Creates the Heirs' Property Study Task Force to examine current and prospective methods to address heirs' property issues in Illinois.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the credit for expenditures incurred in the restoration and preservation of a qualified historic structure located in a River Edge Redevelopment Zone applies for taxable years ending prior to January 1, 2027 (currently January 1, 2022). Effective immediately.
Declares African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Day on March 27, 2021. Further congratulates the AME Church on their 205th anniversary.
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that criminal history record information of certain specified convictions shall automatically receive limited access when completion of court ordered financial obligations of the sentence has occurred and 10 years have passed since the most recent misdemeanor or felony conviction. Provides that if a person's case receives limited access not in accordance law or a person receiving limited access is subsequently convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, the State's Attorney of the county in which the underlying or subsequent conviction took place or the Attorney General, if the Attorney General obtained the conviction for the underlying conviction, shall have standing to challenge the limited access granted by the court. Provides that the Department of State Police may object under certain circumstances. Provides that an offense provided limited access may not be considered a conviction that would prohibit the employment of a person under State or federal law that prohibits employment based on State convictions to the extent permitted by federal law. Makes other changes.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue cannabis delivery organization licenses. Contains provisions regarding applications for cannabis delivery organization licenses. Requires the Department to develop a system to score applications for cannabis delivery licenses. Provides that applicants must qualify as social equity applicants in order to be awarded a cannabis delivery organization license. Requires applicants to pay a $2,500 application fee and a prorated fee of $5,000 prior to receiving a license, to be deposited into the Cannabis Regulation Fund. Contains requirements and prohibitions for cannabis delivery organizations. Provides that cannabis delivery organizations may obtain cannabis products from any cannabis business organization licensed in the State. Contains requirements for the issuance of cannabis delivery agent identification cards. Requires the Department to conduct a background check through the Department of State Police of certain officers, board members, and agents of cannabis delivery organizations. Contains provisions regarding the renewal of cannabis delivery organization licenses and agent identification cards. Contains other provisions.
Creates the Municipal Land Bank Authorities Division in the Illinois Municipal Code. Allows a municipality to create a land bank authority to use available resources to facilitate the return of vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties to productive use in order to combat community deterioration, create economic growth, and stabilize the housing and job market. Provides that the land bank authority is an agency of and funded by the municipality and that the land bank authority's board of directors are accountable to the city council of the municipality. Contains provisions relating to the appointment of members to the land bank authority's board of directors and operation of the land bank authority. Allows the hiring of an executive director and other staff. Provides that the municipality shall defend and indemnify the land bank authority's board of directors under specified circumstances.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Extends a tax credit allowable for qualified expenditures incurred by a qualified taxpayer in the restoration and preservation of a qualified historic structure located in a River Edge Redevelopment Zone to January 1, 2031 (currently, through January 1, 2022). Provides that, in order to qualify for such a tax credit, expenditures must: (i) equal $5,000 or more, (ii) exceed the adjusted basis of the qualified historic structure on the first day the qualified rehabilitation plan begins, and (iii) be a part of a qualified rehabilitation plan or phase of a qualified rehabilitation plan that received final approval to begin the expenditures no later than December 31, 2026 (currently, only (i) and (ii) are required). Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Makes a technical correction to the introduced bill by providing that the credit for restoration of qualified historic properties in a River Edge Redevelopment Zone applies for taxable years ending prior to January 1, 2027 (currently, January 1, 2022).
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
