Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that for each rule proposed to be adopted by the State Board of Education impacting the operations of any school district, any interested person may request the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to determine whether the proposed rule is a State mandate. Provides that if the Joint Committee determines that the proposed rule is a State mandate, then the running of all periods under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act shall be tolled, and no Certificate of No Objection may be issued for the rule, until the rule has been approved by a joint resolution of the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Labor for the purpose of purchasing a building or renovating an existing building to be used for the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Center Program. Effective July 1, 2022.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Removes a provision that repeals the internet program for the sale of lottery tickets on July 1, 2022. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, as follows: Other State Funds $277,054,500.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that electors of President and Vice President of the United States shall be chosen by congressional district. Provides that 2 electors at large shall cast their ballot for the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate that received the highest number of votes in the State.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. Beginning July 1, 2021, provides that an individual who holds a Professional Educator License or an Educator License with Stipulations (including an individual who has not been entitled by an Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution of higher education) may apply for a refund of the required application fee after 12 months of issuance and shall be issued a refund by the State Board of Education if the individual provides evidence that the individual has taught at a school district for at least 12 months. Effective immediately.
Removes Auditor General Frank J. Mautino from office.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Creates the Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force Act. Creates the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force (Task Force) to implement, monitor, and maintain an equitable allocation of Rental Housing Support Program funds across the State. Provides that the Task Force shall also develop more level funding allocations based on data released by the United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census. Contains provisions on the composition of the Task Force; the deadline for appointing members; Task Force vacancies; nonvoting members; and other matters. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall provide staff and administrative services to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to meet not less than 6 times after the effective date of the Act. Requires the Task Force to submit a report to the General Assembly no later than March 31, 2022. Provides that the report must delineate the Task Force's findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved, and the Act is repealed, on March 31, 2023. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for the 2020 and 2021 taxable years only, the county board of each county shall, by ordinance or resolution, adopt a method of tax billing which allows for taxes to be paid in 4 installments if the county board has declared a local disaster as provided in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act related to the COVID-19 public health emergency during any part of the taxable year. Effective immediately.
