Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purposes of the Act.

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Thursday, November 16, 2006, they stand adjourned until Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 1:00 o'clock p.m.

Creates the Home Care Consumer and Worker Protection Act. If an agency places a home care worker with a consumer to provide home care services, requires the agency to give the worker and the consumer a notice setting forth the rights and responsibilities of each of them as well as appropriate phone numbers and addresses of the Office of the Attorney General. Authorizes the Attorney General to investigate complaints of violations of the Act, issue cease-and-desist orders, and seek injunctive relief. Provides for a civil penalty of $1,000 per day for each day that a violation continues. Effective January 1, 2006.

Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Repeals and reinstates, with a different placement within the Act, a Section concerning an exemption for building materials for intermodal terminal facility areas. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Counties Code to make corresponding changes. Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Authorizes municipalities to establish a project redevelopment area in an intermodal terminal facility area for the purpose of improving existing terminal facilities and related infrastructure. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Mobile Home Park Act. Provides that the funds received under the Act shall be deposited into the Facility Licensing Fund, and provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used for the enforcement of the Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may impose an administrative monetary penalty against a person who operates a mobile home park in violation of the Act or the Department's rules. Provides that the Department must provide written notification of the alleged violation and allow a minimum of 10 days for correction before imposing the administrative monetary penalty. Also requires the Department to provide an opportunity for a hearing. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action to enforce the collection of an administrative monetary penalty. Provides that administrative monetary penalties shall be deposited into the Facility Licensing Fund. Effective immediately.

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the Senate adjourns on Thursday, March 09, 2006, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 12:00 o'clock noon; and when the House of Representatives adjourns on Friday, March 03, 2006, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 1:00 o'clock p.m.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Downstate Public Transportation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Appropriates $700,000, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the purpose of making a grant to the Arc of Illinois for operating a LifeSpan Project. Effective July 1, 2005.

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Adds interior design professionals to the list of professionals who have limited liability for professional services provided without fee in response to disasters or catastrophic events. Effective immediately.