Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

Resolves that the Secretary shall prepare each day an exact transcript of the Journal and have copies printed.

Resolves that, for the 95th General Assembly, Deborah Shipley is elected Secretary of the Senate, Scott Kaiser is elected Assistant Secretary of the Senate, Jillayne Rock is elected Sergeant-at-Arms (Temporary), and Tracey Sidles is elected Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.

Resolves that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has organized by the election of a President and other permanent officers and is ready to proceed with business of session.

Amends the School Code. Provides that in addition to the purpose of leasing educational facilities or computer technology, a school board, by proper resolution, may levy an annual tax for the purpose of leasing transportation vehicles. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding airports.

Amends the Chapter of the Illinois Vehicle Code containing the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may adopt, as necessary, policies, rules, or orders to ensure that an authorized representative of rail carrier employees has reasonable access to railroad property to perform any necessary inspection or investigation.

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any professional engineer, architect, surveyor, civil engineer, or structural engineer who in good faith provides engineering services in response to a natural disaster or other catastrophic event shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in providing the engineering services, except for willful and wanton misconduct. Provides that the immunity applies to services that are provided during an emergency or within 90 days following the end of an emergency. Provides that the time may be extended by an executive order issued by the Governor.

Amends the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act. Provides that a separate completed contract shall be issued for cemetery merchandise, cemetery services, or undeveloped interment, entombment, or inurnment spaces, and not covered by this Act, unless certain conditions are met. Provides that licenses and license renewals shall be issued for a 5-year term. Provides requirements for license renewal and makes conforming changes in other provisions. Amends the Crematory Regulation Act, the Cemetery Care Act, and the Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act. Provides that licenses and license renewals shall be issued for a 5-year term. Provides requirements for license renewal and makes conforming changes in other provisions of the Acts. Adds additional contract requirements under the Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act. In the Cemetery Care Act, provides that the Comptroller shall examine at least annually every licensee who holds $750,000 or more (was, $250,000 or more) in its care funds. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that no person authorized by law to sell funeral services on an at need basis may also sell cemetery services, cemetery merchandise, or interment, inurnment, or entombment spaces on an at need basis, unless the person is also authorized by law to sell such cemetery services, merchandise, or spaces and issues to the consumer a separate contract with the provider of such cemetery services, merchandise, or spaces. Provides requirements for completed contracts. Effective January 1, 2006.

Amends the Mobile Home Park Act. Provides that there must be an open space of 3 meters (10 feet) side-to-side, 2.4 meters (8 feet) end-to-side, or 1.8 meters (6 feet) end-to-end horizontally between mobile homes or community buildings, unless the exposed composite walls and roof of either structure are without openings and constructed of materials that will provide a one-hour fire resistance rating or the structures are separated by a one-hour fire-rated barrier (instead of requiring an open space of at least 10 feet adjacent to the sides and at least 5 feet adjacent to the ends of every mobile home). Provides that whenever an owner of a mobile home or a manager, agent, or representative from a mobile home community enlarges or expands a concrete pad used to support a mobile home, installs a new mobile home, or replaces an existing mobile home on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act, that change shall be deemed to be a new site and is subject to the setback requirements imposed by this amendatory Act. Provides that the space under a manufactured home may not be used for the storage of combustible materials or for the storage or placement of flammable liquids, gases, or liquid-fuel-powered or gas-fuel-powered equipment. Provides that porches and other specified structures must be constructed of materials that do not support combustion (instead of materials specified by regulations). Provides that accessory buildings or sheds that are constructed of materials that do not support combustion shall be not less than 0.9 meters (3 feet) from a mobile home. Effective immediately.

Amends the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. Provides that an intergovernmental self-insurance agreement, cooperative, or pool does not interfere with statutory obligations of collective bargaining. Makes it unlawful for an intergovernmental joint insurance pool or cooperative to discriminate or retaliate against public agency members that limit their participation in the pool or cooperative as a result of collective bargaining obligations. Effective immediately.