Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Legislative Inspector General for its FY19 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2018.
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. On and after February 1, 2018, prohibits a person required to be registered under the Act, his or her spouse, and his or her immediate family members living with that registered lobbyist from serving in any countywide elective public office in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more. Provides that the restriction imposed by the amendatory Act does not apply to a registered lobbyist, his or her spouse, or any immediate family member living with that registered lobbyist who was serving in a countywide elective public office prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Allows any such person to serve out the remainder of the term of the office to which he or she was elected. Effective immediately.
Makes FY19 appropriations for Legislative Support Services agencies and the Legislative Ethics Commission. Effective July 1, 2018.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships.
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. For the Chicago school district only, requires the school board to annually develop and make publicly available a report on the school district's special education expenditures and services; specifies requirements for the report. Requires the school board to post the report on its Internet website and publish it in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning tax levies.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that upon request of the county board or board of election commissioners, a school may make a school building under its control available for use as a polling place on an election day and for a reasonably necessary time before and after election day, without charge, if the school reasonably believes that it can ensure the safety of its students. Provides that schools shall be under no obligation to consent to the request of the county board or board of election commissioners. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the head and employees of a State agency affected by or involved in an investigation shall keep confidential and shall not disclose information exempted from disclosure under the Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Permits disclosure of investigatory files, reports, and requests for information of or by the Office of an Executive Inspector General to the head of a State agency affected by or involved in an investigation.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the School District Extension Freeze Law. Provides that, if at the end of any levy year, a school district has reserves of 50% or more of its operating budget, then the school district's extension for all purposes may not exceed its extension for the previous levy year. Provides that, if the school district has reserves of 60% or more at the end of the immediately preceding levy year, then the district's extension shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the district's reserve amount for the immediately preceding levy year and a reserve amount of 60% for that levy year. Effective July 1, 2019.
Makes appropriations and reappropriations to the State Board of Elections for its ordinary and contingent expenses and various other activities. Effective July 1, 2018.
