Date	Chamber	Action
8/18/2009	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0576

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

30 ILCS 105/5.719 new

625 ILCS 5/11-1429

705 ILCS 105/27.5

from Ch. 25, par. 27.5

705 ILCS 105/27.6

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Vehicle Code, State Finance Act, and Clerks of Courts Act. Increases the fine for an excessive idling violation from $50 to $250 for the first conviction and from $150 to $500 for a second or subsequent conviction within a 12 month period. Specifies how the fines collected shall be distributed and provides alternate distribution procedures for circuit clerks for excess idling violations. Creates the Trucking Environmental and Education Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury. Provides that all money deposited into the Trucking Environmental and Education Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of educating the trucking industry on air pollution and preventative measures specifically related to idling. Effective immediately.

House Committee Amendment No. 1

	Adds reference to:
	30 ILCS 105/8h

Further amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Trucking and Environmental Education Fund is not subject to sweeps. Provides that a person convicted of excessive idling shall be fined $90 for a first offense (rather than $250). Also changes the distribution formula for violations for excessive idling.

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Deletes language relating to sweeps and other fiscal or budgetary maneuvers in a provision protecting the Trucking Environmental and Education Fund from certain transfers from that fund into other funds.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/20/2009	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz
2/20/2009	House	First Reading
2/20/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/25/2009	House	Assigned to Vehicles & Safety Committee
3/11/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Vehicles & Safety Committee
3/11/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Vehicles & Safety Committee; by Voice Vote
3/11/2009	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Vehicles & Safety Committee; 007-000-000
3/11/2009	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/11/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
3/11/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
3/17/2009	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/17/2009	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/18/2009	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz
3/18/2009	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/18/2009	House	Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
3/18/2009	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/24/2009	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
3/24/2009	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
3/24/2009	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/1/2009	House	Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
4/1/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
4/1/2009	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Elaine Nekritz
4/3/2009	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 080-036-000
4/15/2009	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/15/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/15/2009	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
4/15/2009	Senate	First Reading
4/15/2009	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/22/2009	Senate	Assigned to Environment
4/23/2009	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
4/28/2009	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
4/29/2009	Senate	Do Pass Environment; 005-004-000
4/29/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
4/29/2009	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
4/30/2009	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
5/7/2009	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
5/12/2009	Senate	Second Reading
5/12/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
5/14/2009	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
5/22/2009	Senate	Verified
5/22/2009	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 032-013-000
5/22/2009	House	Passed Both Houses
6/19/2009	House	Sent to the Governor
8/18/2009	House	Governor Approved
8/18/2009	House	Effective Date August 18, 2009
8/18/2009	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0576

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