Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

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 Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning making rules and regulations.

Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Excludes from the definition of "employee" an employee employed as a player who is 28 years old or younger, a manager, a coach, or an athletic trainer by a minor league professional baseball team not affiliated with a major league baseball club, if (A) the minor league professional baseball team does not operate for more than 7 months in any calendar year or (B) during the preceding calendar year, the minor league professional baseball team's average receipts for any 6-month period of the year were not more than 33 1/3% of its average receipts for the other 6 months of the year. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Prohibits any person or business that violates the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, the Minimum Wage Law, the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or any comparable state statute or regulation of any state which governs the payment of wages to do business with the State or any State agency or enter into a subcontract that is subject to the Code for a period of 5 years. Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that an employer that is able to pay wages and who refuses to pay is guilty of a Class 4 felony with respect to amounts of $5,000 or less (rather than a Class B misdemeanor) and of a Class 3 felony with respect to amounts greater than $5,000 (rather than a Class A misdemeanor). Provides that a subsequent failure to pay within 5 years (rather than 2 years) of a prior conviction is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony).

Congratulates Bill Moore on his 100th birthday.

Congratulates Johnny L. McGowan on being installed as the pastor of Gayles Memorial Baptist Church.

Recognizes the 2017 Day of the Dead celebration in Aurora on November 5, 2017.

Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the debt limitations of school districts, provides that, in addition to all other authority to issue bonds, Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185 may incur indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $9,500,000 to build and equip a new school building and improve the site thereof if certain conditions are met, including (1) that the voters of the district approve an advisory question that recommends the building and equipping of a new school building at the general election held on November 8, 2016 and (2) that, prior to incurring the debt, the school board determines, by resolution, that the building and equipping of a new school building is required as a result of the age and condition of the district's existing buildings. Provides that the debt issued and any bonds issued to pay, refund, or continue to refund such debt must mature within not to exceed 25 years from their date, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. Effective immediately.

Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that, for the purpose of veteran preferences, with respect to applicants for the position of Highway Maintainer, service in the Illinois National Guard or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces is considered service in the Armed Forces of the United States regardless of whether or not the applicant was mobilized to active duty. Effective immediately.