Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the General Assembly Article, restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System to persons who become participants before the effective date of the amendatory Act and provides that, beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new participants. Makes related changes. In the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, Chicago Municipal, and Cook County Articles, provides that a person who holds part-time elective office is not an employee, contributor, or participant with respect to that office, unless he or she (i) was elected to that office before the effective date of the amendatory Act and (ii) has elected while in that office to become a contributor. Provides that an elective office shall be presumed to be part-time in the absence of an official job description or determination by the legal advisor of the applicable unit of local government, filed with the Board of the Fund, declaring the elective office to be full-time.
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Creates the Carjacking Transparency Report Act. Provides that each county law enforcement agency, including a home rule county, and each local law enforcement agency shall, on a monthly basis, report on the law enforcement agency's website information of each incident of vehicular hijacking that occurred in the past month within the law enforcement agency's jurisdiction. If the law enforcement agency does not have a website, the law enforcement agency shall have printed copies of this monthly report available at the law enforcement agency's headquarters. Provides that in the case of an adult offender, the law enforcement agency shall report: (1) the location or every incident of vehicular hijacking within the jurisdiction; and (2) the age of each person arrested for vehicular hijacking, any prior arrests for the commission of a felony of the person arrested, and a record of any felony conviction. In the case of a juvenile offender, the law enforcement agency shall report: (1) the municipality where the juvenile resides and the school where the juvenile attends; and (2) the type of bond posted or whether the juvenile is incarcerated awaiting trial. Effective immediately.
Amends the Local Government Officer Compensation Act. In provisions regarding compensation of elected officers of school districts and units of local government, defines "compensation" as wages, salaries, commissions, and any other form of remuneration. Effective immediately.
Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits an employer from making employee contributions on behalf of an employee, except for the sole purpose of allowing an employee to make pre-tax contributions. Provides that employment contracts or collective bargaining agreements in effect on the effective date of the amendatory Act are not subject to the prohibition, but any such contract or collective bargaining agreement that is subsequently modified, amended, or renewed or that is in effect 3 or more years after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be subject to the prohibition. Effective immediately.
Amends the Special Service Area Tax Law in the Property Tax Code. Defines "service provider agency" and "special service area commission". Provides that a list of the names and addresses of the individuals and entities receiving a mailed notice of the public hearing concerning the establishment of a special service area shall be published at the time notice is given and shall be available at the public hearing. Provides that no special service area may be created or enlarged; no special service area tax may be levied, imposed, or increased; and no bonds may be issued in connection with a special service area, unless an authorization petition is filed with the municipal clerk or county clerk. Provides that no member of a special service area commission may be an owner or board member of the service provider agency selected for that special service area. Provides that no business owned by a member of a special service area commission or an employee of the municipality may provide goods or services in connection with the special service area. Provides that at least one member of the special service area commission shall be an owner of homestead property located within the special service area. Provides that special service area commissions may not establish a loan or line of credit in connection with the special service area. Provides that special service area commissions shall submit an audit of the special service area to the corporate authorities of the municipality at least annually. Contains provisions concerning the expiration of special service areas. Preempts home rule powers. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. For the 5 State-funded Retirement Systems: Requires implementation of a Tier 3 plan that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts. Provides that a person who becomes a participant on or after July 1, 2018 shall participate in the Tier 3 plan. Authorizes a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant to elect to participate in the Tier 3 plan. Requires Systems to offer an optional accelerated benefit payment to certain members in lieu of receiving a pension and authorizes the issuance of bonds for those payments. Authorizes a person to elect not to participate or to terminate participation in the Systems. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System to current participants. In Articles 7, 14, 15, and 16, for new participants, prohibits unused sick or vacation time from being used to calculate pensionable salary or establish service credit. In Articles 15 and 16, requires an employer to pay the projected costs of the increase in pension benefits associated with an increase in salary. In Article 16, prohibits an employer from making employee contributions on behalf of an employee, except as specified. Amends other Acts to prohibit collective bargaining over that prohibition and make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits an employer from making employee contributions on behalf of an employee, except for the sole purpose of allowing an employee to make pre-tax contributions. Provides that employment contracts or collective bargaining agreements in effect on the effective date of the amendatory Act are not subject to the prohibition, but any such contract or collective bargaining agreement that is subsequently modified, amended, or renewed or that is in effect 3 or more years after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be subject to the prohibition. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Records Act. Provides that all records under the Act, including legal records and emails, shall be retained for a minimum of 7 years. Provides that every public employee, State and local, shall receive record retention training to comply with the Act. Modifies the term "record" or "records" to include any medium that stores or transmits information generated or used by a public body. Amends the Local Records Act to make similar changes.
Pledges eagerness of the House of Representatives to work tirelessly here in Springfield during the third full week of May 2017 to complete the work of the people of Illinois prior to Memorial Day. Urges the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives to recess the House for the duration of Memorial Day, May 29, 2017, and not to call the House back into session until the completion of this day of American remembrance.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.