Illinois Senate Floor Debate — April 1, 1998

Senate Bill 1028. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Readinq of the bill. The Committee on Judiciary adopted one amendment.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Have there been any Floor amendments that have been approved for consideration?

Amendment No . 2, offered by Senator Dillard .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Could we please have some order in the Chamber? Would Members please be in their seats? Take conferences off the Floor, and let's get through this order of business. Senator Dillard.

Thank you, Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This amendment, which came out of the Judiciary Committeer Floor Amendment No. 2: takes away the objections of what is known as the food supplement industry. I'd be happy to answer any questions. But Floor Amendment No. 2 just takes some objections away from the food supplement industryr or the health food industry , and I 'd move its adoption .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Is there any discussion? Senator Bomke. If not, Senator Dillard moves the adoption of -- Floor Amendment No . 2 to Senate Bill 1028. Those in favor , say Aye . Opposed , Nay . The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted . Are there any further Floor amendments that have been approved for consideration? 7 ' i STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 r SECRETARY HRQRY: No further amendments reported. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading . Senate Bill 1210 . Senator Syverson . Read the billy Mr. Secretary . SECRETARY HAQRY : Senate Bill 1210 . (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Local Government and Elections adopted one amendment. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR XARPIEL) Have there been any Floor amendments that have been approved for consideration? SECRETARY HAKRY : No further amendments reported . PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading . SenaEor Bomke , for what reason do you rise? SENATOR BOMKE : Thank you, Madam President . Point of personal p rivilege . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) State your polnk. SENATOR BOMKE : W e have with us here today , Mrs . Milslagle , from Williamsville Jr. High School. Visiting with us today along with her are Honorary Pages Garrett Runge, Ed Hodun, Brian Holmesz Shane Timmy C .J . Oglesby . And they dre back in the back here . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR XARPIEL) Would the Senate please welcome our our v isitors? Senate Bill 1215. Senator Carroll. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARV HARRY : Senate Bill 1215 . (Secretary reads title of bill) 8 I ! 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL A SSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee amendments. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) l Have there been any Floor amendments that have been approved ( for consideration? 1 i SECRETARY HANRY: i ! Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator carroll. l ' PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Carroll, on Amendment No. 1. SENATOR CARROLL : Thank you, Madam President, Members of -- of the Senate. Floor Amendment No. l Was a amendment requested, basically, by the Committee on Judiciary to clarify technically the language so that -- a subsequent accusation was not sufficient; it took an actual conviction in order to get an enhanced penalty ln a domestic violence situation. I would move its adoption . PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) ' Is there any discussion? If not, Senator Carroll moves the adoption of Amendment No . l to Senate Bill 1215. Those in favorp say Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the Ayes have it. Tbe amendment is adopted. Any further amendments? SECRETARX HANRV : No further amendments reported . PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 1259. Senator Fawell. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY HARRV : Senate Bill 1259. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee amendments. PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Have there been any Floor anendments that have been approved for consideration? 9 . l (  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day Ap ril 1 , 1998

Amendment No . 1, offered by Senator Fawell .

PRESIDING OFPICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Pawell, on Amendment No . 1.

Thank you very mucb. Thts amendment becomes the bill. It amends the Parentage Act, and it provides that a presumption tbat a man is the natural father of a child due to the marriage to the mother is rebuttable if a DNA test sbows tbat tbere is reasonable probability that the man is not the father. And it also allows a man who has been adjudicated the father of a child pursuant to the presumption that he is the father due to the marriage: if there is -- a DNA test discovers that the man is not tbe natural fatber, then the orders involving custody, visitation and child support can be declared null and void.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Any discussion? If not, Senator Fawell moves the adoption of Amendment No . l to Senate Bill 1259 . Those in favor, say Aye . Opposedr Nay. The Ayes have iEy and the amendment is adopted. Have -- are there any other amendments?

Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Fawell.

PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Fawell .

Thank you very much . This is a technical amendment , and it just takes -- a reasonable probability that the man is not the father. Actually , the DNA test does declare that he is the father.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) If there 's no discussion, Senator Fawell moves the adoption of Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 1259. Those in favor, say Aye. 10  STATE OP ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day Ap ril 1, 1998 Opposed , Nay . The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted . Any further amendments?

No further amendments reported .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading . Senate Bill 1290. Senator Peterson. Read the bill, M r. Secretary .

Senate Bill 1290. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee amendments.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Have there been any Ploor amendnents that have been approved for copsideration?

No further amendments reported.

PRESIDING OPFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading . Senate Bill 1295 . Senator Farley . Senator Farley: on Senate Bill 1295. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1335. Senator Dudycz. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary .

Senate Bill 1335. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee amendments.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Have Ehere been any Ploor amendments that have been approved for consideration?

Amendment No . offered by Senator Dudycz.

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR SARPIEL) Senator Dudycz .

11 ! 1 STATE 0F ILLINOIS r ' 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION I SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April ly 1998 ' r Thank you, Madam President. AmendmentNo.2to SenateBill l I 1335 amends certain sections of the cziminal Code to close certain l loopholes resazding elimknation of fraud regarding public contracts for a school district. This legislation is proposed by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and it is -- is supported by the Chicago public schools. Specifically, it clarifies that school districts are covered as contracting units. Adds definition for ''stringingd', and penalty for unlawful stringing of school district bids. Creates penalties for persons providing false statements to obtain public contracts with school districts. Creakes penalties for school district employees wbo create false entries of information or misapply public funds, and in addition tbere's a section that is amended to create (sic) a non-probationable offense of -- for theft of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars from a school district. I know of no opposition, and I would seek your support of Amendment No . 2. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Any discussion? Any discussion? If not , Senator Dudycz moves the adoption of Amendment No . 2 to Senate Bill 1335. Those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The amendment is adopted. Are there any further amendments that have been approved for consideration? SECRETARY HANRX : No further amendments reported . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR RARPIEL) 3rd Reading . Senate Bill 1365 . Senator Bowles. Senator Bowles, on Senate Bill 1365. Out of the record . Senate Bill 1463. Senator Mahar. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary . SECRETARY NADRY : Senate Bill 1463. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments. 12 1 I STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 1566. Senator Radogno . Read the billy M r. Secretary . SECRETARY NAPRY : Senate Bill 1566. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Revenue adopted one amendment. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Have there been any Floor amendments that have been approved for considerakion? SECRETARY HARRY : Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Radogno. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Radoqno , on Amendment No . 2 . SENATOR RADOGNO : Thank you. This amendment addresses a number of the concerns that municipalities have expressed about the original bill. It eliminates the -- or, it restores the various categories: blight, conservation area, industrial park. It elimlnates vaziable term TIFs . It addresses municipal concerns regarding the qualification of vacant land and farmland. Removes tbe weighted vote of the joint review board. Restores marketing as an eligible expenditure and defines it. Requires a housing study only if displacement of residents will occur. It does maintain an -- an enhanced role for the joint review board. It has prokection for low-income residents who might be displaced by a TIF district, and it offers some protection for schools when a TIF districk generates students to a school districtr as well as a number of other minor changes. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Any discussion? IE not, Senator Radogno moves the adoption of Amendment No . to Senate Bill 1566 . Those in favorg say Aye . 13  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leqislatkve Day April 1, 1998 opposed, Nay. The Ayes have kt. The amendment ks aiopted. Are there any furtber amendments?

Amendment No. 4, offered by Senator Radogno .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senato r Radogno , on Amendment No . 4.

Amendment No. 4 are just technical changes that have been agreed to . They dre very minor.

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) No discussion. Senator Radogno moves the adoption of Amendment No. 4 to Senate 9ill 1594 (sic). Those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The amendment is adopted. I'm sorry. Senator Radogno, the board was readin: 1594 and I -- - - I read it Wrong. want Eo say that Senator Radogno moves the adoption of Senate Amendment of Amendment No . 4 to Senate Bill 1566. And if there's no discussion, We move for the adoption of Amendment No. 4. Those in favor, say Aye. Those opposed, say Nay. And the Ayes have it. Amendment is adopted. Are there any further amendments?

No further amendments reported .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading. Senate -- Senate Bill 1585. I ask leave to return to Senate Bill 1585. Leave is granted. 1594. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1628. Senator Cullerton. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary .

Senate Bill 1628. (Secretary reads Eitle of bill) 2nd Read ing of the b ill. No committee amendments .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR XARPIEL) 14  STATE QF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Have there been any Floor amendments that have been approved for consideration?

Amendment No . 2, offered by Senator Hawkinson .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Eawkinsony on Amendment No. 2.

Thank you, Madam President. This is a work in progress. This amendment Was approved after a hearing in committee yesterday . It attempts to do two things: one, to assure that no new duties to supervise are imposed under the Act; and, secondly, under the duty to supervise section, defines what f'willful and wanton'' means . would ask for i*s approval.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Any discussion? If not : Senator Hawkinson moves tbe adoption of Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 1628. Those in favor, say Aye. Opposed , Nay . The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adop ted . Are there any further amendments?

No further amendments reported .

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading . Senate Bill 1703. Senator Fawell. 0ut of the record . Senate Bill 1750. Senator Lauzen. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary .

Senate Bill 1750. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill . No committee or Floor amendments .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading . Senate Bill 1844. Senator Lauzen. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1853. Senator Trotter. Read the billg Mr. Secretary . 15  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998

Senate Bill 1853. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Environment and Energy adopted one amendment.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Have there been any Ploor amendments that have been app roved for consideration?

Amendment No . 2, offered by Senator Trotter.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Trotterr on Amendment No .

Thank you very much , Madam President, Members of the Senate . Senate Amendment No . 2 is some clean-up language and also compromise language that was received from the City of Chicago along with the public utilities here in the State just saying that we should have some kind of standardized mechanism in which we disclose information to 1aw enforcement agencies. Specifically, it asks that no information can be disclosed from a custom er 's record unless khat agency receives in writing from the department saying what the information is for, that -- specifically that it 's for a law enforcement purpose and that the information is absolutely necessary .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Any discussion? Senator Dudycz.

Thank you, Madam President. A question of the sponsorr please.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) The sponsor will yield.

16  STATE OF ILLINOIS 9QTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leqkslative Day Ap ril 1 y 1998 Senator Trotter, have you -- you Mentloned that this is -- this language addresses the concerns of the public utilities. Is this -- are you saying a1l the public utilities are now on board?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Trotter .

That is correct. The -- the language that I have received is from their industry, and I bave spoken to other individuals. So, as far as know, everyone is on board at this time.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Dudycz.

And -- and you have had that conversation with the Chicago Police Department. They have signed off on this language?

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Trotter.

We 've had multiple conversations and actually the lanquaqe that We see here is -- is, in most part, from the Chicago Police Department and their counsel.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) All righk. Is there any further discussion? If not, Senator Trotter moves the adoption of Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill -- Senate Bill 1853. Those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further amendments that have been approved for consideration?

No further amendments reported .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading. Could we have some order? It's very difficult to hear up here. Looking out at the Body, there's al1 kinds of empty seats . People are , you know , really not payinq much 17 I ! 1 ; STATE OP ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 I attention. So, please, let's have a little order. Senate Bill 1854. Senator Mahar. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary. ! ( i SECRETARY HARRY: Senate Bill 1854. (Secretary reads kitle of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading . Senate Bill 1860 . Senator Butler . Read the bill, M r. Secretary . SECRETARY HAPRY : Senate Bill 1860. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. No committee or Floor amendments. PRESIDING OPFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading. And Senate Bill 1895, out of the record. With leave of the Body, we will return to Senate 3ill 1585, and Senator Peterson, who is a -- my hyphenated cosponsor, wi11 handle the bill. Senator Peterson, on Senate Bill 1585. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary . SECRETARY NADRY : Senate Bill 1585. (Secretary reads title of bill) 2nd Reading of the bill. The Committee on Licensed Activities adopted one amendment. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Have there been any Floor amendments that have been approved for consideration? SECRETARY HARRY : No further amendments reported . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading . We wi1l now go to the Order of 3rd Reading . On page 3 of your Calendar , on the Order of 3rd Reading , is Senate ! 18 !  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GBNERAL ASSEMBLY RCGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Bill 499. Senator Maitland . I've been advised that Members should be should be able to and should be willing to be calling their bill today, their bill on 3rd Readtng, because we may not be able to 90 back to this order tOIOrrOW. SO be Preiared , #ay attention and call your bill, if at all possible. Senate Bill 499. Senator Maitland. Mr. Secrekary, read the bill.

Senate Bill 499. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OPFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Maitland .

Thank you, Madam President, Members of the Senate. Senate Bill 499 is now a vehicle bill. It contains nothin: but -- but minor stylistic changes. It is one of two billz that %i11 leaze this Chamber and will be amended later on in the Session with the pension language that we all agree to toward the end of Session. So I would seek support of Senate Bill 499.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Is there any discussion? If not, Senator Maitland moves the passaqe of Senate Bill 499. And the question is , shall Senate Bill 499 pass. Those in favor Will vote Aye. Opposed, vote Nay. Tbe voting ks open. Have all voted who wish? Have al1 voted who . wish? Have all voted who Wish? Take the record, Mr. Secretary. On that questlon, there are 55 Ayesr 2 voting Nay, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 499, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 668. Senator Maitland. Out of the record. Senate Bill... Senate Bill 743. Senator Fawell. Do you wish this bill returned to 2nd Reading for purposes of amendment? Senator Fawell seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 743 to the Order of 2nd Reading for 19  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legtslatkve Day April 1, 1998 the purpose of an amendment. Hearinq no objection, leave is granted . On the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 743. Mr. Secretary , are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?

Amendmenk No. 3, offered by Senator Fawell.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Fawell, on Amendment 3.

Thank you -- thank you very much. This is the assistant (sic) (assisted) living bill. It has been worked on by all parties, and basically we have come to an agreement. The main portion of the - - the amendment goes into greak detail explaining what the contract should call for, tbat it -- the assistant (sic) living should reside in the Department of Aging . It also talks about the discharge policies, who should remain within the assistant (sic) living facilities: how they should operate, and a number of other things. I can go into detail when we have 3rd Reading.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Any discussion? If not, a1l those in favor, say Aye . Those opposed, say Nay . The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted . Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?

No further amendments reported .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Readinq. Senate Bill 1217. Senator Petka. Read the bill , M r. Secretary .

Senate Bill 1217. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) 20 I 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY q REGULAR SESSION j SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leg kslative Day April ly 1998 Senator Petka . SENATOR PETKA : Thank you very much, Madam Presidept and Members of the Senate . Senate Bill 1217 would elim inate the affirmative defense under -- that is currently found under the child pornography section of the Illino is Criminal Code . The -- after rather extended discussion of this legislation in the Judiciary Committee, it came out on the attendance roll call with no dissenters. The Illinois Library Association is neutral on the legislation, and what it basically does is to remove an exemption that, in my opinion and the opinion of others, was erroneously placed in the Statute. Once aqain, I'm not aware of any opposition and I move for the adoption. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Is there any discussion? If noty the question is, shall Senate Bill 1217 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted Who wisb? Have a11 voEed who w ish? Have al1 voted who Wish? Take the record , M r. Secretary. On that question, tbere are 57 Ayes, none voting Nayp none votin: Present. And Senate Bi1l 1217, baving received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill - - Senate Bill 1223. Senator Jones . Read the bill, M r. Secreta ry . SECRETARY NAQRY : Senate Bill 1223. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Jones . SENATOR JONES : Yeah. Thank you, Mr. -- Madam President. Senate Bill 1223 p rovides a provision for those not-for-profit organizations , 21 ! STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY ! REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 mostly churches in the Chicagoland area , *ho have lost their property due to -- due to the exemption that Was given them and they didn't file the exemption, 'cause they didn't know about it. And What this does is give them a legal standing in court in the event those properties have been lost so that they can redeem those properties and, also, the State's Attorney can go in on their behalf and have that property given back to its rightful owners. The Cook County State 's Attorneys' Association, Civic Federation, State Bar, Chicaso Barz and -- and Taxpayer Pederation of Illinois are all in strong support of this bill. I ask for a favorable vote. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Is there any discussion? If not, the question is, shall Senate Bi11 1223 pass. Those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open . Have all voted who wlsh? Have all voted who wisb? Have a11 voted who wish? Take the record, Madam Secretary. On that question, there are 57 Ayes, none voting Nayr l voting Present. And Senate Bill 1223, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 1249. Senator Garcia . Read Ehe bill, Madam Secretary . ACTING SECRETARY HAWKER : Senate Bill 1249 . (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Garcia . SENATOR GARCIA : Thank you, Madam President. Senate Bill 1249 amends the Unified Code of Corrections regarding the offense of gunrunning. It came out of the Judiciary Committee on the Agreed Bill List with no dessenting votes. It makes any person convicted of qunrunning ineligible for probationr a term of periodic 22  ! ; ! ; i STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY àEGULAR SESSION ! SENATE TRANSCRIPT I j 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 imprisonment, or conditional discharge. Gunrunning is a Class 1 felony and people are eligible to receive a minimum of four years if found guiltyy and up to twenty-five thousand dollars in a fine. ! And I would have -- I would answer any questions . ! PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) ! Discussion? Senator Jacobs. SENATOR JACOBS : Thank you, Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Would the sponsor yield for a question? PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR XARPIEL) He indicates he will. SENATOR JACOBS : Senator, just so I know, and I think so we nake it nore clear, what is the definition of gunrunning? PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Garcia . SENATOR GARCIA : It is the transfer of th ree or more unlawful weapons in Illinois. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Jacobs . SENATOR JACOBS : Just real quick. I -- I think whak you dre doing is fine, Senator. I just -- currently, then, if they have illegal guns, they can't be charged with a felony? PRESIDING OFPICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Garcia . SENATOR GARCIA : The bill simply clarifies that if they dre guilty of the offense of gunrunning , they can serve a m inimum of -- between four to fifteen years and an offense that is not currently in the law . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) 23  STATE 0F ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Senator Jacobs .

So do -- do we have a prison impact statement on this, Senator, or -- are there a lot of people that we sre going to be throwing in jail for four years, or is it something more minor than that?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Garcia .

It's a minimum of four years up to a maximum of fifteen years for the offense .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) If there 's no further discussion, the question is, shall Senate Bill 1249 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have a11 voted who wish? Take the record, Madam Secretary . On this question , there are 57 Ayes , none voting Nay , none voting Present. And Senate Bill 1249, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bi11 1250. Senator Parker. Out of the record . Senate Bill 1251 . Senator Luechtefeld. Out of the record . Senate Bill 1265. Senator Maitland. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1280. Senator Butler. Senator Butler, do you wish this bill returned to 2nd Reading for purposes of an amendment, or tabling of an amendment? Senator Butler seeks leave of tbe Body to table an amendment on Senate Bill 1280. Having no -- hearin: no objection, leave is granted . Obviously , seems tbat there was no amendment that was adopted to table. So Senate -- Senator Butler, on Senate Bill 1280, which is on 3rd Reading . Read the bill , Madam Secretary .

Senate B ill 1280. (Secretary reads title of bill) 24  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1p 1998 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Butler.

Thank you very much, Madam President. And Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the merely bill of all merely bills. The Illinois Municipal Code now calls for the reporting of -- for public inspection within ten days of the proceedings of a meeting . Now this bill changes that to conform with the Open Meetings Act by changing it to seven days . So now , both the Illino is Municipal Code and the Open Meetings Act will be in conformity.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Okay. Is there any discussion? If not, the question is, shall Senate Bill 1280 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye . Opposed, vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have a11 voted who wish? Have all voted Who wish? Take the record, Madam Secretary. On this question, there are 57 Ayes, none voting Nay, none voting Present . And Senate Bill 1280 , having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 1288. Senator Mahar. Read the bill, Madam Secretary. Or, Senate -- Senator Mahar, do you wish this bill returned to 2nd Reading for purposes of an amendment? Senator Mahar seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1288 to the Order of 2nd Reading for the purpose of an amendment. Hearing no objection, leave is granted . On the O rder of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1288. Madam Secretary r are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?

Amendment No . 3, offered by Senator Mahar.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Mahar, on Amendment No . 3.

25. 1 1 STATS OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leqislatkve Day Aprkl 1g 1998 l I Thank you e Madam President, Members of the Senate. This -- 1 Senate Bill 1288 is the property owner's bill of rights, as it affects the Illinois Toll Highway Authority . The Floor Amendment No. 3, excuse me, which was adopted -- which was recommended adopted unanimously by the Or: by the Exeeutive Committee this afternoon: adds a provision which requires the Authority to pay up to fkve bundred dollars in aktorney fees foz closkng costs on a replacement dwelling, and also adds an immediate effective date. I know of no opposktion and I would move kts aGoption . PRESIDING OPFICER : (SENKTOR KARPIEL) If there's no discussion, a11 in favor? vote hye . Opposed, Nay . The voting is open. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor amendments? ACT ING SECRBTARY HAWKER : No further amendmentz zeported, Madam President. PRESIDING OPFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) 3rd Reading. Senate B(11 1293. Senator Pawell. 0ut of the record . Senate Bill 1305. Senator Peterson. 0ut of the record. Senate Bill 1306. Senator Mahar. Read the bill, Madam Secretary . ACT ING SECRETARY HAWKER : Senate 3111 1306. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENRTOR KARPIEL) Senato r Mahar . GENATOR MRNAR : Thank youz Madam President, Members of Ehe Senate. This amends the Water Reclamation -- Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act ko enlarge the District to include territory located in Richton Park in Cook County. I know of no opposition, and would ask for your support. PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) 26 l STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION l SBNATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Well, if there's no discussion, tbe question is, shall Senate j Bill 1306 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay . The voting is open . Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have al1 voted Who wish? Take the record, Madam Secretary. On this question, there are 58 voting Aye, none voting Nay, none voting Present . And Senate Bill 1306, having received the required constitutional majority: is declared passed. On page 4 of the Calendar, at the top of the page, i: Senate Bill 1308. Senator Philip. Read the bill, Madam Secretary . ACTING SECRETARY HAWKER : Senate Bill 1308 . (secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Philip . SENATOR PHILIP : Thank you , Madam President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Senate Bill 132% amen6s tbe Illknois Income Tax Act. Creates deduckion for all taxpayers for contributions to schools or school foundations. It does two things: It sunsets in the year 2003, and it limits those individual or corporations to a hundred thousand dollars a year. I got involved ln this from a very: zery good friend of mine, a good Chicago Democrat by the name of Joe Kellman, who happens to be tbe President and Chief Executive Officer of Globe Glass. He, on his own, without any incentives whatsoever, decided to adopt two schools in Chicago, which he has done. He's helped to repair 'em . He sent people over there to teach . It has worked out extremely Well . He came to me and made khis suqgestion: that we ought to give business some encouragement, some tax breakr to go in and help these schools. Quite frankly: donft think it will help my area at all. I think it will certainly help the East St. Louis metro 27  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GEXERAL ASSEMBL: REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 area. It certainly will help Chtcago scbools. 1'd be happy to answer any questions. I might suggest this: that this is the same bill that Senator Clayborne ha; last year, Senate Bill 645, Which passed this Chamber and it ended up being the vehicle for our school compromise: so it never did pass the House. 1911 be happy to answer any questfons.

PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Jones .

Yes. Thank you, Madam President. Your closlng remarks there: Senator Philip , as you mentioned -- I thought I heard this bill before. And don lt see Senator Clayborne 's name up there . It would have been nice, since lt was his bill originally and stnce he did put the bill in, that his name would be hyphenated sponsor. Al1 of a sudden I see Senator Bomke up there. You know , I think what We should do, Senator, is that we should pass a -- a bill -- a 1aw in this Chamber as it relate to hijacking. But I think Senator Clayborne had a -- had a darn good bill last Session, and he, in turn -- he, in turn, put the bill in aqain this year, but I khink it would have been nice if his name would have Mone up there on the board. It is Senator Clayborne 's tdea, Senator Clayborne's bill. I'm quite certain he would appreciate it. At least I would appreciate it, speaking for the Members on this side of tbe aisle. But I know his hands is tied at this particular point. So maybe you dll respond to that, Senator Philip, about the hijacking bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Philip.

Thank you, Madam President. For your information, Senator Jones , Senator Clayborne is a ccsponsor of this bill .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) 28  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Senator Geo-Karis. l SENATOR GEO-KARIS: 1 ( Madam President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, was i i golng to suggest that, but since his name is already on it, what i i I are you fiqbtinq about, Emil? PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Jones. SENATOR JONES : You know, just a matter of ethics and everything. ïou know, feel that if a sponsor puts a bill in - and I believe the bill did pass last Session and that same sponsor put the bill back in this year but lt was not even let out of committee - it's the same identical language - ft is his billy and -- and his name doesn 't even appear on the board . Xou know , I mean , wbat I 'm saying to you, in a1l fairness, think: Senator Philip, is that we should nove Bomke back and -- and put Senator Clayborne hyphenated sponsor on the bill so it wtll appear as a matter of record. But by being just a cosponsor on the bill, his does not appear. And -- and I mean th is in a11 sincerity . We know you have the majority and the majority give you the power to -- to, at your will, take somekhing that belongs to the minority. And that's what I 'm speaking of , M r. President . So why don dt you do that? Why don 't you make the motion righk now from the Floor and make him a hyphenaEed sponsor of his idea, his bill, and -- and then we all join in support? PRESIDING OFFICBR: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Jacobs . SENATOR JACOBS: Thank you, Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Would the sponsor yield for a question? PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) He Will . 29  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leqislative Day April 1, 1998

Pollowing up on Em il, as a matter of fairness . What is contributions to ''foundations established under Section 50l(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to raise moneys for schools'' shall also be deductible? Can you expand on that a little bit? Wbat kind of -- of corporations are you talking about? What kind of contributions? In other words, if I give a hundred dollars to My - - my Catholic church school, St. Annels, and is that then -- that's deductible on the federal income tax. Does that mean, then, I'm going to :et a State income tax deduction also?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Philip.

I hope I understand your question. It's kind of noisy in this Chamber. think it's non-for-profitr 503 (sicl are non-for-profik.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senakor Jacobs . SENATOR JACOBSI Yeah. I understand that, but I guess I'm trying to figure hoW - - how broad this thing may be going. It may be going broader than what we think. I don't know. What you explained the bill to do is -- is very -- very understandable, and thatss easy to try to put some sort of a handle on, Senator, and I understand that. But I guess I don't know what other kind of contributions wedre talking about that could perhaps cost us more than seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars by virtue of the fact that We are allowing other deductions to come from the contributions to foundations under 50l(3)(c) (sic).

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Philip .

30  l I I STATE OF ILLINO IS 1 90TH GENERAL A SSEMBLY l RzcuLAa sssszox I SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 It limits a corporation or an lndlvidual to a hundred thousand dollars a year. If that coïpozation would do the hundred tbousand they would have a tax break of four -- four thousand eight hundred dollars, If an individual Would do it, they would get a three-thousand-dollar credit on their income tax. You know, it's qoing to be a word-of-mouth thing, very honestly. Nobody has any idea hoW many corporations wtll do it. But I will tell you this now, in the City of Chicago, which they are doing it now without any tax break at all -- and 1111 just read a few of these for you. I was surprised myself at hoW many corporations have done it already without any incentive at all. And ik's S & C Electric Company. They have a -- a metal working thing going at Senn High School. Associated Equipment Distributors Foundation at Gage Park High School. O 'Hare Hilton does the Dunbar Hlqh School. United Airlines does Chicago Vocational High School. Illinois Restaurant Association, believe it or notr does it in ten different high school prograns. So it's already going on: but there 's no incentive for them to do ik. If you give 'em a little tax breaks, in my judgement, they will stand up to the plate and do it. I Ehink it's good for the schools. It basically will help *he Chicago schools and the downstate scbools in the lower-income a rea s . PRESIDING OFFICERI (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Jacobs . SENATOR JACOBS : Just -- just one follow-up to that, Senator, and I think what you 're doing -- I'm qoing to vote for your bill and I think it's a noble thing to be doing. I guess, though, from the other standpoknt, I look at it from the standpoint we are goinq to qkve a tax break to those who will contribute to a school, which is a very noble deed, but I think those of us on this side of the aisle and I think many on the other side of tbe aisle would like to do 31 I 1  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 something for tbe average person of this State. And I think we should begin looking at the fact that we should perhaps double the exemption for personal exemptions on the State income tax and -- and include everyone in a tax break. I think that would be something that we should really look at.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR XARPIEL) Senator Welch .

I have a question of the sponsor.

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) He indicates he 9ll answer .

Senator Philip, how is it determined the value of a of a property, piece of property given to a school? If I have an old 386 computer and I give that to my local schoolr how do I determ ine how much of a tax deduction I get?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Philtp .

suppose that the corporations would report to the State school board in regards ko whak they 're doing and what they think it's worth.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Welch .

It'd be up to the school board? They would come up with some valuation?

PRESIDING OPFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Philip .

In the first place, the school board has to authorize it. If khe -- local school board doesn 't authorize it, of course they 32 : ' ; STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION i SENATE TRANSCRIPT i 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 could not do it. And of courser everything goes through the local school board . PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Further discussion? Senator Walsh. SENATOR T . WALSH : Thank you, Madam President. Will the sponsor entertain a question? PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) He indicates he w ill. SENATOR T . WALSH : Well, I -- first of all, I stand in support of the bill. Knd I'm just wondering, does the bill include tuition that is paid to a private school? PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Philip. SENATOR PEILIP : ïes. It does not include tuition. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) If there 's no further discussion , Senator Philip , to close . The Senator Philip , to close . SENATOR PHILIP ) I happen to think it's a very, very good idea. It helps a lot of people that need help. It's good for the schools. It's good for business. We ought to give 'em some encouragement: and I'd ask fo r a favorable vote . PRESIDING OPPICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) A11 right. The question is , shall Senate Bill 1308 pass . Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, vote Nay. The voting is open. Have a11 voted who wish? Have a11 voted who wish? Have al1 voted who wish? Take the record , Madam Secretary . On this question, there are 56 Ayes, l voting Nay, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 1308, having received the required constitutional 33 i STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day APri1 1r 1998 ' I i majority, is declared passed. Senator Hendon. SENATOR HENDON : Madam President, by accident I pushed the wrong button. Meant j to voke Yes on that . Syverson was bothering me and made me push the Wrong button. So I'd like the record to reflect a Aye vote. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) I -- I see, Senator. The record shall reflect that. Senate -- ! Senate Bill 1315. Senator Parker. ' Read the bill, Madam Secretary . ACT ING SECRETARY HAWKER ) Senate Bill 1315. 1 ! (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Parker. SENATOR PARKER : j i Thank you, Madam President. Floor Amendment No. 2 becomes the I ! bill . It contains the language of the underlying bill and it also ( adds language creating an Immunization Advisory Committee at the request of Children and Youth 2000 and the Chicago Area Immunization Campaign. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) I I If there 's no discussion , the question is , shall Senate Bill ' 1315 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, vote Nay. The voting is open . Have all voted who Wish? Have all voted who w ish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record , Madam Secretary . On this question, there are 57 voting Aye, none voting Nay -- l I voting Nay , none voting Present . And Senate Bill 1315, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Philip , for what reason do you rise? po.press requests perm ission to take a photograph in the Senate Chamber. Is leave granted? Leave is granted . All right. Senate Bill 1326 . With I 34  STATE 0F ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 leave of the Body, we dll return to that bill. Leave is granted. Senate Bill 1328. Senator Bowles. Read the bill, Madam Secretary .

Senate Bill 1328. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL). Read the bill, Madam Secretary. Oh, you just did. I1m sorry. Senator Bowles .

Thank you , Madam President r Members of the Senate . Senate Bill 1328 amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act regarding children 's visitation rights. It prohibits a noncustodial parent or a qrandparent, great-grandparent o r sibling of any minor child from having visitation rights while they 're on probation, conditional discharge, or periodic imprisonment. It's related to conviction of any offense involving an illegal sex act perpetrated on a victim under the age of eiqhteen. Current law precludes visitation by noncustodial parents where you have -- on parole, mandatory supervised release. And What 1328 adds: probation , conditional discharge and periodic imp risonment for such offenses, and it shall trigger a denial of visitation until the perpetrator has completed a course of treatment that is designated by the court.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Any discussion? If not -- I'm sorry. Senator Collins.

Yes. Question of the sponsor: please.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) She indicates she dll yield .

35  STATE OP ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT . i 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Senator, I -- I1m sure that... Xou are adding additional categories ko the existing law , and that 's all you tre doing? So under -- could you just tell me the categories now?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Bowles .

Yes. Under the present categories, you have -- excuse me, just a second. Let me get this so that I give you exactly the right ... Under the present category , there 's incarcerated , on parole or on mandatory supervised release. What I am doing, or what this bill purports to do, is to add, because many, many -- in many instances probation is the resultant sentence . So I'm adding probationz conditional discharge and periodic impzisonment for such an offense. In otber words, these people who are on probation or conditional discharqe or periodic imprisonment are denied visitation until they complete a course of treatment. They have to complete the course of kreatment prescribed by the court. When they complete that, they then will be allowed to have the visitation riqhts.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Collins.

So that, under the existinq law , it doesn 't matter whether or not the child in question, that parent's child - even tbough he or she is non-custodian - is the victim? Are tbe kids in tbat family or that child the victim of that parent? Tbis is serious. I want to bear it .

PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR RARPIEL) Could we have a little order and a little quiet : please , so we can hear the debate? Senator Bowles.

Thank you . It might be or it might be another child . Any I 36  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRAN SCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 child under the age of eighteen.

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) . . . Col1ins

Yes . Senatorz I to be honest with you, I think sometime when we pass laws, we really don't look at the impact of that law. It's -- it -- it sounds good and it may be good in terms of -- from a political perspective. Not this -- what you lre doing, the expansion. I'm not talking the expansion; I'm talking -- going back to the original Act itself. If a parent if a parent commits some kind of crimep be it sex or whatever, it is wrong and that person should be incarcerated and -- and dealt With in accordance to the law . But a child , a three- , a four- , a five-year-old, a six-year-old child, being separated from that parent is a very traumatic experience, and if that person who committed a crime did not commit a crime against that child or that family, that child: who's missing his parenk, have no way or no knowledge of knowing why they can 't see their father or their mother. So you 're punishing the child for the act of the parent. If that person is supervised in a way -- or that visitation in ' a *ay where that child cannot be harmed by that person or anyone else, I don 't see the purpose of separating or making sure that that child is noE able to see their parent. -- I really don dt, because we 're really hurting the child . We 're really not hurting that person who 's incarcerated .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Bowles .

Every day - every day - we read in the paper, we see on television, we hear on the radio where someone has committed a sex act against a minor, and many , many times this is a member of a family who has committed this sex acE. Are you saying that you 37  ! I STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEM3LV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 want that member to go back into *he family before they have had a ( l course of treatment to address their problem? ! I PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Collins . SENATOR coLLlxs : 1 No . Absolutely not. It is not that I am saying that that 1 1 person should go back into the family. What I ,m hearing :s yhak 1 that child cannot visit that person when that person is incarcerated. That's What I'm hearingr and that's what I6m talking about, whether or not -- that person is not out. No, that person should not qo back into that family or -- or be on the streets unless that person às given some kind of treatment, because I believe the person has -- have a mental problem in the first place. So there ' s a problem there that needs to be dealk with. But, no, I'm nok saying that. But I$m saying that if that person is incarcerated, that why shouldn lt there be some kind of visitation rights of that -- of that person's children, unless that child *as -- that parent was involved with that particular child, which would cause some kind of traumatlc experience when that child sees that particular parent . That 's a1l I 'm say ing . PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Molaro . SENATOR MOLARO : Thank you. Madam Chairman, would the sponsor yield? PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR EARPIEL) She indicates she will. SENATOR MOLARO : I just wanted to ask -- when we passed this billr We didn't have, obviously, probation in it, but now you dre adding it, which -- which is probably a qood idea. 3ut why Wasn't it in it before? Was any research done to find out? I meany what was the reasoning behind it, 'cause I'm sure they must have thought of it, and did 38 . !  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 that reason change? We didn't include it; now we are: and what's the cbange the reason for it?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senato r Bowles . SENATOR BOWLES I Senator Molaro, I have talked with the members of the family division of ISBA , which is in full support of this bill. Obviously at the time that the bill was originally written, this was an oversight, and they failed to put it in. So that in the case -- in many instances, as you are awarey there are people who put -- on probation and so forth, and at -- under the present law, they don 't have to fulfill the requirements of a treatment. They can go ahead and have visitakion rights. What we 're trying to do is to not only put these people as a part of this bill, but to force them to take the course of treatment prescribed by the court.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) Senator Hawkinson .

Thank you, Madam President. Will the sponsor yield for a question?

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) She indicates she will.

Senator Bowles, I think in the exchange you had, not with *he last speaker, but with Senator Collins, you may have indicated that that this bill allows visitation after completion of a course of treatment, and I think actually the language of the bill, as it's currently written, requires Ehe completion of the term of probation and then the completion of the treatment. If it's your intention to do as you stated earlier, maybe yousll need to do a little amending of ik in the House. 39 ' ! STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leglslative Day April 1, 1998 1 ! PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) r Senator Bowles . i SENATOR BOWLES : 1 Certainly, Senator Hawkinson. Be glad to have that issue 1 ! addressed in the House to correct it if there is that need, and E thank you very much for your statement calling that to my attention. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR XARPIEL) i Senator Geo-Karis. SENATOR GEO-KARIS : Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, in my mind, there's nothing more despicable than people who molest children sexually . I think this is a good bill, and I urge its support . PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR KARPIEL) Well , if there 's no further discussion , Senator Bowles, to close . SENATOR BOWLES: I Would ask for an affirmative vote, Miss President. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL) The question is, shall Senate Bill 1328 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye. Those opposed will vote No . The voting is open. Have all voted who Wish? Have al1 voted Who wish? Have a1l voted who wish? Take the record , Madam Secretary . On this question, there are 59 voting Aye , none voting Nay, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 1328 , havinq received the requ ired constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we'll return to Senate Bill 1326. Leave is granted. And Senate Bill 1339, with leave, wedll return to that. Leave is granted. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDXCZ) Senator Butler, what purpose do you rise? SENATOR BUTLER : 40 ! STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 For purpose of personal request, please . Ladies and Gentlemenr help me welcome some special friends of mine who are the daughters, the grandchildren and the neighborsr et cetera, et cetera, of one of the aldermen from the Citk of of Prospect Heights - the Nick Teramani family are up there behind the -- the Democrats. Welcome . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Will our guests in the gallery please rise and be recognized? Welcome to Springfield. In the middle of page 4, in the Order of Senate Bills 3rd Reading, is Senate Bill 1349. Senator Peterson, do you Wish this bill returned to 2nd Reading for the purposes of an amendment? Senator Peterson seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1349 to the Order of 2nd Reading for the purpose of an amendment. Hearing no objection, leave is granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1349 . Madam Secretary, are there any amendments approved for consideration? ACTING SECRETARY HAWKER : Amendment No . 3, offered by Senator Peterson. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Peterson. SENATOR PETERSON : Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. As you may recall, this bill was up on 3rd Reading a few days ago and Senator Berman brought to my attention the lack of a sunset date on the pilot program for the Department of Revenue . We had language that the report had to be made by January lst of the year 2001 , but We did not have a sunset date . This amendment states Ehat the pilot program shall end no later Ehan July l of the year 2001. And I ask for adoption of Senate Bill 1341 (sic), Amendment 3 . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDXCZ) Is there any discussion? If not, a11 those in favor, say Aye. 41  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL A SSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT I 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Opposed , Nay . The Ayes have ity and the amendment is adopted . Any further amendments approved for consideration? ACTING SECRETARY HAWKER : I No further amendments reported.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) 3rd Reading. Senate Bills on the Order of 3rd Reading is Senate Bill 1370. Senator Garcia. Madam Secretary, read the i bill.

Senate Bill 1370. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) l Senator Garcia. i

Thank you , Mr. President. Senate Bill 1370 is an effort to bring property tax relief to communities in the City of Chicago, specifically, which are experiencing an economic boom and ) i . revitalization, but where working people and lonqtime owner-occupants of property are being driven out because of skyrocketing property taxes . Senate Bill 1370 authorizes the Cook County Board of Commissioners to enact ordinances that could ( designate certain areas of the City eligible for property tax l ! . relief measures due to gentrification investment, then such relief provisions will be binding on the City of Chicago and the Chicago Public School District. Currently they may opt out of any tax relief measures enacted by the County Board. This bill would I provide that protection to vulnerable persons and would be in i keeping with providing that type of protection that we have extended to senior citizens, to disabled veterans . In addition to that, it could help us create more mixed-income neighborhoods in Chicago and greater and diverse communities. Again, th îs simply ! 42  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 says that the school district and the municipality would be included in that tax relief. They could no longer opt out, and I fd answer any questions .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Is there any discussion? If not, the question is, shall Senate Bill 1370 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 Ayes, 3 Naysz none voting Present. And Senate Bill 1370, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 1372. Senator Syverson. Madam Secretary, read the bill.

Senate Bill 1372. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Syverson.

Thank you , Mr . President. Senate Bill 1372 : It requires the Department of Public Aid to report to the General Assembly regarding its supportive living facilities pilot project. We paàsed this in 1996, but we didn't put a reporting period in and that's what this -- that's all the bill does.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Is there any discussion? If not, khe question is, shall Senate Bill 1372 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have a1l voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have a1l voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 58 Ayes, no Nays, none voting Present . And Senate Bill 1372 , having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Jones, what 43  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leg islative Day April 1, 1998 purpose do you rise? Senate Bill 1380. Senator Cullerton . Madam Secretary , read the bill.

Senate Bill 1380. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senato r Cullerton .

Thank you , Mr . President , Members of the Senate . This is v irtually identical to a bill we passed last year that did not get called at the end of the year. This deals with the home equity lines of credit, and basically what it -- which, as you know: is an open line of credit up to a certain designated amount, usually on a person's residence or some property that they might own. And a11 this bill does is to say that the -- if you cancel your home equity line of credit r right now there 's no lim itation as to what the banks can charge . So this is putting a five-hund red-dollar maximum fee that they can charge. There are occasions and examples of some banks that have charged a twenty-percent cancellation fee , and -- which is really unconscionable . The -- the amount of money that the banks are entitled to collect is related to the -- perhaps a -- an appraisal they may have done or a credit check , and that 's why I think the five hundred dolla rs is a fair amount. Again, this is a bill that we voted on last year and passed out of the Senate. Anyway, I'm going to ask that you please do so again , and I 'd be happy to answer any questions .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDXCZ) Is there any discussion? Senator Cronin.

Thank you, Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield...

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) 44  STATE 0F ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leg islative Day Ap ril 1, 1998 Sponsor indicates he Will yield . Senator Cronin. SENATOR CRON IN : : i Senator Cullerton , does th is apply to home equity loan ! ; arranqements, contracts, that have already been entered into but not yet cancelled?

PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Cullerton .

No. It would be prospective only, because that was a contract that they entered into and would not be covered by this.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDXCZ) Any further discussion? If not, the question is, shall Senate B ill 1380 pass . All those in favor, vote Aye . Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have al1 voted who wish? Have a1l voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 Ayes, no Nays , 2 voting Present . And Senate Bill 1380, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 1386. Senator T rotter, do you w ish this bill retu rned to 2nd Reading for the purposes of an amendment? Senator Trotter seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1386 to the O rder of 2nd Reading for the purpose of an amendment. Hearing no objection, leave is granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1386. Madam Secretary, are there any Floor amendments that have been approved for consideration?

Amendment No . 1 , offered by Senator Trotter. ! PRESIDING OFFICER: 'ISENATOR DUDYCZ) I SPZZVOZ PfOVVPf@ ( i SENATOR TROTTER : i Thank you very much , M r. President and Members of the Senate . i This amendment amends the Probate Act, as well as the Illinois ! 1 45 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY ; RZGULAR SESSION l SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1 , 1998 Karriage and Dissolution of Karriage Act, regarding visktation. We've added this amendment as a request of some of the Members who wanted to expand the language that we had dealing with the court's decision to allow visitation riqhts by parents and grandparents. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Is there any discussion? If not, a11 those in favor, say Aye. Opposed: Nay . The Ayes have itr and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? ACTING SECRETARY HAWKER : Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Trotter. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Trotter. SENATOR TROTTER : Yes. The Senate Amendment No. 2 is just technical language, clean-up language that we dve brought into the bill . PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) A ny discussion? If not, all those in favor, say Aye . Opposed , Nay . The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? ACTING SECRETARY HAWKER : No further amendments reported. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDVCZ) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 1387. Senator Mahar. Senate Bill 1420 . Senator Maitland . Madam Secretary , read the bill. ACTING SECRETARX HAWKER : Senate Bill 1420. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill . PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Maitland . SENATOR MAITLAND : Thank you very much , M r. President , Members of the Senate . In 46  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 it's present posture, Senate Bill 1420 is -- is truly a vehicle bill that we 'd like to move from this Chamber over to the House. There are ongoing neqotiations on reimbursement methodology for long-term health care. I would appreciate support of this vehicle bill .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Is there any discussion? If not, al1 those in favor, vote Kye . Opposed w ill vote Nay . And the voting is open . On the question of Senate Bill 1420 pass, all those in voke -- favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have a1l voted Who wished? Take the record. On that questionz there are 59 Ayes, no Nays, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 1420, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 1424. Senator Mahar. Madam Secretary, read the bill.

Senate Bill 1424. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senato r Mahar.

Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. This bill was designed to address the problems of repeat drunken driving and driving with a suspended or revoked license. Since khe bill passed unanimously from the Judiciary Committee, it's become obvious to me and obvious to those who brought this bill forward - the Illinois Chiefs of Police Association - that it would not be considered in the Illinois House in its present condition. So I was advised today of an aqreement that was reached between the Police Chiefs, as well -- with the opponents. In particular, I think the most obvious part of the agreement is that the .20 , a 47 i i STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leg islative Day April 1, 1998 special classification for first-time offenders who have been designated as driving with a .20 or above, has been -- will be removed from the bill. Because of the time, we do not have time to amend that to include that in the amendment -- include an amendment on this bill and get it out of here with in the time frame of getting out of here tomorrow. So I'm going to advise the Members of what the bill is, as if it were -- as it would be amended, should it pass the Senate, as how it will be amended in the House. It increases the impoundment period from six hours to twelve hours for a first offense and adds a twenty-four-hour impoundment for a second offense and a forty-eight-hour impoundment for a third offense, but only if the car is registered j I to the defendant. It increases the reinstatement fees for -- I j i ! suspended or revoked driver s licenses. Suspension for driving i under the influence will be half -- will be a hundred and ninety dollars of the two hundred and fifty dollars will go ko a Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Fund . That 's a change . Elim inates the reinstatement for persons convicted of a combination of four offenses of driving under the influence or driving while the license is revoked. It increases the period of statutory summary suspension from six months, or -- it will remain at six months for refusal to complete a blood alcohol test for a first offender, and will go from two to three years for a repeat offender. It creates a new section under the DUI while -- Statutez while driving while license is revoked Statute , for those convicted a third or subsequent time. A third-class (sic) offense will be Class 3 felony , a fourth and subsequent offense is a Class 2 felony . Once again , the .20 provision , blood alcohol content p rovision, it will be removed. And finally, adds a provision to the vehicle ! forfeiture Statute adding reckless homicide, aggravated driving 1 i under the influence , and a -- and a new super aggravated driving while license revoked or suspended . With that , 1 911 attempt to 48  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 answer any questions, Mr. President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDXCZ) Is there any discussion? Senator Molaro .

Thank you . Would the sponsor yield for a question?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Sponsor indicates he will yield. Senator Molaro .

Since we are, seems like, tightening up drunk driving laws or making it more difficult on the drinker or the driver, does this legislation contain anything that puts any other type of responsibilities on the liquor industry or the bar owners or us, the government: for -- for allowing this to go on?

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Mahar .

No. There's nothing in this legislation that does that, Senator Molaro .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Molaro .

Okay. Then: to the bill, and If11 be briefr because I didn 't even see this was up today. I thought we Were going to get a version from the House. But -- but I just think I'm qoing to have to vote Present on this, because I just want some thought to be put into this. What we're doing now is we're putting more penalties on the drinker. He chose to drink; he chose to drive. It's an epidemic. We've got people drinking and driving; we lve got people getting hurt, killed, maimed. It's terrible. The only problem we have is that, of course, there 's a partnership out there that exists . It 's like a three-headed partnership : Got the owner of the bar; you have tbe liquor industry, which supplies it; 49  STATE OF ILLINOIS i 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leqislative Day April 1, 1998 and , sad to say , the government - our government. We dve almost become a partner in this . Do you know , like in Schaumburq or other places where there 's a lot of DUIS written, do you know that to open a bar there, like the Cadillac Ranch or some big bar, to get i a license , you have to have X amount of parking spaces because they know the only way people are going to get there is by car. So now we have people drive there, mostly people in their twenties: a ! little older . They drive there . They get intoxicated . They fre served this drug over the counter. They walk out. It's two o 'clock in the morning. They can't stay there. So the owner says, ''You got to get out.'' They stagger out right to their car and then they :et in the car and theydre arrested for DUI. And noW We come up every yearz we come here every Session, ànd come up with more and more penalties on the drinker. We don 't go to the partners I who are serving it . We don 't say, ''Hey, listen, we know theydre i not responsible for what we do -- or what the drinker doesp'' but they're responsible to get together and come up with some kind of idea that says, HThis is an epidemic .'' Maybe we should have a I card when someone comes in and youdre only allowed five drinks. ; Maybe we should say to them , ''ïou get a card ; you dre only allowed I j fi ( ve drinks.'' Or when you see someone staggering out at 2 o 'clock in the morning , you -- you have to give 'em a place to stay . You can 't say , ''Hey , it 's 2 o 'clock, you 've got to get out and off to your caro'' I don't see in this btll that says, on his fourth DUI, you 're not allowed back in the bar to keep drinking. We allow him ! ! to go back in the bar. We allow him to get kicked out again at 2 o'clock and we allow him back to his car after we give him this drug , and he 's all screwed up and we say , ''Wel1, let me tell you , if you get behind the wheel of that car, even though we know it's the only way you fre going to get home, we dre going to make you a felon.'' Ninety-five percent of the people who get convicted of DU I do not have a crim inal record . It 's not like armed robbers 50  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL A SSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April lp 1998 where nineey-five percent of them do . And the best we come up I with, year after yearr is just say, ''Let's put more onus on the I drinker.'' But welre not goin: to do anything or give any more 1 E responsibility to the bar owners or to usr who are partners in the bar owners because we get so much money from the liquor industry 1 2 and from sales . I 'm not saying that We have to be responsible for what someone does , but I 'm saying the responsible thing to do is to get together and try to figure out a way to stop people from ! i going behind the wheel of the car and it should not be that our only answer, year after year, is to increase penalties on drinkers. Thank you.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Any further discussion? Senator Geo-Karis. SENATOR GEO-KARIS : ' Mr . President and Ladies and Gentlemen of ehe Senate , I fM , rather appalled by some of the argument of my very esteemed colleague there. No one twists the arm of someone to go out and drink . If it isn 't the drinker who causes it if -- he wants to go ahead and drink and get himself blotto he 's responsible p or she 's 1 ; , responsible . And I think that this is a good bill because there ls - - there's no other way you're going to get them to move to do something. Now, if they want to take a chance of beinq caught I 1 again ând again, then they -- they really belong in the clink. And i p I vote for this bill. j !

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Any further discussion? Senator Jacobs .

I Thank you , Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. i I ! Just to comment to the bill and -- and the procedure we 're using, Senator . I 'm -- I 'm a little concerned . I -- I Was prepared to vote No against this bill With the DUI penalty of .20 and making I that a felony. I think that that 's something that we should really I ! 51 ! STATE 0F ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 take a long, hard look at. ïou have indicated there 's an agreement that's been made that is going to remove that, but I've been around here long enouqh to know that whenever it goes over to the Houser if it comes out of here 59 to nothing, which it probably will because it 's the popular thing to do , what ( guarantees do we have that they 're going to nake this change in the House? Xou evidently have a hell of a lot more faith in the House than I do, êcause I really don 't see this -- this activity really happening in the House and I'm just afraid... What guarantee -- I guess the question is: What guarantee can you give us that the agreement that's been reached - and I don't know what the agreement is, but on the felony conviction for first-time DUI offender, and at -- at a high costr I might add - whether or not that, in fact, is going to be put in there and we will see this bill again with an amendment? And Why did we not do that here? I mean, just two simple questions: How can we -- why didn't we do it here in this Body, number one? Number two, can We rely upon the House to fulfill your request? PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Mahar. SENATOR MANAR : Thank you, Mr . President . We lve been -- well r I -- I agree -- ! I disagree with youz Senator Jacobs. I think the .20 is a -- is an important provision and We re shortsighted in not having it in ( ehe bill; however, we have been assured by the Office of the ! Speaker that this bill is dead on arrival unless we chanqe it. So in attempt Eo move this along and keep in the good things dealing ! i with the repeat offenders, we 've agreed to pull that khing out . Now: why we can't do it here is because the language is still in : LRB and we just don't have -- wedre not goin: to have time to get 1 i it out, proof it, have committee and hear it tomorrow . That -- that 's the only reason . But if -- if it doesn 't change , it 's 52  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL A SSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 dead. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) i Senato r Jacobs. !

Senator, I -- I was -- I Would -- Was prepared: if the bill j came, to debate that issue with you. I think wedre making a big I ! m istake w ith first-time DUI offenders and making them felons. But that's not the issue here. The issue that I have is: How can we . be guaranteed what the House is going to do with this? I -- it ! really is a concern. I'm a little bit like Senator Molaro. I belteve that many of us, regardless of -* of Whether or not we ; agree with some provisions of this bill - because I agree with a 1ot of the provisions of this bill - but to move it over to the House with the premise that it's DOA, I've seen stranger thinqs ! resurrected, and I don't want my vote to be on a bill that I'm basically opposed to in its original form. So I have a problen, ! but if you can guarantee me -- Whether you change the sponsor, whieh you have that right to do. If you don't like the sponsor it 1 has over there , you can change your sponsorship to ensure that I that 's done . Will you give me that comm itment? '

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Mahar . !

Yeah. Thank you, Mr. President. Senator Jacobs, I believe ' very strongly that the bill should move forward with the changes ! . thae I have so enumerated on the Floor here r and I can tell you the -- that this bill is not my bill. It's the -- it is -- the i qenesis comes from the Illinois State Chiefs of Police . They also want this to move forward in the amended version: and so ! consequently, I'm going to do exactly as they wishz and we're going to amend this bill in the House. And I seep you know -- I I also take the Speaker at his word, too, and I see no -- no belief 53  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 that this thing is going to go forward as -- as it appears before you today. And I say that unfortunately. I say that reluctantly. I

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Jacobs . ! !

I understand we have a difference of opinion on that . That I part doesn't bother me. That we could have argued if the bill was 1 in its entirety, but that's not the issue. The issue still remains: Are you willing to remove the sponsorship from someone ! in the House if, in fact, they decide to move this bill as it stands in -- in the current form that it's coming out of here?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Sena tor Mahar .

Ves .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Further discussion? Senator Cullerton . !

Yes . Thank you : Mr . PresidenE , Members of the Senate. I am a ! cosponsor with Senator Mahar of this bill. Let me just give a little bit of backqround, I think, to the -- the concerns of the 1 l opponents. I heard them in committee. The most important part of this bill that I see is the provision that extends the Waiting I l period , increases the waiting period , from six months to one year from the date of the first suspension for failure to take the ! Breathalyzer . So if you don 't take the Breathalyzer now , you can lose your license up to six months. This makes it a year. That's ! a very good provision in this bill, because what we want to do is to encourage people to take the Breathalyzer . If they get stopped ! on the street, we want them to take the Breathalyzer. That 's why ' making it from six months to one year is a good idea . Now , in i eommittee, the bar associations testified that if we kept *he 54  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1g 1998 provision that says a firse-time offender who blows over a20 is a Class 4 felony, then -- if that's in therer then theydre going to tell all their clients, ''Never take the Breathalyzer o'' And if that's the case, then it's a little self-defeating. So, as much as I know personally how much -- this .20 is just so much alcohol you can't even believe you can even stand up# but if that's what the defense lawyers are going to tell their their clients - ''Don 't take the Breathaly zer ever; you 'll lose your license for a year, but don't take it.'' - that would be self-defeating. So that 's a rationale for the change that Senator Mahar has agreed to . still is a very , very good bill. It 's got a lot of other provisions that are very tough, and the best one, then, if we do take that provision out, as he promised, we would be left With a situation where if you take the Breathalyzer, you'll lose your license for three months; but if you don't take it, you 'd lose it for a year. And as a result, everybody should be taking the Breathalyzer, and when they take the Breathalyzer, then you have the evidence, first of all, for a conviction for the drunk driving , but more importantly , you have the evidence of whether this person is really in need of some treatment. And it really benefits the defendants as well to find out hoW bad off they might be. So for that reason, I think it's -- it's an excellent bill: and it's not a bad amendment that the Senator has agreed to to be amended over in the House.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDVCZ) Any further discussion? Senator Molaror for a second time.

Yes . Thank you , Mr . President . Because I was alluded to in debate by my esteemed colleague from Zion, I just want to point out: This is a great bill. Everything in it I agree with. I was the -- on .08, I Was the deciding vote that brought it to the Floor. This is great legislation. The point I was trying to -- 55  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 so I'm in total agreement with my colleague. The only point I was trying to make is that we don't include the partners in this particular crime. That's my only point. We eventually have to do that. I don't know what's going to make us do it. They all have strong lobbyists. The drinker has no lobbyist khat's going to work the Floor when you beae them up. That's 1hy iels n&t in the bill. I mean, we have bouncers that stop keenaqers from going into bars. Shouldn't have bouncers stopping people from goin: in. We should require bouncers from -- stopping people goinq out to walk to eheir car. Sooner or later, we have to do that. This three-headed partnership that -- that involves themselves in all this money, we have to finally say, ''Listen, you've got to come to ehe table and you have to ac* responsibzeo'' No one should be held responsible for someone who wants a drink, and go behind the wheel of a car. It's their decision, and the Senator is correct: They have to pay the price. But the bar owners and the liquor industry and us, the government, who make a ton of money off this industry with taxesz we have to sit down and we have to act responsible and say, ''This is a terrible thing going on, and let's come up with something that involves us and quit beating up the drinker aloneo'' That ds all I meant . Thank you .

PRESIDING OFEICER: (SENATOR DUDXCZ) Any further discussion? If not, Senator Mahar, to close.

Thank you, Mr. Presidente Members of the Senate. I appreciate the time that was devoted to this and the discussion. And maybe Senator Molaro is co rrect . Maybe We should revisit the Dram Shop Act and see if there are things that should be should be bolstered in that area. However, nonetheless, we are still responsible for our own actions in this State . It is not illegal to drink and drive in Illinois; it's illegal to drink but drive while you dre so impaired that you -- that you -- you posGibly will 56  STATE OF ILLINOIS g 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX 1 REcuLaa sEssloN SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 ! impatr or you kill somebody - yourself or somebody else. And I i thatls Wrong . But we are all still accountable for our oWn I ! actions. And I would ask the Members that, you knowr if -- if -- i to consider that even if we should do somethinq to keep people fromgoinqbackintothebars,thatIwouldliketohavepresented 1 this bill in the form that I Would -- hoped it would have passed, with .20. And you would not go back into the bars; you ld go to jail. But we can't ge khat passed. So I Would ask that you ' posikively consider this bill. I think there 's a lot of good I things in here, as far as repeat offenders, and with your support, ! I'm sure it will also pass the House. Thank you. I PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) : 1 . Question is, shall Senate Bill 1424 pass. All those in favor I will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. And ehe votàng is open. ! Have all voted who Wish? Have a1l voted who wish? Have all voted I who wish? Take the record . On that questionz there are 56 Ayes, ( l Nay, l votin: Present. And Senate Bill 1424, having received the required constitutional majorityr is declared passed. On the I bottom of page 4, in the Order of Senate Bills 3rd Reading, is Senate Bill 1428. Senator Luechtefeld. Madam Secretary, read the ! bill .

l Senate Bill 1428 . 1 (Secretary reads title of bill) ! 3rdReadingofthebill. 1

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Luechtefeld .

Thank you r M r. President and Members of the Senate . Senate Bill 1428 enhanees the penalties for endangerinq the life or ' healeh of a child . This is an initiakive of the Jackson County State 's Attorney and supported by the Illinois State 's Attorneys 1 57  STATE 0F ILLINO IS ' 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 ! Association to address the lack of serious penalties for persons ' who willful -- willfully endanger the lives of the -- of their children. There have been a couple situations, one, in particular, in Jackson County, in Carbondale, where nine young people died in a -- in a home that was locked: Where there definitely was willful on the part of -- of the caretaker. And I think: in many situationsr the State 's Attorneys have been very frustrated in what they dve been able to do . Under this bill as amended, the enhanced penalties for endanqering the life of a child is limited to circumstanees where the result is death, making that a Class 3 felony. This particular bill, as amended, came out of the committee on a 9 to -- 9 - 0 vote. Would be willing to answer any questions with regard to the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Is there any discussion? If not, the question is, shall Senate Bill 1428 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay . The voting is open . Have a1l voted Who wish? Have a1l voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 59 Ayes, no Nays, none voting Present. And Senate Bill 1428, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. On top of page 5, in the Order of Senate Bills 3rd Readingr ls Senate Bill 1430. Senator Parker. Madam Secretary, read the bill.

Senate Bill 1430. ' (Secretary reads title of bill) ! 3 1 rd Reading of the bill. ! PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) I senator Parker. I SENATOR PARKER: I r I Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of ehe Senate. i I i Senate Bill 1430 is a shell bill. This issue originally came to me I I 58  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENEDAL ASSEMBLY REGDLAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislaeive Day April 1, 1998 from a constituent in my area whose sister was killed over twenty years ago. The person who killed his sister was also convicted of murder -- or, of kidnapping and sexually assaulting anokher person. The person now has gotten out of prison, and he is a -- he has gotten ouk of prison and he is a paramedic. That was his first jobr coming out, that we know of. So what we are merely doing -- lookinq forward eo doing with this is to see how we can come up with a system for background checks for emergency medical technicians in the State of Illinois. We want to put together a task force . We would like to continue to work with the parties - they agreed to do tha t - so we can see who should be on this task force to help us come up with a solution. I would merely like to move this over to the House so we can contlnue to work on this. This is a shell bill. PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR DUDXCZ) Is there any discussion? If not, the question is, shall Senate Bill 1430 pass. A1l those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted Who wish? Have a11 voted who wish? Have all voted Who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 54 Ayes, no Nays, 1 votinq Present. And Senate Bill 1430, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 1446. Senator Philip . Senate Bill 1451. Senator Maitland. Madam Secretary, read the bill. ACTING SECRETARY HAWEER ; Senate Bill 1451. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Read ing of the bill . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDXCZ) Sena tor Maitland . SENATOR MAITLAND : Thank you very much , Mr . President and Members of the Senate. 59 i ' .. ! i I  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY ' REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leqislative Day April 1, 1998 This is an issue that now has been With us for tWo years, and -- and r frankly , we dve not been able to resolve it . This is khe -- this particular bill was proposed in 1998, the local tipping fee surcharge legislation. We are -- we are trying to find a way to fund the -- the management -- the Waste Management Act tn thi: ' State . With the continued reduction in number of landfills, it ' becomes increaslngly difficult to get this money out to other counties in the State: and yet they are required -- all counties are required to have -- have this plan in -- in force and funded. We have not yet reached an agreement . We got close, but we are not . there yet. The House is working on it. We're workin: on it. We're working with other groups. There are a -- a lot of my friends are for it; a lot of my friends are against ite and I'm with my friendsr so the bill is -- is -- is -- is a shell bill right now and -- and absolutely will not move anyplace until we have complete agreement. And I would, therefore, seek your support of 1451 so we can continue the dialogue for the remainder of the Session . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Is there any discussion? If not, the question is# shall Senate Bill 1451 pass. Al1 those tn favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wtsh? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the ! record. On that question, there are 52 Ayes, 2 Nays and 5 voting ! Present. And Senate Bill 1451, having received khe required 1 constitutional majorityz is declared passed. Senate Bill 1455. 1 Senator Sieben. Madam Secretary, read the bill. I I ACTING SECRETARY HAWKER : ' I Senate Bill 1455. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill . i PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) , ! 60  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1: 1998 Senator Sieben. I

Thank you, Mr. President. This legislation amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act I ! thirty-percent gasohol tax abatement to July lst of 2003. So ! that's a four-year extension of the Gasohol Tax Act. It represents ! an agreement between the Illinois Corn Growers and the Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association. I know of no opposieionr and for those people who Would like to vote as a friend of agriculkure, this is a good one to vote ïes on.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Is there any discussion? If not, the question is, shall Senaee Bill 1455 pass. All those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed will vote Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who Wish? Have all voted who wlsh? Take the record. On that question, there are 58 Ayes, 1 Nay, none voting Present. And Senate 3i1l 1455, having received the required ' constitutional majorityz is declared passed. Senate Bill 1458. ' l Senator Weaver, do you wish this bill returned to 2nd Readin: for ! the purposes of an amendnent? Senator Weaver seeks leave of the 1 Body to return Senate Bill 1458 to the O rder of 2nd Reading for 1 . the purpose of an amendnenk. Hearing no objection, leave is I granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate B1ll 1458. Mr. I Secretary, are there any Floor amendments that have been approved for consideration? SECRETARY HADRY ; Amendment No . 3, offered by Senator Weaver.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Senator Weaver. SENATOR WEAVER : . Thank your Mr. President. Floor Amendmene No. 3 basieally j 61 ' j STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SSSSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 removes the State 's portion of the sales tax on motor fuels and also it's a preemption bill on home rules from raising what ehey're now levying on motor fuels. They would retain that which they have, the one and a quarter percent. It also keeps all those i special taxes in several cities that have special taxes, such as I the -- the mass transit districe, RTA . If anyone has any ! questions, 1'11 be happy to answer lem, but we would certainly I discuss the bill on 3rd Reading. PRESIDING OFPICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) Is there any discussion? If not, al1 those in favor, say Aye . Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it# and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments that have been approved for consideration? SECRETARX HAPRX : No further amendments reported. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DDDYCZ) 3rd Reading . Senate Bill 1473. Senator Donahue . M r. Secreta ry : read the bill. SECRETARY HAKRY : Senate Bill 1473. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR DUDXCZ) Senator Donahue. ' SENATOR DONAHUE : ! , Mr . Pres tdent, I believe there's an amendment that needs to be 1 adopted . I PRESIDING OFPICER I : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) ' Senator Donahue seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill I ' 1473 to the Order of 2nd R eading for the purpose of an amendment . Hearing no objection, leave is granted. On the Qrder of 2nd ! Reading is Senake Bill 1473. M r. Secretary r are there any Floor I 62  STATE OF ILLINOIS ' 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENAQE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April l r 1998 I amendments that have been approved for consideration? ! SECRETARY HARRX : I ! Amendment No . 3 , offered by Senator Donahue . ! PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR DUDXCZ) ! Senator Donahue . SENATOR DONAHUE : Thank you very much, Mr. President. The Amendment No. 3 eo Senate Bill 1473 is basically languaqe that has been Worked out with the various parties - the nursing homes, hospitals and . surgical centers - and 1:11 discuss the specifics on 3rd Reading. I would just move for its adoption. . PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR DUDXCZ) Is there any -- any discussion? If nok, al1 those in favorz say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? SECRETARY HARRY : No further amendments reported. PRESIDING OFPICER : (SENATOR DUDYCZ) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 1491. Senator Philip . Senator Philip. Senate Bill 1499. Senator Donahue. Mr. Secretary, read , the bill. ' SECRETARY HADRX : ! Senate B ill 1499. . ! (Secretary reads title of bill) ' 3rd Reading of the bill. 1 . I PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) ! Senator Donahue . 1 SENATOR DONAHUE: I Thank you very much , Mr. president. There are thirteen port ! I districts that are located around the State of Illinois and -- and I what I'm asking in Senate Bill 1499 is to allow seven counties in I ! my area to participate in the Mid-America Port Authority that I I 63  STATE 0F ILLIKOIS ! 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT ! 91st Legislakive Day April 1, 1998 I would be created with Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. It just allows - - it'sthesamelanguagethateveryotherportdistricthasbeen 1 Creaked under in Illinoisy and I just simply ask for your -- give 1 us the ability to have that economic tool 1 . l ! PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) j Is there any discuss ion? If nok, all those in favor, say Aye. 1 , I Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have itr and the amendmenk is adopted. I Any further... Oh, I beg your pardon. Is there any discussion? I The question is, shall Senate Bill 1499 pass. All those in favorz ! ! say Aye -- will vote Aye. Opposed Will vote Nay. And the voting is ! open. Have al1 voted who wtsh? Have al1 voted who wish? Have I a1l voted who Wish? Take the record. On that questionz there are ! ! 59 Ayes: no Nays, none votinq Present. And Senate Bill 1499, ! having received the required eonstitutional majority, is declared I I passed. I PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) I Senator Luechtefeld, on Senate Bill 1500. Read the bill, Mr. 1 I

Senate Bill 1500. (Secretary reads title of bill) 1 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) S 1 enator Luechkefeld. 1 i

Thank you , Madam Presidene and Members of the Senate . Senate Bill 1500 amends the Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act. Basically it does two things. The bill authorizes the Port District to own and operate water and sewer systems and other utility systems and to impose reasonable fees upon any tenant, occupant or user of the District facilities or any person engaged in commerce in the District. Secondly, *he bill gives the Port ; 64  STATE OF ILLINOIS I 90TH CENERAL ASSEMBLX ! REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Distriet authority to oWn and operate transportation equipment facilities, railroads, marinas and airport facilities. The reason that this particular port authority would like to have khe 1 language changed - their lanquaqe is different than the other 1 thirteen port district authorities in the Stake - they would like ' 1 to enter into a partnership With two others on a couple projects I and would need this change. There didn't seem to be any opposition 1 I in the House, no -- no other opposition to thls particular bill. ! Would answer any questions that you might have. ! I PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing ! none r the question ts, shall Senate Bill 1500 pass. Those in ' ! 1 favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have ! a1l voted who wish? Have a11 voted who wish? Have all vo ted who w ish? Take the record . On khat question , there are 48 Ayes , 6 ! ! Nays, none vo eing Present. Senate Bill 1500, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator l Philip: on Senate Bill 1507. Out of the record . Senator o'Malley ! wishes to return Senate 3ill 1528 to the Order of 2nd Reading for 1 ! the purposes of an amendment. Hearing no objection, leave is I granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1528. Mr. I Secretary , are there any Floor amendments approved fo r I I

Amendment No. 2: offered by Senator O 'Malley .

PRESIDING OPFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator O 'Malley , on Amendment No . 2.

Thank you, Madam President and -- and Members of the Senake. The amendment that we wish to add to Senate Bill 1528 is the agreed amendment to the omnibus bill from the Financial Institutions Comm ittee . I would seek your support and be happy to i 65  STATE OF ILLINQ IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislaeive Day April 1, 1998 ! answer any questions you may have. I I PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) j Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing I none, all khose in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have I 1 itz and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Floor 1 amendments approved for consideration? ! ! SECRETARY NANRY : ! No further amendments reported . !

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) 3rd Reading. Senator Dillard, do you Seek leave -- he -- , Senator Dillard seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1544 to the Order of 2nd Reading for the purposes of an amendment. Hearing no objection, leave is granted. And on khe Order of 2nd ' Reading is Senate Bill 1544 . Mr . Seeretary , are there any Ploor l amendments approved for consideration? SECRETARX NAKRY : ' ! Amendment No. lr offered by Senator Dillard. I PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! Senator Dillard, on Amendment No. 1. ! !

I Thank you, Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the I Senate. This amendment guts the bill and makes it a shell bill. I I So it is only a shell bill. I know numerous Membersr including 1 ' myself, have received correspondence from subcontractors and I lumbermen throughout Illinois kho don't want changes to the Mechanics Lien Act . We lre going to continue to negotiate . 1* Will be amended over in the House, and, obvtously, if there's still any opposition to it when it comes back over, I will not do anything , with the bill and not concur. But, again, this amendment makes the bill a total shell bill - no substance. And Iwould move its j adoption.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) 66  STATE OP ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1 , 1998 Is there any dtscussion? Senator Jacobs.

. v . you, Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. I just want to thank the sponsor for -- for taking this action, because I think tha t it 's the proper way to send a bill over to the House , is to strip it and start anew .

PRESIDING QPFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Is there any further discussion? Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there further Floor amendments approved for consideration?

No further amendments reported.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) 3rd Reading. Senator Demuzio, for what purpose do you rise?

Well, Madam President, on Senate Bill 1424, I was off the Floor and no one punched my switch. I would like the record to reflect that I would have voted Aye if I'd been here .

PRESIDING QFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) The record will so reflect. Senator Maitland, on Senate Bill 1555. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary .

Senate Bill 1555. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Maitland.

Thank you very much , Madam President , Members of the Senate . Senate Bill 1555 is a result of the work done by the Public Investor Task Force upon which both Senator Trotter and sat 67  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 during this pask year. We held a number of hearinqs across the State and interviewed different local units of government about their lnvestment policies and, frankly, were shocked to find that many of them really didn't have any kind of investmenk policy at all. The Treasurer of this Stater Judy Baar Topinka, had -- had suggested this Public Investor Task Force, and she attended all those hea rings with us . She , herself, in the Treasurer's O ffice f found, when she came into that office, that there was not a specific investment policy and put one in place: and -- and so as a result of the hearings We had across the State, we concluded that we didn't want to put any mandates upon local units of government as to their inveskment policy but ought -- thought that they ouqh t to have, eaeh one of them , an investment policy . Well, this bill, Senate Bill 1555, specifies that the level of detail and complexity of the policy be appropriate to the amount, nature and purpose of the invesked funds. The policy is to address the safety of principal, liquidiky of funds: and rekurn on investments, and the bill does set forth a number of criterion that -- criteria khat should be in the investment policy, in their guidelines. And I think this is good policy. and I -- Senator Trotter obviously joins me in this effort, and would seek suppo rt of Senate Bill 1555 .

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SCNATOR DONAHUE) Is there any discussion? Is there any dtscussion? Seeing none: the question is, shall Senate Bill 1555 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have a1l voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have al1 voted who wish? Take the record . On that question , there are 57 Ayesy l Nay, none votlnq Present. Senate Bill 1555, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Cronin , on Senate Bill 1557 . Read the bill, M r. Secretary .

68  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Senate Bill 1557. j ! (Secretary reads eitle of bàll) 3rd Reading of the bill . E PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) ' I Senator Cronin, on Senate Bill 1557. I SENATOR CRONIN: 1 Thank you, Madam Presidentr Ladies and Gentlemen of the I Senate. Senate Bill 1557 amends the Adoption Act. It provides : that a father who has reqistered vith ehe Pueative Father Registry , a component thak we created a couple years ago e and -- provides khat that person who has commenced legal proceedings to establish paternity or, under the law, the jurisdiction of the child 's birth, within thirty days after the birth of the child must consent or surrender where consents or surrenders to an agency are required of a child. It -- current 1aw gives the putative father thirty days from the date of the registration. We're just trying to make this consistent. I want to thank Kim: Jay -- Rim and Jay Warburton and their young son John , who 's ! joined me here at my -- my desk, and I also want to thank ! KidSHELP! Foundation, a wonderful organization devoted to children and the adoptive process . I know of no opposition to the bill. I I ask for your favorable consideration. ! PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing I ! none , the question is , shall Senate Bill 1557 pass. Those in I favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have ' a1l voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have a1l voted Who ; wish? Take the record . On that queskion, there are 58 Ayes, no ! Nays, none voting Present. Senate Bill 1557, having received the ! required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator I Cronin, do you seek leave? Out of the record. Senator Mahar seeks leave of the Body to rekurn Senate Bill 1567 to the Order of I I 69  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1 , 1998 2nd Reading for the purposes of an amendment. Hearing no objection, leave is granted. And on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1567. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?

Amendment No . 2, offered by Senator Mahar .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Mahar, on Amendment No . 2 .

Thank you, Madam President, Members of the Senate. This is Attorney General Ryan's initiative to curb slamming and crammin: by teleeommunications carriers in the State of Illinois. This amendment is in response to some concerns khat were addressed by certain carriers, as well as the Commerce Comm ission . It does fùur thingsk excludes wireless servtces; it delineates a specific process for obtaining third-party verifications in lieu of a letter of verification; it changes the written notice pertod from seventy-two hours to six days ; and makes a technical correction at the request of the Commerce Commission. There was no opposition to the bill in eommittee and negotiations are ongoing. We may expect more changes . I would be happy to try and answer any questions .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Is there any discussion? Senator Maitland.

Thank you very much, Madam President. And just a question: and you may have mentioned this. There is some thought and desire that discussions will continue on th is bill as it reaches the -- the House r and -- and I think that 's the commitment we had in committee. And -- and you will see that that continues, Senator Mahar? PRESIDING OFFICER) (SENATOR DONAHUE) 70  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 9lSt Legislative Day April 1 , 1998 Senator Maha r.

Yes, Senator Maitland, that's true. PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) l Is there further discussion? Further discussion? Seeing I none , Am endment No . 2 to Senate Bill 1567 , all those in favor, say Aye . Opposed , Nay . The Ayes have it , and the amendment is I l adopted. Are there further Floor amendments approved for consideration? I SECRETARV NARRY : ! No further amendments reported. PRESIDING OFFICCR: (SENATOR DONAHUE) I r 3rd Reading. Senator Parker, on Senate Bill 1591. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary . ! SECRETARY HAKRY: I ' Senate Bill 1591. I ! (Secretary reads title of bill) I 3 ! rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) E Senator Parker. (

Thank you , Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the ! Senate. The Illinois Religious Freedom Restoration Act propooes no I dramatic change in the law . Rather: it restores decades of time-tested, workable and uncontroversial judictal precedent. Courts should apply strict scrutiny when the government ! substantially burdens the free exercise of religion. For decades, the Free Exercise Clause of the U .S. Conskitution required such ! strict scrutiny. For more than three years, the federal RFA (sic) IRFRAI required such strict scrutiny. This is the legal standard i supported in 1993 by the Presidente ninety-seven U .S. Senators and ! a unanimous House of Representatives . I Would be glad to answer i 71  STATE OF ILLINOIS 1 90TE GENERAL ASSEMBLY , REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 any questioni.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DQNAHUE) 1 Is there any discussion? Is there -- Senator Fawell . I I Senator Parker, I have -- oh , I 'm sorry . W ill the sponsor ! yteld for a question?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DQNAHUE) Indicates she 'll yield , Senator Fawell.

I've received a lot of -- of correspondence on this particular btll, bokh pro and con. One of the things that one of the writers told me was that there was a recent Supreme Court decision by the United States Supreme Court that rules this, basically, unconstitutional. Do you know anything about that?

PRESIDINC OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Parker .

Yes , Senator. The rule was that at the federal level : that it was unconstitutional only that it be passed at the federal level. The states have to pass the Religious Freedom Restoration Act so that they can implement it each state at a time. It cannot be done on a countrywide basis. ! PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! Further discussion? Senator Cronin. SENATOR PRONIN I Thank you, Madam President. Would the sponsor yield for a ' question? . PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DQNAHUE) i Indicates she dll y ield , Senator Cronin .

Senator Parker, just for purposes of legislative intent, is it your intent , as the sponsor on this bill , that it is neutral - the ! 72  STATE OF ILLINOIS 1 . 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGDLAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 ' impact would be neutral - on the issue of abortion?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Parker.

1 Yes. l

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! Further discussion? Senator Petka. Is there further discussion? Senator Hawkinson. Sorry.

Thank you, Madam President. Will the sponsor yield?

PRESIDINC OFFICER: (SENATQR DONAHUE) Indicates she 'll yield , Senator Hawkinson .

Senator, I don't mean to belabor the point: but perhaps a little broader explanation of what we mean by ''neutrality'' on the issue of abortion. There's nothing in this Act, as I understand your answer to Senator Cronin, that is intended to enhance any rights other than currently exists on that subject. Is that ( correct? l PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAEUE) ! . Senator Parker . I ! SENATOR PARKER : 1 i That is co rrece . PRESIDINC OFFICZR: (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! Istherefurtherdiscussion? SenatorObama . 1 !

Thank you, Madam President. Will the sponsor yield for a question?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATQR DONAHUE) Indicates she dll yield : Senator Obama .

Senator Parker , I 'm -- I'm a supporter of th is bill, a 1 73  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL A SSEMBLY REGOLAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 cosponsor. I just wanted to check on something. I know some people had raised some concerns as to whether this Reliqious Preedom Restoration Act might have any potential impact with ! respect to discrimination laws that are currently on the books. And I know that this is an issue that I think had also been raised ' with you, and I wanted, just for the legislative record, for you ' to have an opportunity to raise this issue and -- and address these concerns .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Parker.

Thank you, Senator Obama. The Illinois Religious Freedom Restoration Act is not intended to harm public health and safety, nor to undermine laws prokecting the people of Illinois against discrimination in emp loyment, public accommodations , housing and education. As the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized, such laws are well within the State's authority to enact when a leqislature has reason to believe that a given group of citizens is a target of discrimination. Civil rights laws like the Illinois Human Rights Act, therefore, serve a compelling government lnterest thak is ln harmony with the purpose of RFA (sic) (RFRA) itself.

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Further discussion? Further d iscussion? Seeing none , Senator Parker, to close . SENATOR PARKER : ! I Would ask for a favorable vote. ! PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! . The question isy shall Senate Bill 1591 pass. Those in favor ! will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted Who wish? Have a1l voted Who Wish? Have all voted who I . wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 Ayesz no I i Nays, 4 voting Present. Senate Bill 1591, having received the j 74  STATE OP ILLINOIS ' 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leqislative Day April 1, 1998 required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator i Maitland, on Senate Bill 1592. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary. j SECRETARX NAQRX) ! Senate Bill 1592. ! . (Secretary reads title of bill) ! 3rd Readinç of the bill.

PRESIDING OPFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Maitland .

Thank you very much , Madam President, Members of the Senate . Senate Bill 1592 was introduced as a result of some efforts that was put -- that were put forth last spring by -- by President Philip in the -- in the creation of the Task Force on Comfort Care for the Terminally 111. We frankly have not -- we've done a lot of work. A 1ot of research has been done. Senator Syverson, Senator Bowles, Senator Clayborne are on that task force Wtth me. We -- we have reached no agreement . We -- we believe that most of what we need is education rather than substantive change in the three laws that actually pertain to this issue ; but we would like to keep this alive, move this bill over to the -- to the Senate -- ! or, over to the House as a vehicle bill in case we need lt later ! in the year. Again, we've not reached any kind of an agreement. i This is nothing about euthanasia or assisted suicide - nothing ! like that. But I would seek support of, once again, this shell I bill . ' PRESIDING OPFICER I : (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! Is there any d iscussion? Any discussion? Seeing none, the question is: shall 1592 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye. I Opposed , Nay . And the voting is open . Have a11 voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the I record . On that question, there are 58 Ayes w no Naysz none voting Present. Senate Bill 1592, having received the requlred i ! 75  STATE OP ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day A#ril 1, 1998 ; j constitutional majority: is declared passed. Senator Trotter, for ' what purpose do you seek recognition? : ! SENATOR TROTTER ) Just for -- to make a correction. I had inadvertently voted i No on 1555. I wanted to vote Yes, and I would like the record to reflect that e please .

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Record will so reflect. Senator O'Malleyz on Senate Bill 1610. Excuse me. I inadvertently missed you, Senator Karpiel, on Senate Bill 1593. Oh . Out of the record . Senator O 'Malley , on Senate Bi11 1610. Senator O 'Malley. Out of the record. Senator O 'Malley r on Senate Bill 1612. Read the -- seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1612 to the Order of 2nd Reading for the purposes of an amendment. Hearing no objection, leave is granted. On the Order of -- on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate B ill 1612 . M r. Secretary , are there any Ploor amendments approved for consideration?

Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator O lMalley . PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR DQNAHDE) ' Senator Q 'Malley , on Amendment No . 2. ! SENATOR O IMALLEX : ! Thank you, Madan President and Lad ies and Gentlemen of the p Senate. Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 1612 basically provides 1 that the loan program provided for in the underlying legislation may not be used for extensions of existing sewer systems. I'd be ' happy to answer any questions there may be. !

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Is ehere any discussion? Is there any discussion? All those q in favor, say Aye. Opposed: Nay . The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there further Floor amendments approved for consideration? i 76  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 1 . SECRETARY WANRV: 1 Amendment No . 3, offered by Senator O 'Malley . 1 PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! Senato r O 'Malley , on Amendment No. 3.

Thank you: Madam President and: again, Ladies and Gentlemen of ehe Senate . It is my wish to table Amendment No . 3.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Amendment No. 3 is out of the record. Is that it? Out of the record.

Thank you . Thank you , Madam President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) 3rd Reading . Senator Myers, on Senate Bill 1622. Out of the record. Senator Burzynskir on Senate Bill 1625. Read the billr Mr. Seeretary. Whoop ! Out of the record. Senator Parker, on Senate B ill 1627 . Read the bill , Mr. Secretary .

Senate Bill 1627 . (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. !

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Parker . ! SENATOR PARKER: I Thank your Madam Presidenty Ladies and Gentlemen of the 1 Senate . Senate Bill 1627 creates two neW grant programs to be administered by the Board of Higher Education : the first r an i incentive grant program used to leverage federal and private ! resea rch grants; the second , technology grant program for the ! purpose of improvinq and making available state-of-the-art i technologies for Illinois institutions of higher education. This bill also makes several changes recommended by audits of the Board 77  I STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Legislative Day April 1: 1998 1 of Education. I would be glad to answer any questions and I would request a favorable vote. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATQR DONAHUE) 1 Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing I none , the question is, shall Senate Bil1 1627 pass. Those in 1 favor w ill vote Aye . Opposed, Nay . And the voting is open. Have I all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have al1 voted who I I wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 55 Ayes, 2 Nays, l voting Present. Senate Bill 1627, having received the 1 ! required eonstitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Burzynskl, on Senate Bill 1633. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary. I i I SECRETARX HARRY : ' Senate Bill 1633. 1 . (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. ' PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) ' Senator Burzynski. !

Thank you, Madam President. At this time Senate Bill 1633 is ! a shell bill. We're tryinq to find an administrative way to correct a problem relakive to those students on our college/universitycampuses. Iwouldask for a favorable roll call to move this over to the House fo r further discussion . 1

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Is there any d iscussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall Senate Bill 1633 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted Who wish? Have all voted Who wish? Have all voted *ho wish? Take the record . On that question : there are 59 Ayes r no Nays , none voting Present . Senate Bill 1633 : having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senakor Cronin, on Senate Bill 1664. Out of the reeord. Senator Dillard, ! 78  STATE 0F ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1y 1998 on Senate Bill 1675. Senator Dillard. Oh. Out of the record. Senato r Parkerg on Senate Bill 1694. Read the bill, M r. Secretary .

Senate Bill 1694. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Parker .

Thank you, Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Senate Bill 1694 will help protect Illinois consumers by placing new requirements on anyone maklnq cold calls to sell securities in Illinois. It requires registration of anyone communicating with prospective customers regarding the purchase of securities or related services, and also provides a higher penalty for anyone convicted of securities fraud if a telephone is used or if the victim is a senior. I Would be glad to answer any questions and would request a favorable vote.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall Senate Bill 1694 pass. Those in favor Will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have a1l voted who Wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 59 Ayes, no Naysy none voting Present. Senate Bill 1694, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. If I could have your attention. We're qoing to pause for just a minute to do couple of our business and wedll resume back on Senate Bill 1698. Just Senator Jones, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

Yes, Madam President. Just -- 1.11 just query. It seems rather strange to me that as we read off al1 the bills that We 've 79  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGZLAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 done and the ones that's coning before us, they fre all sponsored by Republicans. Is there anything wrong with Democratic bills? I mean, on this side of the aisle, maybe -- maybe our Members should just go home, you know, because -- or stop voting period, because the Calendar is just loaded. It seems rather lopsided. About ninety-nine percent of the bills is all from sponsors on your side of the aisle . I tbougbt 1 ...

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Shaw has the next one up , Senator Jones. Commitkee Reports .

Senato r Weaver, Chair of the Committee on Rules , reports the follow ing Legislative Measures have been assigned : Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Conservation Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1707, House Bills 2315 and 3068) to the Committee on Appropriations - Amendment l to Senate Bill 18067 to the Committee on Education - Amendment 4 to Senate Bill 1561, Amendments 4 and 5 to Senate Bill 1610, House Bill 2887: House Bill 3110 and Eouse Bill 34847 to the Committee on Environment and Energy - Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1387, House Bills 3129 and 36317 to the Committee on Executive - House Bills 2503, 2533, 2554, 2652 (sic), 2734 and 32547 to the Committee on Insurance and Pensions - House Bills 3427 , 3464, 3514 , 3515, 3516 and -- or, 38137 to the Comm ittee on Judiciary - House Bills 744, 2297, 2306, 2367, 2369, 2491, 3158 and 31627 referred to the Committee on Licensed Activities Senate Kmendments 1 and 7 to Senate B il1 1491 , Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1585, and House Bills 2377, 2590 , 33837 to the Committee on Local Government and Elections - Amendment l to Senate Bill 1290, Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1702, House Bills 2299, 2424 , 2473, 2557: 2580, 2748 and 31817 to the Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Senate Amendments 2 and 4 to Senate Bill 1339, House Bills 2224 (sic), 2583, 2986, 3069 (sic) and 80  STATE OP ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 34927 to the Committee on Revenue - House Bills 2452, 2950 and 30817 to the Committee on State Government Operations - House Bill 13187 to the Committee on Transportation - House Bills 2510 and 3248; and Be Approved for Consideration - Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1265, Amendment 4 to Senate Bill 1628 and Amendment 4 ! to Senate Bill 1904; also referred to the Committee on Judiciary ! i was House B i1l 25.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Fitzgerald, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

Point of personal privilege.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Please state your point.

Thank you, Madam President. W ith me today is B randon Hall, who is Paqe for a Day. Brandon attends the Creative Children's Academy in Palatine , and he 's from Wilmette , and his parents, Susan and David Hall , from Wilmette, are here in the President 's Gallery on that side. If we could all give them a warm welcome. ( Thank you .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Will you rise and be recoqnized by the Illinois SenaEe? Welcome to Sp ringfield . Senator Rauschenberqer, for what purpose ; do you rise? i

Thank you, Madam President. For purposes of an announcement. @ The Senate Appropriation Committee will meet at 5 o 'clock, o r ! I immediately upon adjournment, in Room 2l2 for the consideration of an amendment to the bond authorization bill . I would urge -- urge Members to come immediately down so that We can conclude our i business expeditiously . ;

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) 81  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April lp 1998 That 's the Senate Appropriations Committee immediately in 2l2 upon adjournment. Senator Jones, for what purpose do you seek recognition? SENATOR JONES : Yes, thank you, Madam President. Would the sponsor yield? I i PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) There 's no sponsor. SENATOR JONES : ! Well r I 'm sorry. I'm sorry. Senator Rauschenberger, in regard i j to your remarksz I had previous conversation with the Leader on that side of the aisle , and I see this amendment that 's been thrust before us which you are moving to the Appropriation ' I Commlttee. And it was my understanding that such was not going to ' happen until such time as *e. as a Body, and the House and the Governor really get kogether on the projects before we move. So i 1 it seems as thouqh this amendment is rather premature for us to be i : acting On . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Butler, for What purpose do you seek recognition? l Senator Mahar , fo r what pu rpose do you seek recognition? i i SENATOR MANAD : For the purpose of an announcement . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) i 1 I don 't know why we 're doing this, guys . We 're -- we 've got i q time . One hour posting . A11 right . Senator Mahar, for what purpose are you seeking recognition? SENATOR MAWAP : . 1 For the purpose of an announcement. The Senake Environment i and Energy Committee shall meet in Room 2l2 at 5 :45. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Butler. l ! SENATOR BUTLER : I 5 ; 82  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Purpose of an announcement. The Local Government Committee will meet at 5:15. 5:15, at -- in A-l.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Burzynski.

Thank youg Madam President. For the purpose of announcement. The Committee on Licensed Activities Will meet in Room A-l at 5:10, or immediately upon adjournment. Thank you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Fawell .

For purposes of announcement. Transportation Committee will meet immediately upon adjournment in Room 400.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Klemm .

For purposes of a non-announcement. Executive Committee is not going to meet. Thank you.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Sieben, for what purpose do you seek recognition?

For an announcement.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Please state your announcement.

Yes. To inform the Members that the Senate Ag and Conservation Committee - the Ag and Conservation Committee - will neet at 5 :45 - 5:45 - in Room A-l.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Syverson .

Everyone else is announcing comm ittee meetings y so I don 't 83  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 want to be left out. Public Health Will meet in Room 400 immediately after the Transportation meeting. So 5:15 or 1 ! i immediately after Transportation . , PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Jones, I believe your question should be regarded to Senator Rauschenberger off the Floor at a different time and place . Senator Jones . E SENATOR JONES : Well, Madam -- Madam President, I think this is the proper time to deal with the question. Re made an announcement about ! l considering an amendment. The Senate President indlcated to me that we were not moving in that direction, and so I -- I was query to him as to whether or not he and the Senate President are in ! communication, because from my understanding from the Leader on ! that side of the aisle, we Were not to proceed -- we were not going to proceed with the bond authorization, as such. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! Senator Rauschenberger. i ' SENATOR RAUSCHENBERGER : Xeah . Thank you for the inquiry, Senator Jones. But to the best of my understanding, and it's certainly subject to your meetinq with the Senate President and correcting misconceptions I I might have, today we 're going to do the bond authorization which raises the debt limit of the State. We're not going to do the project bill, which is historically the bill that we work through on the -- 'on the appropriation process to decide how the money is spent. If you'll recall: about four years ago we began the ! practice of separating the bond authorization from the projects in an effort to move the General Assembly along quickly and get us out on time. Certainly, you know, we have time if you wank to I ; clarify with -- with my Leader, but to the best of my understanding , I 'm meeting his expectations . 84  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Jones .

Well, thank you r Madam President . In response, you know , in the past We have not done it this way, and it has been in the past we have passed both of the -- the authorization as well as the projects simultaneously. So, again, perhaps there's a misunderstanding, but I think it should be clarified prior to the 5 o 'clock meeting so that we can all be in sync on this issue .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Shaw, on Senate Bill 1698. Read the bill, Mr. Secreta ry .

Senate Bill 1698 . (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFFICER; (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Shaw .

ïeah. Thank you, Madam President. This prohibits a person from intentionally standing up -- standing upon or occupyin: a public way selling or soliciting for unlawful business -- unlawful business or impeding the pedestrians or in any way (sic) (anyone) in a motor vehicle or (sic) (on the) highway for the purpose of solicitinq unlawful business defined unlawful business . Defined ''unlawful business'' as any exchange for goods and services for money or anything of value. And what this -- what this legislation is about is for those people who stand on streee corners and solicit cars as it relate to peddling drugs and -- and anyth ing that 's unlawful , but basically drugs . That 's what this is aimed at.

PRESIDING OPFICER : (SZNATOR DONAHUE) 85  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day Ap ril 1 : 1998 Is there any ... Oh , sorry , Senator Shaw .

And 1,11 ask for -- 1111 answer any questions, but I urge for its passage .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, shall Senate Bill 1698 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have a1l voted Who Wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 58 Ayes: no Nays, none voting Present. Senate Bill 1698, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. With leave of the Body, we will return to Senate Bill 1700. Senator Maitland, on Senaee Bill 1701. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary.

Senate Bill 1701. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Maitland .

Thank you very much , Madam President, Members of the Senate . I 1m happy to inform the Body this is not a shell bill. 1701 is the IDOT 'S yearly land conveyance, easement release, access restoration bill. There are some twenty-five different projects in there. They have all been agreed to. know you a1l are aware of the fact that -- that this bill will probably take on some more weight before it reaches the Governor 's desk . But it is imperative that we move the bill out of here to the House todayp and I would seek your support of Senate Bill 1701.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing 86  STATE OF ILLINOIS . 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 none, the question is, shall Senate Bill 1701 pass. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. And the voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have al1 voted Who wish? Have al1 voted who wish? Have al1 voted who W ish? Take the record . On thak question, there are 58 Ayes, no Naysr none voting Present. Senate Bill 1701, having received the required constitutional majority: is declared passed. Senator Butlerr on Senate Bill -- seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1702 to the Order of 2nd Reading for the purposes of an amendment. Hearing no objection... Out of the record. Senator Rauschenberger, on Senate Bill 1704. Out of the record . Senator Watson , on Senate Bill 1705 . Seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1705 to the Order of 2nd Readinq for the purposes of an amendment. Heartng no objection, leave is granted . And on the Order of Senate -- on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1705 . Mr. Secretary , are there any Floor amendments app roved for consideration?

Amendment No . 1, offered by Senator Watson .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Watson , on Amendment No . 1 .

Xes. Thank you , Madam President. Maybe most of you will recall we passed Senate Bill 939 last year that created the Brownsfield (sic) (Brownfields) Tax Credit and Grant Program. The language in there identified those properties that were eligible and it identified them by -- by census tract. The Department of ! Commerce and Community Affairs, Department of Revenue , had i problems in identifying census tracts, so now we 've come with language that will say that enterprise zones will be those ! particular p roperties that will be eligible for the Brownsfield (sic) Tax Credit and Grant Program. That's what this amendment does, Madam Secretary (sic), and I move for its adoption. 87 '  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April lz 1998 I ! PRESIDING OPPICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) ! Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Seeing none , all those in favor, say Aye . Opposed , Nay . The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there further Floor amendments approved for consideration?

No further amendments reported.

PRESIDING OPFICER : (SENATOR DONAHUE) 3rd Reading . Senator Rauschenberger, on Senate Bill 1706. Senator Rauschenberger. Out of the record. Senator Sieben, on Senate Bill 1707 . Out of the record . Senator Thomas Walsh . Out of the record . Senator Philip, on Senate Bill 1710. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary.

Senate Bill 1710. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Philip .

W ill you please take this out of the record?

PRESIDING OPFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) Out of the record . Senate Bill 1712. Senator Philip . Read the bill, Mr. Secretary . ' I SECRETARY NANRX : è Senate Bill 1712. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. 1

PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Philip . SENATOR PHILIP: ! ; Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. @ 88 :,  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 ! will probably be retiring or resigning, whatever you want to call ! it. To do that, we have to, by Statute, those things that he's l authorized to do, transfer those temporarily to a code department in the State of Illinois so somebody can do those functions . Just to mention a few of those functions: the Illinois Commlssion on Community Service, Keep Illinois Beautiful program, Lieutenant Governor 's Travel Control Board , et cetera , et cetera . Be happy to answer any questions. We always do this when we lose our Lieutenant Governo r.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Any discussions? Senator Carroll. SENATOR CARROLL : ' Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Rather than a question to the sponsor: I just would reiterate my comments that we ought to move 'em permanently . This proves, once again, that there is no function for the Lieutenant Governor. I still have the constitutional amendment sitting in Executive, and maybe We ought to go back to that com ittee and move it out, if we ' can move it now, because again we have a Lieutenant Governor who wants to leave . This is the second time he 's wanted ko leave . We had another one retire before. Why don 't we just do away with it altogether and save the people some money? 1 !

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Further discussion? Further discussion? Senator Philip, to close . I SENATOR PHILIP: i Thank youg Mr . Presidenke Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate . 1 '11 tell you what our p roblem is , Senator : We don 't pay the Lieutenant Governor enough. Hels just been stolen away by a I ! university, and I think in Kentucky. But this is one of those mechanical things we have to do and I ld appreciate your support . 89  STATE 0F ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Leg islative Day April 1 , 1998 i PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) i The question is, shall Senate Bill 1712 pass. All those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, vote No. The voting is open. Have all i voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 59 voting ïes, no voting No, no voting Present. Senate Bill 1712, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Geo-Karis Wishes to seek leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1713 to the Order of 2nd Readin: for the purpose of an amendment. Hearing no objection, leave is granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1713. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration?

Amendment No. lz offered by Senator Geo-Karis.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Geo-Karis .

Mr . President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate , the -- this amendment simply puts persons committed under the Sexually Violent Persons (Commitment) Ack under the same rules as other civilly committed persons, and it also ineorporates necessary -- language necessary to receive reimbursement for services. And this amendment places these civilly commikked sex offenders on the same ! 1 reimbursement basis and also provides that they can collect -- we can collect from third-party sourcesr like tnsurance and Medicaid . ' I ask for its favorable adoption . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) ! I Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Seeing not, all those in favor, say Aye . Opposed y Nay . The Ayes have it and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for i consideration?

90 ! ! STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 No further amendments reported. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) 3rd Reading. Senator Bowles, on Senate Bill 1756. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill. SECRETARY HAQRX : Senate Bill 1756 . (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Bowles . SENATOR BOWLES : Thank -- thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. Senate Bill 1756 amends the Criminal Code to provide that aggravated robbery includes the offender's indicating to the victim either verbally or with actions that the offender is presently armed with a -- dangerous weapon, such as a knife, club, ax or bludgeon. And it specifies that the offense applies even if it is later determined that the offender was not, in fact, armed with a dangerous weapon when committing the robbery. This bill has arisen out of a -- the assaultz so to speak, the robbery at a ATM of a woman , and -- and the perpetrator indicated that he had a knife. And I talked with this victim at length, and she expressed to me the terror and the fear that she experienced with the approach of this person who indicated to her that he had a knife in his possession and that he would not hesitate to use it if she did not give him the money. The essence of this bill is that the mere sugqestion of the offender's havinq a weapon, the fear -- which is -- is there -- is the fear greater for someone to say -- to show a weapon as to opposite of that, say, ''I have a weapon which I am not reluctant to usel'? The fear is still there . The anxiety is there. The terror is there . And as this victim said to me , if -- ''Evelyn r what do you do if someone says , '1 have a 91  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY RCGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 knife; will not be reluctant to use it; give me your money'? What do you do?'' She said, ''ïou hand over your money, don 't you?'' This bill has the support of the State 's Attorney of Madison County, as well as the State's Attorneys Association of the State of Illinois. I Would be happy to try to answer any questions...

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Is there discussion? Any discussion? If not, the question is , shall Senate Bill 1756 pass . All those in favor , vote Aye . Opposed, vote No . The voting is open. Have a1l voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have a11 voted who Wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 59 voting Yes, no voting No, no voting Present. Senate Bill 1756, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. On page 7 of the Calendar: we have 1784 by Senator Rauschenberger, and the next three bills will a1l be held . We also -- on paqe 7, We have Senate Bill 1806, from Senator Weaver, all the way over to Senate Bill 1815. All Will be held. We now are at page 8, middle of page 8. Senate Bill 1830. Senator Rauschenberger. ...of the record . Senate Bill 1833 . Senator Syverson? Senator Syverson on the Floor? Out of the record . Senate Bill 1834. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1835. Senator Parker wishes -* Senator Parker seeks leave of the Body to return to the Order of 2nd Reading Senate Bill 1835 for the purpose of an amendment. Is there any objection? Hearing noney leave is qranted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1835 . Senator Pa rker . Are there any am endments approved for consideration?

Amendment No . 1 , offered by Senator Parker.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senato r Parker.

Thank you y KI . Preskdent , Ladkes and Gentlemen of the Senate . 92  STATE OP ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 This is some language that works on better defining some of the definitions in the Elder Abuse Act, and -- working with the Illinois Skate Medical Society and everybody's concerns and we are a1l now in agreement.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Is there any d iscussion? Seeing none , the question is -- I beg your pardon. All those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The amendment is adopted. Are there any further amendments approved for consideration?

No further amendments reported.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) 3rd Reading. Senate Bill 1840. Senator Rauschenberger. Mr. Secretary , please read the bill.

Senate Bill 1840 . (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Rauschenberger.

Thank you , M r. President: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. This is the Alternate (Fue1s) Fund's correction, expedited fix-up to make this work well for the Secretary of State 's Office. It provides all the date changes necessary. This is the alternate fuels program that we worked hard on for three years. There's been some question over the last nine months of how to implement it effectively. These are the agreed changes with the Secretary of State's Office and the Administratkon. I Would -- appreciate its favorable consideration.

PRESIDIXG OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? If not, the question 93 I STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 is, shall Senate Bill 1840 pass. A11 those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, vote No . The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have a11 voted who wish? Take khe record . On that questionr there are 58 voting Yes, no votin: No , I no voting Present. Senate Bill 1840, having received the required I ! constitutional majorityr is declared passed. Senate Bill 1878. Senator Bowles wishes to recall Senate Bill 1878. On the Order of 2nd Readingp hearing no objectione is Senate Bill 1878. Is there any amendments app roved for consideration , Mr . Secretary? SECRETARY NAKRX : Amendment No. 1, offered by Senators Bowles and Watson. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Bowles . SENATOR BOWLES : Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 1878 was initiated by the Illinois Realtors' Association. They requested this amendment to clarify that the extension of the SWIDA quick-take would only be for a purpose authorized under the existing SWIDA Act. The Southwestern Illinois Development Authority Act authorizes the Authority to assist in industrial, housing and commercial projects in Madison and St. Clair counties. This amendment was also included in a House version of a similar bill. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Is there any discussion? Senator Rauschenberger. SENATOR RAUSCHENBERGER : No. For purposes of an announcement after the conclusion. apologize. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Any -- any further discussion? If not, all those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. The amendment is adopted . Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration? SECRETARY NANRY : 94  i STATE OF ILLINOIS ; 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY i REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT i I 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 1 I i No further amendments reported . j PRESIDING OFPICER : (SENATOR WATSON) I I 3rd Reading. Senator Rauschenberqer. i ; 1

Thank you: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. I have good news. We're going to free the Appropriation Committee from the onus of that 5 o 'clock hearing today. So there is no Appropriatton hearing following Session or at 5 o 'clork. Thank you . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) . Senator Demuzio, do you wish to return to the Order of 2nd Readin: Senate Bill 1884 for the purpose of an amendment? Is there any objection? Hearing none, on the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1884. Mr. Secretary, are there any amendments approved for consideration?

Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Demuzio.

PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Demuzio.

Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate . This is amendment that was requested by Senator Hawkinsonr as Chairman of the Judiciary, on temporary -- restraining orders. It tightens up substantially. I know of no opposition. Move its adoption .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Any discussion? Any discussion? If nok, all Ehose in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further Ploor amen6ments approved Eor j consideration? 1 SECRETARY NAQRY S No further amendments reported. j . j 95  STATC OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day Ap ril 1, 1998

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) 3rd Reading . Senate Bill 1889 . Senator Cronin . Senator Dan Cronin. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1892. Senator O 'Malley. Read the bill: M r. Secretary .

Senate Bill 1892. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) Senator O 'Malley .

Thank you, Mr . President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Senate Bill 1892 provides that students who attend non-recognized high schools who score at least seven points higher than the statewide average on the ACT test shall be eligible to receive merit recognition scholarships . There Was a Senate Amendxent No . 2 that was added to establish a distribution methodology for scholarships for eligible students from non-recognized high schools. Be happy to answer any questions there may be .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? If not, the question is , shall Senate Bill 1892 pass. A ll those in favor, vote Aye. Opposedy vote No. The votinq is open. Have all voted who wish? Have a11 voted who wish? Have al1 voted who wish? Take the record . On that question, there are 59 voting Yesr no voting No, no votlng Present. SenaEe Bill 1892, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator Philip, on Senate Bill 1896. Read the bill, Mr. Secretary.

Senate Bill 1896 . (Secretary reads title of bi11) 96 r ; STATE 0P ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 3rd Reading of the bill. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senatoz Philip. SENATOR PHILIP : I'm sorry, Mr. President. Take it out of the record. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Out of the record. Senate Bill 1897. Senator Philip. Out of the record. Senate Bill 1903. Senator Madigan. Out of the record. 1904? Senator Madigan seeks leave of the Body to return Senate Bill 1904 to the Order of 2nd Reading for the purpose of an amendment. Any objection? Hearing none, leave is granted. On the Order of 2nd Reading is Senate Bill 1904. Mr. Secretary, are there any Floor amendments approved for consideration? SECRETARY WADRY : Amendment No. 1, offered by Senator Madigan. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Madigan. SENATOR MADIGAN : Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. Floor Amendment No . 1 to Senate 5ill 1904 contains numerous administrative changes to khe State Statutes brought by the State Statutes as brought by the Department of Insurance . One of those sections we discussed in committee was the repealing of the admitted assets and annual statement language in the State Statute. Wedre adopting -- or# hopefully we will be adopting that language on this amendment and thenr on Ploor Amendment No. 4, would be reinserting that language because we need to continue to work on that language over in tbe House if these amendments on -- are adopted on Senate Bil1 1904 and we pass Senate Bill 1904 , as amended . Otherwise , think the concerns that Senator Berman and Senator Cullerton raised have -- in committee on the office of the special deputy have been addressed or have been agreed upon with 97  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX RCGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 the Deparkment of Insurance to be addressed over in the House when we take care of the admitted asset language. I'd be glad to answer any questions on Floor Amendment No. 1.

PRESIDING OPPICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Is there any discussion? Is there any discussion? Any questions? If not, al1 those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have Amendmenk is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?

Amendment No. 2, offered by Senator Madigan.

PRESIDING OPPICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Madigan .

Thank you, Mr. Presidentr Members of the Senate. Floor Amendment No . 2 to Senate Bill 1904 clarifies the Bmployee Leasing Company Act that we passed last year, adds some clarifying lanquage insofar as the recordkeeping and reporting process by companies that are engaged in these type of employee leasing arrangements. I1d be glad to answer any questions and otherwise would ask for adoption of Floor Amendment No . 2 to Senate Bil1 1904.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) Is there any questions? Any any discussion? If not, a1l those in favor of the amendment, say Aye. Opposed: Nay. The Ayes have it . The amendment is adopted . Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?

Am endment No . 3, offered by Senator Madigan .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Madigan.

Thank you , Mr . President g Members of the Senate. I would move 98  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 to table Floor Amendment No . 3 to Senate Bill 1904 .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) You 've heard that motion. A1l in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is tabled. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration, Mr. Secretary?

Amendment No . 4 , offered by Senator Madigan .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senato r Madigan .

Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Senate. As I mentioned previously, Floor Amendment No. 4 reinserts the language in the State Statute regarding adm itted assets and we 'll continue to wo rk on that language over in the House, and would ask for adoption of or -- of Floor Amendment No. 4 to Senate Bill 1904.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Any discussion? Any discussion? If not , al1 those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?

No further amendments reported.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) 3rd Reading . Senate Bill 1911. Senator Madigan. Mr. Secretary, please read the bill.

Senate Bill 1911. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the bill.

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Madigan .

Thank you , Mr . President , Members of the Senate . Senate Bill 99  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGDLAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 1911 is a pension vehicle that we would request favorable consideration, move it over to the House for later discussions, and I would ask for its favorable consideration .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) Is there any d kscussion? Any discussion? If not , the question is, shall Senate Bill 1911 pass . A11 those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, vote No. The voting is open. Have al1 voted who wish? Have al1 voted who wish? Have all voted who Wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 voting Yes, 3 voting No, no voting Present. Senate Bill 1911, having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senate Bill 1912 . Out of the record . Senate Bill 1919. Out of the record . Senate Bill 1938 . Senator Philip. Please read the bill, Mr. Secretary .

Senate Bill 1938. (Secretary reads title of bill) 3rd Reading of the b ill.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Philip .

Thank you , Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Senate Bill 1938 amends the Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act . Creates a neW category of license plates called Police Memorial Comm ittee license plate . It increases the fee kwenty-five dollars. Pifteen (sic) (ten) of that dollars goes to the Police Menorial Committee and ten (sicl (fifteen) dollars goes to the Special License Plate Fund. 3e happy to answer any questions .

PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? If not, the question is, shall Senate Bill 1938 pass. All those in favory l00  STATE OF ILLINOIS I 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT i 1 91st Legislative Day April lp 1998 I vote Aye. Opposed, vote No. The voting is open. Have a11 voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Have all voted who wish? Take ' the record. On that question, there are 57 voted Yes, no voting No r no votinq Present. Senate B ill 1938 , having received the required constitutional majority, is declared passed. Senator ' Weaver, for what purpose do you rise? Your speak light's on, sir. Senator Donahue wishes to return Senate Bill 1700, on page 6 - 1700 - to the O rder of 2nd Reading for the purpose of an amendment. Do we have leave? Senator Donahue wishes to return to the Order of 2nd Reading for the purpose of an amendment . Is there any objection? Hearing none, we are on the Order, now, of Senate Bill of 2nd Reading , Senate Bill 1700. M r. Secretary , have there been any amendments filed for consideration?

Amendment No . 2, offered by Senator Donahue .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Donahue .

Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. Anendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 1700 is basically technical clean-up language on the child support legislationy and I would move for its adoption. We'1l discuss it a little bit further on 3rd Reading.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? If not, al1 those in favor, say Aye . Opposed , Nay . The Ayes have it, and the amendment is adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved for consideration?

No further amendments reported .

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) 3rd Reading . You should have received a Supplemental Calendar '101  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 No. 1. Senate Calendar -- Supplemental Calendar No. 1, Wednesday, April 1st. Motions in Writing for Reconsidering the Vote. ! Senator Syverson's motion on Senate Bill 1315. Having voted on I the prevailing side, Senator Syverson wishes to reconsider the ! vote. Mr. Secretary, read the motion. SECRETARY NADRY : Having voted on the prevailing side, I move to reconsider the vote by wùich Senate Bill 1315 wa: passed. The motion filed by Senator Syverson. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Syverson . SENATOR SYVERSON : Thank you, Mr. President. Having voted on the prevailing side on the motionr I wish to reconsider the vote on which Senate Bill ' 1315 passed . There was an amendment that we Were supposed to put on that didn't :et filed. PRESIDING OFFICER ) (SENATOR WATSON) Is there any discussion? Any discussion? If not, those in favor, say Aye. I beg your pardon. We have to have a roll call on this. Those in favor, vote Ayer on the motion. Opposed, vote ! E No . The voting is open . Have a1l voted who wish? Have al1 voted who w ish? Have all voted who Wish? Take the record . On that ! question, there are 54 voting Yes, l voting No, no voting Present. i And the motion is adopted. The bill is now on 3rd Reading and ... Senator Syverson wishes... Senator Parker wishes to return to the 1 ! Order of 2nd Reading Senate Bill 1315. Is there any objection? . Hearin: none, we are now on the O rder of 2nd Reading , Senate Bill 1315. Mr. Secretary, have there been any amendments approved for ! COZSYQPVZVYOZ? SECREPARX HAWRY : ! @ Amendment No . 2, offered by Senator Parker. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) l02 ( '  STATE OF ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1g 1998 Senator Parker .

Thank you, Mr. President, badies and Gentlemen of the Senate. i I did explain this before. We thought we were putting an amendment i on in 2nd) however, We Were on 3rd, so now I$m glad I have thls i opportunity. It creates the Immunization Advisory Committee, and i I would ask for approval of adding the amendment onto the bill. I PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) I Any discussion? Any discussion? If not, al1 those in favor, i say -- I beq your pardon. Senator del Valle. SENATOR dEL VALLE : ' Mr. President, I -- I bave a question regarding procedure. Are -- are we -- are we able, according to the rulesr to bring this bill back for an amendnent just having acted on a motion to reconsider? Aren 't we supposed to vote again on the bill?

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) The bill was moved to 3rd Reading after the reconsiderationp and the sponsor asked that we give her consideration on recalling i the btll so it could be amended. Normal procedure, Senator. Is 1 there any other discussion? Any other discussion? If not, a1l i 1 those in favor, say Aye. Opposedy Nay. The Ayes have it. The i amendment has been adopted. Any further Floor amendments approved 1 for consideration? 1 1 SECRETARX NANRY : 1 No further amendments reported Mr. Prestdent. 1 , 1 PRESIDING OFFICBR: (SENATOR WATSON) 1 3rd Reading. Senator Cronin, for what purpose do you rise, 1 sir? l ssxhToR cRoxzx: 1 Por purposes of an announcement. PRESIDING OFPICER: (SENATOR WATSON) 1 ' You may proceed. i i làa  STATE OP ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLX REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Legislative Day April 1: 1998

Thank you. The Senate Education Committee shall teet at 5:30 p .m . to consider three amendnents. 5:30 p .m .z kn Room 212. PRESIDING OFPICER; (SENATOR WATSON) Communications, Mr. Secretary.

A Communication from Senator Link, dated April lsk, 1998. Dear Mr. Secretary - I respectfully resign my position on the Senate Agriculture and Conservation Committee effective immediately . Another Communication from Senator Bowles, dated April 1st. Dear Mr. Secretary - I would like to inform you that effective today, April lstr 1998, I resign my position on the Senate Transportation Committee. Communication from Senator Obama, dated April 1st, 1998. Dear Mr. Secretary - This letter is to inform you that I would llke to resign from the Committee on State Government Operakions so that I may serve on the Revenue Committee. A Communication from the Mlnority Leader. Dear Mr. Secretary - Please be advised that bave appoknted the followins Senators to the varkous committees: Senator Evelyn Bowles to replace Senator Penny Severns on the Executive Committee; Senator Terry Link to replace Senator Evelyn Bowles on the Transportation Conmittee; Senator xevin Kehoe to replace Senator Barack Obama on the State Government Operations CommiEtee and to replace Senator Terry Link on the Agriculture and Conservation Committee. These appointments are effective immediately . Signed by Senator Jones, April 1st, 1998. Another Communication from the Minority Leader. Dear M r. Secreta ry - Please be advised tbat I have appointed Senator Clayborne Eo replace Senator Severns as Minority l04 i . STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 Spokesperson on the Revenue Committee. Please be further advised that I have appointed Senator Obama to replace Senator Severns as ' a Member of the Revenue Committee . This appointment effective immediately. Dated March 25th, and signed by Senator Jones, Minority Leader. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Messages from the Houser M r. Secreta ry . SECRETARY HARRV : Message from the House by Mr. Rossi, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform khe Senate that the House of Rep resentatives has passed bills of the following titles, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate , to wit : House Bills 2503, 2553 , 2656, 2756, 2944 , 3030, 3135: 3173, 3225, 3279 . A like Message on House Bills 3000, 3292 , 3339, 3341, 3446, 3477: 3652 , 3672, 3710 and 3835. A1l passed the House , March 31st: 1998 . PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) AS you may recall, we earlier had leave to return to page l8, Constitutional Amendments 2nd Reading. We have Senate Joint Resolution 57. Read the resolution , Mr . Secretary . SECRETARY HAQRY : Senate Joint Resolution 57, Constitutional Amendment, as amended by Senate Amendment No . 1 . (Secretary reads SJRCA No. 57, as amended) 2nd Reading of the resolution . PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON ) House Bills lst Reading, Madam Secretary. ACTING SECRETARY HAWKER : House Bill 349, offered by Senator Philip . (Secretary reads title of bill) l05  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAQ SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 9lsk Legislative Day April 1, 1998 House Bill 2299 , offered by Senator Myers. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 2306, offered by Senakors Mahar and Sieben. I i (Secretary reads title of bill) I i House Bill 2425, offered by Senator Watson. (Secretary reads title of bill) i House Bill -- pardon me, 2430, offered by Senators O 'Daniel i and Luechtefeld . j ' I (Secretary reads title of bill) i I House B ill 2466, offered by Senator Thomas Walsh . : I (Secretary reads title of bill) I E House Bill 2485, offered by Senator Mahar. j (Secretary reads title of bill) j House Bill 2509, offered by Senator Dillard. I (Secretary reads title of bill) i House Bill 2558, offered by Senator Fitzgerald. 1 (Secretary reads tible Of bill) 1 House Bill 2565, offered by Senator Donahue. i (Secretary reads title of bill) . 1 : House Bill 2568 , offered by Senator Lawrence Walsh . I (S l ecretary reads title of bill) i H I ouse Bill 2570 , offered by Senator Bowles . I (Secretary reads title of bill) I I House Bill 2589 , offered by Senator Luechtefeld . 1 (Secretary reads title of bill) I House Bill 2633, offered by Senator Carroll. I (Secretary reads title of bill) i House Bill 2668 , offered by Senakor Dillard . ! I (Secretary reads title of bill) j House Bill 2729, offered by Senator Weaver. j (Secretary reads title of bill) i House Bill 2734, offered by Senator Dudycz. ; j l06  STATE OP ILLINO IS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCR IPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 1 i (Secretary reads title of bill) i HouseBill2791,offeredbySenatorsO'MalleyandHalvorson. j (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 2818: offered by Senator Thomas Walsh. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 2860, offered by Senator Fitzgerald. , (Secretary readstitleofbill) 1 1 HouseBill2908,offered bySenatorObama. 1 (Secretary reads title of bill) i House Bill 2909,offered by SenatorGarcia. j (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 2910, offered by Senators Shadid and Hawkinson. (Secretary reads titleofbill) 1 i House Bill 3026, offered by Senator Thomas Walshv ; (Secretary reads title of bill) : House Bill 3027, offered by Senator Farley. . (Secretary reads title of bill) j i House Bill 3028, offered by Senator Cronin . I (Secretary reads tikle of bill) House Bill 3041, offered by Senator Radogno . (Secretary reads title of bill) . House Bill 3158, offered by Senator Dudycz . ! (S 1 ecretary reads title of bill) 1 i House Bill 3162, offered by Senator Dillard. ' (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3170,offered by Senator Bowles. j (Secretary reads title of bill) 1 , House Bill 3180, offered by Senator Thomas Walsh . (Secretaryreadstitleofbill) 1 HouseBill3233,offeredbySenatorMaitland. 1 (Secretary reads title of bill) : Eouse Bill 3256, offered by Senator Mahar. I l07  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT / 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3280, offered by Senator Radoqno . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3294, offered by Senator Dillard . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill -- pardon me, 3321, offered by Senator Thomas Walsh . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3383, offered by Senator Karpiel . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3481, offered by Senator Thomas Walsh (sic) (Maitland). (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3494 , offered by Senator Molaro . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3500, offered by Senator O 'Ma11ey . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3514 , offered by Senator Walsh . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3515, offered by Senator Maitland. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3516 : offered by Senator Madigan . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3612, offered by Senator Maitland . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3753 : offered by Senator Thomas Walsh . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3793 , offered by Senator Fitzgerald . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3813, offered by Senator Madigan. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3843, offered by Senator Shadid . l08 i STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Leg islative Day Ap ril 1, 1998 (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 2503, offered by Senator Karpiel. (Secretary reads title of bill) E House Bill 2553, offered by Senator Butler. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 2656, offered by Senator Thomas Walsh . (Secretary reads title of bi11) House Bill 3030, offered by Senator Karpiel. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3173, offered by Senator Radogno . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3225 . (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3279 , offered by Senator Karp iel. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3339 , offered by Senator Karpiel. (Secretary reads title of bil1) House Bill 3341 , offered by Senator Dudycz. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3652, offered by Senator Dillard. (Secretary reads title of bill) House Bill 3835 , offered by Senator Peterson . (Secretary reads title of bill) And House Bill 3048, offered by Senator Shaw. (Secretary reads title of bill) lst Reading of those House bills. PRESIDING OFFICER : (SENATOR WATSON) Senator Philip, for what purpose do you rise? SENATOR PH ILIP : Purpose of an announcement, and rem ind the Members that tomorrow is the last day. We're going to come in at 9 a .m e, do the constitutional amendments , and hopefully get out of here l09  STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLV REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 91st Legislative Day April 1, 1998 early. So hope that everybody gets out of bed in the mornin: and gets down here on time. So without further ado, Mr. President.

PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WATSON) Sounds like you just moved that the Senate stand adjourned until 9 o 'clock tomorrow, Thursdayr April 2nd. Any further business? If not, then we will stand adjourned until 9 o'clock, Thursday. Have a good evening. 1l0 V .. . 6 * REPORT: TIFLDAY STATE OF ILLIKOIS 98/07/08 PAGE: 001 90TH GENERAL ASSEHBLY 11:3R:k2 SENZTE DAILY TRANSCRIPTION OF DEBATE INDEX APRIL 01, 1998 HB-03V9 FIRST READING PZGE 105 H8-2299 FIRST READING PZGE 106 ! H8-2306 FIRST READING PAGE 106 H8-2125 FIRST READING PAGE 106 HB-2R30 FIRST READING PZGE 106 H8-2466 FIRST REâDING PAGE 106 H8-2:85 FIRST READING PAGE 106 H8-2503 FIRST READING ' PAGE 109 - H8-2509 FIRST READING PAGE 106 H8-2553 FIRST READING PAGE 109 H8-2558 FIRST READING PAGE 106 H8-2565 FIRST READING PAGE 106 H8-2568 FIRST READING PAGE 106 HB-2570 FIRST READING PAGE 106 H8-2589 FIRST READING PAGE 106 H8-2633 FIRST READING PAGE 106 H8-2656 FIRST READING PAGE 109 H8-2668 FIRST READING PAGE 106 HB-2T29 FIRST READING PAGE 106 H8-2734 FIRST READING PAGE 106 ! HB-2T91 FIRST READING PAGE 107 H8-2818 FIRST READING PAGE 107 H8-2860 FIRST READING PAGE 10T H8-2908 FIRST READING PAGE 107 H8-2909 FIRST READING PAGE 107 HB-2910 FIRST READING PAGE 10T H8-3026 FIRST READING PAGE 107 HB-302T FIRST REàDING PAGE 107 H8-3028 FIRST READING PZGE 10T HB-3030 FIRST READING PâGE 109 HB-30V1 FIRST READING PâGE 10T HB-30V8 FIRST READING PAGE 109 H8-3158 FIRST READING PâGE 107 H8-3162 FIRST READING PâGE 107 . HB-3170 FIRST READING PAGE 107 HB-3173 FIRST READING PAGE 109 ! HB-3180 FIRST READIKG PAGE 107 H8-3225 FIRST READING PAGE 109 ( H8-3233 FIRST READING PAGE 107 HB-325i FIRST READIKG PAGE 10T H8-3279 FIRST READING PAGE 109 H8-3280 FIRST READING PAGE 108 H8-329) FIRST READING PAGE 108 H8-3321 FIRST READING PAGE 108 H8-3339 FIRST AEADING PAGE 109 H3-33:1 FIRST READING PAGE 109 H8 B-3383FIRST READING PAGE 108 I - 3481 FIRST READING PAGE 108 i HB-349V FIRST READING PAGE 108 ! HB-3500 FIRST READING PAGE 108 j HB-351V FIRST REZDING PZGE 108 H8-3515 FIRST READING PAGE 108 v 1 . H8-3516 FIRST READING PAGE 108 H8-3612 FIRST REàDING PAGE 108 H8-3652 FIRST READING PAGE 109 HB-3T53 FIRST READING PAGE 108 ' H8-3793 FIRST READING PAGE 108 H8-3813 FIRST READING PAGE 108 H8-3835 FIRST READING PAGE 109 H8-38:3 FIRST READING PAGE 108 SB-0499 THIRD READIKG PAGE 19 SB-07R3 RECALLED PAGE 19 SB-1028 SECOND READING PAGE T SB-1210 SECOND REZDING PZGE 8 . t . I g, '* * REPORT: TIFLDAY STATE OF ILLINOIS 98/07/08 ' PAGE: 0O2 90TH GEKERAL ASSEMBLY 11:3R:R2 SENATE DAILY TRAKSCRIPTION OF DEBATE INDEX APRIL 01, 1998 SB-1215 SECOND READTNG PAGE 8 SB-1217 THIRD READING PAGE 20 58-1223 THIHD READING PAGE 21 SB-1249 THIRD READING PAGE 22 i 58-1259 SECOND REâDING PAGE 9 1 SB-1280 THIRD READING PAGE 2) ' 58-1288 RECALLED PAGE 25 SB-1290 SECOND READING PAGE 11 SB-1306 THIRD READING PAGE 26 SB-13O8 THIRD READING PAGE 27 SB-1315 RECALLED PAGE 102 SB-1315 THIRD READING PAGE 3: SB-1315 HOTION PAGE 102 58-1328 THIRD READING PAGE 35 58-1335 SECOND READING PAGE 11 1 SB-13V9 RECALLED PAGE 11 : SB-1370 THIRD READING PAGE 42 SB-13T2 THIRD READING PAGE :3 SB-1380 THIRD READING PAGE VV 58-1386 RECALLED PAGE :5 SB-1R20 THIRD READING PAGE :6 SB-1:2R THIRD READING PAGE VT SB-1R2R OTHER PAGE 67 SB-1k28 THIRD READING PAGE 57 SB-1l30 THIRD READING PAGE 58 SB-1k51 THIRD READING PAGE 59 SB-1R55 THIRD READING PAGE 60 SB-1458 RECALLED PAGE 61 58-1463 SECOND READING PAGE 12 SB-1RT3 RECALLED PAGE 62 SB-1R99 THIRD READING PAGE 63 SB-1500 THIRD READING PAGE 6% 58-1528 RECALLED PAGE 65 SB-15R) RECALLED PAGE 66 58-1555 THIRD READING PAGE 61 58-1555 OTHER PAGE 76 58-1557 THIRD REàDING PAGE 68 58-1566 SECOND READING PAGE 13 SB-1567 RECALLED PàGE 69 58-1585 SECOND READING PàGE 18 SB-1591 THIRD READING PAGE T1 58-1592 THIRD READING PACE 75 ! sB-1612 RECALLED PAGE 76 : 58-1627 THIRD READING PAGE 11 y 58-1628 SECOND READING PAGE 1V i 58-1633 THIRD READING PZGE 78 SB-169k THIRD READING PAGE 19 l 58-1698 THIRD READING PAGE 85 , SB-ITOO RECALLED PAGE 101 SB-ITOI THIRD READING PAGE 86 : :8-1705 RECALLED PAGE 87 SB-171O THIRD READING PâGE 88 SB-1710 0VT OF RECORD PAGE 88 SB-1712 THIRD READING PAGE 88 SB-1713 RECALLED PAGE 90 SB-1750 SECOND READING PAGE 15 58-1756 THIRD READING PAGE 91 58-1833 OTHER PAGE 3 SB-1834 OTHER PAGE 3 58-1835 RECALLED PAGE 92 SB-18VO THIRD READING PAGE 93 58-1853 SECOND READING PAGE 15 SB-185R SECOND READING PAGE 18 SB-1860 SECOND REâDING PAGE 18  z <. à. q REPORT: TIFLDAY STATE OF ILLINOIS 98/07/08 PAGE: 003 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 11:3R:42 SENATE DAILY TRANSCRIPTION OF DEBATE INDEX APRIL 01, 1998 58-1878 RECALLED PAGE 94 SB-1884 RECALLED PAGE 95 58-1892 THIRD READING PAGE 96 58-1896 THIRD READING PZGE 96 . SB-189i 0UT OF RECORD PAGE 91 j SB-190k RECALLED PAGE 97 ( SB-1911 THIRD READING PZGE 99 ; 58-1938 THIRD READING PAGE 100 è SJR-0052 SECOND READING PAGE 5 SJR-0055 SECOND READING PAGE 6 5 SJR-0057 SECOND READING PAGE 105 SJR-005T DISCPSSED PAGE 5 SUBJECT MATTER SENATE TO ORDER-PRESIDENT PHILIP PAGE 1 PRAYER-FATHER JOHN SPREEN PAGE 1 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE-LED BY SENATOR SIEBEN PAGE 1 JODRNAL-POSTPONED PAGE 1 COHHITTEE REPORTS PAGE 2 MESSAGE FROH THE PRESIDENT PAGE 3 i COMHITTEE REPORTS PAGE 80 COHMUNICATION FROH SENATOR LINK PAGE 104 ! COHMUNICATION FROH SENATOR BOVLES PAGE 104 i COHMUNICATION FROH SENATOR OBAMA PAGE 104 q COHMUNICATIONS FROM HINORITY LEADER PAGE 10V j MESSAGES FROH THE HOPSE PAGE 105 1 ADJOKRNMENT PAGE 110 I I I 1 1 I