Mourns the death of Richard Dystrup.
Sponsored bills
Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for the recall of the Governor by petition of the State's electors and for the election of a successor Governor. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Amends the Local Government Debt Reform Act. Provides that bonds issued by school districts for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, or improving real property may become due within 30 years, notwithstanding any other law.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code, Nursing Home Care Act, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, Hospital Licensing Act, and Health Care Surrogate Act to refer to life sustaining treatment (instead of do not resuscitate) advance directive orders. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall publish (instead of adopt, by rule, and publish) Spanish language versions of specified health care directive forms. Amends the Health Care Surrogate Act to require that a life sustaining treatment advance directive be witnessed by one individual (instead of 2 individuals) 18 years of age or older.
Creates the Community Association Manager Act. Provides for the licensure of community association managers by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that no person may provide services as a community association manager to community associations in this State after January 1, 2011, unless he or she holds a current and valid license issued by the Department or is otherwise exempt from licensure under this Act. Creates the Community Association Manager Regulatory Commission. Sets forth provisions concerning qualifications for licensure, grounds for discipline under the Act, and certain administrative fees and procedures. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to set a repeal date for the new Act of January 1, 2021. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Community Manager License Fund. Effective immediately.
Authorizes the Department of Corrections to convey certain property located in Will County to Will County for an amount to be determined by 3 independent certified real estate appraisers. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that notices may be delivered by electronic means to an e-mail address, facsimile number, or other appropriate contact (instead of the address) listed on the corporate records. Provides for informal action by voting membership by mail, e-mail, or other electronic means (instead of a written consent by all members entitled to vote) and notice of the informal action must be delivered at least 5 days before the effective date to members who did not vote (instead of a written consent signed by less than all voters is only effective if notice of the proposed action is delivered 5 days before the effective date of the action and if, after the effective date of the consent, prompt written notice of the action is delivered to those who did not give written consent). Provides that writings by directors or members include electronic communications unless prohibited (instead of expressly permitted) by the corporation's bylaws or incorporation articles. Provides that a voting member or the member's agent may examine or copy the corporation's records for a proper purpose and that a disputed records request is decided in circuit court (instead of a member may inspect all books and records for a proper purpose at a reasonable time). Provides that a bylaws amendment eliminating a director position may shorten (instead of may not shorten) the terms of incumbent directors, if approved by those authorized to select the directors. Deletes provision that prohibits the removal, except for cause, of directors of different classes with non-uniform terms. Provides that a transaction between a corporation and a member, director, officer, or any entity in which such an individual has an interest, is not void or voidable solely for that reason if the material facts are disclosed and the board or members in good faith authorize the transaction by a majority vote or the transaction is fair at the time it is authorized (instead of if a transaction is fair to the corporation, the direct or indirect interest of a director is not grounds for invalidating the transaction). Provides that no director shall be liable unless the director earns more than $25,000 (instead of $5,000) per year as a director. Makes other changes.
Creates the Intermodal Facilities Promotion Act. Provides that the incremental income tax attributable to a new employee of an individual, partnership, corporation, or other entity that owns and operates an intermodal terminal facility in the City of Joliet shall be deposited into the Intermodal Facilities Promotion Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to make grants to the eligible developer for infrastructure improvements. Sets limits on the grants. Amends the State Finance Act to create the fund as a special fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person who has been elected to any office in this State who is convicted of a felony or convicted of a misdemeanor involving a violation of his or her official oath of office shall, as a condition of his or her sentence, forfeit any monetary rights derived from any book, movie, television, radio program, or Internet depiction or detailing of the crime for which he or she was convicted. Provides that the order shall extend to the period in which the elected official is serving a sentence in a penal institution and any period of probation, parole, or mandatory supervised release.
Creates the Local Farm and Food Products Act. Contains only a short title provision.