Creates the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program Act. Provides that the Department of Labor, in collaboration with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 2, the International Alliance of Stage Employees' Midwest affiliates, and entities of the Chicago Entertainment Industry Labor Council, shall develop and establish an Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program. Provides that the Program shall include (i) a 3-year educational component that provides specific skill set training for 25 to 50 participants annually with a weekly stipend during the training and job referral services upon successful completion; and (ii) ongoing training for skilled professionals. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department, in consultation with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 2, shall purchase a building or renovate an existing building for the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program. Provides that the building shall be located in an urban area and be within safe walking distance to public transportation. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program, including rules on qualification requirements.
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Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the transportation of ready-mixed concrete and the transportation of aggregate or excavated materials shall be deemed to be employment upon public works. Provides that all laborers, workers, and mechanics performing transportation of ready-mixed concrete and transportation of aggregate or excavated materials shall be deemed to be employed in actual construction work upon public works. Defines terms.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code and the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Provides that all individual and small group accident and health policies written subject to certain federal standards must file rates with the Department of Insurance for approval. Provides that unreasonable rate increases or inadequate rates shall be disapproved. Requires the Department to provide a report to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2023 regarding both on and off exchange individual and small group rates in the Illinois market. Requires that the Department approve or deny rate filings within 45 calendar days of submission unless the Director of Insurance extends the period by following specific procedures. Provides that a rate increase that is not approved or denied by the Department by the applicable deadline shall be automatically approved on the following calendar day. Provides that no less than 30 days after the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has certified the plans described in this Section for the upcoming plan year, the Department shall publish on its website a report explaining the rates for that plan year's certified health care plans. Defines "inadequate rate" and "unreasonable rate increase". Effective immediately.
Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall not issue a tax certificate to any taxpayer under this Act unless the taxpayer first submits a supplier diversity report. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall publish on its website all supplier diversity reports filed by taxpayers under this Act and maintain those reports for at least 5 years.
Creates the Fix the FOID Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Creates the Fire and Smoke Damper Inspection Act. Provides that commercial structures that require fire and smoke damper installations shall have fire and smoke dampers inspected and tested within one year after installation, commercial structures with fire and smoke dampers shall have fire and smoke dampers inspected and tested at least once every 4 years, and hospitals with fire and smoke dampers shall have fire and smoke dampers inspected and tested at least once every 6 years. Provides that inspections shall certify compliance with specified authorities. Provides that inspections and testing shall be conducted by individuals certified by the International Certification Board and American National Standards Institute. Provides specified requirements for fire and smoke damper inspections. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a provision concerning geographic consolidation of State employment positions.
Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Changes the title of the Act to the Veterans, Servicemembers, and Families Court Treatment Act. Provides that the Act also applies to defendants who are family members of veterans and servicemembers. Provides that a defendant shall be evaluated for eligibility to be admitted into a Veterans, Servicemembers, and Families Court Treatment program by a Court Assessment Service if the defendant is a family member of a veteran or servicemember. Defines terms.
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that a craft grower may contain up to 14,000 (rather than 5,000) square feet of canopy space on its premises for plants in the flowering state. Removes language providing that the Department of Agriculture may authorize an increase or decrease of flowering stage cultivation space in increments of 3,000 square feet by rule based on market need, craft grower capacity, and the licensee's history of compliance or noncompliance, with a maximum space of 14,000 square feet for cultivating plants in the flowering stage. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a dispensing organization may offer curbside or drive-through pickup after submitting and receiving approval from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that all orders for curbside or drive-through pickup must be placed in advance and no in person or on-site ordering is permitted. Requires each cultivation center to set aside a portion of THC oil extract from its monthly production for sale to craft growers and infuser organizations licensed under the Act. Provides that a cultivation center is prohibited from requiring a craft grower or infuser organization to purchase one product in order to purchase another and from discriminating in price between similarly situated craft growers or infusers organizations. Requires cultivation centers to provide the Department of Agriculture with sales data for the sale of THC oil extract to a craft grower or infuser organization upon request. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall publish the average sale price of THC oil extract for each cultivation center monthly on its website. Removes language providing that a craft grower shall not be located within 1,500 feet of another craft grower or a cultivation center.
Creates the Short-Term Rental Operators' Occupation Tax Act. Imposes a tax upon persons engaged in the business of short-term rental at the rate of 5% of 94% of the gross rental receipts from such renting, leasing or letting. Imposes an additional tax at the rate of 1% of 94% of the gross rental receipts from such renting, leasing or letting. Provides that operators of short-term rentals shall obtain a business license from the Department of Revenue. Provides that receipts that are subject to tax under the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act are not subject to tax under the Short-Term Rental Operators' Occupation Tax Act. Amends the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that re-renters of hotel rooms who meet certain criteria related to gross receipts or number of transactions are required to collect and remit the tax under the Act. Provides that a "re-renter" is a person who obtains from a hotel operator the right or authority to control the access to, or occupancy of, a hotel room located in this State and who resells the right to occupy that room. Effective October 1, 2021.