Rep. Suzanne Bassi

Amends the Downstate Public Transportation Act, Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, Local Mass Transit District Act, and Regional Transportation Authority Act. Requires that seniors must be aged 65 or older, as well as eligible for benefits under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, to receive free service. Provides that the requirement must be imposed no later than 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Department of Aging shall furnish all information necessary to establish eligibility for free service. Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in Cook County, one or more contiguous townships may be disconnected from the county and may form a new county. Provides that the disconnection must be approved by referendum. Preempts home rule powers. Effective immediately.

Amends the Downstate Public Transportation Act, Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, Local Mass Transit District Act, and Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that senior citizens that are eligible for benefits under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act may receive services without charge (now, all senior citizens aged 65 or older).

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes a provision concerning side window tinting on multipurpose passenger vehicles and adds a provision providing that on vehicles where a nonreflective smoked or tinted glass that was originally installed by the manufacturer on the windows to the rear of the driver's seat, a nonreflective tint that allows at least 50% light transmittance may be used on the vehicle windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver. Provides that the use of a nonreflective, smoked, or tinted glass or nonreflective film is not allowed on the window's to the rear of the driver if window treatment has been applied to the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver. Makes other technical changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that a person may not drive a motor vehicle with any sign, poster, window application, reflective material, nonreflective material, or tinted film upon the front windshield, sidewings, or side windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver in a manner that allows less than 50% light transmittance (instead of completely prohibiting those items on those windows).

Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the maximum reduction under the General Homestead Exemption from $6,000 to $7,000 for taxable year 2010 and indexes the reduction to the Consumer Price Index. Effective immediately.

Creates the Employment Noncompete Agreement Act. Contains a finding that all employers have vested, protectable interests in their customers, clients, and identified prospects which are legitimately protectable through the use of noncompete agreements. Provides that a noncompete agreement between an employer and an employee that is specifically designed to impede the ability of an employee from competing with an employer upon the termination of the employment relationship is valid if it meets all of the following criteria: it must be in writing and be signed by both the employee and employer; it may prohibit any solicitation of an employer's existing customers, clients, identified prospective customers, and other employees during the period of any post-employment restriction period; and the duration of a post-employment restriction period must have a reasonable relationship to an employer's position and salary at the time of termination and may not exceed specified maximum periods based on annualized compensation. Provides that no specific or additional consideration is required to be paid by an employer to an employee to enforce a noncompete agreement. Contains provisions regarding remedies and applicability.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the alternative general homestead exemption applies on a permanent basis and increases the maximum amount of the exemption to $40,000 beginning in taxable year 2010. Removes an income limitation from the long-time occupant homestead exemption. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2010, for the purpose of calculating the long-time occupant homestead exemption, "adjusted homestead value" is the lesser of (i) the property's base homestead value increased by 7% for each taxable year after the base year through and including the current tax year or (ii) the property's equalized assessed value for the current tax year minus the general homestead deduction. Effective immediately.