Sen. Dave Syverson

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a willful violation of the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law that causes a motor vehicle accident that results in great bodily harm, permanent disability, or disfigurement to another person is a Class 3 felony. Provides that a willful violation of the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law that causes a motor vehicle accident that results in the death of another person is a Class 2 felony.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a motorcycle may be equipped with auxiliary accent lights, including standard bulb running lights and light emitting diode pods and strips. Provides that the auxiliary accent lights shall not be red or white or oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. Defines "auxiliary accent light".

Amends the Illinois Securities Law of 1953. Creates an exemption from certain filing and registration requirements under the Act for intrastate securities offerings that meet certain conditions, including that (1) the offering meets all of the requirements of the federal exemption for intrastate offerings provided under the Securities Act of 1933; (2) the aggregate purchase price of all securities sold by an issuer within any 12-month period does not exceed: (i) $3,000,000; or (ii) $5,000,000 if the issuer has undergone and made available certain financial statements to specified persons; and (3) the aggregate amount sold to any purchaser in an offering of securities made within any consecutive 12-month period does not exceed certain monetary limitations. Provides that an issuer may make an offering or sale of securities through the use of one or more qualified Internet portals, subject to certain requirements, including that (i) the Internet portal shall at all times be owned by a corporation or other legal entity which is either organized under the laws of, or is otherwise qualified to do business in, this State; (ii) the Internet portal shall establish and maintain commercially reasonable measures to limit access to any information concerning an offering or sale of the subject securities to residents of this State; and (iii) the Internet portal shall establish and maintain a secure method of communication through the Internet portal itself that will permit potential investors to communicate with one another and with representatives of the issuer about the offering. Requires the Secretary of State to collect a $100 fee for securities offered or sold under the exemption created under this amendatory Act; and a $300 fee for the registration and renewal of a qualified Internet portal. Defines terms.

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates December 23 of each year as "Scott's Law Day" to honor public safety workers and to remind motorists to slow down, change lanes away from a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, and proceed with due regard to safety and traffic conditions.

Amends the Statute on Statutes, the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, the Illinois Public Aid Code, and other various Acts. Changes all occurrences of "the physically handicapped" to "persons with physical disabilities", changes all occurrences of "the handicapped" or "handicapped persons" or "handicapped individuals" to "persons with disabilities", and changes all occurrences of "handicapping condition" to "disabling condition". Changes all occurrences of "disabled persons" to "persons with disabilities" and changes all occurrences of "the mentally and developmentally disabled" to "persons with mental and developmental disabilities". Changes the title of the "Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act" and all references to that Act to the "Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act". Changes the title of other Acts and the names of certain funds. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Lee Barrett.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Changes the definition of "municipal waste incineration" to exclude the combustion of certain materials that might otherwise qualify as municipal waste. Makes, as a result, the Act's municipal waste incineration emission standards inapplicable to facilities where those waste-derived materials are combusted. Authorizes the Illinois Pollution Control Board to determine, based solely on certain federal standards, which of these waste-derived materials do not qualify as municipal waste. Effective immediately.

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that every hunting or trapping device, vehicle, or conveyance is a public nuisance and subject to seizure and confiscation by any authorized employee of the Department of Natural Resources when used or operated illegally, or attempted to be used or operated illegally by any person in taking, transporting, holding, or conveying any wild bird or wild mammal, contrary to the provisions of the Act, only when the taking, transporting, holding, or conveying is charged as a felony. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each public official who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is elected or appointed to office to complete an 8-hour continuing education program established by the Community College Board within 2 years after the date he or she is first elected or appointed, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, to that office and every 2 years thereafter for as long as he or she remains a public official. Authorizes a fine to be levied against a public official who fails to timely complete the continuing education requirement. Prohibits a public official from being elected or appointed to public office if he or she fails to timely pay the fine and complete the required continuing education.

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Board.