Sen. Andy Manar

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no owner or operator of a sanitary landfill that is located within a 25-mile radius of an eligible shingle recycling facility (currently, a site where asphalt roofing shingles are recycled under a Beneficial Use Determination pursuant to specified provisions of the Act) shall accept for disposal loads of whole or processed asphalt roofing shingles. Makes a corresponding change. Defines "eligible shingle recycling facility". Removes language providing that provisions concerning the disposal of asphalt roofing shingles are repealed on February 1, 2018.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that with respect to employers correctly classified within the construction industry, the amount charged to the insured for workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance shall be based upon hours worked by employees in specific job categories or classifications, not the wages or salaries paid to the employees. Makes technical and grammatical changes.

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits certain executive branch appointees from using official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or effecting the result of an election. Provides for penalties for violation of the restricted political activity by executive branch appointees. Provides that nothing in the applicable provisions prevents an affected appointee from taking an active part in political management or in political campaigns, or prevents an affected appointee from exercising the right to vote as he or she chooses, and to express his or her opinion on political subjects and candidates. Defines "affected appointee".

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides for transfers from certain listed funds into the Audit Expense Fund. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning downstate firefighters.

Creates the Energy and Environmental Security Act. Amends the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act. Creates a Qualified Clean Coal Technology Grant Program for the purpose of funding grants that will allow the grant recipient to (i) meet the qualifications of a qualified clean coal facility, (ii) operate the electric generating unit as a qualified clean coal facility while complying with State and federal emissions requirements, and (iii) mitigate the environmental impacts of the operation of coal-fueled electric generation units. Creates the Clean Coal Development and Utilization Fund to provide funding for grants. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Community College Board.

Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that within 48 hours after the Governor's budget address, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall file a copy of the entire budget, except for budget implementation, as a single appropriations bill prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau with the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the provisions of the Illinois Power Agency Act relating to the payments by retail customers of a utility for the purpose of recovering the utility's costs for procuring renewable energy credits shall not apply to an alternative retail electric supplier, or its customers, that operates a combined heat and power system in this State, or that has a corporate affiliate that operates a combined heat and power system in this State, and supplies electricity primarily to or for the benefit of certain specified facilities.

Amends the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section defining "livestock management facility".