Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Reduces the filing fees for a limited liability company filing articles of organization (domestic), application for admission (foreign), restated articles of organization (domestic), or an application for reinstatement (foreign or domestic) with the Secretary of State from $500 to $250. Effective immediately.
Creates the Technology Development District Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Medicaid Fund Receipt Account within the General Revenue Fund. Provides that the receipt of all federal Medicaid reimbursement funds must be recorded as an entry in this account and that all such receipts must be expended solely for the purposes for which they were received and may not be expended or diverted for any other purpose.
Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act. Requires GOMB to establish a single updated searchable database website accessible by the public at no cost that includes information concerning each entity that receives Illinois funding. Requires GOMB to report to the General Assembly concerning the website. Effective immediately.
Amends the Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Provides that the fee for expedited processing of LLC annual reports with the Secretary of State's Department of Business Services shall be eliminated for requests filed online. Effective immediately.
Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any Taxpayer that is awarded a credit under the Act may elect to claim the Credit against its withholding tax obligations (now, only certain taxpayers that are engaged in motor vehicle metal stamping, automobile manufacturing, automobile and light duty motor vehicle manufacturing, motor vehicle manufacturing, light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing, heavy duty truck manufacturing, or motor vehicle body manufacturing may claim the credit against withholdings). Effective immediately.
Creates the State Cell Phone Responsibility Act. Requires, on a monthly basis, each employee of a State agency who has been issued a cell phone for State business to submit, to the Director or Secretary of that State agency, a log of each phone call and text message that was sent or received on that phone during the preceding month and a signed certification either (i) that each call and text message on the log was for State business or (ii) that one or more calls or text messages were for other than State business. Provides that, if the employee certifies that one or more calls or text messages were for other than State business, then he or she must reimburse the State agency for each phone call and text message sent or received for other than State business. Authorizes the Director or Secretary of each State agency to set the reimbursement rate in a manner that will not only recover the cost of those calls and text messages, but also discourage the future use of State-issued cell phones for reasons other than State business. Requires, on a quarterly basis, the Director or Secretary of each State Agency to submit to the Office of the Executive Inspector General having jurisdiction over that State agency (i) copies of all logs and certifications made during the preceding quarter and (ii) a report of any employees who have not made the required reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the personal property replacement income tax shall not be imposed for the taxable year in which the taxpayer first begins doing business in Illinois or for the 2 immediately succeeding taxable years. Provides that, for subsequent taxable years, the tax shall be increased by 0.5% per year until such time as the tax is imposed at the rates set forth in the Act. Effective immediately.
