Amends the Corporate Accountability for Tax Expenditures Act. Repeals a Section requiring the Department of Revenue to submit an annual Unified Economic Development Budget to the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that course material and instruction in a sex education course shall include, with an emphasis on the workplace environment and life on a college campus, material and discussion on what constitutes sexual consent and what may be considered sexual harassment or sexual assault. Effective July 1, 2018.
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Structural Pest Control Act from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2023. Amends the Structural Pest Control Act. Requires individuals applying general use or restricted pesticides for commercial structural pest control or restricted pesticides for non-commercial structural pest control to engage in or complete training requirements prescribed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Requires an individual engaging in commercial structural pest control and utilizing general use pesticides to be 18 years old. Requires an individual engaging in commercial or non-commercial structural pest control and supervising the use of certain restricted pesticides to be 18 years old. Provides that the Department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a certificate, registration, or license of an individual that fails to pay a civil penalty or fine assessed by the Department. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Executive Reorganization Implementation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Department of Innovation and Technology Act to codify Executive Order 2016-01. Creates the Department of Innovation and Technology. Abolishes the Information Technology Office (also known as the Office of the Chief Information Officer) within the Office of the Governor and transfers its functions, personnel, and property to Department of Innovation and Technology. Provides for the transfer of information technology functions, including related personnel and property, from specified State agencies, boards, and commissions to the Department of Innovation and Technology. Provides for the powers and responsibilities of the Department of Innovation and Technology, including specified programs and initiatives. Provides for the appointment of the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of Innovation and Technology by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Secretary shall serve as the Chief Information Officer of the State. Make conforming changes. Repeals Sections in the Department of Central Management Services Law. Effective immediately.
Amends the Appraisal Management Company Registration Act. Makes changes to definitions. Provides that federally regulated appraisal management companies shall register with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and pay all fees associated with registering a federally regulated appraisal management company. Requires a registration to state the name of the registrant and the address of the principal office and provides that such registration is not transferable or assignable. Requires that each registrant file an annual report with the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation that gives relevant information regarding compliance with federal and State rules. Allows the Secretary to investigate an appraisal management company at any time. Allows the Department to set fees for appraiser panels and the national registry. Allows the Department to take disciplinary action for failure to pay appraiser panel fees or national registry fees. Allows the Department to consider an applicant's moral character when granting or denying a registration. Excludes an appraisal management company from being registered or included on the national registry list if the company is owned by a person who has had his or her appraiser license or certificate refused, denied, canceled, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked. Requires that an applicant shall submit his or her fingerprints to the Department of State Police and pay all fees associated with a criminal history records background check. Allows an administrator, executor, or guardian of an appraisal management company to apply for a registration. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Makes changes to provisions concerning the licensure powers of the State Board of Education, the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board (including adding 2 members), types of licenses (including removing and adding certain endorsements on an educator license with stipulations), endorsements on professional educator licenses, educator testing, the minimum requirements for educators trained in other states or countries, application fees, license renewal, the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers, alternative route to superintendent endorsement programs, and the approval of educator preparation institutions. Effective July 1, 2018.
Amends the Governor Transition Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the orderly transition of the office of Governor.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a consumer reporting agency may not impose a charge on a consumer for placing a freeze, removing a freeze, or temporarily lifting a freeze. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of Dean Emerson Grant of North Barrington.
