Rep. Tom Weber

Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that, of the moneys received by the Department of Revenue under the Law on taxes imposed on the sale of motor fuel sold on Illinois waterways or at Illinois airports and remitted back to a municipality or county where the sales of the motor fuel took place, 100% of the taxes collected on these sales of motor fuel on an Illinois waterway or at an Illinois airport must be utilized by the municipality or county for airport or waterway purposes. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Provides that no later than 30 days before a school district submits to the voters of that district a question on whether to issue bonds or increase the school district's property tax rate, the school district must send informational material to each resident of voting age in the school district; defines "informational material". Specifies what must be included in the informational material. Effective immediately.

Amends the Election Code. Provides that no voter registration may be canceled without following the procedures as required by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Provides that the voter registration application or the voter registration card of an inactive voter who has not voted in 2 consecutive general federal elections shall be canceled. Requires a voter's registration to be canceled when an election authority receives certain notices regarding the voter's incarceration status, voter disqualification, or death. Provides that the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who died during the preceding month.

Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that in any 12-month period the Governor shall have the authority to issue only one proclamation per disaster and that any further proclamation for the disaster that triggered the original proclamation shall be in force only after a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the General Assembly approves a joint resolution containing the exact language of the proclamation and which the Governor must follow. Provides that the Governor shall have no authority to amend or change the language of the proclamation as approved by joint resolution.

Opposes the reduction or elimination of the vendor's discount.

Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that nothing in provisions regarding emergency powers of the Governor shall be construed to allow the Governor to order any business to cease operation or to prohibit customers from traveling to a business.

Opposes a graduated income tax law in Illinois. Oppose the reconsideration by the Illinois General Assembly of any constitutional measure intended to yet again reopen the flat-rate income tax language of subsection (a) of Section 3 of Article IX of the Constitution of Illinois.

Amends the State Police Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any State mandate regarding the matter of the training of Illinois State Police Officers that necessitates additional expenditures from the Illinois State Police or any State agency shall be void and unenforceable unless the General Assembly makes necessary appropriations to implement that training mandate. Provides that the failure of the General Assembly to make necessary appropriations shall relieve the Illinois State Police or State agency from the obligation to implement any State mandate. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any State mandate regarding the matter of the training of law enforcement officers that necessitates additional expenditures from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, the Illinois State Police, or any State or local law enforcement agency or unit of local government shall be void and unenforceable unless the General Assembly makes necessary appropriations to implement that training mandate. Provides that the failure of the General Assembly to make necessary appropriations shall relieve the law enforcement agency, State agency, or unit of local government of the obligation to implement any State mandate.

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the duration of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be the lifetime of the holder of the Card (rather than 10 years). Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the duration of a concealed carry license is the lifetime of the licensee (rather than 5 years). Provides that a Firearm Owner's Identification Card or concealed carry license issued before the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be valid during the Card holder's or licensee's lifetime regardless of the expiration date on the Card or license.

Amends the Discontinuance of Township within Coterminous Municipality Division of the Township Code. In provisions allowing a township to discontinue and consolidate with a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipally, allows a county to initiate discontinuance of the township with the county taking control of the former township's operations. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: 60 ILCS 1/29-5 60 ILCS 1/29-10 60 ILCS 1/29-15 60 ILCS 1/29-20 60 ILCS 1/29-25 Adds reference to: 55 ILCS 5/5-1186 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in addition to any other procedure available by law to discontinue a township, upon resolutions of the board of trustees of Capital Township in Sangamon County and the Sangamon County Board, and after referendum approval by the voters of the Township and County: (1) Capital Township in Sangamon County is discontinued; and (2) all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the Township are transferred to Sangamon County, including, but not limited to, the administration of the Capital Township's general assistance program. Provides that Capital Township and Sangamon County shall follow the same procedures that townships and municipalities must follow under Article 29 of the Township Code in order to dissolve the Township and transfer all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the Township to the County. Effective immediately.