Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Real Estate License Act of 2000 from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2030. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 454/1-5 225 ILCS 454/1-10 225 ILCS 454/5-5 225 ILCS 454/5-6 225 ILCS 454/5-7 225 ILCS 454/5-10 225 ILCS 454/5-15 225 ILCS 454/5-20 225 ILCS 454/5-25 225 ILCS 454/5-27 225 ILCS 454/5-28 225 ILCS 454/5-29 new 225 ILCS 454/5-35 225 ILCS 454/5-40 225 ILCS 454/5-41 225 ILCS 454/5-45 225 ILCS 454/5-50 225 ILCS 454/5-60 225 ILCS 454/5-70 225 ILCS 454/5-75 225 ILCS 454/10-5 225 ILCS 454/10-10 225 ILCS 454/10-15 225 ILCS 454/10-20 225 ILCS 454/10-30 225 ILCS 454/10-35 225 ILCS 454/10-50 new 225 ILCS 454/10-55 new 225 ILCS 454/15-5 225 ILCS 454/15-10 225 ILCS 454/15-15 225 ILCS 454/15-25 225 ILCS 454/15-35 225 ILCS 454/15-45 225 ILCS 454/15-50 225 ILCS 454/15-65 225 ILCS 454/15-75 225 ILCS 454/20-5 225 ILCS 454/20-10 225 ILCS 454/20-15 225 ILCS 454/20-20 225 ILCS 454/20-20.1 new 225 ILCS 454/20-21 225 ILCS 454/20-22 225 ILCS 454/20-25 225 ILCS 454/20-60 225 ILCS 454/20-64 225 ILCS 454/20-65 225 ILCS 454/20-66 225 ILCS 454/20-72 225 ILCS 454/20-75 225 ILCS 454/20-85 225 ILCS 454/20-90 225 ILCS 454/25-15 225 ILCS 454/25-21 225 ILCS 454/25-25 225 ILCS 454/30-5 225 ILCS 454/30-15 225 ILCS 454/30-25 225 ILCS 454/20-68 rep. 225 ILCS 454/25-14 rep. 225 ILCS 454/25-37 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Real Estate Brokerage Act from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2030. Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Adds provisions concerning the temporary practice as a designated managing broker. Makes changes in provisions concerning legislative intent; definitions; applications for managing broker, broker, and leasing agent licenses; requirements for licensure; exemptions from licensure; consideration of prior revocations, conduct, and convictions; examinations; sponsorships; contact information; offices; expiration and renewal of licenses; continuing education requirements; payment of compensation; advertising; agency relationships; recovery from the Real Estate Recovery Fund; and licensing of education provider instructors. Changes references to "leasing agents" to "residential leasing agents" throughout the Act. Provides that, if the party applying for judicial review is not a resident of the State of Illinois, the venue shall be Cook County (rather than Sangamon County). Repeals provisions concerning the Real Estate Audit Fund; surrender of licenses upon revocation or suspension; and advisory letters. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Survivor Support and Trafficking Prevention Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Repeals a provision making the Article inoperative on and after June 30, 2019. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 305 ILCS 5/16-7 rep. Adds reference to: 305 ILCS 5/16-7 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Survivor Support and Trafficking Prevention Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the provisions of the Article are inoperative on and after June 30, 2022 (rather than June 30, 2019). Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is an aggravating factor in sentencing for first degree murder that the murdered individual was a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship. Provides that assault and battery committed in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship are enhanced to aggravated assault or aggravated battery. Provides that the penalty for aggravated assault under this provision is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that aggravated battery under this provision is a Class 1 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship. Provides that a person also commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when the person knowingly carries or possesses with intent to use the same unlawfully against another, any firearm, knife, or other dangerous weapon, in any school church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill, except: (1) provides that aggravated battery committed by knowingly causing great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement is a Class 2 felony (rather than a Class 1 felony in the engrossed bill) when the person causes great bodily harm or permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship; and (2) provides that the offense of unlawful use of weapons also includes carrying or possessing with intent to use the same unlawfully against another, any firearm (rather than any firearm, knife, or other dangerous weapon in the engrossed bill) in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship (deletes school).
Creates the Open Illinois Checkbook Act. Requires the Comptroller to establish and maintain a publicly accessible database to be known as the "Open Illinois Checkbook" for the purpose of showing all of the expenditures made from any State fund. Provides further requirements for the establishment, use, and operation of the Open Illinois Checkbook. Defines terms. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: New Act Adds reference to: 15 ILCS 405/27 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Comptroller Act. Requires the Comptroller's online ledger to include expenditure amounts and dates of expenditure, the vendor to which each expenditure was made, the State agency making each expenditure, the salaries of each employee, and, to the extent possible, graphical data. Effective immediately.
Creates the Home Birth Maternity Care Crisis Study Committee to provide the General Assembly a consumer-focused, evidence-based solution to the Illinois Home Birth Maternity Care Crisis. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Changes the date that the final report is due.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 605 ILCS 5/1-101 Adds reference to: 605 ILCS 5/6-115 from Ch. 121, par. 6-115 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a board of trustees may (i) appoint a non-resident or a resident that has not resided in the district for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contract with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner services if: (1) the district is within a township with no incorporated town; (2) the township is a population of less than 500; and (3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the township for at least one year is willing to serve as highway commissioner.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Creates an exemption for qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a data center that has been granted a certificate of exemption by the Department of Revenue. Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to add provisions concerning those certificates of exemption. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 2505/2505-810 new Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 605/605-1025 new 35 ILCS 5/229 new Makes changes to the introduced bill to provide that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall certify qualified data centers (in the introduced bill, the Department of Revenue). Provides that contractors or subcontractors of qualified data centers shall comply with certain responsible bidder requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that those contractors shall enter into project labor agreements. Adds provisions to the introduced bill amending the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in the amount of 20% of the wages paid during the taxable year to a full-time or part-time employee of a construction contractor employed by a certified data center if those wages are paid for the construction of a new data center in a geographic area that meets certain criteria related to poverty or unemployment. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 605/605-1025 new 35 ILCS 105/3-5 35 ILCS 110/3-5 35 ILCS 115/3-5 35 ILCS 120/2-5 35 ILCS 640/2-4 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 5/201 from Ch. 120, par. 2-201 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the research and development credit applies for taxable years ending prior to January 1, 2027 (currently, January 1, 2022). Creates an income tax credit for qualified education expenses incurred by an employer on behalf of a qualifying apprentice, subject to certain limitations. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-100 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-154.7 625 ILCS 5/5-302 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-302 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not sell or offer at auction salvage vehicles to a nonresident individual or business in the United States unless the nonresident is licensed in another state or jurisdiction, provides a National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) number, a social security number or federal employment identification number, and resale tax certificate, if applicable. Provides that a person in the State shall not sell or offer at auction salvage vehicles to an out-of-country buyer unless the out-of-country buyer is licensed in its jurisdiction as a recycler or rebuilder and provides a foreign license number, passport, or other form of identification issued by the foreign jurisdiction. Provides that an out-of-country buyer who provides a business address not within the sovereign boundaries of the United States shall receive a title stamped with the designation of "export only" at the point of sale. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person in the State shall sell at auction a salvage vehicle to a nonresident individual or business licensed in the United States unless the nonresident, in addition to being licensed in another state or jurisdiction, provides a resale tax certificate, if applicable, and one of the following: a National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) number, federal employer identification number, or government-issued driver's license or passport. Provides that a person in the State shall not sell at auction a salvage vehicle to an out-of-country buyer, unless if the nonresident is licensed in a jurisdiction that is not a state, then the nonresident shall provide to the seller the number of the nonresident's license issued by that jurisdiction and a copy of the nonresident's passport or the passport of an owner or officer of the nonresident entity or a copy of another form of government-issued identification from the nonresident or an owner or officer of the nonresident entity. Provides that an out-of-state salvage vehicle buyer who provides an address outside of the United States shall receive a salvage certificate stamped by the seller with the designation of "For Export Only" at the point of sale for each salvage vehicle purchased and the NMVTIS record shall be designated "EXPORT". House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-154.7 625 ILCS 5/5-302 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 5-302 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 105/5.891 new 625 ILCS 5/11-709 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-709 625 ILCS 5/11-907 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-907 625 ILCS 5/11-907.5 705 ILCS 135/15-70 720 ILCS 5/9-3 from Ch. 38, par. 9-3 730 ILCS 5/5-6-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-6-1 730 ILCS 5/5-3-2 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-3-2 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Dedicates the Act to the memory of Lieutenant Scott Gillen, Trooper Brooke Jones-Story, and Trooper Christopher Lambert. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Scott's Law Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, when approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe, a person shall proceed with due caution, reduce the speed of the vehicle maintaining a safe speed for road conditions and leaving a safe distance until safely past the stationary vehicles. Provides that, when approaching a disabled vehicle with lighted hazard lights on a highway having at least 4 lanes, of which at least 2 are proceeding in the same direction, a driver of a vehicle shall, proceeding with due caution, yield the right-of-way by making a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the disabled vehicle, if possible with due regard to safety and traffic conditions, or, if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe proceeding with due caution, reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintaining a safe speed for road conditions and leaving a safe distance until safely past the stationary vehicles. Provides that a person who violates provisions prescribing how to safely approach an authorized emergency vehicle commits a business offense punishable by a minimum fine of $250 and not more than $10,000 for the first violation and a fine of not less than $750 or more than $10,000 for the second or subsequent violation (instead of a fine of not less than $100 or more than $10,000), and (i) if the violation results in damage to another vehicle, the person commits a Class A misdemeanor; and (ii) if the violation results in the injury or death of another person, the person commits a Class 4 felony. Provides that commission of the offense of reckless homicide while committing a violation of the Section concerning proper approach of a stationary authorized emergency vehicle shall be afforded as a factor in aggravation and extended-term sentencing. Provides that the Director of the State Police shall use all moneys in the Scott's Law Fund in the Department's discretion to fund the production of materials to educate drivers on approaching stationary authorized emergency vehicles, to hire off-duty Department of State Police for enforcement of the Section concerning proper approach of a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, and for other law enforcement purposes the Director deems necessary for such efforts. Provides that, for violations issued by a county or municipal police officer, the assessment shall be deposited into the county or municipality's Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to hire off-duty county police officers to monitor construction or maintenance zones in that county on highways other than interstate highways. Provides that the county, in its discretion, may also use a portion of the moneys in its Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to purchase equipment for county law enforcement and fund the production of materials to educate drivers on construction zone safe driving habits and approaching stationary authorized emergency vehicles. Amends the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act. Imposes a conditional assessment of $250 for a violation of provisions prescribing how to safely approach an authorized emergency vehicle. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits reckless homicide while violating provisions prescribing how to safely approach an authorized emergency vehicle shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 3 years and not more than 14 years, or, if the person caused the deaths of 2 or more persons, not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years. Makes other changes. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person charged with violating provisions prescribing how to safely approach an authorized emergency vehicle is not eligible for supervision.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to use the zipper merge method when merging into a reduced number of lanes (drivers in merging lanes are expected to use both lanes to advance to the lane reduction point and merge at that location, alternating turns). House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/6-109 625 ILCS 5/11-907.1 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and further amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool used for the written portion of the driver's license examination, at least one test question concerning driver responsibilities when approaching a stationary emergency vehicle. Creates the Move Over Task Force to study the issue of violations of the provisions of the Code prescribing how to safely enter a highway construction zone, approach a disabled vehicle, and approach an authorized emergency vehicle. Prescribes membership for the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall meet no fewer than 3 times and shall present its report and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2020. Repeals the Task Force on January 1, 2021. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adds to the Move Over Task Force one representative, appointed by the Governor, from a bona fide labor organization representing certified road flaggers and other road construction workers.
Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that an elected or appointed official of a unit of local government may not hire or appoint himself or herself to a second position in the unit of local government if the second position is a salaried or hourly position. Allows the governing body of the unit of local government to hire or appoint an elected or appointed official to a second position in the unit of local government with a salary or hourly wages by ordinance or resolution if the ordinance or resolution states the salary or total compensation of an hourly position. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 (Senate recedes Jun 02, 2019) Provides that an elected or appointed official of a unit of local government may not hire or appoint himself or herself to a position (rather than a second position) in the unit of local government if the position is a salaried or hourly position. Provides that the governing body of the unit of local government may consolidate positions within the unit of local government (rather than hire or appoint an elected or appointed official to a second position in the unit of local government with a salary or hourly wages) by ordinance or resolution if the ordinance or resolution states the salary or total compensation of the combined position. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 (Senate recedes Jun 02, 2019) Deletes reference to: 50 ILCS 105/4.1 new Adds reference to: 50 ILCS 50/5 50 ILCS 50/10 50 ILCS 50/15 50 ILCS 50/20 50 ILCS 50/25 50 ILCS 50/30 50 ILCS 50/35 50 ILCS 50/42 new 50 ILCS 50/45 new 50 ILCS 50/50 new 50 ILCS 50/40 rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act. Modifies and deletes various definitions. Expands and changes the financing or refinancing that a governmental unit (rather than a local unit of government) or the Illinois Finance Authority may use for assessment contracts. Provides that a governmental unit or the Authority may sale and assign assessment contracts without competitive bidding or the solicitation of requests for proposals or requests for qualifications. Changes elements required in an ordinance or resolution establishing a property assessed clean energy program. Changes elements required to be included in a property assessed clean energy program report. Changes requirements of assessment contracts in a program. Provides that assessments under the program may be included in property tax bills and establishes procedures for billing and collection of assessments. Modifies how PACE bonds are issued and paid, including that the State will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in governmental units by this Act or in the Authority in accordance with this Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act are intended to be supplemental and in addition to all other powers or authorities granted to any governmental unit, shall be construed liberally, and shall not be construed as a limitation of any power or authority otherwise granted. Requires PACE bonds to contain a recital. Validates all actions and bonds issued prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Repeals provisions on joint property assessed clean energy programs. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 (Senate recedes Jun 02, 2019) Makes organizational and grammatical changes. Changes a cross-reference. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 2, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 3, with the following changes: Removes cost of collecting assessments from costs allowed to be included in the amount of financing or refinancing. Modifies the definitions of "assessment", "property", "record owner", and "resiliency improvement". Modifies the requirements of the program report. Changes requirements of property that may be subject to an assessment contract. Removes provisions allowing a county collector to charge flat fees relating to collection of assessments. Removes language providing that a record owner waives objects to assessments related to assessment contracts when entering into the assessment contract. Makes grammatical changes. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Provides that "capital provider" means any credit union, federally insured depository institution, insurance company, trust company, or other entity (rather than institution) approved by a governmental unit or its program administrator or program administrators that finances or refinances an energy project by purchasing PACE bonds issued by the governmental unit or the Authority for that purpose. Corrects typographical errors.