Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act and amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Requires the Department of Revenue to authorize an income tax credit to taxpayers who provide an endowment gift to a permanent endowment fund. Sets forth procedures and criteria for authorizing the credits. Provides that the aggregate amount of all credits that the Department of Revenue may authorize may not exceed $10,000,000 in 2021, $25,000,000 in 2022, or $50,000,000 in 2023 and each calendar year thereafter. Provides conditions for eligibility. Requires the Department of Revenue to make an annual report concerning the credits. Provides that the credit may be carried forward for 5 years. Exempts the credit from the Act's sunset provisions. Further amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to provide that provisions concerning the unrelated business taxable income of an exempt organization apply for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021 (currently, January 1, 2019). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Private College Campus Police Act. Provides that information and records in the custody or possession of a campus police department subject to the Act shall be open to inspection or copying to the extent the information and records relate to the members of the campus police department's exercise of the powers of municipal peace officers or county sheriffs. Lists the types of records that are and are not subject to inspection and copying. Sets forth provisions concerning record requests, and provides that any person denied access to any record required to be publicly available may file a request for review with the Office of the Attorney General Public Access Counselor.
Amends the Unsolicited Credit Card Act of 1977. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Repeals the statute creating the offense of criminal transmission of HIV. Makes conforming changes in the AIDS Confidentiality Act, the Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act, the Illinois Vehicle Code, the Criminal Code of 2012, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Effective immediately.
Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that beginning in levy year 2023, and in each year thereafter, the Forest Preserve District shall levy a tax annually at a rate on the dollar of the value of all taxable property within the county that will produce, when extended, an amount equal to no less than the amount of the Forest Preserve District's total required contribution to the Fund for the next payment year. Specifies the annual contribution for payment years 2023 through 2025. Provides that the retirement board shall retain an actuary who is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries to produce an annual actuarial report of the Fund, which shall include specified information. Provides that the minimum required employer contribution for a specified year as set forth in the annual actuarial report shall be the amount determined by the Fund's actuary to be equal to the sum of: (i) the projected normal cost for pensions for that fiscal year, plus (ii) a projected unfunded actuarial accrued liability amortization payment for pensions for the fiscal year, plus (iii) projected expenses for that fiscal year, plus (iv) interest to adjust for payment pattern during the fiscal year, minus (v) projected employee contributions for that fiscal year. Contains provisions concerning additional contributions; methods of calculating the required contribution; contributions for payment years after 2063; and property taxes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, as follows: Other State Funds $3,871,613,429; Federal Funds $31,492,407; Total $3,903,105,836.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the Chicago Municipal Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that unless the performance of an act or acts of duty results solely in the death of the employee, a compensation annuity or supplemental annuity shall not be paid. Provides that the death of any employee as a result of the exposure to and contraction of COVID-19, as evidenced by either (i) a confirmed positive laboratory test for COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies or (ii) a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 from a licensed medical professional, shall be rebuttably presumed to have been contracted while in the performance of an act or acts of duty and the employee shall be rebuttably presumed to have been fatally injured while in active service. Provides that the presumption shall apply to any employee who was exposed to and contracted COVID-19 on or after March 9, 2020 and on or before June 30, 2021. Provides that the presumption shall not apply if the employee was on a leave of absence from his or her employment or otherwise not required to report for duty at the physical work space generally assigned to the employee, including, but not limited to, working remotely, for a period of 14 or more consecutive days immediately prior to the date of contraction of COVID-19. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Time Standardization Act. Provides that daylight saving time shall be the year-round standard time of the entire State. Makes other changes.
Amends the Illinois Youthbuild Act. In language providing that the Secretary of Human Services shall make grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out approved Youthbuild programs, deletes language providing that the grantmaking is subject to appropriation. Effective July 1, 2021.
