Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the president of a village or incorporated town.
Proposes to amend the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Constitution. Adds a new Section concerning medical malpractice with a heading only. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Creates the Death Penalty Reform Act. Contains only a short title.
Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a hotel tax imposed by municipalities of 500,000 or more population.
Amends the Election Code. Permits a person to vote by absentee ballot on the basis that he or she is 65 years old or older. Effective immediately.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section requiring courts to take judicial notice of sanitary districts.
Creates the Crossing of Railroad Right-of-way Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, shall adopt rules prescribing the terms and conditions for a crossing and that the rules shall provide that any crossing be consistent with the public convenience and necessity and reasonable service to the public. Provides that public utilities that locate their facilities within the railroad right-of-way for a crossing shall pay the railroad a one-time standard crossing fee of $750 for each crossing. Provides special circumstances under which the standard crossing fee is not imposed. Provides that, pending Commission resolution of a claim of special circumstances raised in a petition, a public utility may, upon securing the payment of any damages and upon submission of completed engineering specifications to the railroad, proceed with a crossing in accordance with the rules adopted by the Commission, unless the Commission, upon application for emergency relief, determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that the proposed crossing either (i) involves a significant and imminent likelihood of danger to the public health or safety or (ii) is a serious threat to the safe operations of the railroad or to the current use of the railroad right-of-way.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the reading of meters.
