Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Creates a uniform statement of economic interest form that must be completed by all persons who are required to file that form under the Act. Changes the nature of the required disclosures that must be made. Requires the Secretary of State to adjust specified amounts that prompt disclosure under the Act for purposes of inflation, and requires the Secretary to make conforming changes to the statement of economic interest form. Requires candidates filing for Supreme Court Judge, appellate court judge, circuit court judge, or judicial retention to file his or her statement of economic interests in written or printed form. Repeals a provision that established a separate form for persons required to file a statement of economic interests with county clerks. Defines terms. Adds applicability clause. Makes conforming changes.
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that any facility that emits a carcinogen in this State must have a CAAPP permit. Defines "carcinogen". Effective January 1, 2021.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the fourth week of April of each year is designated as Distracted Driving Awareness Week to be observed throughout the State as a week to promote safe driving and public awareness of the dangers associated with distracted driving.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no legislator may negotiate for employment with a lobbying entity that engages in lobbying with members of the General Assembly during the legislator's term of office. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that a member may not, within a period of one year immediately after termination of the member's most recent term of office, engage in lobbying with members of the General Assembly, if the member accepts compensation specifically attributable to that lobbying.
Creates the Carryout Bag Fee Act. Provides that a carryout bag fee of $0.10 is imposed on each carryout bag used by a customer at retail establishments, except in municipalities with a population greater than 1,000,000, with $0.03 being returned to the retail establishment, $0.04 into the Carryout Bag Fee Fund, $0.01 to the Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois, $0.01 into the Solid Waste Management Fund, and $0.01 into the Partners for Conservation Fund. Provides that the carryout bag fee does not apply to the retail sale or use of carryout bags that are used to carry items purchased under specified governmental food assistance programs. Repeals the new Act on January 1, 2026. Amends the State Finance Act making conforming changes. Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not ban, place a fee or tax on, or regulate in any other manner the use, disposition, content, taxation, or sale of carryout bags. Limits the applicability of the provisions as they relate to a county or municipality that charged a fee or tax on carryout bags on May 1, 2020 and specified recycling programs. Limits home rule powers.
Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that for terms beginning on and after the second Wednesday in January of 2021, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall not receive compensation or income, other than from a passive interest in a publicly-traded company, from any source outside of or in addition to the salary he or she receives as a member of the General Assembly. Provides that nothing prohibits the creation of a blind trust to manage assets during a member's term of office.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer shall apply any third-party payment, financial assistance, discount, patient voucher, or other reduction in out-of-pocket expenses made by or on behalf of an insured for prescription drugs toward the insured's deductible, copay, cost-sharing responsibility, or out-of-pocket maximum associated with the insured's policy. Effective January 1, 2021.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning valuation statements.
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.