Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Requires members of and candidates for the General Assembly to disclose information concerning lobbying activities and representation cases on their statements of economic interests.
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a license required to engage in the business of making loans of money in a principal amount not exceeding $25,000.
Amends the Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In provisions dealing with records to be kept by scrap processors and recyclable metal dealers, replaces references to "scrap metals" with references to "recyclable metals". Effective January 1, 2008.
Amends the Payday Loan Reform Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Provides that a commercial or industrial operation that employs less than 5 employees in an armed capacity and that is approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may, but is not required to, register as a proprietary security force. Provides that an armed employee of an operation that elects to register may provide armed employee functions in the performance of his or her overall job duties and is not required to be employed with the operation as an armed employee on a full-time basis.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Allows an income tax credit for each individual taxpayer who is a teacher teaching in a school in Illinois. Provides that the amount of the credit is equal to 50% of the eligible classroom expenses made by the taxpayer during the taxable year, but the credit may not exceed $500. Defines "eligible classroom expenses" as the aggregate amount of nonreimbursed classroom expenses made by the taxpayer during the taxable year less $250. Provides that the credit may not be carried forward or back and may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit from 5% of the federal credit to: (i) 7.5% of the federal tax credit for taxable years ending in calendar year 2007; and (ii) 10% of the federal tax credit for taxable years ending in calendar year 2008 or thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits members of the General Assembly from being employed by the State, a municipality, or a unit of local government, with specified exceptions.
