Rep. Daniel J. Burke

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that in no event shall the local funding agreed to by a school district and a charter school be less than 97% or more than 103% (rather than less than 75% or more than 125%) of the school district's per capita student tuition multiplied by the number of students residing in the district who are enrolled in the charter school.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the sexual exploitation of children.

Creates the Municipal Financial Distress Alert System Act. Requires the State Comptroller to establish an index system to identify municipalities that are in or approaching financial distress. Provides that the Comptroller shall use the index system to indicate municipalities that have failed to submit annual audits or financial reports to the Comptroller as required by law. Requires the Comptroller to annually review audits and financial reports obtained under the Governmental Account Audit Act and publish a report identifying municipalities that are in or approaching financial distress. Defines terms.

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of the Lottery, beginning on January 1, 2019 or as soon thereafter as is practical, to offer a special instant scratch-off game to benefit police memorials. Provides that the net revenue from that game shall be divided equally for distribution into the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund, the Police Memorial Committee Fund, and the Illinois State Police Memorial Fund and shall be used to fund grants for building and maintaining memorials and parks; holding annual memorial commemorations; giving scholarships to children of officers killed or catastrophically injured in the line of duty, or those interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement; and providing financial assistance to police officers and their families when a police officer is killed or injured in the line of duty. Authorizes the Department to adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the game. Defines "net revenue". Effective immediately.

Admonishes the Humane Society of the United States for their misleading practices, including their disrespectful work culture and lack of commitment to supporting animals.

Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that the Secretary of State shall establish a system for grading corporations organized under the Act on the basis of the corporation's cost of fundraising, administrative expenses, and expenses for services for the corporation's designated clientele. Requires corporations to report to the Secretary information necessary for grading the corporations. Establishes minimum criteria for grading, including the corporation's cost of fundraising disregarding corporation revenue derived from investment income, sales proceeds, program service revenue, and other revenue derived as a result of activity other than fundraising. Provides that corporations failing to meet a minimum score shall be deemed ineligible for grants made available through the expenditure of State funds. Requires the Secretary to post the grading results on the Secretary's website.

Amends the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, and the Downstate Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act. Provides that no tax is imposed under the Acts on the renting, leasing, or letting of hotel rooms to the American Red Cross for the provision or coordination of disaster relief services. Effective immediately.

Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a police officer who previously participated in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) for service as a member of the police department of a municipality and was transferred to that municipality's police pension fund upon its creation under the Downstate Police Article shall, for the purposes of determining the applicable tier of benefits under that Article, be deemed to have become a police officer and member of that municipality's police pension fund on the date that he or she first participated in IMRF as a member of the police department of that municipality, notwithstanding whether that start date was before January 1, 2011. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section requiring courts to take judicial notice of sanitary districts.

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.