Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, provides that, beginning in tax year 2023, if the veteran has a service connected disability of 70% or more, and his or her property has an equalized assessed value that is equal to or greater than the maximum allowable amount for the tax year, then the property is considered qualified property and is exempt from taxation under the Code up to the maximum allowable amount for the tax year. Indexes the maximum allowable amount to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index. Effective immediately.
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Delivery Service Regulation Act. Limits fees that third-party delivery services may charge with respect to deliveries from restaurants and grocery stores. Requires a discount of fees for grocery deliveries in food deserts. Provides for the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to conduct a study on the provision of services, including transportation services, and fees of third-party delivery services. Defines terms.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish women's health clinics throughout the State to provide affordable health care for women. Requires the services provided at the women's health clinic to be offered at an affordable price and to include specified services, including women's health examinations, pregnancy confirmation, prenatal care, labor and delivery services, postpartum care, family planning examinations and birth control services, and care for sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that an individual who is added to the Department of Human Services's Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services (PUNS) database before the age of 18 years must be selected from the PUNS database within 5 years after the individual is added. Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that a person is eligible for transition services through age 23, which means the day before the person's 24th birthday, unless the person's 24th birthday occurs during the school year, in which case the person is eligible for transition services through the end of the school year (rather than providing that a public school's responsibility for delivering educational services does not extend beyond the time the student leaves school or when the student's eligibility ends due to age under the Article); makes related changes, including in the Children and Family Services Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, and the Illinois Procurement Code. Effective immediately.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Election Code. Makes changes to identification requirements for certain applications with the Secretary of State to serve as a dual-purpose application (to allow the applicant to register to vote or change the applicant's registered residence address or name as it appears on voter registration rolls). Provides that if an applicant provides the Secretary of State with an identification document demonstrating a lack of United States citizenship, the application shall not serve as a dual-purpose application. Provides that an agency that does not collect or cross-references reliable personal information indicating citizenship status may enter into an agreement with the State Board of Elections to transmit information that shall serve only to update an applicant's existing voter registration record. Allows the agency to transmit information on all clients who may be registered to vote with a clear indication that the information shall be used only for updates. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to, as permitted by applicable federal law, implement an automatic voter registration system for applicants for Illinois Medicaid no later than July 1, 2023. Makes other and conforming changes throughout the Code and in the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Labor Relations Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, as follows: General Funds $2,155,400.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Code does not apply to the leasing of State-owned facilities by a wireless carrier. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates credit for the cost of equipment and materials used in the business of providing broadband services in a county in the State with a population of fewer than 40,000 people or a township in the State with a population density of less than 50 households per square mile in a county with a population of less than 300,000 people. Provides that the credit does not apply to equipment and materials placed in service after December 31, 2026. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act to exempt equipment and materials used to provide broadband services in a county in the State with a population of fewer than 40,000 people or a township in the State with a population density of less than 50 households per square mile in a county with a population of less than 300,000 people. Effective immediately.
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources under the Act.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Innovation and Technology for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: General Funds $15,000,000; Other State Funds $655,000,000; Total $670,000,000.
