Rep. Tony McCombie

Amends the State Property Control Act. Provides that "surplus real property" means property that is determined by the head of the owning agency to no longer be required for the State agency's needs and responsibilities (currently, vacant, unoccupied or unused and having no foreseeable use by the owning agency). Makes changes concerning transfers of surplus real property to State agencies. Provides that surplus real property may be conveyed by the Administrator for less than fair market value if the Administrator makes a written determination that it is in the best interests of the State to establish a different value. Provides that the determination shall be published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin and filed with the Executive Ethics Commission. Provides that the proceeds from the sale of surplus real property shall be deposited into the Deferred Maintenance Property Fund and shall be used for the maintenance and repair of State properties. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Deferred Maintenance Property Fund.

Amends the Use Tax Act and the Service Use Tax Act. Provides that the multistate exemption includes the return of property of an out-of-State lessor or purchaser to this State for storage, repair, or refurbishment, so long as the property is not used by a lessee or purchaser in this State. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Finance Act, the Motor Fuel Tax Law, the Emergency Telephone System Act, the Riverboat Gambling Act, and the Video Gaming Act. Provides that, in the absence of an appropriation for any State fiscal year, moneys that are required to be distributed to units of local government and other entities from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the State Gaming Fund, the Local Government Video Gaming Distributive Fund, and the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund are subject to a continuing appropriation. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Prohibits a child sex offender from knowingly operating, managing, being employed by, or being associated with the Illinois State Fair or DuQuoin State Fair (in addition to a county fair), when persons under the age of 18 are present. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that any person seeking to address public officials in an open meeting shall be allowed to do so at least once per meeting, and any rule limiting a person to speaking no more than once in a given number of days shall be void. Allows the public body to reasonably limit the amount of time given to a person to address public officials during an open meeting. Provides that there shall be nothing under the rules established and recorded by the public body requiring persons seeking to address public officials to do anything more than state his or her name for the record immediately prior to addressing the public officials.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that an employer may enter into an agreement with a community college in the State to establish a project. Provides that the term "project" means a program established by the community college to provide certain job training services. Provides that the employer is entitled to a credit against withholding tax payments in an amount equal to 1.5% of the wages paid by the employer to a participating employee during the first year of the employee's participation in the program. Provides that the employer shall remit the amount of the credit to the community college. Effective immediately.

Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall not enter into any new EDGE Agreements after December 31, 2021 (currently, December 31, 2016). Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of violation of a parole host agreement. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she hosts a releasee and he or she knowingly violates a term of the parole host agreement. Provides that a person also commits violation of a parole host agreement when he or she hosts a releasee and he or she knowingly stores or leaves, within premises under his or her control, a firearm if the person knows or has reason to believe that the releasee is likely to gain access to the firearm and the releasee gains access to the firearm. Provides exceptions. Provides that violation of a parole host agreement is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that if the releasee gains access to the host's firearm, the violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that if the releasee uses the firearm in the commission of an offense that does not result in death or great bodily harm to another person, the host is guilty of a Class 4 felony and a Class 3 felony if the releasee's use of the firearm proximately causes death or great bodily harm to another person.

Amends the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act. Provides that a zoological park shall be open to the public without charge for at least 1 day for every 30 days (rather than every 7 days) the zoological park is open. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the $25 assessment for drug related offenses appropriated to and administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall be distributed to fund Department of State Police drug task forces and Metropolitan Enforcement Groups by dividing the funds equally by the total number of Department of State Police drug task forces and Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Groups.