Amends the Wrongful Tree Cutting Act. Defines "land with a primary purpose of preservation or conservation". Provides that any party found to have intentionally cut or knowingly caused to be cut any timber or tree on land with a primary purpose of preservation or conservation that he or she did not have the legal right to cut or caused to be cut must pay the owner of the timber or tree 3 times stumpage value plus all remediation costs. Provides that nothing in the Act limits the rights provided under other law of an owner of land with a primary purpose of preservation or conservation. Provides that the court may not use the diminution of market value in determining damages. Provides that the court shall allow a plaintiff who prevails to recover the cost of expenses incurred. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a sheriff's office or police department may not request or receive specified equipment or vehicles from military equipment surplus programs. Further provides that, if a sheriff's office or a police department requests property from a military equipment surplus program, then the sheriff's office or police department shall publish notice of the request on a publicly accessible website within 14 days after the request. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall provide coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, including, but not limited to, the use of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. Effective immediately.
Amends the Governmental Account Audit Act. Provides that units of local government (including school districts and public colleges and universities) shall limit contracts or appointments with auditors to 5 years and shall competitively bid auditor contracts or appointments. Provides that a unit of local government may not contract with or appoint an auditor or auditing firm who has done any audit of the unit of local government in the previous 5 fiscal years unless an auditing firm practices audit partner rotation. Allows the Comptroller to waive the limitation on the same auditor or auditing firm in certain circumstances. Amends the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Park District Code, the School Code, the Board of Higher Education Act, and the Public Community College Act making conforming changes.
Amends the Collateral Recovery Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning transfer by operation of law.
Amends the Drug Court Treatment Act. Eliminates the provision that excludes a defendant from a drug court program if the defendant has previously completed or has been discharged from a drug court program.
Amends the Uniform Commercial Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the scope of Article 1 of the Code.