Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Adds requirements concerning enterprise zone applications and provisional certification and decertification of enterprise zones. Modifies the criteria for determining Enterprise Zones and underserved areas under the Act. Modifies reporting requirements under the Act. Makes conforming and other changes.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers who are employed as law enforcement officers in an amount equal to 100% of the unreimbursed expenses paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for: (1) professional certifications required for the performance of the taxpayer's duties as a law enforcement officer; (2) equipment used by the taxpayer in the performance of his or her duties as a law enforcement officer; and (3) mental health training. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Provisions and State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the alternative retirement annuity under the State Employee Article applies to an investigator for the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, including an investigator for the Illinois Liquor Control Commission who is subject to the Tier 2 provisions. Authorizes investigators for the Illinois Liquor Control Commission to establish eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity formula for certain service by applying and paying a specified contribution. Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that, subject to certain restrictions, the State Commission has the power to expend sums that the Executive Director deems necessary for the purchase of evidence and for the employment of persons to obtain evidence. Provides that an action for a violation of the Act shall be commenced by the State Commission not more than 18 months after conviction of the violation of the Act or other State law in a circuit court or, if there has not been a conviction, not more than 3 years after the violation occurred (instead of within 2 years after the date the State Commission becomes aware of the violation). Makes changes to provisions concerning notice of a violation of the Act and dismissals of an action for failing to provide that notice; inspection of premises by the State Commission and local liquor control commissioners; bonding requirements; and forfeiture of alcoholic liquor possessed, sold, shipped, or transported in violation of the Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall provide access to the Health Care Worker Registry to health care employers, staffing agencies, digital staffing platforms, workforce intermediaries, organizations that provide pro bono legal services, and educational entities. Provides that nothing shall prevent the Department from providing access to other types of entities to the extent that the Department deems appropriate.
Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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 Finance Act. Creates the Property Tax Appeal Board Supplemental Fund. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the Property Tax Appeal Board Supplemental Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that all filing fees collected by the Board in accordance with the Section shall be deposited into the Property Tax Appeal Board Supplemental Fund. Provides that all moneys in the Property Tax Appeal Board Supplemental Fund shall be appropriated to the Board, on an annual basis, to be used in enhancing the Board's operations, including, but not limited to, information technology initiatives, personnel, and office equipment for increasing the Board's efficiency in rendering final administrative decisions in a timely fashion.
Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Removes the prohibition on a licensee under the Act accepting a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team. Effective immediately.
Creates the Illinois Lottery Special Cause Instant Ticket Task Force to study the Illinois Lottery instant ticket system and the revenue generated for special causes that are supported by special cause tickets and make recommendations on more effective options for funding recipient organizations.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to long-term care insurance. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 5/351A-4 Adds reference to: New Act 215 ILCS 5/356z.41 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Access to Affordable Insulin Act. Sets forth provisions concerning an insulin urgent-need program. Provides that by July 1, 2022, each manufacturer shall establish procedures to make insulin available to eligible individuals who are in urgent need of insulin or who are in need of access to an affordable insulin supply. Sets forth provisions concerning insulin urgent-need program exceptions, eligibility, forms, applications, claims and reimbursement, copayments, information sheets, navigators, and penalties. Defines terms. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning cost sharing in prescription insulin drugs, provides that an insurer that provides coverage for prescription insulin drugs under the terms of a health coverage plan the insurer offers shall limit the total amount that an insured is required to pay for a 30-day supply of covered prescription insulin drugs at an amount not to exceed $35 (rather than $100). Effective immediately.
