Amends the State Finance Act. Exempts the State College and University Trust Fund and the University Grant Fund from the Act's administrative charge-back provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish by rule certain criteria for the certification of an exemption from certain additional charges added to the utility bills of a business enterprise that is located within an area designated by a county or a municipality as an enterprise zone under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act or located in a federally-designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone. Provides that any business enterprise that previously qualified for and received the exemption, but that was denied the exemption upon re-application, shall receive no more than one further exemption and shall only receive the exemption if it makes the level of capital investment or creates the number of full-time equivalent jobs expressly specified by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Authorizes local election authorities to establish programs in which Illinois college students may serve as election judges in precincts where they are not entitled to vote. Effective immediately.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on May 1, 2008 and through September 15, 2008, with respect to motor fuel and gasohol the tax under the Acts is imposed at the rate of 1.25% (now, 6.25%). Requires the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability to submit monthly reports to the General Assembly and the Governor on the savings to consumers of motor fuel in Illinois as a result of the reduced tax rate during the period from May 1, 2008 through September 15, 2008. Effective immediately.
Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning impounding dogs.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the LIHEAP Summer Cooling Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund may be used, subject to appropriation, only by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the purposes of the LIHEAP Summer Cooling Program. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Requires the Department of Revenue to pay into the LIHEAP Summer Cooling Program Fund 100% of the net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 6.25% rate on the selling price of motor fuel and gasohol. Requires that these payments begin the first month following the effective date of this amendatory Act and continue until the aggregate amount paid into that Fund under the Acts is $50,000,000. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act. Changes the definition of "mobile home" to mean a factory-assembled structure designed for permanent habitation, the purchase of which incurs tax liability under the Use Tax Act or the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and entitles the purchaser to a title to that dwelling. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations and reappropriations to the University of Illinois for various purposes, including for ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2008.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Awards a homestead exemption in the amount of $5,000 to disabled persons who meet certain requirements, including having an adjusted gross income of less than $16,000. Makes corresponding changes to cross-references in the provisions concerning certification, certificate of errors, and delinquency notices. Amends the Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, the County Economic Development Project Area Property Tax Allocation Act, the County Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1991, the Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1995, and the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act and the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law of the Illinois Municipal Code. Deducts the exemption from assessed value calculations for entities that have adopted tax increment allocation financing under these provisions. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to provide that an individual under a deportation order is ineligible for the disabled persons homestead exemption. Preempts home rule. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
