Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

Creates the Local Farm and Food Products Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State policy.

Amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Eliminates the Debt Collection Board. Provides that the write off of uncollectible debt must be in accordance with the Uncollected State Claims Act. Provides that the 20% deposit into the Debt Collection Fund of amounts collected by the Bureau does not apply to accounts referred to the Bureau by the General Assembly, the Supreme Court and other courts of Illinois, or executive branch constitutional officers. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code to remove references to the Debt Collection Board.

Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law. Requires the Department to establish and maintain a website known as the Illinois Accountability Portal. The website shall provide direct access to information concerning State employees and individual consultants, State expenditures, State tax credits, State contracts, and revocations and suspensions of occupation and use tax certificates of registration and professional licenses.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code and the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Provides that for purposes of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, "fire station" means a fire station with at least one staff person (instead of that is staffed with at least one full-time emergency medical professional). Provides that "newborn infant" means a child who a licensed physician reasonably believes is 30 (instead of 7) days old or less. Defines "safe haven" to mean a hospital, fire station, police station, or emergency medical facility at which a newborn infant may be relinquished. Provides that any public reporting of information required in connection with the relinquishment of a newborn infant, including, but not limited to, reporting required under the Vital Records Act or under any other law, shall identify the mother of the relinquished newborn infant and the infant as "unknown". Makes changes concerning the information packet that a hospital or other facility must offer to a person who relinquishes a newborn infant. Provides that a relinquished newborn infant's mother, as well as the infant, are eligible for medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall notify a hospital to whom a newborn infant has been relinquished of the name of the child-placing agency authorized by the Department to take custody of the infant from the hospital. Provides that if a relinquished newborn infant was born in a hospital and was relinquished to the hospital without having left the hospital, the Department need not verify that the infant is not a missing child before filing a petition for termination of parental rights.

Creates the Green Buildings Act. Requires that State-funded building construction and major renovations of existing State-owned facilities must meet certain energy and environmental standards of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program rating system, the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes rating system, or an equivalent rating system. Permits waiver of the standards by the Capital Development Board or another agency. Specifies the criteria for waivers. Requires the Board to analyze and evaluate the Act's green building standards after the earlier of 5 years or the completion of 10 Board green projects. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Robert H. Brady of Wilmette.

Mourns the death of Mary Jane Haggerty of Skokie.

Amends the Design-Build Procurement Act. Eliminates the Act's July 1, 2009 repeal provision. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Allen "Bo" Price of Evanston.