Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning sarcoidosis.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the provision requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a training program for authorized direct care staff to administer medications under the supervision and monitoring of a registered professional nurse applies to (i) all residential programs (rather than all programs) for persons with a developmental disability in settings of 16 persons or fewer that are funded or licensed by the Department of Human Services and that distribute or administer medications, and (ii) all day programs certified to serve persons with developmental disabilities by the Department of Human Services. Provides that the training program for authorized direct care staff shall include educational and oversight components for staff who work in day programs that are similar to those for staff who work in residential programs. Effective January 1, 2018.
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide informational resources and education to veterans returning from deployment regarding service animals for individuals with disabilities including, but not limited to, resources and education on service animals that guide people who are blind, pull a wheelchair, alert a person with hearing loss, protect a person having a seizure, assist a person with a traumatic brain injury, and calm a person with post-traumatic stress disorder during an anxiety attack or psychiatric episode.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Executive Ethics Commission may (rather than shall) appoint procurement compliance monitors. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Exempts certain contracts from the Code. Requires certain contracts concerning trade shows to be published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. Exempts certain processes used by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Re-enacts and makes changes to provisions concerning higher education and artistic and musical services procurement. Requires all State agencies to respond promptly in writing to the Procurement Policy Board. Provides that State purchasing officers owe a fiduciary duty to the State. Removes various duties of the procurement compliance monitors. Makes changes to provisions concerning multiple awards and bidding processes. Allows for the use of a pool of competitively-selected vendors. Creates certain provisions concerning best value procurement. Allows departments and institutions to purchase and equip off-road construction equipment utilizing the best value procurement process. Increases the limit of small purchases from $10,000 to $100,000. Allows a chief procurement officer to provide a bidder or offeror 5 days to comply with certain provisions of the Code concerning certification and registration with the State Board of Elections. Makes changes to provisions concerning prohibited bidders and reporting. Repeals provisions of the Code concerning exceptions to the Code and procurement communications reporting requirements. Makes other changes. Amends the Small Business Contracts Act, Governmental Joint Purchasing Act, and Illinois Human Rights Act to make other changes. Effective July 1, 2017, but this Act does not take effect at all unless Senate Bills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the 100th General Assembly become law.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for each taxpayer who is an agricultural asset owner who leases that agricultural asset to a beginning farmer. Provides that, if the lease is on a cash basis, the tax credit shall be shall be 7% of the gross amount paid to the taxpayer during the taxable year under the agreement, and if the lease is on a commodity share basis, the credit shall be equal to 17% of the amount paid to the taxpayer from crops or animals sold under the agreement in which the payment is exclusively made from the sale of crops or animals. Provides for an increased credit if the beginning farmer is a veteran. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide for the issuance of Illinois Veterans' Homes plates. Exempts issuance of Illinois Veterans' Homes plates from the requirement that 10,000 applications for the plates be received before the Secretary may issue the plates. Provides that the applicant shall pay an additional fee of $26 for original issuance of the plates, of which $11 shall be deposited into the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that an additional fee of $26 shall be charged for each renewal, of which $24 shall be deposited into the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that money in the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund shall be paid as grants to the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs to support the homes of Illinois' veterans.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the regulation of the delivery of ammunition by the United States Postal Service or other courier by a holder of a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued by the Department of State Police under the Act is an exclusive power and function of the State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for each taxpayer who is an agricultural asset owner who leases that agricultural asset to a beginning farmer. Provides that, if the lease is on a cash basis, the tax credit shall be shall be 7% of the gross amount paid to the taxpayer during the taxable year under the agreement, and if the lease is on a commodity share basis, the credit shall be equal to 17% of the amount paid to the taxpayer from crops or animals sold under the agreement in which the payment is exclusively made from the sale of crops or animals. Provides for an increased credit if the beginning farmer is a veteran. Effective immediately.
Designates the Centennial Bridge in Rock Island as the "Master Sgt. Stanley W. Talbot Memorial Bridge".
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning extended statutes of limitations.
