Sen. Dan McConchie

Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Removes provisions requiring transfer of funds from the Road Fund to pay the aggregate of the principal of, interest on, and premium on bonds authorized under Public Act 98-781. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Removes provisions authorizing transfer of the first $100,000,000 of specified occupation and use taxes to the Road Fund (rather than the General Revenue Fund). Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2019.

Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that appropriation bills shall require passage by a three-fifths vote in each house of the General Assembly. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section defining "developmental disability".

Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System to persons who became participants before the effective date of the amendatory Act and provides that, beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new participants. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Designates the portion of West County Line Road in Barrington Hills from Bateman Road to Brinker Road as "Thomas J. Boyle Memorial Road".

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that a craft distiller may make sales and deliveries to importing distributors and distributors and may make sales and deliveries of up to 25,000 gallons of spirits to retail licensees per year. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that upon receiving an application for a certificate of registration for a motor vehicle of the first division or for a motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than 8,000 pounds, accompanied with payment of required registration fees, the Secretary of State shall, if requested, issue certain registration plates with an imprinted and reasonably recognizable international accessibility symbol for a person with disabilities or a person who is deaf or hard of hearing, if certain conditions are met.

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that beginning in fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, the System shall calculate the projected amount of increase in benefits, expressed as a percentage of salary and reflecting separate amounts for Tier 1 and Tier 2 members, resulting from any increase in salary over the preceding school year, expressed as a percentage of salary. Provides that if the amount of a teacher's salary for any school year beginning on or after July 1, 2018 exceeds the member's annual full-time salary rate with the same employer for the previous school year, then the teacher's employer shall pay to the System the current value of the projected amount of the increase in benefits, as determined by the System and reflecting whether the teacher is a Tier 1 or Tier 2 member, resulting from the increase in the member's salary over the previous school year. Excludes earnings increases paid to members under contracts or collective bargaining agreements entered into, amended, or renewed before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Defines "Tier 1 member" and "Tier 2 member". Repeals the definition of "Tier 1 member" added by Public Act 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.