Sen. Michael Noland

Amends the School Code in provisions concerning bullying prevention. Makes changes concerning the legislative findings. Provides that, on or before January 1, 2013, the State Board of Education shall develop a template for a model bullying prevention policy and sets forth requirements concerning the template. Sets forth and changes requirements, beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, for each school district and non-public, non-sectarian elementary or secondary school, as well as the State Board, concerning policies on bullying. Sets forth provisions concerning the collection, maintenance, and submission of data regarding allegations and incidences of bullying and rules. Effective immediately.

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Authorizes an elected or appointed member of a downstate police or downstate firefighter pension fund to satisfy the Act's training requirements by participating in a course of training sponsored or conducted by the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association. Sets forth requirements for the course of training. Effective January 1, 2013.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning assistance with exports.

Creates the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. Contains a statement of public policy and legislative intent. Grants to the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority the necessary powers for the development, financing, and operation of transportation projects through public-private agreements with one or more private entities. Contains provisions regarding procurement, agreements, development and operations standards for transportation projects, financial arrangements, acquisition of property, labor matters, law enforcement, property, powers, prohibitions, and other matters. Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; Illinois Finance Authority Act; Illinois Procurement Code; Public Construction Bond Act; Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act; Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act; Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; Property Tax Code; Toll Highway Act; and Prevailing Wage Act to implement and conform to the new Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning completion and delivery of the seller's disclosure statement.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability is a Class 1 felony if the value of the property is $50,000 (rather than $100,000) or more but less than $100,000 or if the elderly person is over 70 years of age and the value of the property is $15,000 or more but less than $50,000 or if the elderly person is 80 years of age or older and the value of the property is $5,000 or more but less than $25,000 and a Class X felony if the value of the property is $100,000 or more or if the elderly person is over 70 years of age and the value of the property is $50,000 or more or if the elderly person is 80 years of age or older and the value of the property is $25,000 or more.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Permits the owner of a motor vehicle that is more than 25 years of age or a bona fide replica thereof to register the vehicle as an expanded-use antique vehicle. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration and renewal fees, an applicant for an expanded-use antique vehicle shall be charged $45 per year for expanded-use antique vehicle plates. Provides that the usage restrictions that apply to antique vehicles also apply to expanded-use antique vehicles from January 1 through March 31 and from November 1 through December 31, but the restrictions do not apply the rest of the year. Amends provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Alternate Fuels Act to include references to expanded-use antique vehicles. Effective January 1, 2012.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the supervising officer of a parolee or releasee shall request the Department of Corrections to issue a parole violation warrant, and the Department shall issue a parole violation warrant if the parolee or releasee is charged with a felony offense of domestic battery (rather than domestic battery) or if the parolee or releasee is on parole or mandatory supervised release for a murder, a Class X felony or a Class 1 felony violation of the Criminal Code of 1961, or any felony that requires registration as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act (rather than a forcible felony) and commits an act that constitutes first degree murder, a Class X felony, a Class 1 felony, a Class 2 felony, or a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that accident and health insurance policies that provide coverage for prescribed orally-administered cancer medications and intravenously administered or injected cancer medications shall ensure that the applicable financial requirements and treatment limitations are no more restrictive than the financial requirements and treatment limitations applied to intravenously administered or injected cancer medications that are covered by the policy. Provides that an insurer cannot achieve compliance with the coverage mandate by increasing financial requirements or imposing more restrictive treatment limitations on prescribed orally-administered cancer medications or intravenously administered or injected cancer medications covered under the policy. Effective immediately.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency, within 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, to make all permit applications on-line, editable, and savable files. Effective immediately.