Rep. Jay Hoffman

Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Provides that language allowing the disbursement of certain federal funds by corporate authorities applies to an airport authority with responsibility over an airport that carried out 20,000 or more flight operations in any calendar year prior to 2020, in addition to any municipality or any political subdivision of more than 500,000 inhabitants.

Amends the Ticket Sale and Resale Act. Revises the nomenclature used in the Act. Provides for the regulation of primary sellers and venues (rather than a theater, circus, baseball park, and place of public entertainment or amusement). Provides for resale marketplaces instead of Internet auction sites. Prohibits the restriction of the ability of a purchaser to resell tickets. Provides alternative refund provisions for primary sellers and resale marketplaces that include store credits, time limits, and discounts on future events. Adds a provision concerning refund alternatives for ticket order cancellations and postponements due to events caused by epidemics and pandemics. Changes penalties for violating the Act. Defines terms. Makes other changes.

Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Creates a deferred retirement option plan (DROP) for a member who is otherwise eligible to retire under the Article; is a State policeman; holds the rank of trooper, special agent, or sergeant; and makes an election to participate in the DROP on or before January 1, 2027. Provides that a participant in the DROP may elect to participate for a period of time not to exceed 5 years. Provides that the System shall process the election and shall begin to make payments into an account on behalf of the member equal to the monthly amount of retirement annuity the member would otherwise be eligible to receive had the member retired on the date of the election to participate in the DROP. Provides that any automatic annual increases that would have otherwise been applied to the member's benefit had the member elected to retire instead of participate in the DROP shall accrue to the member's monthly payment placed into the account prior to the expiration of the DROP and shall otherwise apply to the member's annuity upon expiration of the DROP. Provides that after expiration of the DROP, control of the account shall transfer to the member. Provides that an expiration of a DROP may not occur after January 1, 2032. Contains provisions concerning financial service providers; selections governing the interest or investments; management of the account; and transfer of the account.

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. In provisions concerning stallions that qualify for Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund breeding, removes language requiring the stallion to be owned by a resident of Illinois or a corporation in which all shareholders, directors, officers, and incorporators are residents of Illinois. Removes language prohibiting semen from being transported outside of Illinois. Removes language requiring the stallion's owner to be a resident of Illinois the previous 12 months. Removes language requiring that certain agreements for ownership or transfer of interest in a stallion must restrict ownership or transfer of interest to a resident of Illinois. Removes the requirement that the mare be inseminated within the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that dormitories, residence halls, and other housing facilities, whether owned by the school or not, are exempt if: (1) the dormitory, residence hall, or other housing facility is approved by the school; (2) the dormitory, residence hall, or other housing facility is owned and operated by a nonprofit organization; and (3) the dormitory, residence hall, or other housing facility is occupied in whole or in part as living quarters by students who belong to fraternities, sororities, or other campus organizations. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Oil and Gas Act. Defines "temporary abandonment status". Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall have the authority to conduct hearings and to make such reasonable rules as may be necessary from time to time in the proper administration and enforcement of the Act, including the adoption of rules and holding hearings: to create, by administrative rule, the authorization criteria, fees, maintenance requirements, and monitoring rules for an authorization for temporary abandonment status; and to create, by administrative rule, the permit criteria, fees, and maintenance requirements for an oil lease road permit where the road is located on a well lease. Provides that before engaging in the business of removing liquid oil field waste from an on-site collection point, the person shall apply for a permit with a fee of $300 (instead of $100). Provides that each application for a permit to drill, deepen, convert, amend, oil lease road, or an authorization for temporary abandonment status shall be accompanied by a fee not to exceed $1,000 (instead of $300). Provides that a fee not to exceed $500 (instead of $50) per well shall be paid by the new owner for each transfer of well ownership. Provides that the fee for a temporary abandonment status authorization shall be deposited in the Plugging and Restoration Fund. Provides that if the Department finds that a well is in violation of the administrative rules regarding a temporary abandonment status, the Department shall issue an order that the well be properly plugged, replugged, or repaired. Provides that the Department shall assess and collect annual well fees from each permittee in the amount of $100 (instead of $75) per well for the first 100 wells and a $75 fee (instead of $50) for each well in excess of 100 for which a permit is required under the Act.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Eminent Domain Act. Provides that no property belonging to a public utility providing water or sewer service subject to the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission may be taken or damaged by eminent domain without prior approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission. Excludes eminent domain actions commenced prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the Self-Insurers Advisory Board.

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that, for the reapportionment of 2021, the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 522 shall reapportion its trustee districts by June 30, 2022. Effective immediately.

Directs the Auditor General to conduct a management audit of the Department of Human Services' Division of Developmental Disabilities oversight of the CILA program and the awarding of competitively-procured grants.