Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Executive Ethics Commission may (rather than shall) appoint procurement compliance monitors. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Exempts certain contracts from the Code. Requires certain contracts concerning trade shows to be published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. Exempts certain processes used by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Re-enacts and makes changes to provisions concerning higher education and artistic and musical services procurement. Requires all State agencies to respond promptly in writing to the Procurement Policy Board. Provides that State purchasing officers owe a fiduciary duty to the State. Removes various duties of the procurement compliance monitors. Makes changes to provisions concerning multiple awards and bidding processes. Allows for the use of a pool of competitively-selected vendors. Creates certain provisions concerning best value procurement. Allows departments and institutions to purchase and equip off-road construction equipment utilizing the best value procurement process. Increases the limit of small purchases from $10,000 to $100,000. Allows a chief procurement officer to provide a bidder or offeror 5 days to comply with certain provisions of the Code concerning certification and registration with the State Board of Elections. Makes changes to provisions concerning prohibited bidders and reporting. Repeals provisions of the Code concerning exceptions to the Code and procurement communications reporting requirements. Makes other changes. Amends the Small Business Contracts Act, Governmental Joint Purchasing Act, and Illinois Human Rights Act to make other changes. Effective July 1, 2017, but this Act does not take effect at all unless Senate Bills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the 100th General Assembly become law.
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Mourns the death of Palmalea Rennie Taylor.
Recognizes the North Ridge Middle School boys basketball team, the Ridgerunners, on winning the 2017 Illinois Elementary School Association Eighth Grade Class 4A State Championship.
Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that the definition of "licensed establishment" includes any distillery where alcoholic liquor is drawn, poured, mixed, or otherwise served for consumption on the premises. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the governing body of a taxing district that is affected by a tornado disaster may by ordinance suspend the applicability of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law to that taxing district for a period of not more than 5 years after the tornado disaster occurs. Provides that, for the first levy year after the expiration of the suspension period, the district's aggregate extension base shall be the greater of (i) the district's aggregate extension in the previous levy year, subject to certain adjustments, or (ii) the district's aggregate extension for the levy year in which the natural disaster occurred, subject to those same adjustments. Effective immediately.
Honors the life of Dan Fogelberg and declares August 13, 2015 as "Dan Fogelberg Day" in the State of Illinois.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "high-end vehicle" as a vehicle having an estimated value of more than $50,000 at the time of initial registration. Provides that an owner of a high-end vehicle may choose to register the vehicle as a high-end vehicle for a fee twice the current standard registration fee. Provides that a high-end vehicle registration exempts the owner from placing a front license plate on the high-end vehicle.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that clustered precincts shall only have one set of election judges. Effective immediately.
Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Exempts from an eavesdropping violation recordings made simultaneously with the use of an in-car video camera or officer-worn camera (currently, an in-car video camera) recording of an oral conversation between a uniformed peace officer, who has identified his or her office, and a person in the presence of the peace officer whenever (1) an officer (deletes assigned a patrol vehicle) is conducting an enforcement stop; or (2) patrol vehicle emergency lights are activated or would otherwise be activated if not for the need to conceal the presence of law enforcement. Effective immediately.