Sen. Dave Koehler

Mourns the death of Stephen F. Esslinger of Elmwood.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that before issuing a permit for the operation of a tire storage site, the Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct an evaluation of the prospective owner's or operator's prior experience in tire storage site management. Provides that the Agency may deny such a permit, or deny or revoke interim authorization, if the prospective owner or operator or any employee or officer of the prospective owner or operator has a history of repeated violations of federal, State, or local laws, regulations, standards, or ordinances in the operation of tire storage sites. Effective immediately.

Amends the Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform Act. Within one year of the effective date of the amendatory Act, and every 5 years thereafter, requires each State agency to scrutinize its rules, administrative regulations, and permitting processes as they pertain to small businesses in order to identify those rules, regulations, and processes that are unreasonable, unduly burdensome, duplicative, or onerous to small businesses. Provides that each State agency must submit its reports containing the results of its review to the Office of Business Permits and Regulatory Assistance, the Governor, and the General Assembly.

Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning classes of depositaries.

Amends the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Provides that a student who takes a College Board Advanced Placement examination and receives a score of 3 or higher on the examination is entitled to receive postsecondary level course credit at a public institution of higher education. Requires each public institution of higher education to comply with the same standard of awarding course credit to any student receiving a score of 3 or higher on a College Board Advanced Placement examination and applying the credit to meet a corresponding course requirement for degree completion at that institution of higher education. Effective immediately.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a facility permitted or approved and regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency under specified provisions of the Act shall not be subject to fees assessed by a unit of local government that are directly related to the facility's recycling activities, provided that the facility recycles 75% or more of the material brought to the facility in a calendar year.

Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Requires that, within 24 hours after the intake of any dog or cat into a shelter, the dog or cat must be scanned for the presence of a microchip and examined for other currently acceptable methods of identification, including, but not limited to, identification tags, tattoos, and rabies license tags. Provides that the shelter director shall give notice of not less than 7 business days to the owner, agent, or caretaker prior to release of the animal to a foster home or different shelter or the adoption or euthanasia of the animal. Requires that, prior to transferring the dog or cat to another animal shelter or to a rescue group or for purposes of euthanization, the dog or cat shall be scanned again for the presence of a microchip and examined for other means of identification. Defines "owner" and "shelter director".

Mourns the death of D. Neale Hanley of Pekin.

Mourns the death of William "Bill" Board of Peoria.

Mourns the death of John Timmes of Peoria.