Sen. Mike Halpin

Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Provides that language allowing the disbursement of certain federal funds by corporate authorities applies to an airport authority with responsibility over an airport that carried out 20,000 or more flight operations in any calendar year prior to 2020, in addition to any municipality or any political subdivision of more than 500,000 inhabitants.

Creates the Hotel Jobs Recovery Grant Program Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish the Hotel Jobs Recovery Grant Program for the purpose of providing direct relief to hotels impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall award a one-time grant to the operator of each hotel in the State in an amount equal to $1,500 for each room in the hotel. Sets forth the permitted uses for grant funds awarded under the Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides for emergency rulemaking. Effective July 1, 2022.

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions that limit the number of days and hours an annuitant may accept employment for without impairing retirement status, provides that the limitation does not apply to an annuitant who returns to teaching as a substitute teacher in a school district that has been granted a waiver by the System. Provides that a school district may apply for a waiver by providing to the System sufficient evidence that there is a substitute teacher shortage in the school district and an estimate of the number of paid hours in the school year that the annuitant will work. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in an amount equal to $500 for individuals who serve as volunteer emergency workers for or on behalf of a volunteer fire protection association. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that, to qualify for the credit, the volunteer emergency worker may not receive compensation for his or her services of more than $10,000 for the taxable year. Removes provisions concerning volunteer fire protection associations. Makes changes to the definition of "volunteer emergency worker". Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 1305/1-5 Adds reference to: New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Home Modification Program Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to establish a home modification funding system that is streamlined, effective, and administered by experts within the disability community. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Home Modification Program to provide financial assistance to persons with disabilities for home modification projects. Requires the Department to designate a statewide association that represents centers for independent living to serve as the lead agency to administer the Program. Requires the Department to provide funding for the Program. Requires the lead agency to distribute any moneys it receives from the Department to the State's 22 centers for independent living, covering all 102 counties. Provides that the lead agency shall ensure that each center for independent living has access to at least $105,000 to use for home modification projects, with the excess funds subject to reallocation during the 4th fiscal quarter of each year. Contains provisions concerning eligibility requirements for applicants under the Program; standards and qualifications for home modification projects; the lead agency's establishment of a Home Modification Subcommittee to provide additional oversight of the home modification projects; and an administrative fee to the lead agency. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Specifies that the duty of the Department of Human Services to establish the Home Modification Program is subject to the availability of appropriations in an amount sufficient to implement and administer the Program. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: New Act Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 1305/1-5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 1305/1-5 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 430/20-5 20 ILCS 5/5-200 was 20 ILCS 5/7.11 20 ILCS 5/5-222 20 ILCS 105/7.01 from Ch. 23, par. 6107.01 20 ILCS 2310/2310-347 20 ILCS 3855/1-70 20 ILCS 3930/4 from Ch. 38, par. 210-4 20 ILCS 4116/10 20 ILCS 4116/15 20 ILCS 4116/25 20 ILCS 4116/30 20 ILCS 4118/10 20 ILCS 4120/1 20 ILCS 4120/5 20 ILCS 4120/10 20 ILCS 4120/15 20 ILCS 4120/20 20 ILCS 4120/25 20 ILCS 4122/95 20 ILCS 5086/5 20 ILCS 5110/20 70 ILCS 210/14 from Ch. 85, par. 1234 70 ILCS 1801/95 70 ILCS 1801/100 70 ILCS 1801/115 230 ILCS 10/5 from Ch. 120, par. 2405 415 ILCS 155/10 430 ILCS 65/10 from Ch. 38, par. 83-10 430 ILCS 66/20 615 ILCS 60/Act rep. 775 ILCS 5/8-101 from Ch. 68, par. 8-101 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency shall be appointed for a 6-year term (rather than a 2-year term). Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Specifies that the Director of Aging may be an individual who has experience in providing services to senior citizens. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency must have 10 years (rather than 15 years) of experience in the electric industry, electricity policy, or electricity markets. Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Specifies that members of the Council on Aging may include individuals who have actual experience in providing services to senior citizens (rather than only senior citizens). Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a provision limiting the number of terms that may be served by members of the Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure Board. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Changes the calculation of the salary of the Director of the Illinois Power Agency. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Authorizes designees to serve in place of members on the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Amends the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure and Policy Act. Provides that: (i) members shall be appointed to the Commission by December 31, 2022 (rather than May 31, 2022); (ii) the Commission shall hold its first meeting by January 15, 2023 (rather than within 2 months from the Act's effective date); (iii) the Commission shall report a summary of its activities and produce a final report to the General Assembly by September 15, 2023 (rather than January 31, 2023); and (iv) the Commission is dissolved, and the Act is repealed, on September 30, 2023 (rather than February 1, 2023). Amends the Renewable Energy Component Recycling Task Force Act. Deletes provisions requiring the legislative leaders' appointees to the Renewable Energy Component Recycling Task Force to be representatives of solid waste disposal and renewable energy organizations. Amends the Illinois Indian American Advisory Council Act. Changes the Act's short title to the Illinois South Asian American Advisory Council Act. Replaces references to "Indian" with "South Asian" throughout the Act. Amends the Hydrogen Economy Act. Extends the Act's repeal date from June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2026. Adds 8 legislative appointees to the membership of the Task Force. Amends the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. Adds a gubernatorial appointee and a mayoral appointee to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board. Amends the Alexander-Cairo Port District Act. Adds 2 gubernatorial appointees to the Board of the District and requires one to have wetlands mitigation experience and one to have economic development experience. Requires 5 members of the Board (rather than 4 members of the Board) for a quorum for the transaction of business. Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Removes a provision requiring the appointment to the Illinois Gaming Board of a board member who is a certified public accountant. Amends the Environmental Justice Act. Specifies that members appointed on or after the effective date are to serve 4-year terms (rather than 2-year terms). Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes the experiential requirements for members of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Review Board. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Changes the experiential requirements for members of the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board. Repeals the Des Plaines and the Illinois Rivers Act. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Authorizes the appointment to the Human Rights Commission of board members having 4 years of professional experience working for community organizations or community affairs organizations. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that an apprentice who is hired by the taxpayer through the United States Department of Defense SkillBridge internship program is considered a qualifying apprentice for the purpose of the apprenticeship education expense credit. Provides that, in the case of an employee participating in the SkillBridge program, the credit shall be equal to $3,500 per qualifying apprentice. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Removes provisions of the introduced bill providing that, in the case of an employee participating in the SkillBridge program, the credit shall be equal to $3,500 per qualifying apprentice.

Creates the Low-Wage Employer Cost Recoupment Act. Directs the Department of Labor to impose a surcharge upon employers that pay employees wages that are less than the amount that would disqualify a single person from being eligible for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Imposes a surcharge in an amount equal to the annual value of the amount of federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for which a single person would be eligible multiplied by the number of employees whose wages do not disqualify a person from eligibility for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Effective immediately.

Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning with the first payroll of the 103rd General Assembly, the compensation to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly, including additional sums payable per year to officers of the General Assembly, shall be paid at least monthly or may be paid semi-monthly at a member's request as agreed to by the Comptroller. Provides that members who resign before completing the entire term in office shall be compensated on a prorated basis. Provides that members completing the term of a vacancy shall be compensated on a prorated basis. Makes conforming changes.

Creates the Improving Access to Flood Insurance Act. Provides that each insurance producer, public adjuster, managing broker, broker, and employee of a lender shall participate in at least 3 hours of National Flood Insurance Program training. Provides that the insurance producer, public adjuster, managing broker, broker, or lender shall submit evidence of satisfaction of the requirement to the entity that regulates that profession. Requires the Department of Insurance to: provide a list of pre-approved courses available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Management Institute and other educational institutions the Department determines provide information and training equivalent to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Management Institute; and to provide instructions for an insurance producer, public adjuster, managing broker, broker, lender, or employee of a lender to apply and secure credit for course work that meets equivalent educational goals but that is not included on the pre-approved list. Provides that a violation of the Act shall be considered a violation of any other law under which the insurance producer, public adjuster, managing broker, broker, or lender is licensed, chartered, or organized. Makes conforming changes in the Illinois Insurance Code and the Real Estate License Act of 2000.

Creates the Company-Specific Subsidy Interstate Compact. Enters into the compact, which may be entered into by any state and the District of Columbia, in which each member state agrees to not offer company-specific subsidies for companies currently located in or considering locating in the member state, including, but not limited to, for corporate headquarters, manufacturing facilities, office space, or other real estate developments. Excludes existing company-specific subsidies (until terms change, are renewed, or are reenacted) and workforce development grants. Creates the Interstate Company-Specific Subsidy Board upon the second member state entering into the compact. Provides for withdrawal of a member state with 6 months' written notice. Defines terms.