Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides for the appointment of a Chicago Transit Authority Inspector General for a 4-year term for the purpose of detection and prevention of fraud and mismanagement in the Chicago Transit Authority. Provides that the jurisdiction of the Chicago Transit Authority Inspector General does not include the Board of Directors of the Chicago Transit Authority. Contains provisions concerning appointment, terms, removal, duties, and reporting requirements of the Chicago Transit Authority Inspector General. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides for the appointment of a Regional Transportation Authority Inspector General for a 5-year term for the purpose of detection, deterrence, and prevention of fraud, corruption, and mismanagement in the Regional Transportation Authority, the Commuter Rail Division, the Suburban Bus Division, and the Board of Directors of the Chicago Transit Authority. Contains provisions concerning appointment, terms, removal, jurisdiction, duties, and reporting requirements of the Regional Transportation Authority Inspector General. Requires that the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority appoint an ethics officer. Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that "employer" includes the Office of the Regional Transportation Authority Inspector General. Effective immediately.
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change concerning the Driver Education Act.
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requires each school board to implement a policy based on the guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority.
Amends the Public Community College Act. Allows a board of trustees of a community college district to enter into an agreement with an employer concerning an arrangement to provide new jobs training program services, including (1) new jobs training; (2) adult basic education and job-related instruction; (3) vocational and skill-assessment services and testing; (4) training facilities, equipment, materials, and supplies; and (5) on-the-job training. Requires the agreement to provide for program costs that may be paid from property taxes, tuition, student fees, or special charges. Allows the board to borrow money and issue and sell certificates payable from a sufficient portion of the future receipts of payments authorized by the agreement to provide funds for the present payment of the costs of a new jobs training program. Provides that the board shall, by resolution, provide for the assessment of an annual levy of a standby tax upon all taxable property within the community college district to further secure the payment of the certificates.
Amends the Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. Creates the Instructional Mandates Task Force. Specifies the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall explore and examine all instructional mandates governing the public schools of the State that currently exist and shall make recommendations concerning, but not limited to, the propriety of all existing mandates, the imposition of future mandates, and waivers of instructional mandates. Provides that the Task Force shall ensure that its recommendations include specifics as to the necessary funding to carry out identified responsibilities. Provides that the Task Force may begin to conduct business upon the appointment of a majority of the voting members. Provides that the State Board of Education shall be responsible for providing staff and administrative support to the Task Force. Contains provisions concerning reimbursement for members. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2014 and that the Task Force may submit other reports as it deems appropriate. Provides that the Task Force is abolished and provisions concerning the task force are repealed on January 2, 2014. Provides that there shall be a moratorium on the passage of legislation that imposes instructional mandates on the public schools in this State through January 2, 2014.
Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that "plumbing" includes rainwater harvesting distribution systems, but does not include any rainwater harvesting distribution system or rainwater harvesting collection system unless otherwise required by the Illinois Plumbing Code. Requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to adopt and publish a minimum code of standards for rainwater harvesting collection systems and rainwater harvesting distribution systems by January 1, 2011. Requires rainwater harvesting collection systems and rainwater harvesting distribution systems to be (A) used only for non-potable uses and (B) constructed in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code. Defines "rainwater harvesting collection system" and "rainwater harvesting distribution system". Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning beneficial use determinations.
Creates the Clean Water Commission.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes technical changes to a provision concerning facilities that accept exclusively general construction or demolition debris for transfer, storage, or treatment.