Rep. Bill Mitchell

Amends the Prompt Payment Act. Provides that any bill submitted under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code approved for payment must be paid or the payment issued to the payee within 30 days (now, 60 days) of receipt of a proper bill or invoice, and, if payment is not issued to the payee within this 30-day period, an interest penalty of 2.0% (now, 1.0%) of any amount approved and unpaid shall be added for each month or fraction thereof after the end of this 30-day period, until final payment is made.

Amends the Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Banking on Illinois Act. Makes a change concerning declarations of policy to provide that by ensuring a favorable environment for banks to commence and operate their businesses from this State, more newly created community banks and merging banks will choose to maintain or retain their headquarters in or (now, and) relocate their main banking offices to Illinois. Provides that it is the purpose of the Act to encourage and provide a favorable environment in Illinois for the chartering and operating of banks that locate and maintain main banking headquarters (now, offices) in this State. Authorizes a State or federally chartered bank that maintains its main banking headquarters in this State to offer a credit product to Illinois residents under the same terms and conditions that an out-of-state bank may offer the credit product to Illinois residents. Requires any bank offering such a credit product to provide written notice to the Director of the Division of Banks and Real Estate in the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of its intent to offer the product. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Economic Opportunity Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if a municipality has imposed a municipal occupation tax, then the corporate authorities of that municipality may, by ordinance, provide that the tax does not apply with respect to the sale of motor fuel or specific types of motor fuel, and a referendum is not required to reimpose the tax at the same or at a lower rate with respect to that motor fuel. Provides that if a municipality imposes a motor-fuel tax, the corporate authorities may, by ordinance, discontinue or lower the rate of the tax, and a referendum is not required to reimpose the tax at the same rate or at a lower rate.

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Urges the USDA to reconsider the FSA office consolidations and urges the U.S. Congress to increase the USDA FSA appropriations.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for theft of public funds.

Resolves that until sufficient funding is appropriated to bring the Medicaid payments cycle down to an average of 30 days and pensions are funded based on a funding schedule consistent with the guidelines of the original 1995 Pension Funding Law, future budgets should not contain appropriations for member initiatives or special add-on projects benefiting only a small portion of the State.

Amends the Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code to allow appointed sanitary district trustees to elect to cease participating in the Fund with respect to that office. Allows nonparticipating trustees to receive a retirement annuity from the Fund while still serving as trustees. Effective immediately.