Sen. Laura Murphy

Mourns the death of Craig Raymond Stettner.

Amends the Illinois Promotion Act. Removes a sunset date from provisions concerning grants from the Tourism Promotion Fund. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Grant Information Collection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Reinstates an annual transfer that is required to be made from the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund to the General Revenue Fund. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall maintain a metal detector at each point of entry into the hospital. Provides that a hospital shall ensure that all members of the public, other than the employees of the hospital who display proper credentials, who enter the hospital at a point of entry are subjected to screening by a metal detector. Provides that individuals subject to screening shall include, but not be limited to, individuals in wheelchairs. Defines "point of entry". Effective July 1, 2018.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Defines "underground" and "undergrounding". Provides that public utilities shall underground 138 kilowatt or greater electric transmission lines under certain conditions. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall allow a public utility to recover from all retail customers in its service territory all reasonable and prudent costs that it incurs related to the undergrounding of a 138 kilowatt or greater electric transmission line. Provides that a public utility shall record and defer costs that it incurs related to the undergrounding of transmission lines as a regulatory asset to be included in the public utility's total rate base and amortized over a reasonable period that is equal to the expected life of such transmission line. Effective immediately.

Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that the lien for nonpayment of common expenses and fines attaches after the unit owner is given written notice and an opportunity to be heard. Provides that the board of managers may seek remedies under the Act after providing the unit owner or agent of the unit owner with written notice of the default and providing an opportunity to be heard regarding any fees that are in dispute. Provides that the bylaws shall provide that the association has no authority to initiate collection proceedings against a unit owner until the board of managers issues a 30-day written notice of delinquency, and an opportunity for a hearing is given to dispute any amounts due. Provides that the board of managers has the power, after written notice (instead of "notice") and an opportunity to be heard, to levy reasonable fines for violation of the declaration, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the association.

Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that certain attorney's fees shall be excluded from the demand given under specified provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in any litigation or arbitration between a unit owner and the association or its board of managers or any individual member of the association or its board of managers regarding specified disputes, if the unit owner is deemed by the court or arbitrator to be the substantially prevailing party, then the court or the arbitrator shall award to the unit owner from the non-prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred by the unit owner in the litigation or arbitration.