All Counties Legislation - Illinois

LOCGOV-TAX INCREASES Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that home rule counties and municipalities with more than 500,000 inhabitants may not adopt an ordinance or resolution making an appropriation or containing a substantial tax increase unless (i) a copy of that ordinance or resolution, in its final form, has been made conveniently available on the county or municipality's Internet website for at least 7 days before the bill is considered for final passage and (ii) notice of the ordinance is given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality not less than 7 nor more than 30 days before the ordinance or resolution is considered for final passage. Provides that, by a motion adopted by a record vote of at least three-fifths of the members elected, the county board or corporate authorities of the municipality may provide that those restrictions do not apply with respect to any one or more ordinances or resolutions [...]

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INS CD-HABILITATIVE SERVICES 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, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to provide coverage for habilitative services, including, but not limited to occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy for children under the age of 19 with congenital or genetic defects existing at or from birth or with a defect acquired at a young age. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. House Amendment No. 1 Provides that there is no rulemaking authority under the amendatory Act, but that the Governor may suggest rules by filing them with the General Assembly and requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact the suggested rules into law, or take other appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. House [...]

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CNTY CD-RECORDER Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, upon request by any person, the county recorder shall redact or remove certain personal information from any website maintained by the recorder or used by the recorder to display public records. Provides that any person who requests a redaction or removal without proper authority to do so is guilty of a petty offense. Requires each county recorder, within 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, to submit a written policy to the General Assembly and the office of the Illinois Attorney General providing for the removal of all social security numbers from all records available from any website maintained by the recorder. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. House Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Deletes a provision of the introduced bill that provides that [...]

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HABILITATIVE SERVICES 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, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to provide coverage for habilitative services, including, but not limited to occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy for children under the age of 19 with congenital or genetic defects existing at or from birth or with a defect acquired at a young age. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes: provides for coverage for habilitative services for children under 19 years of age with a congenital, genetic, or early acquired disorder (was congenital or genetic defect existing at or from birth or a defect acquired [...]

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METH CONTROL-ANHYDROUS AMMONIA Amends the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Defines "methamphetamine precursor" to include anhydrous ammonia. Exempts from violations, possession, procurement, transportation, storage, or delivery of anhydrous ammonia by a farmer or agent of a farmer engaged in agricultural activities. House Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 646/10720 ILCS 646/20720 ILCS 646/25

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PROP TX-OMITTED PROPERTY Amends the Property Tax Code concerning omitted assessments. Provides that in Cook County, the owner of any property may bring a complaint before the board of review to challenge the accuracy or validity of an omitted assessment. Requires the county assessor to publish information on the county's website concerning omitted assessments. Decreases the interest rate on omitted assessments from 10% to 1.8%. Provides that, before charging a tax and interest for previous years, the county assessor shall identify the owner of the property for each year for which liability accrued. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 200/14-35 Deletes everything after the [...]

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IHDA-HOME PROTECTION PILOT Creates the Home Protection Pilot Program Act. Requires the Illinois Housing Development Authority to implement a pilot program to assist Illinois workers who have lost jobs as a result of changing economic conditions in Illinois when those workers are in need of assistance to avoid losing their homes to foreclosure. Provides that the Program shall include counties selected at the discretion of the Authority on the basis of increased rates of foreclosure, actual foreclosure filings, unemployment, the need of local counseling agencies for increased capacity to serve clients in need of assistance to avoid losing their homes to foreclosure, the availability of funding, and other factors the Authority determines to be relevant. Provides for loans to homeowners secured by liens on residential real property located in Illinois, and prohibits a mortgagee from engaging in certain conduct upon a mortgagor's filing of an application for loan assistance. Sets [...]

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UNCLAIMED PROP-CONSUMER FRAUD Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that a person or company offering to identify, discover, or collect presumptively abandoned property or property that may become presumptively abandoned on behalf of the putative owner in exchange for a contingent fee must provide the owner with a written disclosure that includes, at a minimum, the identity of the holder of the property, the date the property became or will become reportable, and a statement indicating that the Office of the State Treasurer does not charge fees for the recovery of any property transferred to its custody under the Act. Provides that a person or company may not charge a contingent fee greater than 10% for the recovery of property that is not yet reportable property under the Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act. Provides that a person offering to identify, discover, or collect property, held or likely to be reported to any public [...]

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PROP TX-APPEALS Amends the Property Tax Code. Requires each chief county assessment officer in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants to provide to each residential taxpayer a Homestead Assessment Disclosure Document that contains certain disclosures concerning the assessed valuation of homestead property. Requires the Department of Revenue to annually review the disclosures to ensure that they are accurate and that they comply with all applicable laws and rules concerning property valuations. Provides that, if a taxpayer files a complaint before a board of review, then, within 5 days after the complaint is filed, the board of review must provide the taxpayer with a detailed description of the rules and procedures for hearings before the board. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes [...]

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PARK COMMISSIONERS LAND SALE Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning venue of actions by or against counties. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 55 ILCS 5/1-6001Adds reference to: 70 ILCS 1235/5 new Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Park Commissioners Land Sale Act. Authorizes the board of park commissioners in a non-home rule county with a population greater than 500,000 but less than 1,000,000 to sell [...]

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MUNICIPAL HOTEL OPERATORS TAX Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning notice of an election on a petition to transfer territory. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 55 ILCS 5/1-2002Adds reference to: 65 ILCS 5/8-3-14from Ch. 24, par. 8-3-14 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, in the City of East Peoria and in the Village of Morton, the rate of the municipal hotel operator's [...]

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RTA-PUBLIC HEARING Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that, with respect to any increase in fares or charges for public transportation, a public hearing must be held in each county in which the fare increase takes effect. Provides that notice of the hearing must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the region and must be sent to the Governor and to each member of the General Assembly whose district overlaps in whole or in part with the area in which the increase takes effect. Provides that certain information must be included in the notice. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes the requirement that the public hearing on fare increases must be separate from any other hearing or meeting scheduled by the Authority. House Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to:

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VEH CD-AUTOMATED TRAFFIC LAW Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, in addition to the previously designated counties, 7 specified counties, and the municipalities within those counties, may establish an automated traffic law enforcement system with one or more motor vehicle sensors working in conjunction with a red light signal to produce recorded images of motor vehicles entering an intersection against a red signal indication. Effective immediately. House Amendment No. 1 Adds 2 counties to those already designated in the bill. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes language that provided that an automated traffic law enforcement system may be established in Champaign County and Vermilion County and municipalities within those counties. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Provides that, at an intersection equipped with an automated traffic law enforcement system, the yellow light change interval must be not less than 3 seconds.[...]

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IDOT-CONVEYANCES Authorizes the Department of Transportation to convey certain described parcels in Vermilion, Tazewell, Lee, Rock Island, and Effingham Counties. Authorizes the Department to release or restore various described easements acquired by the State for highway purposes in Henry, Ford, Livingston, Kankakee, Madison, and Ogle Counties. Effective immediately. House Amendment No. 1 Further authorizes the Department of Transportation to convey or release easements to and over certain described parcels in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and in Ogle, Tazewell, and DeKalb counties. House Amendment No. 2 Further authorizes the Department of Transportation to convey or release easements to and over certain described parcels in Marshall and St. Clair counties.  Fiscal Note, House Amendment No. 1 (Dept. of Transportation) 

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MEDICAID-FAMILY MEMBR CAREGIVR Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, shall develop an initiative within the Home Services Program under which legally responsible adults may be reimbursed for providing care to eligible clients. Sets forth the components of the initiative. Provides that by November 1, 2008, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall report their findings and recommendations to the General Assembly regarding proposed rule changes to the Illinois Administrative Code and amendatory changes to the State Medicaid Plan for the purpose of implementing the initiative. Provides that by January 1, 2009, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall seek federal approval to amend the State Medicaid Plan, and the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Service shall submit [...]

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UNDERGROUND UTILITIES DAMAGE Amends the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Removes "personal representative" from the definition of "person". Contains provisions concerning a joint meet for certain parties. Contains provisions concerning a no show request initiated by an excavator through the State-Wide One-Call Notice System. Contains provisions concerning the initiation of an incomplete request by an excavator. Contains provisions concerning notice of a re-mark request by an excavator. Defines the terms "residential property owner", "designer", "design stage request", and "JULIE Excavator Manual". Removes community antenna television systems from certain requirements concerning nonemergency excavation or demolition, emergency excavation or demolition, and certain records of notice. Adds certain requirements concerning nonemergency excavation or demolition. Contains provisions concerning the use of a joint meet. Contains provisions concerning a design [...]

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PUBLIC AID-AMBULANCE SERVICE Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides a guideline for Medicaid reimbursement for ambulance services for emergency ambulance services, non-emergency ambulance services, mileage, advanced life support services, and specialty care transport services. Provides that the requirement for payment of ground ambulance services by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is met if the services are provided pursuant to a request for evaluation, treatment, and transport for an individual with a condition of such a nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that a delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health. Requires the Department to annually update the ambulance fee schedule rates on July 1 of each year. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the ambulance services for which reimbursement is required under the medical assistance Article of the Illinois [...]

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GO BONDS-GAMING-CAPITAL PROG Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act to require the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to provide a quarterly report to specified State officers on the status of all capital projects in the State. Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Increases the amount of the authorization of State bonds by $2,000,000,000, $1,575,000,000 for State highways, arterial highways, freeways, roads, bridges, structures separating highways and railroads and roads, and bridges on roads maintained by counties, municipalities, townships, or road districts for use statewide (the proceeds of which are deposited into the Transportation Bond, Series D Fund) and $425,000,000 for rail facilities and mass transit facilities statewide. Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that all of the moneys deposited into the State Gaming Fund from the issuance of the 10th owners license pursuant to competitive bidding shall be transferred as soon as practical [...]

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TEACHER-CERT-CRIMINAL OFFENSE Amends the School Code and the Counties Code. Provides that it is a State's Attorney's duty to notify the State Superintendent of Education upon the conviction of any individual known to possess a certificate issued under the School Code of any of certain offenses or any other felony conviction. In the criminal history records check provisions of the School Code, makes changes concerning the offenses for which a school board may not knowingly employ a person. Provides that no one may be certified to teach or supervise in the public schools who has been convicted of certain offenses (instead of providing that in determining good character, any felony conviction of an applicant may be taken into consideration, but such a conviction shall not operate as a bar to registration). In provisions concerning suspension or revocation of a certificate, provides that the State Superintendent of Education has the exclusive authority to initiate the suspension [...]

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JUV CT-DELINQUENCY AGE Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that persons under 18 years of age (rather than under 17 years of age) who commit offenses are subject to the proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for delinquent minors. Effective January 1, 2010. House Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 705 ILCS 405/1-7from Ch. 37, par. 801-7705 ILCS 405/1-8from Ch. 37, par. 801-8705 ILCS 405/1-9

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RESID LANDLORD TENANT COURT Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may establish a residential landlord-tenant court and make appropriations to operate it. Provides that this authorization is not a limitation on or a prohibition of the exercise of a home rule county's powers. Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that the chief judge of a judicial circuit may establish a residential landlord-tenant court in a county if the county board has approved the establishment of such a court. Provides that the chief judge may appoint to this court licensed attorneys as hearing officers to preside over cases, take evidence, and report findings of fact and legal conclusions to a judge and these shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which a judge makes rulings. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in actions filed for repossession due to illegal drug use on the premises, an emergency housing eviction, or voiding a lease for use of the premises in furtherance [...]

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BREAST CANCER SCREEN,TREATMENT Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, and other Acts. Provides that on and after July 1, 2008, screening and diagnostic mammography shall be reimbursed under the medical assistance program at the same rate as the Medicare program's rates, including the increased reimbursement for digital mammography. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to take certain actions in relation to breast cancer screening and treatment, including establishment of bonus payments to mammography facilities meeting certain standards, a rate methodology for certain providers, and a performance goal for primary care providers; also requires the Department to establish a case-management or patient-navigation pilot program. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of this amendatory Act must provide coverage [...]

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