Amends the Technology Development Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Modifies provisions concerning design-bid-build construction and requirements concerning the use of the single prime procurement delivery method for specified building construction projects. Requires notice of specified procurement contracts with an annual specified value to be published in the appropriate procurement bulletin. Amends the Design-Build Procurement Act. Provides that the term "State construction agency" as used in the Act includes institutions of higher education. Extends repeal of the Act to January 1, 2024. Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Provides that the State (rather than the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council) shall support and encourage that 10% of food and food products purchased by entities funded in part or in whole by State dollars be local farm or food products. Provides that all State agencies and State-owned facilities that purchase food and food products shall publish on their applicable procurement bulletin their farm or food purchases for the recently completed fiscal year. Provides that the first published report shall be due no later than January 1, 2023 and represent fiscal year 2022 purchases. Provides that a report shall be due each January 1 thereafter and be published on a form prescribed by each applicable Chief Procurement Officer. Removes provisions concerning the creation, responsibilities, and governance of the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council. Amends the Commission to End Hunger Act to make a conforming change concerning the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the Department of Human Rights shall establish a reasonable opportunity to cure any noncompliance with public contract requirements regarding equal employment opportunities and affirmative action by a bidder prior to the awarding of a contract. Extends repeal and inoperative dates. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Uniform Arbitration Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the limiting rate shall be calculated using the highest aggregate extension from any year in which the taxing district was subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (currently, the last 3 preceding levy years). Provides that an aggregate extension established for a levy year in which the taxing district was authorized to temporarily increase its limiting rate or its extension limitation may not be used.
Creates the Consumers and Climate First Act. Provides that it is the policy of the State of Illinois to transition to 100% clean energy by 2050. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Expands the information required to be provided on a statement of economic interests to include employment by a public utility. Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. In provisions relating to High Impact Businesses, expands the definition of "new electric generating facility" to include a new utility scale solar power facility. Amends the Energy Policy and Planning Act. Expands the legislative findings to include climate change in the problems to be addressed by the State's energy policy. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that it is the policy of the State of Illinois to transition to 100% clean energy by 2050, authorizes actions and programs in support of the policy including the Illinois Solar for All Program. Defines "clean energy". Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Authorizes procurement expenditures necessary for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to contract with a firm to perform audits under the Public Utilities Act. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code to create the Non-Home Rule Municipal Gas Use Tax Law. Provides that a non-home rule municipality may impose a tax on the privilege of using or consuming gas acquired in a purchase at retail and used or consumed within the corporate limits of the municipality. Defines "gas" and other terms. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Increases the amounts that public utilities must spend to implement energy efficiency measures targeted at low-income households. Prohibits deposits and late payment fees for low-income residential customers and applicants. Restricts the use of credit card convenience fees. Requires all public utilities to annually report the number of disconnections for nonpayment and reconnections according to specified criteria. Provides for an annual audit of the finances of all nuclear power plants operating in Illinois. Provides for specified electric utilities to prepare and file a distribution system investment plan that meets specified requirements no later than June 1, 2022. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that an apparent owner's interest in property includes a deposit into or withdrawal from an account at a financial organization, including (rather than except for) a recurring Automated Clearing House debit or credit previously authorized by the apparent owner, except for (rather than or) an automatic reinvestment of dividends or interest.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Employment Security for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the Ejectment Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a plaintiff is entitled to recover either the profits received by the defendant or lost by the plaintiff. Provides that the jury in an ejectment action may assess damages in the amount of mesne profits lost by the plaintiff (in addition to those received by the defendant) since the defendant entered into possession of the premises.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol for its FY23 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2022.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires managed care organizations (MCOs) to participate in the Non-Emergency Transportation Services Prior Approval Program (NETSPAP) established under the Code beginning 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Requires each MCO to submit through NETSPAP for adjudication every unpaid non-emergency transportation claim incurred since January 1, 2012; and requires a NETSPAP contractor to adjudicate such claims without regard to any deadlines for submission or processing that are otherwise applicable. Provides that all non-emergency ambulance service providers seeking reimbursement for prior claims must submit documentation of the transport no later than 150 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that upon receipt of approval from the NETSPAP contractor, each MCO shall process and pay all approved claims within 30 days, without requiring any further action by the non-emergency transportation services provider; and that any denial of reimbursement by the NETSPAP contractor may be appealed. Provides that any costs incurred in connection with the review of claims by the NETSPAP contractor are the sole responsibility of the MCO. Provides that MCOs shall not unreasonably refuse to contract with ground ambulance services providers and medi-car services providers, shall not unreasonably restrict access to and the availability of ground ambulance services and medi-car services, and shall ensure that recipients of benefits provided under the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' programs are not liable for ground ambulance services and medi-car services expenses consistent with federal law and specified provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code and the Illinois Administrative Code. Effective immediately.
