Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that minors shall be brought before a judicial officer within 40 hours, which includes Saturdays, Sundays, and court-designated holidays (rather than within 40 hours exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and court-designated holidays. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit and a credit against insurance premium taxes for business entities for the cost of providing certain commuter benefits to employees. Provides that the credit shall be equal to 50% of the cost of providing the eligible commuter benefits, but not to exceed $100 per individual employee per month.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to contract with an independent consultant selected through a request for proposal process to produce a report analyzing the potential costs and benefits of energy storage systems. Provides that the independent consultant must analyze: cost savings to ratepayers from the provision of services; direct-cost savings to customers that deploy energy storage systems; an improved ability to integrate renewable resources; improved reliability and power quality; the effect on retail electric rates over the useful life of a given energy storage system compared to the impact on retail electric rates using a nonenergy storage system alternative over the useful life of the nonenergy storage system alternative; reduced greenhouse gas emissions; and any other value reasonably related to the application of energy storage system technology. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to submit the report to the General Assembly and the Governor by December 31, 2019. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that before the expiration of the conditional release of a person found not guilty by reason of insanity, the Department of Human Services shall conduct an assessment of the person's need for continuing treatment prior to the termination of his or her conditional release and shall arrange for mental health services for the person after the person's conditional release. Provides that the court may order an extension of the person's conditional release for a term as determined by the court based on the assessment (rather than 5 years).
Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that the Suburban Bus Board shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual report on all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned, minority-owned, and veteran-owned enterprises in the previous calendar year. Provides that the Suburban Bus Board shall hold an annual workshop open to the public on the state of supplier diversity. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2010 school year, each school district maintaining any of grades 6 through 8 must include in its curriculum and require students in those grades to take a unit of instruction on financial literacy. Provides that the purpose of the instruction is to provide students with the basic financial literacy necessary for sound financial decision making and the instruction must include, but is not limited to, age-appropriate instruction on budgeting, savings, credit, debt, insurance, investments, and any other issues associated with personal financial responsibility. Requires the State Board of Education to prepare and make available to school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development of the unit of instruction. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person committed to the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice may not be charged for making a telephone call from an institution or facility of the Department.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases the threshold amount of theft not from the person and retail theft that enhances the offense from a misdemeanor to a felony to $2,000 and if based on a prior conviction must only be for felony theft. Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that the Secretary of State may, upon request of a person committed to the Department of Corrections, issue a limited period identification card to the committed person that shall be valid during the period of his or her incarceration. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 concerning the reduction or modification of a defendant's sentence. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that not later than 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Corrections, in consultation with the Independent Review Committee created by the amendatory Act, shall develop and release publicly on the Department of Corrections website a risk and needs assessment system. Describes the system. Provides that a committed person shall be assigned to an institution or facility of the Department that is located within 200 miles of his or her residence immediately before the committed person's admission to the Department. Provides that a committed person who successfully completes evidence-based recidivism reduction programming or productive activities shall receive additional sentence credits. Prohibits handcuffs, shackles, or restraints of any kind to be used on new mothers for 3 months after delivery. Provides that a person at least 60 years of age who has served at least two-thirds of his or her sentence may petition the Department for participation in an atonement and restorative justice program prepared by the Department. Amends the County Jail Act to make conforming changes.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit in an amount equal to the investment made by the taxpayer during the taxable year in a Qualified Opportunity Fund. Provides that no such credit may be taken for any taxable year that begins prior to January 1, 2020. Provides that excess credits may be carried forward or back. Provides that the aggregate amount of the Qualified Opportunity Fund tax credit shall be limited to $10,000 per taxpayer per calendar year. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.
