Sen. Chapin Rose

Congratulates Jim Ingram on the occasion of his retirement as Douglas County Clerk and Recorder.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a post-secondary student who is not a United States citizen and who is enrolled in a public university, college, or community college in this State is ineligible for any public aid benefits provided under the Code. Prohibits a public university, college, or community college in this State from counseling or providing information to such a student on how or where to apply for any public aid benefits provided under the Code.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the Illinois State Police (ISP) to allow the Department's database of public aid recipients to cross-reference with ISP's database of outstanding criminal warrants. Further provides that public aid recipients who are found to have an outstanding criminal warrant shall be subject to an immediate suspension of their public aid benefits, including the immediate deactivation of their electronic benefits card or LINK card provided under the food stamp program.

Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services may not deny, suspend, or revoke a license under the Act, or refuse to renew a license, on the ground that the licensee or applicant operates or proposes to operate a community-integrated living arrangement located within 800 feet from any other setting licensed or funded to provide residential services for persons with a developmental disability or mental illness, including another community-integrated living arrangement. Provides that neither the State plan for the distribution of community living arrangements throughout the State, nor any rule adopted by the Department, may include a requirement that a community-integrated living arrangement owned or leased by a community mental health or developmental services agency and funded by the Department may not be located within a distance of 800 feet from any other setting licensed or funded to provide residential services for persons with a developmental disability or mental illness, including another community-integrated living arrangement. Provides that the Department must, under the authority granted to it under a specified consent decree, adopt and publish a written plan for compliance with the terms of the consent decree within 3 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Sets forth features that the plan must include.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Election Code. With respect to the hours that a polling place must be open for early voting, provides that a polling place is not required to remain open if the election authority determines for good cause that a weather emergency, another public emergency, or an act of God requires the polling place to be closed.

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of Revenue to offer a special instant scratch-off game for local charities that have the primary goal of youth development and a reported annual budget under $500,000, to commence on July 1, 2011 or as soon thereafter, at the discretion of the Director, as is reasonably practical. Provides that the net revenue from the Illinois local charities scratch off game shall be deposited into the Illinois Local Charities Assistance Fund to be used by the Attorney General to award grants to Illinois local charities that have the primary goal of youth development and a reported annual budget under $500,000. Sets forth certain provisions for the operation of the scratch-off game. Makes other changes. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Local Charities Assistance Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning powers of counties.

Requests each public university in this State to publish the marginal cost of all degree-granting programs on their respective Internet websites and provide the methodology used to determine those costs.

Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that in any case where a defendant has been convicted of a violent crime or a juvenile has been adjudicated a delinquent for a violent crime, the victim or his or her representative and immediate family or household member upon their request shall (rather than may) be permitted by the court to orally address (rather than address) the court regarding the impact of the defendant's criminal conduct or juvenile delinquent conduct has upon them. Deletes provision that the court has discretion to determine the number of oral presentations of victim impact statements.