Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Legislative Ethics Commission shall adopt (rather than promulgate) rules under the Administrative Procedure Act governing (rather than rules governing) the performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers and governing the investigations of the Legislative Inspector General. Provides that the Commission shall adopt no rule requiring the Legislative Inspector General to seek the Commission's advance approval before commencing any investigation or issuing a subpoena. Provides that any existing rule, as of the effective date of the amendatory Act, requiring the Legislative Inspector General to seek the Commission's advance approval before commencing any investigation or issuing a subpoena is void. Removes language providing that the Legislative Inspector General needs the advance approval of the Commission to issue subpoenas. Provides that the Legislative Inspector General may publish a summary report for an investigation upon issuance of a final administrative decision that concludes that a violation occurred unless a supermajority of the Commission votes to suppress the report. Effective immediately.
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Legislative Ethics Commission shall adopt no rule requiring the Legislative Inspector General to seek the Commission's advance approval before commencing any investigation. Provides that any existing rule, as of the effective date of this amendatory Act, requiring the Legislative Inspector General to seek the Commission's advance approval before commencing any investigation is void. Effective immediately.
Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning enforcement.
Designates the US 20 bridge over Illinois Route 31 as the Sergeant Marcos Leonardo Gudino Memorial Bridge.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no expedited application shall be accepted or processed for a corrected or duplicate certificate of title that seeks to remove a lienholder unless the applicant surrenders the last issued certificate of title with a completed lien release on the certificate of title. Provides that an expiration date of December 31 of the year in which the lien is satisfied shall be included on each certificate of title. Provides that if a recorded lienholder does not reaffirm a lien and does not respond to a request to verify a lien release letter within 7 calendar days of receipt, the Secretary of State shall process an application for corrected title for the owner of a motor vehicle. Provides that upon extending or refinancing a loan against a passenger motor vehicle of the first division or a motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than 12,000 pounds, the Secretary may issue a dealer lien release and affirmation of loan certificate of title to a financial institution, or to a lienholder registered in this State that is listed on the certificate of title, that submits an application for title. Effective January 1, 2019.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, appointments to the Legislative Ethics Commission shall be gender-balanced. Effective immediately.
Amends the Use Tax Act and the Service Use Tax Act. Provides that, if a retailer or serviceman makes a sale to purchaser in Illinois from outside of Illinois, then that retailer or serviceman is considered to be "maintaining a place of business in this State" if (1) the cumulative gross receipts from sales of service to purchasers in Illinois are $150,000 or more; or (2) the retailer or serviceman enters into 200 or more separate transactions for sales of service to purchasers in Illinois. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Marketplace Fairness Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act to provide that the mental health and illness component of the program must recognize the multiple dimensions of health by including material on mental health and the relation of physical and mental health to enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behavior that promote health, well-being, and human dignity.
Creates the Illinois Clean Elections Act. Establishes a voluntary method of public financing of the campaigns of candidates for statewide constitutional offices and the General Assembly. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Clean Elections Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to create an individual tax return checkoff in support of the Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.