Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public schools, public universities, and public community colleges in Illinois. Provides that an employee of a school district, public university, or community college district who has been employed for at least 12 months and who has worked at least 1,000 hours in the previous 12-month period shall be eligible for family and medical leave under the same terms and conditions as leave provided to eligible employees under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that Juneteenth National Freedom Day shall be observed on June 19 of each year as a holiday throughout the State (currently, not a holiday and is observed on the third Saturday of June of each year). Provides that when June 19 falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be held and considered the holiday. Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act to include Juneteenth National Freedom Day as a holiday. Effective immediately. Fiscal Note (Dept. of Central Management Services) Senate Bill 1965 will not require additional resources. Salaries will be paid, whether on holiday or at work. What is lost is productivity. If that equates to the cost of salaries, then CMS Bureau of Personnel's estimate is $11.3M statewide.
Amends the School Code. With regard to teacher evaluations, provides that no later than September 1, 2022, each school district must establish a teacher evaluation plan that ensures that each teacher in contractual continued service whose performance is rated as either "excellent" or "proficient" is evaluated at least once in the course of the 3 school years after receipt of the rating (rather than at least once in the course of every 2 school years) and establish an informal teacher evaluation plan that ensures that each teacher in contractual continued service whose performance is rated as either "excellent" or "proficient" is informally evaluated at least once in the course of the 2 school years after receipt of the rating. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/24A-7 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7 105 ILCS 5/34-85c Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill with the following changes. Requires a school district to implement (rather than establish) an informal teacher observation plan (rather than an informal teacher evaluation plan); makes related changes. In provisions concerning the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, provides that the Council shall meet until June 30, 2024 (instead of June 30, 2021). Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code to provide that no later than September 1, 2022, the school district must establish a teacher evaluation plan that ensures that each teacher in contractual continued service whose performance is rated as either "excellent" or "proficient" is evaluated at least once in the course of the 3 school years after receipt of the rating and establish an informal teacher observation plan that ensures that each teacher in contractual continued service whose performance is rated as either "excellent" or "proficient" is informally observed at least once in the course of the 2 school years after receipt of the rating.
Creates the High-Speed Railway Commission Act. Prescribes the membership of the Commission. Provides that the Commission shall create a statewide plan for a high-speed rail line and feeder network connecting St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago, Illinois that includes current existing Amtrak and Metra services, connects the cities of Rockford, Moline, Peoria, and Decatur, and uses inter-city bus service to coordinate with the rail line. Provides that the Commission shall conduct a ridership study and shall make findings and recommendations concerning a governance structure, the frequency of service, and implementation of the plan. Provides that the Commission shall report to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than December 31 of each year. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall provide administrative support to the Commission. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2027. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds language including representatives from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (rather than the Municipal Planning Organization), the Region 1 Planning Council, the McLean County Regional Planning Commission, and the East-West Gateway Council of Governments as members of the High-Speed Railway Commission.
Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that in order to humanely reduce the feral cat population in the State, the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois may provide guidance for the operation of programs for trapping, neutering or spaying, vaccination and return or release of feral cats. Provides that no other State agency has any jurisdiction over feral cats. Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: 510 ILCS 5/3.6 new Adds reference to: 510 ILCS 5/2.11c 510 ILCS 5/3.5 510 ILCS 5/9 from Ch. 8, par. 359 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Deletes a provision concerning feral cat jurisdiction and sterilization. Replaces certain references to spaying or neutering animals to "sterilizing" those animals.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, with respect to the supporting documentation required to obtain a plate for a veteran with a disability, the Secretary of State shall allow an applicant to redact information on the documentation that pertains to the nature of the applicant's health issue. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the contents of the introduced bill, and makes the following change: provides that the Secretary of State may require an applicant to disclose information necessary to confirm that the applicant's disability is service-connected or to establish the degree of the applicant's service-connected disability. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and support, subject to appropriation, entrepreneurship assistance centers, including the issuance of grants, at career education agencies and not-for-profit corporations. Provides criteria for the selection and designation of centers. Provides requirements for the establishment and operation of each center. Provides requirements for grant applicants. Provides reporting requirements. Defines terms.
Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. Removes a provision requiring a person to pass an examination as authorized by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to be qualified to be licensed as a licensed social worker. Makes corresponding changes.
Amends the Illinois Trust Code. Moves the definitions of "appointive property" and "permissible appointee" from the Trust Decanting Article and the Uniform Powers of Appointment Law to the definitions Section for the entire Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning: definitions; default and mandatory rules; governing law; nonjudicial settlement agreements; representation; representation by holders of certain powers; trust creation; trusts created in other jurisdictions; trusts for domestic animals; modifications to achieve settlor's objectives; creditor claims; revocation by divorce or annulment; directed trusts; the trustee's duty to inform and account; distribution upon termination; life insurance; conversion by agreement; trust decanting; powers of appointment; and applicability. In the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, changes a cross-reference to the Illinois Trust Code. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 405 ILCS 5/3-819 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-819 405 ILCS 5/5-105 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 5-105 750 ILCS 5/513.5 In the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, makes additional changes to cross-references to the Illinois Trust Code. In the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, changes a reference to a "special needs trust" to a reference to a "trust for a beneficiary with a disability".
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Repeals provisions regarding transfer of power; transfer of personnel; transfer of property; and rules and standards. Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Changes the definition of "virtual currency". Provides that a money order is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner 3 (rather than 7) years after issuance. Provides that virtual currency is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner 5 years after the last indication of interest in the property. Provides that a business association who has no reportable property shall so report to the administrator under specified circumstances. Provides that the administrator does not need to notify the Department of Revenue of the names or social security numbers of apparent owners of abandoned property if the administrator reasonably believes that the Department of Revenue will be unable to provide information that would provide sufficient evidence to establish that the person in the Department of Revenue's records is the apparent owner of unclaimed property in the custody of the administrator. Includes a provision regarding identification of apparent owners of abandoned property using other State databases. Provides that if property reported to the administrator is virtual currency, the holder shall liquidate the virtual currency and remit the proceeds to the administrator. Makes changes to provisions regarding: when tax-deferred and tax-exempt retirement accounts presumed abandoned; United States savings bonds; crediting income or gain to owner's account; and action by a person whose claim is denied. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 765 ILCS 1026/15-905 Provides that the Secretary of State may (rather than shall) provide the Treasurer with the last known address as it appears in its respective records of any person reasonably believed to be the apparent owner of abandoned property. Provides that any warrants issued by the Comptroller pursuant to a voucher from the Treasurer to pay an owner that are not presented to the Treasurer within 12 months of the date of issuance shall be void, but the funds shall not escheat to the State and shall instead be redeposited in the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund. Provides that the Treasurer shall be responsible for any tax reporting required by federal law related to payments under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adds reference to: 765 ILCS 1026/15-210 765 ILCS 1026/15-1002.1 765 ILCS 1026/15-1004 765 ILCS 1026/15-1401 765 ILCS 1026/15-1402 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following changes: Further amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that a money order is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner 5 (rather than 3) years after issuance. Provides that any instrument on which a financial organization or business association is directly liable, other than a money order, is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner 3 years after issuance. Makes changes concerning the time and circumstances under which financial organization deposits are presumed abandoned. Makes changes in provisions governing extending the reporting date of certain reported renewable time deposits. Deletes language requiring a holder to inform the State Treasurer, as administrator, to provide a telephone number that persons may call to inquire about or claim property. Provides that the State Treasurer may, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice: (1) examine the records of specified types of financial organizations under certain conditions; (2) issue an administrative subpoena requiring the financial organization to make records available for examination; and (3) bring an action seeking judicial enforcement of the subpoena. Provides that records obtained in examinations of State-regulated financial organizations are subject to the same provisions concerning use and confidentiality as records obtained in examinations of other persons. Makes other changes. Adds an immediate effective date. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Provides that a time deposit for which the owner has not consented to automatic renewal of the time deposit is presumed abandoned 3 years after the later of maturity or the date of the last indication of interest in the property by the apparent owner (instead of "3 years after the date of last indication of interest in the property by the apparent owner").
Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that when a future entrant who is not subject to the compulsory retirement age withdraws from service and is at least age 63, his or her age and service annuity shall be fixed as of the age he or she withdraws from service. Makes conforming changes. In a provision concerning contribution refunds, removes an age limitation on eligibility for a refund. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 740 ILCS 45/1 Adds reference to: 70 ILCS 1235/15 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Park Commissioners Land Sale Act. Provides that the Bensenville Park District may sell up to 125 acres of the White Pines Golf Course owned by the District if: (i) the board of commissioners of the Bensenville Park District authorizes the sale by a four-fifths vote of the commissioners in office at the time of the vote; and (ii) the sale price equals or exceeds the average of 3 independent appraisals commissioned by the Bensenville Park District. Repeals the provisions on January 1, 2023. Effective immediately.
