Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Provides that a recipient of Program grants must be constructing, modifying, altering, or retrofitting an (i) ethanol plant (now, just plant) that has annual production capacity of no less than 30,000,000 gallons of renewable fuel per year or a (ii) biodiesel plant. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and administer grant programs including: the Illinois Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol Program, the Illinois Corn Grain to Fuel Research Consortium Assistance Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Corn-to-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Biodiesel Infrastructure Grant Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Ethanol Development Intergovernmental Assistance Program. Sets forth the purposes and conditions for these grant programs. Provides that subject to appropriation (now, subject to appropriation from the Build Illinois Bond Fund), the Director is authorized to award Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund grants. Sets forth that the annual aggregate amount for these grants shall not exceed $25,000,000 in Fiscal year 2007 and 2008 and $15,000,000 thereafter (now, may not exceed $15,000,000). Specifies how these grant funds shall be allocated. Sets forth certain limitations on spending on the various Program grants including for research conducted at the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Facility at SIU-Edwardsville not to exceed $1,000,000 annually, and a one-time grant in FY 2007 not to exceed $3,000,000 for construction, remodeling, and expansion of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Facility at SIU-Edwardsville. Provides that normal operating and execution of renewable fuels programs in existence on January 1, 2006 within the Department from the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund shall not exceed $5,000,000 annually. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury to fund these grant programs. Sets forth certain conditions for the operation of this Fund. Provides for certain annual payments from the General Revenue Fund to the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, to provide that on or after July 1, 2006 and on or before June 30, 2016, those tax rates apply to 90% of the proceeds of sales made on gasohol (now, apply to 80% of the proceeds of sales made on gasohol). Amends the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act to provide that beginning January 1, 2008 a minimum of 10% of all motor fuel sold or offered for sale in Illinois must be denatured ethanol and that beginning January 1, 2012 a minimum of 15% of all motor fuel sold or offered for sale in Illinois must be denatured ethanol. Effective July 1, 2006.
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that each electric utility or alternative retail electric supplier shall provide sufficient renewable energy resources to comprise at least 2% of the total electricity that it supplies to its Illinois customers as of December 31, 2006, at least 4% of the total electricity that it supplies to its Illinois customers as of December 31, 2008, at least 6% of the total electricity that it supplies to its Illinois customers as of December 31, 2010, at least 8% of the total electricity that it supplies to its Illinois customers as of December 31, 2012, and at least 10% of the total electricity that it supplies to its Illinois customers as of December 31, 2014. Provides that, if an electric utility or alternative retail electric supplier does not purchase and supply all of the amounts of renewable energy specified, then the electric utility or alternative retail electric supplier shall pay a penalty of $25 per megawatt hour each year for any shortfall in supply, which shall be deposited into the Renewable Energy Resources Trust Fund.
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning wagering.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rates.
Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Adds the court service fee, the court system fee, and the traffic and criminal surcharge fee to the list of fees that the clerk of the court may add to the amount of money that the clerk is required to disburse. In cases of bail forfeiture, ex parte judgment, or guilty pleas, includes the court service fee, the court system fee, and the traffic and criminal surcharge fee to the list of deductions that the clerk of the court may remove from the amount collected before disbursing the money. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a member of the armed forces of the United States, other than a reserve component, on active duty on the due date of any installment of taxes due under the Property Tax Code shall not be deemed delinquent in the payment of the installment until 90 days after the due date or, if the member is deployed outside the continental United States, 90 days after the member is redeployed to the continental United States. Provides that members of the reserve components of the armed forces of the United States or members of the National Guard who are on active duty shall not be deemed delinquent in the payment of the installment until 90 days (now, 30 days) after the member returns from active duty. Deletes provisions concerning an amnesty period in Cook County for certain National Guard members for taxes on homestead property due and payable in 1991 or 1992. Effective immediately.
Amends the Local Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the local records advisor.
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law and the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In a Section allowing the Director of Professional Regulation to suspend certain licensing requirements after the proclamation of a disaster by the Governor for persons working for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and the Department of Public Health, provides that working for IEMA may also include working for an emergency services and disaster agency accredited by IEMA and that working for the Department of Public Health may also include working for a local public health department. Makes the same changes to a Section allowing similar license suspension powers to the Director of Public Health. Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Removes certain restrictions on the Governor's powers during a disaster event. Provides that the immunities provided during emergency management response activities also apply when responding to certain disasters or otherwise serving or attempting to serve the general purpose of the Act. Provides that the immunities of emergency management responders do not apply to services and agencies receiving prior written notice from IEMA of noncompliance with certain provisions of the Act. Effective immediately.
Creates the Prisoner Census Adjustment Act. For purposes of creating election districts and redistricting, requires that State and local governmental bodies use census figures adjusted to reflect the pre-incarceration addresses of persons imprisoned in State or federal facilities in Illinois. Requires the Secretary of State to make the adjustments based upon information reported by State and local governmental entities that operate or place persons in facilities. Imposes the requirements beginning after the next federal decennial census.
Honors Illinois State Representative Calvin Giles on his hard work and dedication to the people of the State of Illinois.