Amends the House Rules of the 103rd General Assembly. Provides that a Representative may access the House Chamber at any time on a session day and during the normal business hours of the office of the Clerk of the House on any other day.
Creates the Toll Highway Oasis Reinvestment Act. Provides that if an oasis has been operational for more than 5 years within the jurisdiction and boundaries of a local government and has been subsequently removed due to toll highway expansion, the Authority shall offer any adjacent land previously associated with the oasis to the respective local government for the purpose of developing a new travel oasis. Requires the terms of the land transfer to the local government to be under a lease agreement for a term of 50 years, with 2 successive renewal options of 25 years each. Requires the local government to pay the Authority a fee equivalent to 5% of the gross revenue generated from the redeveloped oasis throughout the duration of the lease and its renewals. Requires the local government, upon accepting the terms of the land transfer, to enter into a project labor agreement for the construction, renovation, or any development work pertaining to the oasis. Provides that project labor agreement shall ensure that all labor used for the project adheres to local labor standards and regulations. Grants rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that no home rule county may impose, pursuant to its home rule authority, a personnel mandate that requires a municipality, township, school district, community college district, park district, or other unit of local government to establish, expand, or modify its activities in such a way as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues of that unit of local government. Provides that, if a home rule county's personnel mandate conflicts with an ordinance of another unit of local government, the ordinance of the other unit of local government shall control within the jurisdiction of that other unit of local government. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the offense of criminal damage to government supported property includes damage to any property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.
Recognizes Jan Craig Scruggs for his work on behalf of his fellow Vietnam veterans, his fellow United States veterans of all wars, and especially his work on behalf of the people he had to leave behind when he came home. Recognizes every warrior who has fought for America or who has worn any of the uniforms that signify service to our country, particularly those who have been wounded in this service, and especially to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their service.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall pay an annual rebate to each individual taxpayer who files an Illinois income tax return with the Department on or before the second Friday in October of the calendar year for which the rebate is made. Provides that surplus moneys in the Income Tax Refund Fund shall be transferred to the Illinois Individual Income Tax Rebate Fund (currently, the General Revenue Fund). Creates the Illinois Individual Income Tax Rebate Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used for the purpose of paying rebates. Effective immediately.
Creates the Protect the Flag Act. Provides that an institution of higher education that, pursuant to an official policy of the institution to prohibit the display of the flag of the United States by the institution, removes, censors, takes down, prohibits, or otherwise halts display of the flag of the United States is ineligible to receive State funds for the following fiscal year until the institution reports to the General Assembly and the Board of Higher Education the complete and proper reinstatement, by the institution in its official capacity, of the flag of the United States at any and all locations on campus property from which a previously displayed flag of the United States was removed, censored, taken down, prohibited, or otherwise halted from display pursuant to an official policy of the institution to prohibit the display of the flag of the United States by the institution.
Creates the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program Act. Creates the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program within the Illinois State Police to provide a stable funding source for the veterinary care for retired police dogs. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall contract with a not-for-profit corporation organized under Article 2 of the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 to administer and manage the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall select the not-for-profit corporation through a competitive grant award process. Establishes criteria for the selection of the not-for-profit corporation. Provides that from appropriations made by the General Assembly to the Illinois State Police for implementation of the Act, the Illinois State Police shall make grants to the not-for-profit corporation contracted by the Illinois State Police to be the disbursing authority for the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. Provides that these funds must be disbursed to the former handler or the adopter of a retired police dog that served for 5 years or more as a police dog upon receipt specified verification. Provides that annual disbursements to a former handler or an adopter to reimburse him or her for the cost of the retired police dog's veterinary care may not exceed $1,500 per dog. Provides that a former handler or an adopter of a retired police dog may not accumulate unused funds from a current year for use in a future year. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall pay to the not-for-profit corporation, and the not-for-profit corporation may use, up to 10% of appropriated funds for its administrative expenses, including salaries and benefits. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall adopt rules to implement the Act.
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Provides that for the purpose of making up any deficiency in the appropriation for the payment of claims directed pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act, there is appropriated, on a continuing annual basis in each fiscal year, from the General Revenue Fund to the Court of Claims, the amount, if any, by which the total appropriation for the payment of claims directed pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act for the fiscal year is less than the amount required for the payment of claims pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act for that fiscal year. Provides that the amount of any continuing appropriation used by the Court of Claims under the amendatory Act for a given fiscal year shall be charged against the unexpended amount of any appropriation for line of duty awards to the Court of Claims for that fiscal year that subsequently becomes available. Requires the Court of Claims to report to the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the Governor's Office of Management and Budget any continuing appropriation that is used at the conclusion of a fiscal year. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of John "Jack" Leese.
