Sen. Don Harmon

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the offense of pandering.

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

Amends the Service Occupation Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning taxes collected by a supplier.

Amends the School Code with regard to county school units. Allows the school board of any school district whose territory forms a part of a Class II county school unit (now, allowed only for certain school districts) to withdraw that school district from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of the township or townships in which the school district is located and from the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer in the Class II county school unit, provided that the school board of the school district elects or appoints its own school treasurer. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the sunset of exemptions, credits, and deductions.

Amends the Tuberculosis Sanitarium District Act. Dissolves the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District on the day 4 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Provides for the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the District to the Cook County Board and requires the Cook County Department of Public Health to assume all responsibility for tuberculosis care and treatment of the District. Provides that on the day 2 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act the District Board shall forward all transition plans to the Cook County Department of Public Health. Provides that, upon dissolution of the District, District employees becomes employees of Cook County. Authorizes the Cook County Board to transfer to the Cook County Forest Preserve District appropriate unimproved real estate transferred to the Board as a result of the dissolution. Provides that any land owned by the District at the time of its dissolution remains the subject of any leases and encumbrances that existed upon the dissolution of the District, and if the land is subject to a lease, the land may not be taken by any unit of government during the term of the lease. Upon the dissolution of the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District, abolishes any levy imposed by the dissolved District and provides that Cook County, as a home rule unit, may impose a levy for the purpose of the care and treatment of tuberculosis and emerging respiratory disease in Cook County. Provides that, in accordance with certain provisions of the State Revenue Sharing Act, the tax base of the dissolved Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District shall be added to the tax base of Cook County. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Property Tax Code with respect to the Property Tax Appeal Board. Provides that the rules of practice and procedure of the Board shall differentiate cases involving a requested change of assessed value of $300,000 or more on non-farm property other than that consisting solely of 6 or fewer residential units from cases involving other categories of property, allowing a simplified procedure for the latter and requiring the rules of evidence and motion practice as applied in the circuit courts of the State to be applied in rules adopted by the Board concerning the former. Makes changes concerning hearings, presumptions and burdens of proof, case management and discovery, procedures for review and correction of assessments, limitation on the assessment level claims in counties that classify, and sales ratio studies. Authorizes a taxing district to, without referendum, adopt a levy to recapture revenue lost by a property tax refund it is required to make. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Create the Carbon Monoxide Alarm Detector Act. Requires that every dwelling unit be equipped with at least one approved carbon monoxide alarm in an operating condition within 15 feet of every room used for sleeping purposes. Provides that the carbon monoxide alarm may be combined with smoke detecting devices provided that the combined unit complies with the respective provisions of the administrative code, reference standards, and departmental rules relating to both smoke detecting devices and carbon monoxide alarms and provided that the combined unit emits an alarm in a manner that clearly differentiates the hazard. Provides that it is the responsibility of the owner of a structure to supply and install all required alarms. Provides that it is the responsibility of a tenant to test and to provide general maintenance for the alarms within the tenant's dwelling unit or rooming unit, and to notify the owner or the authorized agent of the owner in writing of any deficiencies that the tenant cannot correct. Provides that the willful failure to install or maintain in operating condition any carbon monoxide alarm required by the Act is a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that tampering with, removing, destroying, disconnecting, or removing the batteries from any installed carbon monoxide alarm, except in the course of inspection, maintenance, or replacement of the alarm, is a Class A misdemeanor in the case of a first conviction, and a Class 4 felony in the case of a second or subsequent conviction. Provides for exemptions.

Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township may prescribe rules and regulations, including a property maintenance code, to govern the maintenance of all property, buildings, and structures within the township but outside the territory of any municipality. Also provides that a township may establish a code hearing unit to enforce this Section. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.