Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law, the Department of Transportation Law, the State Fire Marshal Act, and the Environmental Protection Act. Requires that the rulemaking processes of the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation, the State Fire Marshal, the Pollution Control Board, and the Environmental Protection Agency include a process for expediting the issuance of permits and licenses for clean coal projects. Authorizes these State agencies to engage the experts and additional resources that are reasonably necessary for implementing this expedited process. Provides that the expedited process applies only upon the request of the applicant and that any additional costs for using that process shall be borne by the applicant. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a reduction for property that is owned and occupied as the principal residence of the surviving spouse of a veteran who is killed in the line of duty. Provides that the reduction is $5,000 for the taxable year in which the veteran dies and $5,000 for the next taxable year. Effective immediately.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, with respect to sales of cellular telephones and other wireless cellular devices, the terms "selling price" and "gross receipts" do not include consideration paid by a third-party cellular service provider. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Provides that nursing facility services billed by an intermediate or long-term care facility owned by a unit of local government shall be eligible for interest payments under the same terms and conditions applicable to nursing facility services billed by intermediate and long-term care facilities in general. Provides that intermediate and long-term care facilities may not be excluded from receiving prompt payment interest based on the fact that the facility is operated by a unit of local government. Effective immediately.
Urges the Department of Central Management Services to extend the benefit choice period to allow open enrollment in a health plan until a date no earlier than September 1, 2011 that occurs after the resolution of all pending protests, COGFA action, legal proceedings, or audits of the procurement process used to select plan administrators.
Creates the Task Force on Farmers' Markets, the purpose of which is to review the implementation of Acts that define which products and practices are permitted and which products and practices are not permitted at farmers' markets and other outdoor food sale events.
Urges the Department of Central Management Services (i) to compile a list of members of State boards and commissions who receive healthcare benefits through the State Employees Group Insurance Plan and (ii) to report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly within 30 days after the adoption of the resolution.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if a person turns 70 years of age or older during the taxable year and he or she qualified for a Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption or a Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption in the previous taxable year, then the person qualifying need not reapply for the exemption. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that an area is qualified to become an enterprise zone if it comprises not more than 18 square miles (now, 12 square miles). Provides that an enterprise zone shall be in effect for 55 years (now, 30 years). Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to certify an additional 10 enterprise zones between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2022. Requires each Zone Administrator to post a copy of the enterprise zone boundaries on its website and to collect and aggregate certain information. Amends the Corporate Accountability for Tax Expenditures Act. Changes the definitions of "full-time, permanent job" and "retained employee". Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Eliminates the job tax credit for a taxpayer conducting business operations in an enterprise zone. Eliminates the deduction for dividends that were paid by a corporation which conducts business operations in an enterprise zone. Eliminates the deduction for interest income from a loan or loans secured by property which is eligible for the Enterprise Zone Investment Credit. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning retired teacher benefits.