Amends the Park District Police Act. Extends the police powers of park police officers to include property within 300 feet of the boundary of park district real property (currently, is limited to park district property except when an officer is in fresh pursuit or under a validly executed intergovernmental cooperation agreement). Effective immediately.
Amends the State Police Act. Provides that the Director of State Police may also authorize any civilian employee of the Department of State Police who is not a State policeman to be a truck weighing inspector with the power of enforcing a provision of the Illinois Vehicle Code which allows upon application and good cause for the issuing of a special permit authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum permitted or otherwise not in conformity with the Illinois Vehicle Code upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the party granting the permit.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Community College Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, as follows: General Funds $202,715,100; Other State Funds $116,825,000; Federal Funds $43,000,000; Total $362,540,100.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county board decision relating to a petition or application for a special use, variance, rezoning, or other amendment to a zoning ordinance is subject to de novo judicial review of the record of the proceeding. Provides that a decision on a procedural matter at any stage of the zoning decision-making and review process is subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, as follows: General Funds $38,678,100; Other State Funds $8,000; Total $38,686,100.
Amends the Interstate Mutual Emergency Aid Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Public Contract Fraud Act. Exempts from certain penalties under the Act projects constructed by the Department of Transportation where title to all the lands needed and where full legal possession has not been obtained as provided but a right of entry to occupy and to use the property has been voluntarily obtained in the name of the State of Illinois, through the Department, from the property owner. Provides that certain provisions concerning spending money without obtaining title to the land do not apply to any public work or improvement project by the Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and constructed using specified methods. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Drainage Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section defining terms under the Act.
Amends the Mental Health Court Treatment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
