Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the provisions of the Illinois Police Training Act are applicable to the training, certification, licensing, decertification, and revocation of licenses of State Police officers. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Adds 6 public members and 6 retired police officers, appointed by the Governor, to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Requires full-time and part-time police officers to be licensed rather than certified. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board has the power to require local governmental units to furnish personnel rosters, employment status reports, and annual training plans to the Board. Provides that the revocation of a license or certification of a police officer is permanent. Provides that the Board shall, by rule, provide for the decertification or revocation of a license of a police officer who commits non-criminal misconduct that results in disciplinary action against the police officer. Provides that the types of misconduct that are grounds for decertification or revocation of a police officer's license shall be determined by the Board by rule. Establishes hearing procedures on decertification. Provides that the provisions are operative no later than one year after the Act's effective date. Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Act does not apply to a peace officer as defined in the Criminal Code of 2012. Contains other provisions. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Creates the Clean Energy Jobs Act. Contains only a short title provision. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 627/30 new 20 ILCS 627/35 new 20 ILCS 627/40 new 20 ILCS 3855/1-5 20 ILCS 3855/1-20 20 ILCS 3855/1-56 20 ILCS 3855/1-75 105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new 220 ILCS 5/8-103B 220 ILCS 5/8-104.1 new 220 ILCS 5/9-220.3 220 ILCS 5/16-107 220 ILCS 5/16-107.5 220 ILCS 5/16-107.6 220 ILCS 5/16-107.7 new 220 ILCS 5/16-107.8 new 220 ILCS 5/16-108.9 new 220 ILCS 5/16-108.13 new 220 ILCS 5/16-108.17 new 220 ILCS 5/16-111.5 220 ILCS 5/16-115E new 220 ILCS 5/16-128B 415 ILCS 5/4.2 new 415 ILCS 5/9.10 415 ILCS 5/13.9 new 415 ILCS 5/9.15 rep. 415 ILCS 140/Act rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Act, the Expanding Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Act, the Community Energy and Climate Planning Act, and the Clean Energy Empowerment Zones Act to reduce emissions, promote renewable energy sources, improve energy efficiency, and reduce carbon pollution related to transportation. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to administer a program to increase employment opportunities related to clean energy projects. Provides for the creation of a clean jobs curriculum to increase workforce skills. Provides for the promotion of opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses in clean energy development. Establishes a framework to achieve 100% reliance on renewable energy. Amends the Electric Vehicle Act, the Illinois Power Agency Act, the School Code, the Public Utilities Act, and the Environmental Protection Act to make changes to implement the new programs. Repeals the Kyoto Protocol Act of 1998. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $15,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the African-American and Latinx HIV/AIDS Response Fund. Effective July 1, 2020.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the $80 fee paid by tax purchasers is non-refundable. Reinstates provisions imposing a 5% fee on taxes, interest, and penalties due at purchase.
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Defines "title-secured loan". Provides that for title-secured loans entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act: (i) a licensee shall not contract for or receive a charge exceeding 36% annual percentage rate on the unpaid balance of the amount financed for a title-secured loan; (ii) the loan contract shall provide for repayment of the principal and charges within specified maximum loan terms; (iii) upon or after default, a licensee shall not charge a borrower any finance charges, interest, fees, or charges of any kind; and (iv) the loan may be refinanced if the original principal of the loan has been reduced by at least 60%. Provides that nothing in these provisions abrogates a borrower's right to collect any surplus arising from the sale of a motor vehicle under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Creates the Intergenerational Poverty Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, subject to appropriations, to establish and maintain a data system to track intergenerational poverty. Requires the data system to have the ability to: (1) identify groups that have a high risk of experiencing intergenerational poverty; (2) identify incidents, patterns, and trends that explain or contribute to intergenerational poverty; and (3) gather and track available local, State, and national data on poverty and child poverty rates and other related information. Requires the Department to perform certain duties, including using the collected data to track intergenerational poverty. Establishes the Interagency Workgroup on Poverty and Economic Insecurity to analyze the collected information and data in order to: (i) understand the root causes of poverty and economic insecurity; (ii) identify children who are at risk of continuing in the cycle of poverty absent intervention; and (iii) implementing data-driven policies and programs that address poverty, education, economic development, and other areas as needed to measurably reduce the incidence of child poverty. Requires the workgroup to issue and publicly post an annual report on actions taken to eliminate poverty and economic insecurity in the State and other matters. Establishes the Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security. Requires the Commission to develop and adopt a strategic plan, no later than November 30, 2020, to address poverty and economic insecurity in the State. Contains provisions concerning the membership on the Commission and reporting requirements. Effective immediately. Fiscal Note (Dept. of Human Services) Estimated State Cost Subject to Appropriation, estimated development of tracking database of $1M with ongoing annual support of $500,000.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall make information about the availability of referral services to any other State or local agencies known to a parolee or releasee prior to his or her release from the correctional facility where the parolee or releasee has been residing. Effective immediately. Correctional Note (Dept of Corrections) As the amendment provided for in House Bill 2250 is already current practice, the Department will continue to provide resources to assist persons with their successful reentry efforts. The Department estimates that the requirements of this proposed registration can be managed by current staff at no additional cost to the Department. There are no new incarceration sanctions or enhanced incarceration penalties for the Department associated with these provisions. Therefore population impact on the Department. Fiscal Note (Dept of Corrections) There is no corrections population impact on the Department.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that fees for a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate a human body is $100 (rather than $50). Provides that fees for a certified copy of a transcript of sworn testimony of a coroner's inquest made by written request declaring the request is for research or genealogy purposes is $15.00 for the entire transcript. Provides that a request shall be deemed a proper request for purpose of research or genealogy if the requested inquest occurred not less than 20 years prior to the date of the written request and that the transcript shall be stamped with the words "FOR GENEALOGY OR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY". Provides that a coroner may waive, at his or her discretion, fees if the coroner determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or under other special circumstances as determined by the coroner.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning the Department of Human Services' Child Care Assistance Program, requires the Department to increase the reimbursement rate for child care centers to 115% of the rate in effect on January 1, 2020. Effective July 1, 2020.
Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the Medicaid Technical Assistance Center. Effective July 1, 2020.