Rep. Luis Arroyo

Encourages Congress to introduce and pass new legislation on the admission of Puerto Rico as the 51st State.

Urges Congress to propose a Constitutional Amendment to permit Congress and the states to prohibit desecration of the United States flag.

Amends the Use Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, from August 5, 2018 through August 11, 2018, the tax imposed under the Acts on clothing and school supplies shall be at the rate of 1.25% (instead of 6.25%). Makes changes concerning the distribution of proceeds from those sales. Makes corresponding changes in the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.

Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator or State Representative for terms totalling more than 16 years in each house of the General Assembly. Provides that service before the second Wednesday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Amends the Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Instructional Materials Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning furnishing free textbooks to students.

Creates the O'Hare Transformation Act. Provides the findings and purposes for the creation of the Act. Defines terms. Provides that no airport property may be subject to taking by condemnation or otherwise by any unit of local government other than any agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of this State. Provides that airport property shall not be subject to the laws of any unit of local government unless provided by ordinance of the City of Chicago. Provides that all City contracts for the O'Hare Transformation Program shall be subject to all applicable ordinances of the City and statutes of the State. Creates an advisory committee of 14 members to monitor, review, and report the utilization of minority-owned business enterprises and women-owned business enterprises during the O'Hare Transformation project. Preempts home rule powers with respect to the regulation and supervision of the City's implementation of the O'Hare Transformation Program. Repeals the O'Hare Modernization Act. Makes corresponding changes in the Archaeological and Paleontological Resources Act, the Human Skeletal Remains Protection Act, the Property Tax Code, the Local Government Facility Lease Act, the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act, the Cemetery Oversight Act, the Vital Records Act, the Illinois Aeronautics Act, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Eminent Domain Act, and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the State Aviation Program Fund, the Local Government Aviation Trust Fund, and the Aviation Fuel Sales Tax Refund Fund. Provides that moneys in the State Aviation Program Fund shall be used by the Department of Transportation for the purposes of administering a State Aviation Program. Provides that moneys in the Local Government Aviation Trust Fund shall be used by units of local government for airport-related purposes. Provides that moneys in the Aviation Fuel Sales Tax Refund Fund shall be used by the Department of Revenue to pay refunds. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act to provide that moneys received from the tax paid on aviation fuel shall be deposited into those Funds. Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that aviation fuel sold or used on or after December 1, 2017 shall be deposited into the State Aviation Program Fund. Amends the Innovation Development and Economy Act, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Civic Center Code, the Flood Prevention District Act, the Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act, the Local Mass Transit District Act, the Regional Transportation Authority Act, and the Water Commission Act of 1985. Prohibits certain local retailers' occupation taxes on aviation fuel unless the unit of local government has an airport-related purpose. Provides that the proceeds from those taxes on aviation fuel shall be deposited into the Local Government Aviation Trust Fund. Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act to provide that the term "State contract" specifically includes contracts paid from moneys available in the State Aviation Program Fund.

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that bids for State or federally funded road construction contracts shall include transportation costs itemized apart from the cost of the goods or materials transported.