Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that an agency that proposes a new rule or amendment to a rule shall, before or during the first notice period, provide an opportunity for private sector entities to participate in the rulemaking process by utilizing specified techniques, as well as providing those private sector entities with the opportunity to submit their own estimates on the cost of compliance with the proposed rule or amendment. Requires an agency to include those estimates in both a final regulatory flexibility analysis and an analysis of the economic and budgetary effects of the proposed rulemaking. Provides that prior to the filing for publication in the Illinois Register of any proposed rule or amendment, each agency shall estimate the compliance and implementation costs for private parties for that proposed rule or amendment. Extends the maximum length of the second notice period from 90 days to 135 days. Provides that a rule estimated either by an agency or during the second notice period to generate compliance and implementation costs of $10,000,000 or more over a 2-year period shall be deemed objectionable and automatically prohibited, and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules shall issue a statement to that effect in accordance with specified provisions. Provides that the proposed rule or amendment shall remain prohibited until otherwise authorized by legislation passed by both houses of the General Assembly and signed by the Governor. Provides that any adopted emergency rule estimated to generate compliance and implementation costs of $10,000,000 or more over the term of the emergency rule shall be automatically suspended until otherwise authorized by legislation passed by both houses of the General Assembly and signed by the Governor. Requires the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability to publish an annual inflation index to measure the rise in costs stemming from the implementation of rules and amendments to rules. Provides that the Joint Committee has the power to request the Auditor General to perform an independent estimate to assess the cost of a proposed rule or amendment, or the cost of an emergency rule. Provides further requirements concerning the prohibition of proposed rules or amendments. Makes conforming changes.
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Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Provides that no person shall be issued a permanent employee registration card who has been convicted of battery, aggravated battery, domestic battery, or aggravated domestic battery if the offense for which the person was convicted or adjudicated was sexually motivated. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits improper disclosure of location information of a public official or human service provider when he or she knowingly obtains and discloses to any other person the location information of a public official or human service provider. Provides that a person commits improper disclosure of personal information of a public official or human service provider when he or she knowingly obtains and discloses to any other person the personal information of a public official or human service provider. Provides that improper disclosure of location information of a public official or human service provider is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that improper disclosure of personal information of a public official or human service provider is a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that is not a violation to disclose the business address or place of work of a public official or human service provider. Defines terms.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction for business entities in an amount equal to 100% of the portion of the taxpayer's Illinois net income for the taxable year that is earned by the taxpayer as a result of a manufacturing process. Provides that the deduction is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Reduces the income tax rate for corporations to 2.625% for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Establishes the fiscal year 2020 mileage reimbursement rate and allowance for lodging and meals. Amends the Compensation Review Act. Prohibits cost-of-living adjustments for or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 for State government legislative and executive elected officers and appointees in positions for which the Compensation Review Board previously recommended or determined compensation. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a school board may immediately suspend or terminate the employment of any person employed by a school district or contracted to work for a school district who has been convicted of a sex offense; defines "sex offense". Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit in an amount equal to the investment made by the taxpayer during the taxable year in a Qualified Opportunity Fund. Provides that no such credit may be taken for any taxable year that begins prior to January 1, 2020. Provides that excess credits may be carried forward or back. Provides that the aggregate amount of the Qualified Opportunity Fund tax credit shall be limited to $100,000,000 per calendar year. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits child abduction when he or she commits involuntary sexual servitude of a minor.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that when a person has been convicted of child abduction, the victim of the offense may request that the State's Attorney of the county in which the conviction occurred file a verified petition with the presiding trial judge at the petitioner's trial to have a court order entered to seal the records of the circuit court clerk in connection with the proceedings of the trial court concerning that offense.