Sen. Don Harmon

Creates the Elimination of Phosphorus in Detergents Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2007, no person may use, sell, manufacture, or distribute for sale any cleaning agent containing more than 0% phosphorus by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus, in Illinois, except as provided under this Act. Sets forth certain exceptions. Provides that the Pollution Control Board may authorize the use of certain cleaning agents containing phosphorus under certain conditions and shall promulgate rules for the administration and enforcement of this Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Allows a public building commission in a municipality with 500,000 inhabitants or more to lease property from a municipal corporation and then lease back the property to the municipal corporation. Increases various relocation assistance payments paid in place of actual moving expenses to a person displaced by a public building commission project. Increases to $10,000 (now, $5,000) the minimum dollar amount of contracts that must be let for open competitive bidding. Requires public advertisement of contracts let for open competitive bidding at least once (now, at least once in each week for 3 consecutive weeks prior to the opening of bids) in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county where the commission is located. Provides an emergency situation exception to the publication requirement for contracts subject to open competitive bidding. Requires all bids to be open to public inspection after an award or final selection has been made (now, for a period of at least 48 hours before an award is made). Deletes a requirement that a copy of every contract entered into by the public building commission shall be executed in duplicate.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning assessments in Cook County.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the county assessor and the board of review may make a written request to the owner or lessee of any real property for information that may reasonably be required by the county assessor to determine the fair cash valuation of the property. Provides that the owner or lessee must respond in writing and under oath within 60 days after the receipt of a request for information. Provides that if any person (i) fails to comply with a request for information within 60 days after its receipt or (ii) in response to a request for information, makes a statement that he or she knows to be materially false, then that person is barred from any statutory appeal under certain Articles of the Code. Effective immediately.

Amends the Service Occupation Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rules.

Amends the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Creates the Mercury-Free Vaccine Act. Provides that a person shall not be vaccinated with a mercury-containing vaccine or injected with a mercury-containing product. Provides that the Department of Public Health may exempt the use of a vaccine containing mercury from the provisions of the Act, provided certain conditions are met, if the Department finds that an actual or potential bio-terrorist incident or other actual or potential public health emergency makes necessary the administration of a vaccine containing mercury. Effective January 1, 2007.

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Prohibits any telecommunications carrier from releasing the customer proprietary network information or personal identifying information of any end user with an Illinois billing address or an Illinois area code, except under specified circumstances. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to adopt rules to regulate the security of customer proprietary network information and personal identifying information. Requires a telecommunications carrier to provide notice to an Illinois resident (i) in the event of a breach of customer property network information or personal identifying information concerning an Illinois resident or (ii) if the carrier discovers or has reason to believe that customer proprietary network information or personal identifying information concerning the Illinois resident was acquired by an unauthorized person. Sets forth penalties for failure to comply with the provisions. Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004 to authorize the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to impose disciplinary sanctions against any licensee for purchasing, acquiring, selling, or releasing the customer proprietary network information or personal identifying information of an Illinois resident. Amends the Communications Consumer Privacy Act. Provides that it is an unlawful business offense for a customer proprietary network information broker to purchase, acquire, sell, or release customer proprietary network information or personal identifying information of an Illinois resident. Sets forth penalties for violations. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to provide that any person who knowingly violates certain provisions of the Public Utilities Act prohibiting the release of the customer proprietary network information or personal identifying information of any end user commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Watercraft Use Tax Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.