Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that when a person dies before an action is filed against him or her, a court may appoint a special representative for that decedent, against whom an action may be brought without opening an estate. Deletes a provision requiring notice to heirs or legatees as the court directs, and provides instead that the plaintiff must notify all known heirs or legatees of the decedent by U.S. mail. Provides that any interested person may be substituted as the special representative for good cause shown. Provides that proceeding under this provision shall not bar the estate from filing counterclaims. Deletes a provision limiting recovery to proceeds of any liability insurance available to the estate. Provides that these changes apply to actions commenced or pending on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Requires that a description of every contract for qualified fund-of-fund management services must be posted in a conspicuous manner on the web site of the retirement system, pension fund, or investment board and must include the name of the fund-of-funds, the name of its investment adviser, the total investment commitment of the retirement system, pension fund, or investment board to invest in such fund-of-funds, and a disclosure approved by the board describing the factors that contributed to the investment in such fund-of-funds. Effective immediately.
Creates the Emerging Technology Industries Act. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and maintain a program to award grants to emerging-technology enterprises in the State. Sets forth eligibility requirements and funding priorities for awarding the grants, and sets forth procedures for awarding the grants. Requires written contracts in which the emerging-technology enterprise guarantees that it will perform the actions expected to be performed. Sets dollar limits on matching funds for federal Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants and total grant matching funds per year. Limits total credits to $15,000,000 in any one State fiscal year. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Emerging Technology Grant Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for qualified investors who make an investment in an emerging technology enterprise in the State. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity must certify the amount of the credit and sets forth the procedures for the application and certification of the credit. Sets forth provisions for the revocation and recapture of the tax credit. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Article governing voting systems.
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Authorizes the State, through the Department of Central Management Services, to purchase personal property, supplies, and services jointly with a governmental entity of another state or with a consortium of governmental entities of one or more other states. January 1, 2010.
Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Exempts from the Act persons who practice hair braiding. Defines the practice of hair braiding. Provides that the practice of cosmetology does not include hair braiding. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of Revenue to offer a special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of research pertaining to newborn screening, to commence on July 1, 2010. Provides that the net revenue from the scratch-off game shall be deposited into the Newborn Screening Research Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly to the Department of Public Health for the purpose of making grants to organizations in Illinois conducting research pertaining to newborn screening. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Newborn Screening Research Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that employees of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority are considered public employees and the Authority is considered a public employer under the Act. Contains provisions concerning collective bargaining agreements. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Increases the amount that must be deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund from State use and occupation tax proceeds. Provides that those moneys shall be deposited into the Fund in each fiscal year during which the Authority has bonds outstanding, but not after fiscal year 2060 (instead of fiscal year 2042). Amends the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. Makes changes concerning the maturity date of bonds or notes issued by the Authority. Allows the Authority to enter into contracts for the oversight of Authority employees. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law. Requires the Department to establish and maintain a website known as the Illinois Accountability Portal. The website shall provide direct access to information concerning State employees and individual consultants, State expenditures, State tax credits, State contracts, revocations and suspensions of occupation and use tax certificates of registration and professional licenses, recipients and uses of appropriations initiated by or on behalf of General Assembly members, and recipients and uses of the Governor's lump sum appropriations. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Requires members of the board of any pension fund or retirement system established under the Illinois Pension Code to file a statement of economic interests. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Includes appointed or elected commissioners, trustees, directors, or board members of a board of a State agency, including the boards found in the Illinois Pension Code, in the definition of "employee". Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning the definition of "fiduciary", allocation and delegation of fiduciary duties, and prohibited transactions. Adds provisions concerning investment advisers, consultants, and investment services for investment boards, pension funds, and retirement systems other than downstate police and fire pension funds; investment transparency; prohibitions on monetary gain on investments; fraud; prohibitions on gifts; contingent fees; and procurements for pension funds, retirement systems, and investment boards, except downstate police and fire pension funds. Requires the University of Illinois to create the Illinois Fiduciary College for the purpose of education pension fund, retirement system, and investment board members and staffs on ethics.