Sen. Julie Morrison

Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Requires a person registering or a registered sex offender or sexual predator under the Sex Offender Registration Act whose place of employment is in a municipality or county, other than the municipality or county of primary registration, to report in person and provide the business name and address where he or she is employed to: (1) the chief of police in the municipality in which he or she is employed for a period of time of 5 or more days or for an aggregate period of time of more than 30 days during any calendar year, unless the municipality is the City of Chicago, in which case he or she shall register at the Chicago Police Department Headquarters; or (2) the sheriff in the county in which he or she is employed for a period of time of 5 or more days or for an aggregate period of time of more than 30 days during any calendar year in an unincorporated area or, if incorporated, no police chief exists. A person registering shall report the employment information required within 3 days of registration; and, if the person is registered under this Act on the effective date of this amendatory Act he or she shall report the information on or before March 1, 2016. In addition to updating his or her registration, if a registered sex offender changes employment to a municipality or county, other than the municipality or county of primary registration, he or she shall, within 3 days of the change in employment, report and provide information on his or her place of employment to the appropriate law enforcement agency where the employment is located.

Amends the Township Code. Provides that counties which discontinue township organization will keep their form of government after the discontinuance. Amends the Counties Code making conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Corrections may transfer a person whom the Department of Corrections believes is subject to involuntary admission or meets the standard for judicial admission under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, other than an addict, alcoholic, or intoxicated person, to any secure psychiatric unit of any hospital operated by the University of Illinois for observation, diagnosis, and treatment, subject to the approval of the hospital, for a period of not more than 6 months, if the person consents in writing to the transfer. Effective immediately.

Creates the Budget Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that when the State enters into a new fiscal year without a fully enacted budget, the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives must hold weekly in-person, public meetings to discuss the budget until a budget is enacted. Provides for notice of meetings and access to the meetings by members of the General Assembly and the general public. Effective immediately.

Amends the Oil and Gas Wells on Public Lands Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, no new permits shall be issued for surface extraction activities on lands owned by the Department of Natural Resources or the federal government. Prohibits the Department of Natural Resources from entering into contracts in writing designating any person as the permittee of the State of Illinois with the exclusive right to prospect and explore public lands of the State of Illinois for the occurrence of petroleum. Repeals provisions governing certain petroleum leases, right of way over public lands, and preferential rights to prospecting permits. Effective immediately.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning no later than October 1, 2016, and for each State fiscal year thereafter, the monthly personal needs allowance required under Title XIX of the Social Security Act for any person residing in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under the Code and who is enrolled in the State's Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program for adults with developmental disabilities shall be no less than 15% of the individual's monthly Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for the previous calendar year. Establishes a similar personal needs allowance amount for any person residing in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under the Code beginning no later than October 1, 2016 and for each State fiscal year thereafter. Effective immediately.

Amends the Senate Rules for the 99th General Assembly by changing Rules 2-2 and 2-3.

Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the debt limitations of school districts, provides that, in addition to all other authority to issue bonds, North Shore School District 112 may issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000 if certain conditions are met, including (1) that the voters of the district approve a proposition for the bond issuance at an election held on or after March 15, 2016 and (2) that, prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school board determines, by resolution, that the building and equipping of new buildings and improving the sites thereof and the building and equipping of additions to, altering, repairing, equipping, and renovating existing buildings and improving the sites thereof are required as a result of the age and condition of the district's existing buildings. Provides that the debt incurred on the bonds and on any bonds issued to refund or continue to refund such bonds shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any statutory debt limitation and that the bonds and any bonds issued to refund or continue to refund such bonds must mature within not to exceed 30 years from their date, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary.