Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

Mourns the death of Melvin Earl Brock.

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Thursday, March 14, 2013, the Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 11:00 o'clock a.m., or until the call of the President; and the House of Representatives stands adjourned until Friday, March 15, 2013, and when it adjourns on that day, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 12:00 o'clock noon, or until the call of the Speaker.

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Suspends the portion of the Illinois Pollution Control Board's Multi-Pollutant Standard (MPS) rules that limits the sale or transfer of sulfur dioxide allowances under certain circumstances. Prohibits the Board or the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring the surrender or limiting the transfer of sulfur dioxide allowances issued by either the Agency or the USEPA. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Code.

Creates the Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage Act. Provides that a storage operator must have a reservoir permit issued by the Department of Natural Resources in order to operate a storage facility. Sets forth the requirements for the issuance of a reservoir permit, including the requirement that the storage operator has applied for, or has been issued, an Underground Injection Control (UIC) permit as authorized under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act's UIC Program. Provides that the Act applies only to certain carbon dioxide injections wells. Sets forth provisions concerning definitions, hearings, fees, inspections, ownership and conveyance of pore space, reservoir requirements, amalgamating property interests, mineral interests, title to carbon dioxide, liability, project completion, title transfer, enhanced recovery projects, and Memoranda of Understanding. Provides that the Department may adopt rules and issue orders to enforce the Act. Includes a severability clause.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In a Section granting a credit for the restoration and preservation of a qualified historic structure located in a River Edge Redevelopment Zone, provides that taxpayers may sell, assign, convey, or otherwise transfer those credits. Effective immediately.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency, within 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, to make all permit applications on-line, editable, and savable files. Effective immediately.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in order to maintain exempt status under the Code, the titleholder or owner of the beneficial interest of any property must file with the chief county assessment officer each year an affidavit stating whether there has been any change in the status of the owner or resident (now, the status of the owner-resident). Effective immediately.