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 General Assembly Compensation Act. Establishes the fiscal year 2019 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, 2018 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.
Opposes any new taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages.
States support for Jewish residents who are facing increased violence and threats.
Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Reduces the fee collected by the Secretary of State for the filing of articles of organization, applications for admission, and restated articles of organization from $500 to $39 and reduces those fees in connection with a limited liability company with ability to establish series from $750 to $59. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the conditions of every parole and mandatory supervised release are that the subject if convicted of a sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act against a victim under 18 years of age on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, refrain from accessing the Internet without the prior written approval of the Department of Corrections for the duration of the parole or release term.
Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Removes references to General Assembly members from provisions concerning funding for salaries of General Assembly members, judges, and legislative operations. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the sentence for aggravated criminal sexual assault, which does not otherwise provide for an enhanced penalty, is a Class X felony for which 5 years shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court. Provides that the sentence for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, which does not otherwise provide for an enhanced penalty, is a Class X felony with a minimum term of imprisonment of 11 (rather than 6) years.
Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Eliminates the office of Lieutenant Governor, beginning with the term of office otherwise commencing in 2019. Effective upon being declared adopted.
States the belief that former Symbionese Liberation Army member James William Kilgore should have no association with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.