Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2018, no person may knowingly cause or allow sale at wholesale or retail of a coal tar sealant product. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2019, no person may knowingly cause or allow application of a coal tar sealant product on any surface, except for highway structures, in the State of Illinois including but not limited to a driveway, parking area, playground, sidewalk, bike trail or roadway. Provides that a city or county may adopt ordinances providing for enforcement of the requirements of this provision. Provides that any violation of this provision shall be enforceable by administrative citation. Provides that penalties for violation may not exceed $1,000 for the first offense and $5,000 for the second offense. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Adds any building, real property, or parking area under the control of a church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or other place of worship, to the places where concealed carry of a firearm under the Act is prohibited.
Amends the Transportation Network Providers Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may request documentation or investigate business practices by a transportation network company to determine compliance with the Act. Provides that failure to comply with any provision of the Act, as determined by the Commission, shall subject a transportation network company to penalties imposed by the Commission. Effective July 1, 2018.
Amends the Accident and Health Insurance Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that remittance advice for recoupment may not reject a Current Procedural Terminology code without clear explanation of the reasons. Requires remittance advice to provide for payment for all services provided, including when more than one procedure is performed in one day. Requires that a recoupment or offset be requested or withheld from future payments within 60 days (rather than 18 months) of the original payment, unless one of the specific exceptions applies. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Allows the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to recover money improperly or erroneously paid, or overpayments, within 60 days of any payment.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates an abatement for commercial property upon which a permeable surface has been installed. Provides that the amount of the abatement may not exceed $20 per square foot of permeable surface installed and shall be granted only for the first taxable year after the taxable year in which the permeable surface is installed. Provides that the term "permeable surface" means a near-zero-slump, open-graded material consisting of portland cement, coarse aggregate, little or no fine aggregate, admixtures, and water. Effective immediately.
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission in its annual submission of recommendation to the Governor and General Assembly shall include recommendations regarding the inclusion of emerging adults into a developmentally appropriate justice system, reducing recidivism, and preventing deeper criminal involvement. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides in the Article concerning delinquent minors that on and after January 1, 2019, "delinquent minor" includes a minor who prior to his or her 19th birthday has committed a misdemeanor offense and has violated or attempted to violate, regardless of where the act occurred, a federal law or State law, or county or municipal ordinance. Provides that on and after January 1, 2021, "delinquent minor" includes a minor who prior to his or her 21st birthday has committed a misdemeanor offense and has violated or attempted to violate, regardless of where the act occurred, a federal law or State law or county or municipal ordinance. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to violations or attempted violations committed on or after the effective of the amendatory Act.
Amends the School Code. Requires the school board of a school district to include information about influenza and influenza vaccinations in accordance with the latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when it provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to the parents or guardians of students.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In the provision concerning the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund surcharge, provides that after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Insurance shall make a loan of $10,000,000 to the Illinois Employers Mutual Insurance Company (the Company) from the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund for the start-up funding and initial capitalization of the Company. Creates the Illinois Employers Mutual Insurance Company Article in the Code and establishes the Company as a nonprofit, independent public corporation. Provides that the Company (1) shall be operated as a domestic mutual insurance company, subject to all applicable provisions of the Code, (2) shall issue insurance for workers' compensation and occupational disease and shall not provide any other type of insurance, (3) shall not be considered a State agency or instrumentality of the State for any purpose, and (4) shall not receive any State appropriations or funds, except for an initial loan or loans. Sets forth provisions concerning a board of directors, ratemaking, the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund, a chief executive officer, liability, a workplace safety plan, investments, dividends, the sale of policies, auditing requirements, and an annual report. Effective immediately.
Declares November of 2018 as "No Straw November".
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that post-purchase fees may not be imposed with respect to gift certificates usable with multiple sellers of goods or services.