Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department's powers and duties.
Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates the Lincoln-Douglas Historic Tax Credit. Provides that a taxpayer is entitled to a credit of up to 25% of the qualified expenditures incurred by the taxpayer for a qualified rehabilitation of a historic structure located in a Lincoln-Douglas debate community. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: Other State Funds $267,689,800.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall develop and maintain a statewide or locally-based system to track and confirm when there is a change in the status of a trackable ballot. Provides that the term "trackable ballot" means a ballot that is: (1) mailed to a voter; and (2) deposited in the mail; or (3) deposited in a ballot box. Effective July 1, 2022.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Executive Ethics Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: General Funds $7,521,800; Other State Funds $2,545,500; Total $10,067,300.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department's powers and duties.
Creates the Bad Apples in Law Enforcement Accountability Act of 2021. Provides that a peace officer subjecting another person to the deprivation of individual rights is liable to the person for appropriate relief. Excludes sovereign immunity, statutory immunity, and statutory damages for claims brought under this provision. Provides that qualified immunity is not a defense to liability under this provision. Allows attorney's fees and costs to be awarded to the plaintiff. Provides that civil actions brought under this provision must be commenced within 5 years after the cause of action accrues. Requires units of local government to make public disclosures regarding judgments or settlements awarded under this provision. Determines what information is not required to be disclosed by the unit of local government. Fiscal Note (Illinois Court of Claims) The Illinois Court of Claims cannot provide an estimated cost to the State of Illinois if House Bill 1727 is passed. The Court has jurisdiction over State agencies, not individual State employees. It is not possible to forecast what future lawsuits may be filed, nor the facts surrounding the alleged events and/or potential awards by the Court.
Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes to provisions concerning credit for service while on a leave of absence from the police department and assigned or detailed to perform safety or investigative work. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act requiring an applicant to have been on a leave of absence from the police department of the city while assigned or detailed to perform investigative work for the department while employed as a civilian employee of the police department of the city are operative beginning January 1, 2021. Defines "investigative work". Provides that the board shall reconsider any application for credit for service for any active policeman assigned or detailed to perform safety or investigative work as an employee for the County of Cook (instead of an application for credit under the provisions), if the application was submitted between specified dates and was denied. Provides that no credit shall be granted for certain service while on a leave of absence or as a temporary police officer if the policeman has not, within 5 years after the date his application for credit has been approved, but prior to his date of retirement, made a specified contribution. Provides that it is the sole responsibility of the policeman to ensure that all sums contributed by the policeman have been received by the fund for the service credit for which the policeman has applied. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Universities Retirement System for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the School Code. Provides that at any time the State Board of Education moves to remove a nonpublic school's recognition status due to a perceived emergency situation being present at the nonpublic school, the State Board of Education shall file a notice of emergency rulemaking pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to adopt emergency rules that specifically detail the perceived emergency situation and its impact on students and school personnel. Effective immediately.
