Appropriates $861,445,100 for the ordinary and contingent expenses of various boards of trustees and agencies within higher education. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Extends the angel investment credit for taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2021 (currently, December 31, 2016). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of the Lottery, beginning on January 1, 2016 or as soon thereafter as is practical, to offer a special instant scratch-off game with the title of "The End of Alzheimer's Begins With Me". Requires the net revenue from that game to be deposited into the Alzheimer's Awareness Fund. Authorizes the Department to adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the game. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides deputies employed by a county, or the police officers employed by a municipality, shall be provided mental health counseling services by the sheriff, or the corporate authorities of the municipality, respectively. Limits home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Amends the Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that DuPage County shall not adopt any fee schedule regarding management and mitigation of the effects of urbanization on stormwater drainage unless (i) a referendum has been passed approving a stormwater tax; or (ii) the question of the adoption of a fee schedule with the same limit as the authorized stormwater tax has been approved in a referendum by a majority of those voting on the question. Further provides that an annual stormwater tax in DuPage County shall not be levied until the question of its adoption has been submitted to the electors and approved by a majority of the electors. Effective immediately.
Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that a boating safety certificate is not required for a person who is not a resident of this State and is temporarily using the waters of this State for the purpose of participating in a sanctioned and insured national motor boat racing event. Effective immediately.
Creates the Continuing Appropriation for MAP Grants Act to require a recommendation by the Governor in the annual budget and annual appropriations by the General Assembly sufficient to fund all grant awards for a given academic year under the Monetary Award Program and to require a continuing appropriation if the General Assembly fails to make sufficient appropriations. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer to create a firearm. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly uses a three-dimensional printer to create a fully functioning firearm. Adds exemptions for: (1) a person who possesses a license to manufacture firearms under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968; (2) a person who is actually engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling any piece or part of a firearm, but only with respect to the activities which are within the lawful scope of that business; or (3) a person who uses a three-dimensional printer to create a prototype of a firearm. Adds definitions of "prototype" and "three-dimensional printer". Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
Amends the Mental Health Court Treatment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
