Amends the Illinois Prison Inspection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Appropriates $100,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to AllenForce-Veterans Initiative for operational expenses for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2019 . Effective July 1, 2018.
Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Extends the repeal date of the Act from July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2020. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Extends the repeal date of the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985 from July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2020. Extends the repeal date of the Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007 from July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2020. Effective immediately.
Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Changes the number of Representative Districts from 118 to 119. Provides that the boundaries of Legislative and Representative Districts may be separate. Replaces the current method of redistricting of the Senate and House of Representatives with the following: a Legislative Redistricting Commission, appointed by the legislative leaders and in accordance with scoring criteria provided by law, shall evaluate separate Legislative District and Representative District maps submitted by the public; the Commission shall use specified formulas to determine quotas and split and compactness scores that are used to evaluate maps; the Commission shall follow a multi-step process that includes (1) voting to eliminate maps that do not comply with the law, (2) ranking and eliminating maps based on split scores, (3) ranking maps based on calculations of compactness, (4) voting to eliminate maps that are substantially the same but of equal or greater number rank, and (5) ranking the remaining maps; the Senate and House, each by a three-fifths vote, may adopt one of the 3 best-ranked maps; and the Secretary of State shall certify the map with the best rank if a chamber fails to adopt a map. Specifies the schedule for redistricting activities. Effective upon being declared adopted and applicable to redistricting beginning in 2021 and to the election of General Assembly members beginning in 2022.
Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that contributions to a school district foundation are also qualified contributions under the Act. Provides that taxpayers who make contributions to a school district foundation are also eligible for a property tax credit. Provides that the term "contribution" means a donation made by the taxpayer during the taxable year for providing scholarships or support (currently, scholarships only). Contains provisions concerning the calculation of the credit or abatement for contributions to school district foundations and the aggregate amount of the credit and abatement available for those contributions. Amends the School Code. Provides that payments under the evidence-based funding formula shall be reduced by the amount of qualified contributions received by the applicable school district foundation under the Invest in Kids Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Creates the Interagency Task Force on Medicaid Fraud to: (i) determine best practices for addressing Medicaid fraud under the State's Medical Assistance Program; (ii) improve communication between the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Police concerning matters involving Medicaid fraud; and (iii) recommend legislation aimed at making investigations of Medicaid fraud by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services more efficient and effective. Contains provisions concerning Task Force meetings; appointed members; reporting requirements; and other matters. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Assembly, State Employee, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, and Judges Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that beginning in fiscal year 2019, the discount rate shall be the actual 30-year rolling rate of return experienced by the System. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall examine every licensed driver at least every 16 (rather than 8) years. Provides that except as otherwise provided in the Code, every driver's license issued under the Code shall expire 8 (rather than 4) years from the date of issuance. Removes a provision allowing the Secretary to issue to a person not previously licensed as a driver in Illinois a driver's license which will expire not less than 4 years and not more than 5 years from the date of issuance.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a municipality or county authorized under the Code to use an automated traffic law enforcement system may not enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law enforcement system at the intersection of Illinois Route 83 and 22nd Street in the City of Oakbrook Terrace and any provision of an ordinance enacted by a municipality or county prior to the effective date of the bill that is inconsistent with the prohibition is null and void. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes DuPage county, and the municipalities located within it, from the applicability of a provision under the Code concerning automated traffic law enforcement systems.
