Amends the Election Code. Provides that each election authority operating in a county organized by township shall operate one grace period voter registration site within each township under the jurisdiction of the election authority. Provides that each election authority operating in a county organized by precinct shall operate one grace period voter registration site within each precinct under the jurisdiction of the election authority. Provides that the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago shall operate one grace period voter registration site within each former township located within the City of Chicago, as those townships existed immediately prior to the date those townships were eliminated within the City of Chicago.
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Amends the Auction License Act, the Home Inspector License Act, and the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002. Makes changes to the deadlines for completion of continuing education for renewal of a license. Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. In the definitions of "broker" and "person", includes an entity, corporation, foreign or domestic partnership, or other business entity. Makes conforming changes throughout the Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning licensing requirements for ownership. Makes changes to the deadline for completion of continuing education for renewal of a managing broker, broker, leasing agent, or instructor license. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends Public Act 100-21. Removes references to evidence-based funding and instead inserts references to general State aid. Repeals provisions for funding bilingual education and transitions to evidence-based funding. Makes changes to various line items. Adds line items for disabled student personnel reimbursement, extraordinary funding for children requiring special education, summer school payments, and bilingual education. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Salaries Act. Provides that the monthly salary payment made to Executive Branch officers may be delayed if there are insufficient funds in the State's General Revenue Fund to pay all other obligations within 90 days after a voucher requesting payment is submitted to the Comptroller. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act to make a similar change concerning monthly salary paid to members of the General Assembly.
Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Creates an education provider license to provide courses in pre-license, post-license, and continuing education subjects related to real estate transactions. Establishes requirements for an education provider license. Makes conforming changes throughout the Act. Creates an education provider instructor license and makes conforming changes throughout the Act. Effective immediately.
Creates the Local Government Property Tax Referendum Act. Provides that any referendum, initiative, proposition, or other ballot question which establishes a new tax, increases an existing tax, or gives a unit of local government the authority to establish a new tax or increase an existing tax shall only be submitted to the voters or electors at a general election. Excludes emergency referenda submitted to the voters or electors at times other than general elections. Makes similar changes to the Election Code, the Property Tax Code, the Counties Code, the Township Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the School Code.
Urges the General Assembly to work towards a biennial budget.
Urges the State of Illinois to solve its budget crisis with the "1-2-3 Plan".
Authorizes the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to commence a procurement process for a project to provide additional highway capacity along Interstate 55 from Interstate 355 to Interstate 90/Interstate 94 in DuPage, Cook, and Will Counties, and toll the additional capacity.
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, tax increment revenues may be utilized for jointly undertaken and performed redevelopment projects only in an amount equal to the percentage of eligible costs undertaken within the redevelopment project area that received the revenue. Provides that tax increment revenues received in one redevelopment project area may not be used for eligible costs in another redevelopment project area and tax increment revenues may not be transferred to another redevelopment project area. Provides that if there are any contracts or agreements in force on the effective date of the amendatory Act, tax increment revenues may continue to be used or transferred to another redevelopment project area or utilized for jointly undertaken and performed redevelopment projects only to the extent necessary to comply with the contract or agreement.