Rep. Marcus Evans

Declares December 15, 2016 as CVCA/CVS Day in the State of Illinois.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Reinstates a fee in an amount equal to 5% of all subsequent taxes, interest, and penalties to be paid by the certificate holder.

The amount of $76,220,000, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Energy Efficiency Trust Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the implementation of energy-efficiency related rebate agreements, grants, contracts, or other programs created under certain provisions of the Public Utilities Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. In the Section containing legislative findings, adds a finding that temporary laborers are vulnerable to discriminatory practices. Defines "day or temporary labor applicant". In a Section concerning recordkeeping, provides that the day and temporary labor service agency shall keep a record of the race, ethnicity, and gender of each day or temporary laborer or day or temporary labor applicant, as provided by the person who requests employment with or is contracted by the day and temporary labor service agency (instead of "the race and gender of each day or temporary laborer sent by the day and temporary labor service agency"). Provides that the day and temporary labor service agency shall provide each day or temporary labor applicant with and retain a copy of a written notice signed by an employee of the day and temporary labor agency and specifying the date, time, and location the applicant requested employment. Provides that at the time of annual registration, the day and temporary labor service agency shall submit to the Department of Labor, on a form created by the Department, a report containing the information required by the new provisions, grouped by branch office, in the aggregate for all day or temporary laborers assigned within this State in the prior year. Provides that in the case of a health and safety or notice violation, a private right of action exists for compensatory damages and an amount between $50 and $500 for each violation (instead of "up to $500 for the violation"). Makes corresponding changes.

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

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.

Amends the State Housing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. In the definition of "practice of pharmacy", provides that the practice includes vaccination of patients ages 10 through 13 with the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) and meningococcal vaccines. Provides that a pharmacist who administers a vaccine to a patient under the age of 18 shall notify the patient's physician if one is identified, and shall record the vaccination in the Illinois Comprehensive Automated Immunization Registry with a reasonable amount of time.

Amends the School Code. Provides that a separate tax shall be levied by the Chicago Board of Education for the purpose of making an employer contribution to the Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago, at the rate of 0.26%; requires the proceeds from this separate tax to be paid directly to the Pension Fund. Makes a corresponding reduction in the rate limitation for the tax for general educational purposes. Effective immediately.