Creates the College Insurance Program Task Force to study the College Insurance Program and present policy and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly to ensure the program remains a viable and healthy benefit.
Creates the Megaproject Sports and Entertainment Facility Admission Tax Act. Imposes a tax of $3 for each individual admitted to a sports and entertainment facility located on megaproject property. Contains provisions concerning the distribution of the proceeds of the tax. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a megaproject. Provides that a "megaproject" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a specified investment period. Provides that the Department of Revenue may issue a megaproject certificate only for a megaproject in the Village of Arlington Heights. Provides that the megaproject property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that megaproject property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a megaproject shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located to make certain special payments. Creates the Arlington Megaproject Oversight Board. Provides that the incentive agreement must be approved by resolution of the Arlington Megaproject Oversight Board. Amends the State Finance Act making conforming changes. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a megaproject is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act, and the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that certain tax proceeds from megaproject property shall be deposited into the Arlington Megaproject Infrastructure Fund. Makes other changes. Effective June 1, 2023.
Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, recommendations of candidates for appointments to vacant trustee seats on the board of trustees of the Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District may be made within 30 days after the vacancy is created by the mayor of each municipality located in whole or in part of the District, except, if the vacancy is existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act, any recommendations must be made within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a majority of the mayors who may make a recommendation shall, at a time they designate, select a candidate to be appointed trustee from among those candidates recommended by the mayors. Provides that, in voting for a candidate, a mayor is entitled to one vote for every 5,000 residents, or fraction under 5,000 residents, of the mayor's municipality. Provides that the number of residents for each municipality shall be determined by the most recent federal decennial census.
Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Provides that the Department of Insurance has the authority to operate the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Provides that the Director of Insurance may require plans in the individual market to be made available for comparison on the exchange, but may not require all plans be purchased exclusively on the exchange. Provides that the Director may require that plans offered on the exchange conform with standardized plan designs. Provides that the Director may apply a monthly assessment to each health benefits plan sold in the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange according to specified rates. Provides that the Director shall establish an advisory committee to provide advice to the Director concerning the operation of the exchange and that the advisory committee shall include specified members. Provides that the Department shall also have the authority to coordinate the operations of the exchange with the operations of the State Medicaid program and the FamilyCare Program to determine eligibility for those programs as soon as practicable. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules. Removes provisions concerning small employer health insurance coverage and markets. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2024.
Mourns the death of Oscar Lawton Wilkerson Jr. of Markham.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the Governor shall annually designate, by official proclamation, the third Friday in March as Robotics Day to encourage students and school districts to engage in robotics-based activities and to engage students with the study of mathematics and science.
Amends the Local Government Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act. Provides that the statute of limitations set by a unit of local government for the determination and assessment of taxes covered by the Act may not exceed 10 years (currently, 4 years) after the end of the calendar year for which the return for the period was filed or the end of the calendar year in which the return for the period was due, whichever occurs later. Makes conforming changes concerning the tolling of this 10-year period. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section concerning municipal audits of public utilities, provides that municipalities may request information from public utilities no more than annually (currently, no more than once every 2 years). Provides that, if the public utility fails to respond in a timely manner to the request for information with complete information, the public utility shall be liable to the municipality for a penalty of $1,000 for each day it fails to produce the requested information. Provides that, if a public utility is liable for any error in past tax payments in excess of $5,000 that were unknown prior to an audit from the municipality, then the public utility shall reimburse the municipality for the cost of the audit. Sets forth conditions under which the public utility may be liable for attorney's fees incurred by the municipality. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 220 ILCS 5/9-224.1 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions amending the Local Government Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act, creates a 7-year statute of limitations for utility taxes (currently, 4 years). In provisions amending the Illinois Municipal Code, provides that a public utility that is an electric utility may not provide customer-specific information. Provides that penalties for failure to respond to requests for information shall be assessed by the municipality, but may be reduced or vacated by the municipality or a court of competent jurisdiction upon demonstration by the public utility that the public utility's failure to provide the requested information resulted from excusable neglect. In provisions concerning a public utility's liability for premises that have been annexed to the municipality, provides that the utility shall only be liable beginning 60 days after the date that the municipality provided the public utility notice of the annexation. Adds provisions amending the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall not consider: (i) costs associated with a municipal audit; (ii) any court costs, attorney's fees, or other fees incurred under certain provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code; (iii) unpaid utility taxes owed to a municipality; or (iv) any penalties or interest imposed by a municipality under certain provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code to be expenses for the purpose of determining any rate or charge. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 220 ILCS 5/16-122 Makes changes to the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 to provide that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall not consider: (i) any court costs, attorney's fees, or other fees incurred under certain provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code; or (ii) any penalties or interest imposed by a municipality under certain provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code to be expenses for the purpose of determining any rate or charge (Senate Amendment No. 1 also includes costs associated with a municipal audit and unpaid utility taxes owed to a municipality in the list). Further amends the Public Utilities Act to provide that customer specific billing, usage, or load shape data may be provided to a unit of local government if the unit of local government is requesting the information for the purposes of an audit under specified provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Deletes reference to: 220 ILCS 5/9-224.1 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. In provisions amending the Local Government Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act, provides that a notice of determination of tax due or assessment (removing the limitation in the engrossed bill to utility taxes) may be issued more than 5 years (rather than 7 years in the engrossed bill) after the end of the calendar year for which the return or the period was filed or the end of the calendar year in which the return for the period was due, whichever occurs later. Provides that a timely performed audit or review shall toll the applicable 5-year period for a period of not more than 1 year. Makes other changes. In provisions amending the Illinois Municipal Code relating to a municipality's tax review of a public utility: specifies information that may be requested by the municipality related to premises-specific and other information used by the public utility to determine the amount of tax due to the municipality; revises provisions relating to information that may be collected related to the premises address for customer accounts; provides that the public utility shall attempt to resolve any questions or issues that arise in the tax review without disclosing any customer-specific information and provides that the public utility or municipality may pursue questions or issues before the Department of Revenue; modifies provisions relating to penalties that a public utility can face related to a tax review; modifies provisions relating to the public utility liability to the municipality for unpaid taxes; adds provisions relating to using a web portal rather than email to receive notice of annexations and boundary changes and provisions relating to the Department of Revenue developing and publishing a written process to be used by each public utility and each municipality that imposes a specified tax; and makes other changes. In provisions concerning the Public Utilities Act, makes changes in provisions concerning customer information. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that no person may serve more than 10 consecutive years in any of the following leadership roles: Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and Minority Leader of the Senate. Provides that the limitations imposed by the amendatory Act apply to service beginning on and after the second Wednesday in January of 2025.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the name of each federal holiday and State holiday designated on a unit of local government's calendar must match the name of the federal holiday and State holiday as designated by the State. Defines "federal holiday" and "State holiday". Limits home rule powers. Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning legal holidays, requires the name of each federal and State holiday as specified in that provision to be the name of the holiday that is designated on a school district's calendar for the school term. Effective immediately.
If and only if Senate Bill 208 of the 102nd General Assembly becomes law, amends the Paid Leave for All Workers Act by providing that the definition of "employer" does not include municipalities that have a parks and recreation department.
