Appropriates $1,173,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for grants and administrative expenses for the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center for the Methamphetamine Pilot Program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Local Government Officer Compensation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Urges the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Power Agency, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Illinois Department of Revenue to take action to implement the use of Illinois coal; urges all agencies and stakeholders developing strategies to comply with new federal carbon emissions requirements to utilize Illinois coal to reduce carbon emissions.
Creates the Energy and Environmental Security Act. Contains legislative findings. Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that the aggregate amount of bonds that may be issued by the Illinois Finance Authority for Clean Coal Projects may also be used to finance certain Qualified Clean Coal Projects. Creates the Clean Coal Technology Development and Utilization Fund. Provides that the Fund shall be used by the Illinois Finance Authority to administer the Agency's responsibilities to support the financing and installation of qualified clean coal projects. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Contains provisions concerning diverse energy portfolio standards. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits the Agency from taking title to indigenous or bituminous coal in order to fulfill any purpose enumerated by this Act. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes changes concerning procurement and certificates of service authority.
Creates the Property Tax Refund Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall issue a property tax refund of $500 each year for each parcel of qualified property for which an eligible homeowner paid property taxes. Contains provisions concerning applications. Provides that the Department may request certain information from each county assessor or supervisor of assessments. Provides that, if a county fails to submit the required information, the Department shall not certify to the State Comptroller the amount of the Local Government Distributive Fund allocated to that county until that information is submitted. Provides for implementation without reimbursement by the State. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to provide that the tax credit for residential real property taxes applies only for taxable years ending prior to December 31, 2015. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for the 2015 taxable year and thereafter, the exemption for veterans with disabilities carries over to the surviving spouse of a veteran who was killed in the line of duty in the current taxable year or any preceding taxable year. Provides that, for the 2016 taxable year and thereafter, the exemption for veterans with disabilities carries over to the surviving spouse of a veteran who did not obtain the exemption before death, but who would have qualified for the exemption in the current taxable year if he or she had survived. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that 1% of the school facility occupation taxes collected shall be distributed to the regional superintendent of schools (currently, these moneys are deposited into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund) to cover the costs in administering and enforcing the provisions of the school facility occupation taxes Section of the Code.
