Rep. Gary Hannig

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Authorizes the Department of Revenue to issue a warrant directed to any agent of the Department's Bureau of Criminal Investigations commanding the agent to levy upon the property and rights to property of a taxpayer within his jurisdiction the amount of tax not paid under the applicable Act. Effective July 1, 2005.

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Makes various changes to conform with the transfer of all powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities vested in the Department of the Lottery to the Department of Revenue in accordance with Executive Order No. 9 (2003). Effective immediately.

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.

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that employer contributions for days granted by an employer in excess of the member's normal annual sick leave allotment shall be paid in the form of a lump sum within 30 days after receipt of the bill after the teacher begins receiving benefits under this Article. Effective immediately.

Makes appropriations from certain funds to the Supreme Court for various purposes. Effective July 1, 2006.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher tenure.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the continuation of prior laws.

Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Provides that all agreements regarding the placement, construction, modification, or operation of personal wireless service facilities are subject to the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission and requires each telecommunications carrier entering into such an agreement to file a copy of the agreement with the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to revoke the agreement if the telecommunications carrier fails to place, construct, modify, or make operational the personal wireless service facility within a reasonable time. Authorizes the Commission to promulgate rules. Preempts home rule.

Amends numerous Acts that have provisions relating to revenue, including the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Cigarette Tax Act, the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Property Tax Code, the Longtime Owner-Occupant Property Tax Relief Act, the Motor Fuel Tax Law, the Messages Tax Act, the Gas Revenue Tax Act, the Public Utilities Revenue Tax Act, the Telecommunications Excise Tax Act, the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act, the Liquor Control Act of 1934, and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Re-enacts provisions of those Acts that were affected by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Includes validation provisions. Also makes revisory changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.