Appropriates $6,700,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for a grant to the Village of Homer to fulfill the purposes of the Unsewered Communities Grant Program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to establish and maintain the Illinois New Employee Portal on its official website. Specifies the information to be included on the searchable database concerning State employees hired after the bill's effective date.
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the student member of the board of trustees of a community college district may serve for only one term.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning municipal adoption by reference of the county subdivision code.
Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that a pet shop operator who, through a sale at retail, transfers ownership of a dog or cat to a purchaser may not purchase a dog or cat from a dog dealer, cat dealer, or pet shop operator that must be, but is not, licensed under the Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility shall not, unless certain requirements are met, adopt out a cat or dog that has not been sterilized and microchipped. Provides than an animal shelter or animal control facility may only release an animal to a person representing an animal shelter if certain requirements are met. Provides that a purchaser who, through a sale at retail, acquires ownership of a dog or cat is entitled to certain specified remedies if certain requirements are met. Increases penalties for certain violations. Makes other changes. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that the pet shop operator, dog dealer, or cat dealer that makes the sale at retail of a cat or dog commits a violation of the Act if it does not, under certain circumstances, provide a purchaser with remedies to which he or she is entitled. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in addition to or instead of publishing any property tax assessment in a newspaper, a county of less than 3,000,000 may publish the assessment on its Internet website. Sets forth requirements for the Internet publication.
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a will may be renounced by the testator's surviving spouse, but only if the will contains a provision for the benefit of the surviving spouse. Provides that if a will is renounced by the testator's surviving spouse (instead of if a will is renounced by the testator's surviving spouse whether or not the will contains any provision for the benefit of the surviving spouse), the surviving spouse is entitled to the following share of the testator's estate after payment of all just claims: 1/3 of the entire estate if the testator leaves a descendant or 1/2 of the entire estate if the testator leaves no descendant.
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a teacher to establish service credit for service in an amount not greater than 5 years for employment by the New York School for the Deaf if such employment occurred before January 1, 1975. Requires payment of employee and employer contributions, plus interest.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that the Board may issue one additional owners license that authorizes the conduct of riverboat gambling in the City of Danville subject to a license fee of $150,000,000 paid in equal annual payments over 10 years. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. In a provision concerning tax exemptions for charitable purposes, sets forth requirements that a hospital must meet to be deemed to be actually and exclusively used for charitable purposes. Effective immediately.
