Safety Legislation - Illinois

SCH CD-INTERNET SAFETY Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning an Internet safety education curriculum, provides that beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, a school district must incorporate into the school curriculum a component on Internet safety to be taught at least once each school year to students in grade 3 or above. Requires the State Board of Education to develop a model curriculum for educating children regarding child online safety. Requires the State Board of Education to provide to each school district educational materials for parents regarding child online safety. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill with the following changes. Requires the State Board of Education to make available resource materials (instead of requiring the State Board to develop a model curriculum); makes related changes. Requires the State Board to make these resource materials available [...]

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning appointments by the board of fire and police commissioners. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-9Adds reference to: 65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-2565 ILCS 5/3.1-30-5from Ch. 24, [...]

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CD CORR-ELDERLY SENTENCE Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a committed person who is at least 50 years of age and who has served at least 25 consecutive years of imprisonment in a Department of Corrections institution or facility and is serving a sentence other than death may petition the circuit court for an elderly sentence adjustment. Provides the contents of such petition and establishes criteria that the court shall use to determine whether the committed person shall be granted an elderly sentence adjustment. Provides that the court shall consider the petition in its entirety and may not order the release of the committed person if the court finds that the committed person poses a threat to public safety. Provides that if the court determines that a committed person is eligible for an elderly sentence adjustment and determines that the committed person should receive a sentence adjustment, the court shall set the conditions for the committed person's [...]

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VEH CD-STATE POLICE ESCORT FEE Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the State Finance Act, and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the fees to be paid when Illinois State Police escorts are required for the safety of the motoring public. Provides that, in determining the fees, the actual time of the movement shall be the time the police escort is required to pick up the movement to the time the movement is completed with a minimum time of 3 hours, any delays or breakdowns shall be considered part of the movement time, and any fraction of an hour shall be rounded up to the next whole hour. Removes the fee for special police escorts from the permit fee calculation. Provides that the money collected for special police escorts shall be deposited into the Over Dimensional Load Police Escort Fund, a new special fund in the State treasury that shall be used by the Department of State Police for its expenses in providing police escorts [...]

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VEH CD-SEAT BELTS-SCHOOL BUS Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires each school bus to be equipped with a seat safety belt for each passenger. Provides that a driver may not operate a school bus unless a seat safety belt is available to each passenger. Denies home rule powers. Makes a corresponding change in the Illinois Municipal Code. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2008, each school bus that is purchased new shall be equipped with seat safety belts for each passenger. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt rules to ensure that school districts require all passengers on those buses to wear seat safety belts. Provides that a school bus driver may not be held personally liable for the failure of passengers to wear seat safety belts. Denies [...]

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SOCIAL WORK PRAC-SUNSET-MISC Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to change the repeal date of the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act from January 1, 2008 to January 1, 2018. Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. Replaces "Department of Professional Regulation" with "Department of Financial and Professional Regulation" and "Director of the Department of Professional Regulation" with "Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation" throughout the Act. Adds a provision concerning an applicant's or licensee's change of address. Provides that a civil penalty of $10,000 (rather than $5,000) shall be imposed upon an individual for each offense of unlicensed practice. Makes changes to provisions concerning licensure, licensure by endorsement, grounds for disciplinary action, rehearing, and the appointment of a hearing officer. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes everything after the [...]

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VEH CD-GRADUATED LICENSE Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code, School Code, Child Passenger Protection Act, and Unified Code of Corrections. Makes various changes regarding: driver education requirements; graduated driver's licenses; instruction permits for minors; curfews for drivers under a specified age; the number of passengers under a specified age allowed in a vehicle driven by a newly licensed driver under a certain age; the use of seat safety belts; the use of wireless telephones by graduated driver's license holders; suspensions of driver's licenses of drivers under age 21 under specified circumstances; required appearances before the presiding judge with a parent or guardian under specified circumstances; vehicle impoundment for drivers arrested for street racing; and other matters. Repeals provisions creating the offense of drag racing. Creates the offenses of street racing and aggravated street racing, and makes conforming changes. Makes other changes. Effective January [...]

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VEH CD-POLICE VEHICLES-LIGHTS Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a police vehicle must use oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights when: (1) parking or standing, irrespective of the provisions of the Code; (2) proceeding past a red or stop signal or stop sign; (3) exceeding the maximum speed limits; or (4) disregarding regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions. Provides that the driver of a police vehicle must: (1) activate oscillating lights, rotating or flashing lights, sirens, or any combination of such lights or sirens during a high speed vehicle response; (2) use lights and sirens to warn pedestrians and other persons of his or her approach during an emergency response situation; and (3) drive with due regard for the safety of other persons and exercise due care when operating a police vehicle. Permits the driver of a police vehicle to use a covert approach when the situation dictates, but must reduce speed [...]

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CD CORR-SUPERMAX Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a prisoner may be transferred to a super-maximum security institution only when, within 3 months of the date of the proposed transfer: (1) while incarcerated, the prisoner committed or attempted to commit acts of violence which resulted in serious injury or death; (2) the prisoner has engaged in the second of 2 acts that occurred within one year of each other, which caused serious disruption of prison operations; or (3) he has escaped from within a security perimeter or custody, or both, or direct supervision. Provides that prisoners with serious mental illnesses shall not be transferred to a super-maximum security facility. Provides that unless the Director of Corrections personally certifies, in writing, that providing a hearing prior to transfer will pose an imminent threat to the safety and security of the prison where the prisoner is currently housed, prior to any transfer to a super-maximum security [...]

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JT COMM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Creates the Joint Committee on Capital Improvements (JCCI) as a legislative support services agency consisting of 12 General Assembly members appointed by the legislative leaders. Requires JCCI to develop 5-year plans for the State's capital improvements needs. Authorizes the General Assembly by joint resolution to approve a 5-year capital plan. Requires JCCI to analyze State budgets and legislation proposing capital improvements with respect to construction costs and post-construction operating costs and to determine the projects' compliance with the capital plan. Requires JCCI to advise the appropriations and revenue committees of the General Assembly with respect to such analysis. Requires JCCI to monitor construction projects, post-construction project implementation, and repair and maintenance costs and authorizes JCCI to prohibit further spending when it determines any non-compliance [...]

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