Amends the Counties Code. Provides that amounts collected by a county from a hotel tax shall be expended to promote transportation for tourists and infrastructure for transportation for tourists. Makes similar changes in the Illinois Municipal Code. Effective immediately.
Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Limits a person's total service in the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House, or Minority Leader of the Senate to a total of 8 years in any one office and 12 years combined in 2 or more offices. Effective upon being declared adopted and applies to service on or after the second Wednesday in January, 2017.
Appropriates $773,000 from the Underground Storage Tank Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for case processing of leaking underground storage tank permit and claims appeals. Appropriates $2,600,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for the Underground Storage Tank Program. Appropriates $60,100,000 from the Underground Storage Tank Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for contracts for site remediation and for reimbursements to eligible owners/operators of leaking underground storage tanks, including claims submitted in prior years. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Creates the Home and Business Flood Protection and Loan Program Fund, which shall be administered by the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that the Home and Business Flood Protection and Loan Program Fund shall be used and administered by the Department to (1) accept and retain funds from grant awards, appropriations, transfers, and payments of interest and principal, and (2) make direct loans at or below market interest rates and to provide additional subsidization, including, but not limited to, forgiveness of principal, negative interest rates, and grants, to any eligible local government unit to finance public mitigation projects that would bring relief from damage created by urban flooding. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Home and Business Flood Protection and Loan Program Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Requires electronic filing for all political committees every reporting period, regardless of whether any expenditures or contributions were made. Removes ability for the Board to provide by rule for the optional filing of certain expenditure and contribution reports. Effective immediately.
Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the boundaries of Legislative and Representative districts may be separate. Requires that both types of districts, in addition to being compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population, must reflect minority voting strengths, promote competition, and consider political boundaries. Replaces the current method of redistricting of the Senate and House of Representatives with the following: a commission, appointed by the legislative leaders and in accordance with scoring criteria provided by law, shall score separate Legislative District and Representative District maps submitted by the public; the Senate and House, each by a three-fifths vote, shall adopt one of the 3 maps with the best scores for its districts; and the Secretary of State shall certify the map with the best score 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 Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act. In a definition of "tablet computer", provides that human interface with a tablet computer is achieved through a touch-screen and video display screen greater than 4 (instead of 6) inches in size. Defines "cell phone" and "smart phone".
Amends the Election Code. Provides that if the filing fee is not tendered at the time the complainant presents the complaint, the complaint shall not be accepted. Provides that if the complaint is received between 31 and 15 days before an election about which the complaint is filed, then the State Board of Elections shall, at a minimum, hold the closed preliminary hearing and make the determination of whether the complaint was filed upon justifiable grounds, prior to the election. Provides that complaints involving any conduct that relates to an upcoming election shall not be accepted 14 or fewer business days before that election. Provides that, in other cases, the Board shall render its final judgment within 60 days of the date the complaint is filed. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Creates an open-primary system. Provides that primary ballots shall list each candidate for office, regardless of party affiliation, participating in the primary election. Provides that the 2 candidates in any primary that received the most votes in the primary election, regardless of party affiliation of the candidates, shall be the only 2 candidates certified for participation in the general election. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that petitions for candidacy filed with any election authority shall be provided to the public in electronic form, made available online by the principal office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections, or by the office of the election authority or local election official with whom the petitions are filed. Effective immediately.
