Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

Encourages participation in the National Spelling Bee.

Amends the Uniform Partnership Act (1997). Establishes fees for certain expedited services and provides that the fees collected for those services shall be deposited into the Division of Corporations Registered Limited Liability Partnership Fund (the Fund) to the credit of an account within the Fund. Specifies uses for the moneys in the account. Provides that the balance in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not exceed $600,000 and any amount in excess of $600,000 shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund, and deletes existing language regarding transfers from the Fund to the General Revenue Fund. Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Prohibits a limited liability company from using the name of a domestic corporation that has been administratively dissolved until 3 years have elapsed following the date of issuance of the certificate of dissolution. In a provision requiring corporations to submit an annual report to the Secretary of State concerning the aggregate number of shares the corporation has authority to issue, provides that, in the case of a corporation which has established an extended filing month, the information shall be given in a specified manner. Repeals a Section of the Limited Liability Company Act providing that a limited liability company that provides or intends to provide professional services requiring individuals engaged in the profession to be licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall not open, operate, or maintain an establishment for a purpose for which a limited liability company may be organized under the Act without obtaining a certificate of registration under the Professional Limited Liability Company Act. Effective July 1, 2017, except certain provisions take effect immediately.

Mourns the death of Heloise Aldridge.

Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, subject to certain restrictions, if the Department of Revenue may disclose confidential financial information to a municipality or county, then the Department of Revenue may also disclose that financial information to an independent third party who is authorized in writing by that municipality or county to receive the information. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Minnie Alford.

Mourns the death of Zena Ray "Zeke" Upshaw.

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Removes provisions allowing the State Charter School Commission to reverse a school board's decision to deny, revoke, or not renew a charter; makes related changes. Provides that if a charter school applicant submits a proposal to a school board outside of the process adopted by that school board for receiving charter school proposals on an annual basis, the applicant shall not have any right to submit its proposal to the State Charter School Commission as otherwise authorized. In a provision concerning a charter school proposed to be jointly authorized by 2 or more school districts and the school boards unanimously denying the charter school proposal with a statement that the school boards are not opposed to the charter school, but that they yield to the Commission in light of the complexities of joint administration, allows the charter applicant to submit the proposal to the Commission and requires the Commission to follow the same process and be subject to the same timelines for review as a school board. Allows the Commission to approve an application for a charter if certain conditions are met. Provide that the Commission may condition approval of an application on the acceptance of funding in an amount less than requested. Provides that final decisions of the Commission are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law. Provides that if the Commission approves an application for a charter school, then the Commission shall act as the authorized chartering entity. Provides that if the Commission is the authorized chartering entity, then the Commission shall execute a charter agreement (instead of approve the charter agreement). Provides that the Commission has no authority to approve a charter school proposal that has been denied by a school board. Effective immediately.

Asks the Illinois House of Representatives to pause in a moment of silence in memory of Officer James E. Davis Sr. and Diva Davis.

Mourns the death of Maywood Park District Commissioner William Hampton.

Mourns the death of Tara Latrice Brewer of Broadview.