Rep. Bob Rita

Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prohibited activities.

Amends the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Allows the Department of the Lottery to offer Lotto, Lucky Day Lotto, Mega Millions, Powerball, Pick 3, Pick 4, and other draw games that are offered at retail locations, as well as interactive instant win games, through the Internet program. Requires the private manager to obtain the Director of the Lottery's approval before providing any draw games or interactive instant win games. Provides that any games that are approved for sale by Lottery retail licensees are automatically approved for sale on the Internet. Removes certain provisions concerning the Department of the Lottery submitting a request to the United States Department of Justice to review the State's plan to implement the Internet program. Removes provisions prohibiting the Department from proceeding with the Internet program until a private manager is selected. Effective immediately.

Amends the Appraisal Management Company Registration Act. Provides that an appraisal management company shall not require an appraiser to pay the specified appraisal management company national registry fee assessed by the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council for a person that is certified as an appraiser in this State and is on the appraiser panel of the appraisal management company; require an appraiser to pay any fee directly or indirectly to an appraisal management company or to reimburse an appraisal management company for any costs, fees, or other expenses incurred solely by the appraisal management company as a prerequisite to an appraiser being added to an appraiser panel or as a prerequisite to an appraiser receiving an order for an appraisal from an appraisal management company; or deduct any amount from the reasonable and customary fee paid to an appraiser for any costs, fees, or other expenses incurred solely by the appraisal management company.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning property and casualty insurers.

Amends the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Creates the Real Estate Appraisal Fees Article of the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act. Provides that in any residential real estate closing document in which real estate appraisal fees are shown, the fee paid to an appraiser shall be shown separately from the fee paid to an appraisal management company.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Auditor General for its FY18 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2017.