Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the earned income tax credit to (i) 12% of the federal tax credit for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2015 and ending prior to December 31, 2016, (ii) 14% of the federal tax credit for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2016 and ending prior to December 31, 2017, (iii) 16% of the federal tax credit for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017 and ending prior to December 31, 2018, (iv) 18% of the federal tax credit for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018 and ending prior to December 31, 2019, and (v) 20% of the federal tax credit for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities which contain a financially distressed school district with a population in its district of greater than 1,000,000 must annually calculate and distribute their distressed surplus funds. Further provides that municipalities with a financially distressed school district shall also submit to the State Comptroller and taxing districts in a tax increment financing redevelopment project area calculation of reporting year a calculation of contractual obligations and distressed surplus funds. Defines terms. Amends the School Code. Provides that a financially distressed school district must notify the municipalities within the school district's boundaries of its status as a financially distressed school district. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.

Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Provides that provisions requiring a notary public to officially sign every notary certificate and affix the rubber stamp seal clearly and legibly using black ink, so that it is capable of photographic reproduction, as well as a provision concerning illegibility, shall apply beyond July 1, 2013. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that the required statement of economic interests to be filed with the Secretary of State shall be filed electronically, unless otherwise required by statute (rather than by typewriting or hand printing). Provides for the review of statements of economic interest and disclosure forms by ethics officers within 30 days after the deadline for filing with the Secretary of State (rather than prior to filing). Provides that a statement of economic interest shall be considered filed for the purposes of late fees and penalties on the date it is uploaded by the filer to the Internet-based system of filing. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act to make conforming changes.

Makes appropriations to the Supreme Court for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the judicial system. Effective July 1, 2016.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In provision regarding medical treatment for persons in custody, requires any required medical treatment to be provided without unreasonable delay if the need for the treatment is apparent.

Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning enforcement.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person who was under 25 years of age at the time of the commission of an offense, after serving 15 years or more of his or her sentence of either natural life imprisonment or a term or cumulative term of 20 years or more of imprisonment, may file a petition for sentencing review in the circuit court of the county in which he or she was originally sentenced. Provides that following the hearing, the court may affirm or reduce the petitioner's sentence, subject to certain restrictions related to the filing of a second petition. Establishes factors that the court must consider in granting or denying the petition. Provides that an offender who has petitioned the circuit court for sentencing review shall not be eligible to submit a second petition until at least 10 years have elapsed since the date on which the circuit court received and filed the initial petition. Provides that the order following a sentencing review hearing is a final judgment. Creates similar provisions that apply retroactively to persons sentenced before the effective date of the bill. Creates the Youthful Offender Parole Board which shall be the paroling authority for offenders re-sentenced under these provisions. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that jurisdiction to review an en banc determination by the Youthful Offender Parole Board is vested in the Appellate Court of the judicial district which encompasses the county in which the appellant was originally sentenced.