Sen. Mattie Hunter

Amends the Property Tax Code, the Community Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, the Counties Code, and the Community Mental Health Act. Contains provisions validating certain tax levies for community mental health boards. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: 35 ILCS 200/18-103 new 50 ILCS 835/1.2 55 ILCS 5/5-25025 405 ILCS 20/5 Adds reference to: 50 ILCS 70/5 50 ILCS 70/10 50 ILCS 70/20 50 ILCS 70/25 30 ILCS 805/8.47 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Decennial Committees on Local Government Efficiency Act. Defines "governing board" to mean the governing body of a governmental unit, including, but not limited to, the governing body of a road district. Provides that "governmental unit" means all entities that levy taxes and are also units of local government, as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, except municipalities and counties (rather than includes all units of local government that may levy any tax, except municipalities and counties). Provides that a highway commissioner of a township road district in a county with a population under 400,000 and the township board of the same township may form a joint committee on local government efficiency (currently, the governmental unit must form a single committee). Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Repeals provisions concerning exemption from bargaining unit membership. Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. With respect to an educational employer of the Chicago school district, provides that (i) a supervisor shall be considered an "educational employee" unless the supervisor is also a managerial employee and (ii) a "managerial employee" means an individual who has a significant role in the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements or who formulates and determines employer-wide management policies and practices, including a general superintendent of schools (rather than an individual who is engaged predominantly in executive and management functions and is charged with the responsibility of directing the effectuation of such management policies and practices). In provisions concerning strikes, prohibits educational supervisors employed in the Chicago school district whose position requires an administrative license from engaging in a strike. Effective January 1, 2023.

Amends the School Code. Prohibits the State Board of Education from developing, purchasing, or requiring a school district to administer, develop, or purchase a standardized assessment for students enrolled or preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2, other than for diagnostic purposes. Prohibits the State Board of Education from providing funding for any standardized assessment of students enrolled or preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade 2. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Changes references from "diagnostic purposes" to "diagnostic and screening purposes". Adds bilingual education, dyslexia services, or other related educational services to the definition of "diagnostic and screening purposes". Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-15 new Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/34-8.1 from Ch. 122, par. 34-8.1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Makes changes concerning the Chicago Board of Education's requirements and criteria for the position of principal of an attendance center. Provides that if the requirements and criteria result or may result in the exclusion of otherwise qualified and licensed candidates from being eligible for selection to serve as a principal, then the Board shall maintain a public database that includes the names of all of the candidates who are eligible to be selected as a principal and who do not choose to not have their name included in the database. Requires the Board to establish a grievance and hearing procedure for those candidates the general superintendent has deemed ineligible to serve as a principal. Makes changes concerning the use of performance evaluations in determining that a principal is no longer eligible to seek a principal position at an attendance center. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that State travel reimbursement rates for lodging and mileage for automobile travel, as well as allowances for meals, shall be set at the maximum rates established by the federal government for travel expenses, subsistence expenses, and mileage allowances. Provides that if the rates set under federal regulations increase or decrease during the course of the State's fiscal year, the effective date of the new rate shall be the effective date of the change in the federal rate. Makes conforming and other changes.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding Medicaid co-payments.

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Wednesday, February 08, 2023, the Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, February 14, 2023, or until the call of the President; and the House of Representatives stands adjourned until Tuesday, February 14, 2023, or until the call of the Speaker.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-1 Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-115 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person who was under the age of 21 and is serving a sentence for first degree murder or a term of natural life imprisonment shall be eligible for parole review by the Prisoner Review Board after serving 40 years or more of his or her sentence or sentences.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that all municipalities (currently, only municipalities in a county with a population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants) may impose a motor fuel tax. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Removes a requirement that the imposition of certain non-home rule use and occupation taxes is subject to referendum approval. Effective immediately.

Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that the definition of "health care professional" includes athletic trainers. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 150/5 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 430/20-5 20 ILCS 5/5-222 20 ILCS 605/1105 new 20 ILCS 730/5-5 20 ILCS 730/5-40 20 ILCS 3855/1-70 55 ILCS 5/5-12020 220 ILCS 5/8-402.2 220 ILCS 5/16-107.7 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Director of the Executive Ethics Commission shall be appointed for a term of 2 years for appointments made before the effective date of the amendatory Act and for a term of 4 years for appointments made on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency must have at least 10 years (rather than 15 years) of combined experience in the electric industry. Provides that the Director must have experience with the renewable energy industry and an understanding of the programs established by Public Act 102-662 intended to promote equity in the renewable energy industry. Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that the definition of "community-based organizations" means an organization that, among other requirements, utilizes at least one training facility in the community or region it serves (rather than having at least one main operating office in the community or region it serves). Provides that, in provisions concerning the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, an eligible organization may serve as the designated Climate Works Hub for all 5 regions of the Climate Works Hub. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that for terms beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of the Illinois Power Agency shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency's annual salary (rather than $100,000). Amends the Counties Code. Provides that there shall be at least one public hearing during which public comment shall be taken regarding the application for siting approval or a special use permit for a commercial wind energy facility or commercial solar energy facility. Provides that the public hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings Act and shall be held not more than 45 days after the filing of an application for siting approval or a special use permit for a commercial wind energy facility or commercial solar energy facility. Provides that the county shall make its decision not more than 30 days after the conclusion of the public hearing. Removes a provision that allows any part of a county zoning ordinance pertaining to wind farms that was in effect before August 16, 2007 to continue in effect notwithstanding the provision. Provides that a county with an existing zoning ordinance in conflict with the provisions shall amend such zoning ordinance to be in compliance within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Specifies setback requirements, restrictions on blade tip height, sound limitations, and other restrictions on and regulations for commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities. Includes other provisions limiting a county's ability to regulate commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities, and grants counties certain other powers in the regulation of commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that each utility's Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment program shall include the following requirements: each utility shall retain a copy of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment report; the Illinois Power Agency shall promptly make the results of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment available for public inspection on its website; and utilities shall prioritize the completion of Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessments for schools located within environmental justice communities or schools that are categorized as a Tier 1 or Tier 2 school based on the lasts annual evidence-based funding distribution process by the State Board of Education. Effective immediately. Provides that an electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers shall notify the Illinois Commerce Commission of the same and provide the results of the calculations set forth in the provisions concerning assisting qualifying customers through a power price mitigation rebate. Provides that any electric utility that provides notice to the commission of qualification under the provisions concerning the power price mitigation rebate shall concurrently file a tariff with the Commission that provides for a monthly rebate credit to be given to all residential and small commercial customers. Provides that the tariff shall provide that the total funds appropriated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall be divided equally and issued to all of its active residential and small commercial customers. Provides that the Commission shall have 5 days from the date an electric utility files the tariff to review the tariff for compliance, and the tariff shall go into effect no later than 7 days from the original tariff filing date or one day from the date of any compliance filing. Provides that upon receipt of notice from the Commission, the Department shall transfer $200,000,000 to the eligible electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers. Provides that each electric utility providing a monthly rebate credit to its customers shall include a statement as part of a bill insert reflecting a monthly rebate credit to customers. Provides that an electric utility with a tariff shall be entitled to recover the reasonable and prudent expenses incurred and shall have an obligation to provide monthly rebate credits to customers only to the extent there are funds available to the utility to provide monthly rebate credits. Makes a conforming change in the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Removes the changes to the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act by removing language providing that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency shall be appointed by a majority of the commissioners of the Executive Ethics commission, subject to Senate confirmation, for a term of 2 years for appointments made before the effective date of the amendatory Act and for a term of 4 years for appointments made on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. In the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law, provides that subject to appropriation from such funds made available (rather than just subject to appropriation), the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall transfer $200,000,000 to an eligible electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers pursuant to provisions concerning the power price mitigation rebate. In the Energy Transition Act: removes changes to the definition of "community-based organizations"; and removes language providing that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall initially select a community-based provider in each region and shall subsequently select a community-based provider in each region every 3 years. In the Public Utilities Act: removes language providing that each utility must retain a copy of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment report; provides that the results of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment shall be memorialized by the utility or by a third party acting on behalf of the utility in a usable report form that includes recommendations and redacts all confidential information and shall be provided to the applicable public school; provides that each utility shall be required to retain a copy of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment report and to provide copies of each usable report to the Agency and the Illinois Capital Development Board within 3 months of its completion; in provisions concerning the power price mitigation, provides that the tariff shall provide that the monthly rebate credit will be reflected on customer bills beginning at the start of a monthly billing period and continue through the October (instead of the May) 2023 billing period; and deletes language providing that, upon receipt of notice from the Commission, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall transfer $200,000,000 to the eligible electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers.