contract with a State agency under the Code if the business is an expatriate corporation. Defines "expatriate corporation". Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that notwithstanding provisions of the Act, any person formed or incorporated in a foreign tax haven may be a member of a unitary business group without regard to where its business activities are conducted. Defines "foreign tax haven". Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the Illinois Investment Policy Board to make its best efforts to identify all expatriate companies and include those companies in the list of restricted companies distributed to each retirement system and the Illinois State Board of Investment.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction in an amount equal to the product of the total capital expenditures incurred by the taxpayer for labor and materials to install mechanical insulation property during the taxable year multiplied by the applicable percentage. Provides that the applicable percentage is the lesser of: (i) 30%; or (ii) the difference between: (a) the energy savings, expressed as a percentage, obtained by placing the mechanical insulation property in service in connection with a mechanical system and (b) the energy savings, expressed as a percentage, that the property is required to meet by standard 90.1-2007, developed and published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Effective immediately.

Creates the County Work Release Diversion Program Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Creates the Right to Know Act. Provides that an operator of a commercial website or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the internet about individual customers residing in Illinois who use or visit its commercial website or online service shall notify those customers of certain specified information pertaining to its personal information sharing practices. Requires an operator to make available certain specified information upon disclosing a customer's personal information to a third party, and to provide an e-mail address or toll-free telephone number whereby customers may request or obtain that information. Provides for a right of action to customers whose rights are violated under the Act. Provides that any waiver of the provisions of the Act or any agreement that does not comply with the applicable provisions of the Act shall be void and unenforceable. Provides that no provision of the Act shall be construed to conflict with or apply to certain specified provisions of federal law or certain interactions with State or local government. Provides findings and purpose. Defines terms.

Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rules.

Urges the United States Congress to renew the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning resident bidders.

Amends the Agency Energy Efficiency Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board may: (1) annually conduct energy efficiency audits of State-owned real property; (2) annually rank State-owned real properties according to their energy efficiency; and (3) encourage energy efficiency audits of State-owned real properties based on those rankings. Provides that State agencies may elect to conduct energy efficiency audits of State-owned real property and may retain the amount of savings realized from energy improvements and conservation measures, subject to certain limitations.