Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to provide for a program by which both halal and kosher food options are offered in public school cafeterias by request. Provides further requirements concerning the provision of halal and kosher food in public schools. Amends the Halal Food Act. Defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any State-owned or State-operated facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale also shall offer, upon request provided with reasonable notice, halal food options at the State-owned or State-operated facility. Provides that any halal food product offered shall be certified as halal by a State-approved organization or purchased from a State-approved halal-certified vendor. Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor shall be subject to penalties under the Act. Provides for the adoption of rules. Provides that the amendatory provisions shall not infringe upon or affect any obligation in a contract entered into and in effect on or before the amendatory Act's effective date. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food options at State facilities, defines "kosher", and provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food services is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Effective June 1, 2024.
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Judges Retirement System of Illinois for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to Northeastern Illinois University for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the Counties Code, Township Code, and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a zoning ordinance or other zoning regulation may not prohibit or restrict the erection of an industrialized residential structure or a manufactured home on real property, provided that: (1) an industrialized residential structure or manufactured home is compatible with the character of a respective district; (2) regulations impose the same aesthetic compatibility requirements on an industrialized residential structure or manufactured home that are applicable to all residential structures in the respective district; and (3) an industrialized residential structure or manufactured home meets applicable standards for the exterior design of buildings and structures. Limits home rule powers.
Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Amends the Board and Care Home Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning exemptions from other Acts.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that provisions concerning notice to terminate or cut off service or supply apply to any public utility, two or more public utilities, or broadband service providers (rather than any public utility or two or more public utilities furnishing electricity or gas for space heating during specified months). Provides that specified notice shall be delivered at least 7 calendar days prior to the termination of service or supply. Provides that no public official to whom notice is given shall be liable for death, injury, or damages resulting from cut-off of public utility (rather than electricity or gas) service or supply. Effective August 1, 2022.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide on its website a central repository for new and existing businesses with specified business-related content. Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Contains provisions concerning certification and decertification of Enterprise Zones. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes changes concerning the angel investment credit. Provides for a credit for taxpayers who hire full-time employees to fill positions at a location in a county with fewer than 250,000 inhabitants. Amends the Technology Development Act. Removes a provision limiting investment in funds created by an Illinois venture capital firm. Provides that distributions from a TDA II-Recipient Fund, in an amount not to exceed the commitment amount and total distributions received, may be reinvested into a specified account without being counted against the 5% cap. Provides that specified moneys in the Technology Development Fund may be provided as grants to technology businesses in order to foster, accelerate, and scale technology innovation in Illinois. Modifies the term "technology business" to expand the meaning of technology oriented or emerging activity. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Appropriates the sum of $500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for grants to the International Pentecostal Assemblies Ecumenical Community Academy for costs associated with the S.N.A.P (Speaking, Networking, Attitude, and Process) program. Effective July 1, 2021.
