Sen. John J. Cullerton

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Removes the one-year limitation period to file a complaint in an independent proceeding for actions brought to collect legal fees, when the action is brought after the close of the period during which a petition may be filed under the listed subdivision and no petition for legal fees remains pending. Provides that the limitation period for breach of contract shall apply to an action brought in an independent proceeding to pursue an award and judgment for legal fees and costs. Effective immediately.

Amends the Municipal Code. Changes a Section that prohibits any member of a corporate authority of a municipality that is involved in a redevelopment project from acquiring an interest in any property located in the redevelopment area either after the individual obtains knowledge of the project or after the first public notice of the project, and requires that those members who own or control an interest in property located within the redevelopment project area disclose the terms of the interest and refrain from any further official involvement or communication regarding the redevelopment plan. Changes the exception for property purchased as the member's exclusive and primary residence by eliminating the requirement that the exception only applies to property interests in a redevelopment area, or a proposed redevelopment area, that was established before December 31, 1989. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted or found guilty of any offense requiring registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act or convicted or found guilty of, under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, any offense requiring registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act shall submit samples of blood, saliva, or tissue to the Department of State Police for analysis and categorizing into genetic marker groupings. Provides that on or before February 1 of each year, the Department of State Police shall report to the Governor and both houses of the General Assembly all evidence awaiting testing or DNA analysis, including whether such evidence is in the physical custody of the Department of State Police or awaiting submission to the Department State Police, to the extent that the Department of State Police has notice of such evidence; and the number of convicted persons in Illinois eligible to have their DNA profile entered into the convicted offender database whose DNA profile has not yet been entered into the convicted offender database.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Re-enacts provisions of those Codes affected by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Includes validation provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county in which a drug court has been created may charge each defendant on a judgment of guilty or a grant of supervision a mandatory fee of up to $5 to be used for the operation and administration of a drug court. Creates rules for the administration of the Section. Effective immediately.

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that the exemption from inspection and copying of defense budgets and petitions for certification of compensation and expenses for court appointed trial counsel as provided under the Capital Crimes Litigation Act applies only until the conclusion of the trial of the case and not until conclusion of the appeal. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Re-enacts the provisions of Public Act 89-688 relating to bringing contraband into a penal institution; possessing contraband in a penal institution; and unauthorized bringing of contraband into a penal institution by an employee. (Public Act 89-688 was held unconstitutional as violating the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution). Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Allows all counties and municipalities (now, home rule counties and all municipalities), to regulate smoking in public places in a manner no less restrictive than regulation under the Act. Allows all municipalities and counties to regulate smoking in any enclosed indoor area used by the public or serving as a place of work if the area does not fall within the definition of a "public place" under the Act. Provides for the applicability of county ordinances. Effective immediately.

Amends the Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act. Provides that, where a subpoena requires the production of documentary material, the respondent shall produce the original of the documentary material, except that the Attorney General may agree that copies may be substituted for the originals. Requires that all documentary material kept or stored in electronic form, including electronic mail, shall be produced in hard copy, unless the Attorney General agrees that electronic versions may be substituted for the hard copy. Provides that the production of documentary material shall be made at the respondent's expense.

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to require coverage for the treatment of pervasive developmental disorders. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to provide that certain mental health coverages apply to health maintenance organizations and individual policies of accident and health insurance. Effective immediately.