Sen. Christine Radogno

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board to create a university textbook rental program in which public universities in this State rent textbooks to their students instead of the students having to purchase their textbooks. Requires each public university to rent textbooks to its students under the program beginning with the 2009-2010 academic year.

Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Makes children's respite care center alternative health care models exempt from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board before receiving a license from the Department of Public Health. Effective immediately.

Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act. Requires the Office to provide to the legislative leaders and the Comptroller and Treasurer copies of all State financial information submitted to persons not employed by the State and to post the information on its website. Requires the Office to submit quarterly financial reports and to post the reports on its website. Sets forth requirements for disclosure and reporting. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes the General Assembly Retirement System, the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois, the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, and the Judges Retirement System of Illinois to offer its employees the option to participate in a self-managed program of retirement benefits instead of the program of retirement benefits currently offered. Provides that a self-managed plan shall authorize a participating employee to accumulate assets for retirement through a combination of employer and employee contributions that may be invested at the employee's direction in mutual funds, collective investment funds, or other investment products and used to purchase annuity contracts. Provides that, to the extent that the changes made by this amendatory Act are determined to be a new benefit increase, the changes are exempt from the 5-year expiration provision. Effective immediately.

Amends the Election Code. Requires that political committees of State executive branch constitutional officers report campaign contributions of $1,000 or more to the State Board of Elections within 2 business days after receipt, regardless of when the contribution is received (now, during the period between the last contribution report and an election). Requires that political committees of General Assembly members report campaign contributions of $1,000 or more, received during a week the member's legislative house is or is scheduled to be in session, to the State Board of Elections within 2 business days after receipt (now, during the period between the last contribution report and an election). Specifies fines for violations. Effective immediately.

Amends the Probate Act of the 1975. Provides that a person acquitted by reason of insanity but who has been found by the court to have in fact committed the murder of the decedent shall also be conclusively presumed to have caused the death intentionally and unjustifiably for inheritance purposes. Adds a tenancy to the list of types of property that a person who intentionally and unjustifiably causes the death of another is banned from receiving. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Comptroller Act. Requires that the Comptroller publish each comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) within 6 months after the end of the fiscal year to which the report relates. Requires that the Comptroller give notice of a publication delay to the Governor and legislative leaders and on the Comptroller's official website. Effective July 1, 2007.

Amends the State Comptroller Act. Requires that the Comptroller post specified information about each State contract valued at more than $25,000 on his or her official website during the duration of the contract and for 3 years following the expiration of the contract, including any renewal periods. Effective July 1, 2007.

Amends the State Comptroller Act. Requires that the Comptroller post specified information about each State contract valued at more than $25,000 on his or her official website during the duration of the contract and for 3 years following the expiration of the contract, including any renewal periods. Effective July 1, 2008.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the Village of Woodridge may not acquire, construct, contract to construct, or maintain a waterworks or sewerage system outside of its corporate boundaries or planned boundaries without the approval by the Illinois Commerce Commission of a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Village of Woodridge shall not begin the construction of, or contract for the construction of, any waterworks or sewerage system outside of its corporate boundaries or planned boundaries unless and until it shall have obtained from the Commission a certificate that public convenience and necessity require such construction. Effective immediately.