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INTRODUCTION

The Illinois House and Senate were in session for three days this week. They both return to session next week on a Tuesday thru Thursday schedule. Speaker YOU Madigan has called for a meeting of the Committee of the Whole on May 9th at 9 am CAN on the House Floor to discuss the Governor’s proposed Gross Receipts Tax. MAKE A A solid contingent of local officials traveled to Springfield this week for the Difference! Annual IML Lobby Day. We appreciate the attendance of the Difference! Mayors Association, the South Suburban Mayors and Managers and the Southwest Conference of Mayors who had their drive downs this week in conjunction with the IML Lobby Day. The League would like to thank Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson and Senate Republican Caucus Chair Dale Righter for addressing the attendees at the Legislative Briefing.

In other news, Senate Bill 500 passed the Illinois House this week. This legislation creates the Statewide Smoking Ban. The Governor is expected to sign the bill. LEGISLATIVE BULLETIN 2007-13 HB 1500 CABLE / VIDEO LEGISLATION – IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS Friday, May 4, 2007 In This Issue: Last week, the interested parties to HB 1500 talked, exchanged ideas and language to further modify the Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s amendment to the bill. The working draft is a Introduction complete rewrite of HB 1500 as proposed by the Attorney General’s office. The discussions have been extensive by all parties and a fair HB 1500 – Cable/Video amount of language has been exchanged, debated, modified, and rewritten many times to hopefully produce a second working draft House Bills during the week of May 7, 2007. Senate Bills Once again, the Illinois Municipal League is extremely grateful to Terry Miller, Dave Bennett, and Tim Frenzer for the long Status Report hours of work with IML staff member Roger Huebner. We are fairly confident that the second draft will be better than the first draft and a tremendous improvement over the original HB1500 language.

PLEASE KEEP THE CABLE / VIDEO ISSUE IN MIND DURING YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH LEGISLATORS!

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HOUSE BILLS

House Bill 511 – Release of Settlement Information Senator Ronen (Representative Joyce) – Senate First Reading House Bill 511 passed the Illinois House. This bill changes the Freedom of Information Act making the financial portion of settlement agreements entered into on behalf of public bodies for the prosecution, defense, or settlement of any litigation a matter of public record. Making settlement agreements public will prove costly to taxpayers. Out of court settlements will be much less likely to occur if the payment to plaintiffs is always made public. Many times a difficult case will be settled in order to save the cost of attorneys’ fees needed to defend a case through trial. On a few occasions, the local government and the plaintiff will choose to have settlement agreements withheld from public view. If that option no longer exists, public bodies will have much less incentive to settle, and the court system will become much more congested. Once settlement figures are made public they will tend to become a floor for future settlements across Illinois. If this bill passes and becomes law, taxpayers will pay the additional costs that inevitably will occur for public bodies. IML OPPOSES HB 511.

House Bill 773 – Authorizes the Illinois Department of Labor to Sue Public Bodies for Back Wages to Employees if They Fail to Notify Contractors of Prevailing Wage Requirements Representative Fritchey – Senate First Reading HB 773 passed the Illinois House. The legislation would require that public bodies provide a written notice to contractors when the prevailing wage is required to be paid on a public works project. Failure of the public body to provide the contractor with written notice can result in the Department of Labor suing the public body for any back wages, interest, penalties or fines owed by the contractor to all laborers, mechanics and other workers who performed work on the project. IML OPPOSES HB 773.

House Bill 928 – Fire Fighter Workers Compensation Legislation Senator Link (Representative Hoffman) – Senate Labor Committee Hearing 5/9/07 at 2:30 pm Room 400 State House HB 928 was amended on the House floor to create a rebuttable presumption regarding several health conditions (heart, vascular system, lung and respiratory system, hypertension, tuberculosis, cancer, hernia or hearing loss) for firefighters under the Workers Compensation Act. Despite the amendment, the IML remains opposed to the bill. IML OPPOSES HB 928.

House Bill 962 – Vacancies of Municipal Officers Senators Koehler and Althoff (Representative Tryon) – Senate Local Government Committee Hearing on 5/8/07 at 1 pm in Room 409 State House HB 962 amends a provision in the Municipal Code governing the filling of vacancies of municipal officers. This legislation clarifies the procedures for an elected official resigning from office and when the vacancy begins. The legislation clarifies that when a vacancy occurs by the death of an officeholder, the vacancy begins on the date issued on the death certificate. Also, the council may determine when a vacancy by disability occurs. If the vacancy determination is based upon mental disability, then appointment in court of a guardian ad litem is a precondition (currently, there is no qualification in the statute in determining if an officeholder is mentally incapable of performing the requisite duties). The other provision this legislation addresses is the filling of a vacancy of a board member when the current board does not approve nominations from the mayor. This legislation allows the mayor to make a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy after the 60th day of the vacancy so long as the mayor nominated a minimum of 2 persons for the appointment. The temporary appointment must be made from those persons that were nominated but failed confirmation. Lastly, the legislation clarifies Legislative Bulletin 2007-13 May 4, 2007 Page 3 that a person does not have to have lived in the municipality for a year to be a municipal officer if the municipality is newly incorporated. IML SUPPORTS HB 962.

House Bill 988 – Substitute Fire Fighters Representative Phelps – House Floor HB 988 was amended on the House floor on Thursday afternoon. The underlying bill would prevent municipalities and fire protection districts from hiring substitute firefighters on a part-time basis to supplement the fire force and fill scheduling holes unless the fire fighter has qualified for a regular appointment under the Illinois Municipal Code. The practical effect of this bill would be to eliminate the hiring of a multitude of part-time firefighters, even if the firefighters had received substantially similar training as required for a regular, full-time firefighter. If it were to become law, this bill has the potential to financially devastate many departments and fire protection districts because of the limited funding available to hire full-time firefighters, particularly within tax-capped jurisdictions.

The amendment that was introduced is, for lack of a better description, "smoke and mirrors." The primary change to the bill would be to make the issue a matter of permissive bargaining. What this means is that the underlying bill restricting the use of part-time firefighters would become the statewide standard. As amended, municipalities could ask their local unions to bargain over alternative staffing procedures, but the unions do not have to agree to even negotiate on the subject. Many local fire unions will simply refuse to bargain the issue. Because the bargaining is permissive and not mandatory, there is absolutely nothing municipalities can do in such a situation.

Unfortunately, the amendatory language was accepted by the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association (IFCA) in exchange for the removal of their opposition to the bill. Proponents of the bill will now use the neutrality of the fire chiefs and the largely misleading argument that the bill "preserves local control" in their efforts to pass the bill. Remember, permissive bargaining only means that the municipality has the right to ask the union to bargain the issue. It does not, as with "mandatory bargaining," require that both sides negotiate toward an agreement. The amendment also contains a home rule preemption that was not included within the bill as introduced.

The League will continue to oppose HB 988. We urge your municipality to contact your representative and strongly oppose HB 988.

House Bill 1670 – Commencement of Elected Municipal Officials Terms Senator Mike Jacobs (Representative Pritchard) – Senate Floor Currently, the terms of elected municipal officers shall commence at the first regular or special meeting of the corporate authorities during the month of May following the proclamation of the results of the regular municipal election. Due to recent changes in the Election Code (absentee voting and provisional voting), the results of the election may not be official for fifteen to twenty-one days after the election. HB 1670 will provide that municipal terms commence at the first regular meeting or special meeting after the receipt of the official election results and provide that the agenda for such meeting includes the inauguration of the newly elected officers. This proposal will provide flexibility for the timing of when municipal terms will commence. IML SUPPORTS HB 1670.

House Bill 1727 – Mandatory Public Library Internet Filters Senator Hultgren (Representative Joyce) – Senate Rules Committee HB 1727 passed the Illinois House. The bill will require the installation of mandatory internet filters on all public library computers (except colleges and universities). Each library must create and Legislative Bulletin 2007-13 May 4, 2007 Page 4 enforce an internet safety policy to prohibit access through computers to obscene material, child pornography or images harmful to minors. The policy must also include the ability for a library employee to disable the filter for adult use of legitimate research and the ability to disable the filter for a minor’s use of legitimate research so long as a library employee above the age of 20 supervises the duration of the minor’s use of the computer. Violation to comply with this policy may be brought forward by the Attorney General’s office or a citizen of this state. Penalties for violation of this policy would be $100 per day per public library location. This legislation is an unfunded mandate that overrides local control. Paying for filters diverts scarce resources from limited technology budgets. Typical network installation is $10,000 plus about $3,000 per year. Under this legislation, library employees will be forced to decide what is legitimate research and further, library employees will be forced to play the role of babysitter if a minor is conducting research on a topic such as breast cancer. Please contact your legislator and ask them to oppose House Bill 1727 in its current form. IML OPPOSES HB 1727.

House Bill 1798 – Wrongful Death – Grief Damages Senator Raoul (Representative Brosnahan) – Senate Judiciary - Civil Law Committee Hearing 5/8/07 at 1 pm Room 212 State House House Bill 1798 provides in a wrongful death lawsuit a jury may award damages for grief, sorrow and mental suffering to the surviving spouse and next of kin of the deceased. IML OPPOSES HB 1798.

House Bill 1818 – Automated Traffic Law Enforcement Technology/Red Light Running Expansion Representative Dan Brady – House Floor HB 1818 would enable additional counties and the municipalities in those counties the option of operating automated traffic enforcement technology for red light running. A local ordinance or resolution would have to be passed to authorize such a system. The additional counties include Champaign, DeKalb, Kankakee, LaSalle, McLean, Peoria, Sangamon, Vermilion and Winnebago. IML SUPPORTS HB 1818.

House Bill 1876 – Notice Requirement Prior to Referenda for Home Rule Status to Secretary of State – Senator Link (Representative Sommer) – Senate Local Government Committee Hearing 5/8/07 at 1 pm Room 409 State House Currently, if a referendum will be held involving the question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit or shall cease to be a home rule unit, the clerk of the local government must notify the Secretary of State’s Office by certified statement at least 20 days prior to the date when the referendum will be held. Within 30 days after the referendum, the clerk must file a certified statement with the Secretary of State’s Office showing the results of the referendum and the resulting status of the unit of local government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule unit. HB 1876 will require clerks to file with the Secretary of State’s Office the results of the referendum within 45 days after the referendum. This proposal will also eliminate the unnecessary step of the notification to the Secretary of State 20 days prior to the referendum. IML SUPPORTS HB 1876.

House Bill 1881 – Liens for Nuisance Abatement Costs Senator Garrett (Representative Ryg) – Senate Local Government Committee Hearing 5/8/07 at 1 pm Room 409 State House Under HB 1881, the current reasons for which municipalities may place a lien on a property for abating a nuisance will be expanded to include the cutting of grass, the trimming or removal of trees or bushes, and trees infected with the emerald ash borer. IML SUPPORTS HB 1881.

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House Bill 3593 – Non-Home Rule Retail Theft Ordinances Senator Wilhelmi (Representative Mathias) – Senate Judiciary–Criminal Law Committee Hearing 5/8/07 at 2:30 pm Room 212 State House HB 3593 would authorize a non-home rule municipality to enact a local retail theft ordinance for retail theft under $150. The ordinance would only apply to first time offenders that have never been previously convicted of theft, robbery, burglary or home invasion. These offenses would be adjudicated in a court of law in the same manner as other ordinance violations. The assessment and dissemination of fines for local retail theft ordinance violations would be predicated upon existing state law. IML SUPPORTS HB 3593.

SENATE BILLS

Senate Bill 382 – Design Review Ordinances Representative May (Senator Garrett) – House Local Government Committee Hearing 5/10/07 at 8:30 am Room C1 Stratton Building SB 382 adds a provision regarding zoning to give municipalities the ability to establish local standards for design review. It is solely for the review of the exterior design of building and structures excluding utility facilities and billboards, and allows for the designation of a board or commission to implement the review process. IML SUPPORTS SB 382.

Senate Bill 500 – Statewide Smoking Ban Representative Yarbrough (Senator Link) – Passed Both Houses SB 500 provides that “No person shall smoke in a public place or in any place of employment or within 15 feet of any entrance” to those places. The bill further provides that “No person may smoke in any vehicle owned, leased, or operated by the State or a political subdivision of the State.” “No Smoking” signs must be conspicuously posted in each public place and place of employment. A conspicuous sign stating that smoking is prohibited must be posted at every entrance to a public place or place of employment. All ashtrays must be removed from these places.

The Department of Public Health, local health departments and local law enforcement agencies are mandated to enforce this law. All fines collected under SB 500 will be allocated 50 percent to the Illinois Department of Public Health and 50 percent to the enforcing agency. Both home rule and non- home rule municipalities may regulate smoking in public places, but that regulation must be “no less restrictive than this Act.” Home rule municipalities may regulate smoking “in any indoor area used by the public or serving as a place of work if the area does not fall within the definition of public place” under this Act.” Home Rule authority is preempted and the State Mandates Act is amended to provide that no reimbursement by the State is required for additional costs imposed on municipalities.

Senate Bill 689 – Ten Year Municipal Loan Repayment Authority Representative Krause (Senator Viverito) – House Local Government Committee Hearing 5/10/07 at 8:30 am Room C1 Stratton Building SB 689 would allow municipalities to borrow money from lending institutions and have up to 10 years (currently one year) to repay the loans. IML SUPPORTS SB 689.

Senate Bill 1252 – Tax Cap Exemption for Police, Fire and IMRF Pension Levies Senator Clayborne – Senate Floor SB 1252 would create an exemption under property tax caps for those portions of the tax levy attributable to funding downstate police, fire and IMRF pensions. IML SUPPORTS SB 1252. Legislative Bulletin 2007-13 May 4, 2007 Page 6

Senate Bill 1296 – Code of Civil Procedure – Increased Legal Liability for Remaining Parties Representative Saviano (Senator Cullerton) – House Executive Committee Senate Bill 1296 seeks to change Illinois law in a very significant way. The goal of the current law is to provide fairness by allowing a jury to determine which people were really at fault for causing an accident and to require minimally responsible parties to pay only their proportionate share of damages. Senate Bill 1296 will enable the plaintiff to manipulate the defendant’s liability by preventing the jury from considering the fault of parties with whom the plaintiff chose to settle or dismiss. By manipulating the calculation of fault, the plaintiff’s lawyer will be able to pursue deep pocket defendants and require them to pay more than their fair share of liability. The effect of SB 1296 will be profound. In a case currently pending before the Illinois Supreme Court, the plaintiff settled with the general contractor, landowner and employer, all of whom had significant responsibility for a construction accident. The case proceeded to trial against the sole remaining defendant, a subcontractor. At trial, the plaintiff’s attorney argued that the remaining defendant was responsible for the accident, resulting in a $9 million verdict against the defendant, even though the defendant was only minimally responsible. The Appellate Court held that the jury should have been told to consider the fault of the remaining defendant relative to the total fault of all involved, thus increasing the likelihood of finding that the remaining defendant was minimally liable and responsible only for its share of the total damages. Senate Bill 1296, which would apply to pending cases, would change this result. It would require the sole remaining, minimally liable defendant, perhaps 10% at fault, to pay the entire $9 million verdict, less the $1 million received from the settled parties. IML OPPOSES SB 1296 BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION MAKES MINIMAL RESPONSIBLE PARTIES MAXIMUM RESPONSIBLE PAYORS.

Senate Bill 1429 – Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement Senator Cullerton – Senate Floor SB 1429 changes the method of allocating municipal/county sales tax on items delivered from a store or other Illinois retailer to an address in Illinois outside of the municipality where that store or other retailer is located. Under SB 1429 the local sales tax would go to the locality where an item is delivered rather than the municipality where the sale was made. “Destination sourcing” for delivered products is required by the multi-state Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. Municipalities with large amounts of sales from appliance or furniture stores, lumber or construction supply facilities, agricultural supply retailers and manufacturers that sell significant amounts of tangible personal property to Illinois locations outside of the municipality where the manufacturer is located have grave concerns over large reductions in their total municipal sales tax receipts. For example, a municipal official has informed us that total receipts from these types of stores is as high as $13 million to Peoria, $12 million to Aurora, $10 million to Joliet, $9 million to Elk Grove Village, $4 million to East Peoria and $1.8 million to Quincy. Obviously, not all of the receipts from a furniture store will come from items delivered out of the city, but it is likely that a very large percentage of the retail sales made by a manufacturing concern involve delivery outside the city. Senator Cullerton believes that additional receipts will be received from catalog and internet sales and that many municipalities would receive significant new revenue because the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement requires additional home rule and non-home rule sales taxes to be broadened to tax all food and drug sales. The Senator also feels that every municipality expecting to lose must factor in gains when their citizens have large items shipped into their municipality. He further believes that for every local government that loses under the new system there should also be one or more local governments that gain. The sponsor is willing to amend SB 1429 to create a state funded hold harmless system to reimburse municipalities and counties that experience significant losses. Legislative Bulletin 2007-13 May 4, 2007 Page 7

The League does not believe there is sufficient certainty in the amount of extra revenue and in a potential State “hold harmless” system and therefore IML OPPOSES SB 1429.

Senate Bill 1475 – “Catastrophic Injury” Legislation - Health Insurance Benefit Senator Lightford – Senate Floor SB 1475 was amended and is now a vehicle bill. The underlying bill seeks to more narrowly define eligibility for the employer-funded health insurance benefit under the Public Safety Employee Disability Act (PSEBA). Moving an empty bill through the process will keep the bill viable for a future amendment. IML SUPPORTS A RE-DEFINITION OF “CATASTROPHIC INJURY.”

Senate Bill 1553 – No Objective Medical Opinion Required For Firefighter Disability Benefits Representative Flider (Senator Frerichs) – House Personnel and Pensions Committee SB 1553 would amend the downstate (non-Chicago) fire pension statute to eliminate the need for a fire pension board to rely upon an objective medical opinion prior to determining that a firefighter is disabled. Despite the opinion of a competent physician that a firefighter is not disabled, a union- controlled fire pension board would be allowed to award a duty disability benefit. A firefighter receiving a duty disability benefit is also eligible for municipally-funded health insurance for life under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act (PSEBA). SB 1553 would likely result in an increase in duty-disability awards and, consequently, higher health insurance costs for municipal governments. IML OPPOSES SB 1553.

Senate Bill 1576 – Collection of Delinquent Taxes from Out-of-State Corporations Representative Gordon (Senator Noland) – House Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee Hearing 5/8/07 at 3 pm C1 Stratton Building SB 1576 would allow the Secretary of State to revoke the ability of a foreign limited liability company to transact business in Illinois if a unit of local government or school district files a Memorandum of Judgment with the Secretary of State declaring the company owes a debt to the local entity. Furthermore, the legislation would allow the Attorney General to restrain the ability of a foreign limited liability company to transact business in Illinois if the company owes a debt to the public entity. IML SUPPORTS SB 1576.

Legislative Bulletin 2007-13 May 4, 2007 Page A-1 ______STATUS REPORT The following is a list of all active bills the Illinois Municipal League either supports or opposes and their status. As you may know, the status of bills pertains to their advancement in the legislature: First Reading refers to the introduction stage, Second Reading refers to the amendment stage; and Third Reading refers to the passage stage. Some bills may have a "b", "h" or "s" next to the bill number. This refers to amendments that were added to the bill: "b" = amendments from both chambers, "h"= amendment from House; "s"= amendment for Senate. For additional information, please do not hesitate to call the League's Legislative Staff. This report was printed on May 3 at 3:30 P.M.

HOUSE BILLS IML SUPPORTS

HB 0033h Tom Cross RIVERS-DAMS & BUOYS 05/03/07 S Pl Cal ord3 HB 0170h Ed Sullivan, Jr. CD CORR-CHILD PORN FINES 04/20/07 S Ref Rules HB 0328 CRIM CD-THREATEN PUB OFF 04/19/07 S Pl Cal ord2 HB 0334h Mike Fortner MUNI CD ANNEXATION RR UTILITY 04/19/07 S Pstpnd Local Gov HB 0351h Thomas Holbrook ELECTRIC AGGREGATION MUNI CTY 05/02/07 S Held in Envir & Energy HB 0429h Edward J. Acevedo LIQUOR-RETAIL WINE SHPMNT 05/02/07 H Pl Cal ord3 Shr Dbt HB 0458h John E. Bradley UTILITIES-AGGREGATION PILOT 03/06/07 S Ref Rules HB 0552h Paul Froehlich VEH CD-ADMINSITRATIVE IMPOUND 04/25/07 S Assign Trans HB 0620h Chapin Rose ZONING-WIND FARMS 05/03/07 S Ref Rules HB 0698 Brent Hassert PROP TX-SPECIAL ASSESS AREAS 04/30/07 H ReRef Rules HB 0796 Deborah Graham HANDGUN DEALER LICENSING ACT 04/26/07 H Pl Cal Consid Pstpnd HB 0875 Edward Acevedo VEH CD-POLICE BICYCLES 03/14/07 H Pl Cal2 Shr Dbt HB 0898 Sidney Mathias MUNI CD-CENSUS 03/13/07 S Ref Rules HB 0962 Michael Tryon MUNICIPAL OFFICE VACANCIES 05/02/07 S Assign Local Gov HB 1058s Daniel J. Burke HEARTSAVER AED FUND-GRANTS 05/02/07 S Pl Cal ord2 HB 1059 Daniel J. Burke EMERG TEL SYS-HEARTSAVER 05/02/07 S Pstpnd Local Gov HB 1144h Charles Jefferson MUNI CD-TIF 03/29/07 H Pl Cal2 Shr Dbt HB 1258h Julie Hamos ACCESS TO BROADBAND SERVICES 03/15/07 H Pl Cal2 Shr Dbt HB 1562h Eddie Washington SCH DIST/LOC GOV-TAX-ENVIRON 04/25/07 S Assign Local Gov HB 1670 Robert Pritchard MUNI CD-OFFICERS TERMS 04/25/07 S Pl Cal ord2 HB 1718h John E. Bradley OPEN MEET-3 MEMBER MAJORITY 04/20/07 S Ref Rules HB 1818h Dan Brady VEH CD-AUTOMATED TRAFFIC LAW 03/22/07 H Pl Cal2 Shr Dbt HB 1876 Keith P. Sommer ELECTIONS-HOME RULE REFERENDA 05/02/07 S Assign Local Gov HB 1881h Kathleen A. Ryg MUNI CD-NUISANCE LIENS 04/25/07 S Assign Local Gov HB 2035 Chapin Rose IDOT-FUNDING GRANT PROGRAMS 03/28/07 S Ref Rules HB 2781 William Davis LOCAL GOV RELOCATION COSTS 05/02/07 S Pstpnd St Gov Vet Affair HB 3394h Linda Chapa LaVia DCEO-SMART-GREEN GRANTS 05/03/07 S Pl Cal ord3 HB 3425h Karen May DEER POPULATION-LOCAL CONTROL 04/25/07 S Assign Local Gov HB 3593 Sidney Mathias MUNI CD-RETAIL THEFT 05/02/07 S Pstpnd Jud Crim Law

SENATE BILLS IML SUPPORTS

SB 0113s LOCGOV-USE/OCC TAXES 05/01/07 H Ref Rules SB 0123 LIQUOR-RETAIL WINE SHPMNT 03/22/07 S Pl Cal ord3 SB 0207s Linda Holmes DCEO-SMART CITIES GRANTS 04/30/07 H Assign St Gov Admin SB 0208s Linda Holmes DCEO-GREEN CITIES GRANTS 04/30/07 H Assign St Gov Admin SB 0382s Susan Garrett MUNI CD-DESIGN REVIEW 04/30/07 H Assign Local Gov SB 0420s Randall Hultgren OPEN MEET-VACATION/E-MAIL 04/30/07 H Assign Executive SB 0639s James A. DeLeo VEH CD-POLICE BICYCLES 04/30/07 H Assign Trans & Motor Veh SB 0678s Michael Bond BROADBAND ACCESS PASSENGR RAIL 04/30/07 H Assign RR Safety SB 0689s Louis Viverito MUNI CD-BORROWING 04/30/07 H Assign Local Gov SB 0825s David Koehler LOC GOV-TECH 04/30/07 H Assign Local Gov SB 1242 Linda Holmes ILLINOIS COOL CITIES ACT 04/30/07 H Assign Environ Health SB 1252 James Clayborne PROP TX-PTELL-PENSION LEVIES 03/30/07 S Pl Cal Consid Pstpnd SB 1260 John J. Millner VEH CD-COURT SUPERVISION FEES 03/21/07 H Ref Rules SB 1395b INC TX-WITHHOLDING 05/03/07 S Pl Cal Ord concur SB 1475s Kim Lightford PUB SAFETY-CATASTROPHIC INJURY 03/22/07 S Pl Cal ord3 SB 1494 Pamela Althoff CTY CD-REFUND CASH CONTRIB 03/27/07 S Pl Cal ord3 SB 1576 BUSINESS-FOREIGN CORPS 04/30/07 H Assign Jud I Civil Law SB 1617s Jeff Schoenberg FORESTS-EMERALD ASH BORER FUND 04/30/07 H Assign Exec SR 0152 Pamela Althoff PROCLAIMS LOCAL GOVT WEEK 05/02/07 S Assign St Gov Vet Affairs Legislative Bulletin 2007-13 May 4, 2007 Page A-2 ______

HOUSE BILLS IML OPPOSES

HB 0147h Greg Harris INSURANCE-CLINICAL BREAST EXAM 05/02/07 S Assign Insurance HB 0374 Jack D. Franks FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE ACT 05/02/07 S Assign Labor HB 0384 Mary E. Flowers INS-VARIOUS HEALTH COVERAGES 03/20/07 H Pl Cal2 Shr Dbt HB 0415h Deborah Graham INS CODE-COVERAGE OF DEPENDENT 05/02/07 S Assign Insurance HB 0511h Kevin Joyce FOIA-SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS 05/03/07 S Ref Rules HB 0573h Ruth Munson IDENTITY PROTECTION ACT 03/30/07 S Assign Executive HB 0630 William Black VEH CD-PORTABLE SCALES 03/30/07 S Assign Trans HB 0704 Brandon Phelps CRIM CD-FIREARMS-PREEMPTION 02/22/07 H Pl Cal2 Shr Dbt HB 0773h John A. Fritchey PREVAIL WAGE-COVERAGE 05/03/07 S Pl Cal ord 1st HB 0804h Jack McGuire PEN CD-IMRF-MILITARY SERVICE 05/03/07 S Pl Cal ord3 HB 0918 William B. Black VEH CD-HIGHWAY ACCESS 03/27/07 H Cal2 Shr Dbt HB 0928h Jay C. Hoffman WRK COMP-FIREFIGHTER-EMT 05/02/07 S Assign Labor HB 0985h Daniel Beiser PREVAILING WAGE-REVISED RATE 04/25/07 S Assign Labor HB 0988h Brandon Phelps FIREFIGHTERS-SUBSTITUTES 05/03/07 H Pl Cal ord3 Shr Dbt HB 1017 Kevin McCarthy FIRE DPT PROMOTION-ASSESSORS 03/08/07 H Pl Cal2 Shr Dbt HB 1050h Annazette Collins JUV CRT-MINOR CONFINE 05/02/07 S Ref Rules HB 1105h Careen M Gordon PREVAILING WAGE-FACILITIES 04/20/07 S Ref Rules HB 1304 John E. Bradley FIREARMS-CONCEALED-PERMITS 03/02/07 H Pl Cal ord3 Shr Dbt HB 1320 Mike Bost CONCEAL CARRY-JUDGE, PROS&DEF 04/18/07 H Pl Cal Consid Pstpnd HB 1432h INS CD-EATING DISORDER TRTMENT 05/01/07 H Pl Cal Consid Pstpnd HB 1500 James Brosnahan UTIL-CABLE-VID-COMPETITION 03/29/07 H Assign Telecomm HB 1542h Lisa M. Dugan MUNI CD-DISCHARGE BARGAINING 04/25/07 S Assign Labor HB 1560h Kathleen A. Ryg INS CD-AMINO ACID DISORDER 05/02/07 S Ref Rules HB 1687h Robert S. Molaro MUNI CD-CHICAGO PARKING 03/27/07 H Pl Cal ord3 Shr Dbt HB 1703 Robert S. Molaro VEH CD-VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION 03/22/07 H Pl Cal2 Shr Dbt HB 1727h Kevin Joyce INTERNET SCREENING LIBRARIES 05/03/07 S Ref Rules HB 1757 John E. Bradley CRIM CD-FIREARM TRANSPORT 03/14/07 H Pl Cal2 Shr Dbt HB 1798h James Brosnahan WRONGFUL DEATH-GRIEF DAMAGES 05/02/07 S Assign Jud Civ Law

SENATE BILLS IML OPPOSES

SB 0012 Jacquelin Collins INC TAX-CREDITS 04/30/07 H Assign Revenue SB 0013s PROP TX-ALT HOMESTEAD EXEMPT 03/01/07 H Assign Revenue SB 0026 Bradley Burzynski VEH CD-TRUCK SIZE & WEIGHT 03/29/07 S Pl Cal ord3 SB 0080 Edward Maloney VEH CD-BICYCLE SAFETY RULES 04/30/07 H Assign Driver Ed Safety SB 0101s Susan Garrett PROP TAX FREEZE-DISABLED 04/30/07 H Assign Revenue SB 0138 Dan Cronin INC TX-CLASSROOM SUPPLY CREDIT 04/30/07 H Assign Executive SB 0450s Antonio Munoz LOCAL GOV-TECH 04/30/07 H Assign Jud II Crim Law SB 0513s Terry Link CNTY CD-LAKE CNTY SEWER 04/30/07 H Assign Local Gov SB 0650 John Cullerton CANNABIS-MEDICAL USE 03/08/07 S Pl Cal ord3 SB 1296 John Cullerton CIV PRO-LIABLTY REMAINING PTYS 04/30/07 H Assign Executive SB 1365s BREAST ULTRASOUND SCREENING 04/30/07 H Assign HlthCr Avl Access SB 1429s John Cullerton USE/OCC TX-VARIOUS 03/22/07 S Pl Cal ord3 SB 1434s John Cullerton CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 04/30/07 H Assign Jud I Civil Law SB 1539 Frank Watson PEN CD-GA-MARRIAGE AFTER RET 04/30/07 H Assign Executive SB 1553s Michael Frerichs PEN CD-ART 4-DETRMNATN OF DIS 04/30/07 H Assign Persn & Pens SB 1559s Michael Frerichs RENEWABLE FUELS PROGRAMS 04/30/07 H Assign Executive

SIGNIFICANT BILLS ON WHICH THE IML DOES NOT HAVE A FORMAL POSITION

HB 0316 Thomas Holbrook EPA-PERMITS-POLLUTION CONTROL 04/19/07 S Pl Cal ord2 HB 0742h Julie Hamos WHISTLEBLOWER-DISCLOSE INFO 05/02/07 S Assign Labor HB 1456 Lou Lang WHISTLEBLOWER-LOCGOV REFERENDA 04/26/07 S Ref Rules HB 1750 George Scully UTILITIES-ELECTRICITY RATES 03/08/07 S Ref Rules HB 1842h Julie Hamos ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS 04/25/07 S Ref Rules HB 3597h Robert Pritchard LOCGOV-ANNEXATION 05/03/07 S Ref Rules SB 0001 Emil Jones, Jr. GROSS RECEIPTS TAX 03/02/07 S Pl Cal ord3 SB 0125s Terry Link CLN INDOOR AIR ACT 03/20/07 S Pl Cal ord3 SB 0253 David Luechtefeld MUNI CD-RESIDENCY 04/30/07 H Assign Executive SB 0500 Terry Link SMOKE FREE ILLINOIS ACT 05/01/07 S Passed Both Houses