Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to municipalities to fund infrastructure improvements to facilitate water supplies from Lake Michigan for residents of Cook County. Provides that, in making grants from the Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund, the Agency must prioritize water infrastructure projects in non-supplying municipalities in Cook County over water infrastructure projects in supplying municipalities in Cook County. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning captions.
Directs the Auditor General to make an additional report covering how City of Chicago School District 299 allocates funds to schools provided to City of Chicago School District 299 by the State Board of Education under the evidence-based funding provisions the School Code and through other appropriated funds to determine whether some schools have been receiving more resources than others. Provides that the additional report shall also cover the dropout rate per year of students, the number of students during the COVID-19 pandemic who are no longer enrolled in City of Chicago School District 299, how the school closures in 2013 affected funding and students, any additional plans to aid schools that are failing to provide an adequate education to their students, and any current plans to re-enroll students and assist students who have been impacted by the loss of in-person instruction during the pandemic. Provides that the additional report is not a formal examination of City of Chicago School District 299's accounting records, financial situation, or compliance with some other set of standards. Urges City of Chicago School District 299 to cooperate with the Auditor General in the creation of the Auditor General's additional report.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction for any amounts paid by the taxpayer's employer on behalf of the taxpayer as part of an educational assistance program. Creates an income tax deduction for any amounts paid by the taxpayer on behalf of an employee of the taxpayer as part of an educational assistance program. Provides that the deductions are limited to the first $5,250 of such assistance so furnished to any individual. Effective immediately.
Creates the Anti-Click Gambling Data Analytics Collection Act. Provides that no entity that operates a remote gambling platform or a subsidiary of the entity shall collect data from a participant with the intent to predict how the participant will gamble in a particular gambling or betting scenario. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In provisions requiring persons who are arrested for specified offenses to provide specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue, provides that those specimens shall be provided within 14 days after arrest (currently, indictment or preliminary hearing). Adds aggravated criminal sexual abuse and residential burglary to the list of qualifying offenses.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision of the IMRF Article concerning service credit for accumulated unused sick leave, provides that if the employee was in the service of more than one employer or regional office of education (instead of more than one employer), then sick leave days from all such employers shall be credited. Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2022, all regional superintendents of schools shall receive the same salary regardless of the population of the region they serve. Provides that the salary for all regional superintendents shall be equal to the highest annual salary tier. Makes a change concerning the posting of information on the institute fund. Repeals a provision of the Code that prohibits regional superintendents from practicing or from holding themselves out as practicing any other profession. Amends the School Construction Law. Authorizes the State Board of Education to make school maintenance project grants to regional offices of education and intermediate service centers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 230/5-100 In provisions amending the School Code, provides that the salary for all regional superintendents shall be equal to the middle (instead of highest) annual salary tier. Removes language amending the School Construction Law.
Amends the Redistricting Transparency and Public Participation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Congratulates Sheriff Roger Scott on his retirement on June 23, 2021 after over 50 years of faithful service with the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office. Declares June 23, 2021 as Sheriff Roger Scott Day.
Creates the Hydrogen Fuel Replacement Tax Credit Act. Provides that, for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2023, an income tax credit is allowed to eligible taxpayers in an amount equal to $1 per kilogram of eligible zero-carbon hydrogen used by the eligible taxpayer during the tax year for which a credit is sought. Provides for additional credits if the use of the zero-carbon hydrogen by the eligible taxpayer occurs in an environmental justice community or the eligible taxpayer uses contractors or employs labor at a project location in an equity investment eligible community. Provides that the total amount of tax credits to be allocated by the Department of Revenue to taxpayers for eligible zero-carbon hydrogen use occurring in the tax year ending during that State fiscal year shall not exceed $100,000,000, plus the amount of tax credits that were available to be allocated for eligible zero-carbon hydrogen use in the tax year ending during the prior State fiscal year but were not allocated. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for its FY 22 ordinary and contingent expenses.
