Resolves that the Auditor General shall conduct a management audit and an asset allocation study of the College Illinois! prepaid tuition program's administrative operations.
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that employers shall not be required to bargain over manning levels. In arbitration decisions affecting fire fighters, and fire department or fire district paramedic matters, prohibits the consideration of manning levels in arbitration decisions.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act if and only if Senate Bill 2505 of the 96th General Assembly becomes law. Reduces the rate of tax imposed by Senate Bill 2505 of the 96th General Assembly to 3% for individuals, trusts, and estates and 4.8% for corporations (the rates in effect immediately prior to the passage of Senate Bill 2505). Provides that the amendatory Act supersedes Senate Bill 2505 of the 96th General Assembly and that the rates shall be deemed to be 3% for individuals, trusts, and estates and 4.8% for corporations for the entire period beginning on the effective date of Senate Bill 2505 of the 96th General Assembly through the effective date of the amendatory Act and thereafter. Makes corresponding changes concerning the distribution of tax proceeds. Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act to reverse certain changes made by Senate Bill 2505 of the 96th General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Proposes to amend the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a bill shall not become a law without the concurrence of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly if that bill increases a benefit under any pension or retirement system of the State, any unit of local government or school district, or any agency or instrumentality thereof. Provides that if the Governor vetoes such a bill, then it shall not become law unless it is passed, upon its return, by a record vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. Provides that if the Governor returns such a bill with specific recommendations for change to the house in which it originated, then those recommendations may be accepted only by a record vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. Provides that an ordinance, resolution, or other action of the governing body of any unit of local government or school district shall not be valid without the concurrence of three-fifths of the members of that governing body if that ordinance, resolution, or other action increases a benefit under any pension or retirement system for officials or employees of that unit of local government or school district, or any agency or instrumentality thereof. Provides that a bill, ordinance, resolution, or other action increases a benefit if it increases the amount of an existing benefit, adds a new benefit, or expands the class of persons eligible for a benefit, regardless of whether it includes an increase in contributions or a reduction in any other benefit. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Re-enacts and changes various provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to product liability actions that were added by Public Act 89-7, which was held to be void in its entirety by the Illinois Supreme Court in Best v. Taylor Machine Works, 179 Ill. 2d 367 (1997). Effective immediately.
Amends the Open Meetings Act, the Counties Code, the Township Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code to require that, before the county board, the township board, or the corporate authorities of a municipality may vote on an officer's or employee's increase in earnings that exceeds his or her earnings for the previous calendar year by more than 6%, the county board, the township board, or the corporate authorities shall conduct a public hearing addressing the proposed increase in earnings. Requires publication of notice of the public hearing. Pre-empts home rule. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that if a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be referred by the appropriate committee of that chamber to a standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6 session days or before any committee action or floor action deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Revenue Sharing Act. Provides that, if the county treasurer of any county with a population of 3,000,000 or more fails to prepare and mail actual property tax bills for the county, as required under Section 21-30 of the Property Tax Code, by October 1 of any year, beginning in 2011, then that county shall forfeit its share of proceeds from the Local Government Distributive Fund for a 12-month period beginning with the distribution made in January of the next calendar year. Provides that any amounts so forfeited shall be paid instead to the other counties and municipalities within the State in proportion to the number of individual residents of such municipality or county to the total population of the State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative intent.
