Amends the Counties Code. In a Section concerning counties under township organization, provides that public notice of a special meeting of a county board may be given as prescribed in the Open Meetings Act (now, publication in a specified newspaper).
Amends the Election Code. Requires that a State central committee of a political party under Alternative A must be composed of 2 members from each congressional district (one male and one female) elected by the primary voters (now, one member from each district elected by the primary voters or by ward, township, and precinct committeemen). Applies to State central committees elected at or after the 2014 general primary. Provides that, if all of a party's candidates for State central committeemen or State central committeewomen from a congressional district are of the same sex, then the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected a State central committeeman or State central committeewoman from the district, and a vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second member of the State central committee from the district. Provides that candidates for election or to fill a vacancy as State central committeeman or committeewoman under Alternative A, a person must have voted in 3 of the 4 most recent primaries of the political party operating under Alternative A. Makes the State central committeeman and committeewoman in a congressional district the members and co-chairpersons of that party's congressional committee. Effective immediately.
Amends the Private College Campus Police Act. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to provide college or university police departments or their officers the authority to issue moving violations in accordance with the Illinois Vehicle Code.
Creates the Council on Efficient Government Act. Creates the Council on Efficient Government and sets forth its duties, including, but not limited to, review of whether goods and services provided by State agencies should be privatized or outsourced to obtain cost savings or best value. Requires reports and business case analyses. Sets forth outsourcing contract requirements. Requires the council to establish an accounting method. Exempts transportation construction. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2021. Effective July 1, 2011.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act if and only if Senate Bill 2505 of the 96th General Assembly becomes law. Reduces the rate of tax imposed by Senate Bill 2505 of the 96th General Assembly to 3% for individuals, trusts, and estates and 4.8% for corporations (the rates in effect immediately prior to the passage of Senate Bill 2505). Provides that the amendatory Act supersedes Senate Bill 2505 of the 96th General Assembly and that the rates shall be deemed to be 3% for individuals, trusts, and estates and 4.8% for corporations for the entire period beginning on the effective date of Senate Bill 2505 of the 96th General Assembly through the effective date of the amendatory Act and thereafter. Makes corresponding changes concerning the distribution of tax proceeds. Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act to reverse certain changes made by Senate Bill 2505 of the 96th General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Creates the Health Courts Act. Establishes the Illinois Health Courts Commission with 10 members appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, of which: 3 are representatives of hospitals; 3 are representatives of physicians; and 4 are citizen representatives, with one designated as chairman by the Governor. Provides for the staffing and the operation of the Commission. Establishes arbitrator qualifications, appointments and training procedures. Provides that arbitrators are subject to the Personnel Code. Provides that the Commission shall adopt rules to create an alternative dispute resolution method that provides: after the occurrence of an adverse health care event, the health care professional or health care provider involved must notify the patient or the patient's family, within 30 days after the discovery of the adverse event, that the patient has a right to seek compensation; following this, the patient may submit a claim; the health care professional or provider must notify the health court commission of the claim and provide a compensability determination to the patient within 60 days; if the event is compensable, the health care professional or provider must make an offer based upon a schedule of damages created by the Commission by rule; a patient may appeal that compensation decision to the Commission; the patient may appeal a decision to not compensate the patient for the claim, which is reviewed by an arbitrator, de novo, at a hearing at which the health care professional or provider and the patient may present evidence, including expert testimony; and the arbitrator's decision may be appealed to the appellate court. Provides that the Commission shall issue an annual report. Includes other provisions.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher certification.
Urges the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives to create a joint legislative cancer caucus, to be known as the Illinois Legislative Cancer Caucus, to provide a forum for discussing and evaluating public policies affecting cancer research, treatment, education, and prevention efforts.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In a Section concerning estimated taxes, provides that, if a taxpayer is entitled to a refund after the payment of the fourth installment, then he or she may apply the amount of the refund to the first installment due in the next taxable year.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that any taxing district may order the county clerk to abate all or a portion of the taxes levied by the taxing district on certain tool and die business property. Effective immediately.
