Proposes to amend the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Constitution. In a provision that specifies that membership in any pension or retirement system of the State, any unit of local government or school district, or any agency or instrumentality thereof shall be an enforceable contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired, limits the benefits that are not subject to diminishment or impairment to accrued and payable benefits. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed to limit the power of the General Assembly to make changes to future benefit accruals or benefits not yet payable, including for existing members of any public pension or public retirement system. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Beginning municipal fiscal year 2021, provides that the annual levy and contribution to the fund are equal to (1) the normal cost of the pension fund for the year involved, plus (2) an amount sufficient to bring the total assets of the pension fund up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of the pension fund over a 30-year rolling amortization period. Provides that each municipal fiscal year through 2031, the rolling amortization period shall be reduced by one year for each municipal fiscal year after 2021. Provides a 20-year rolling amortization period for municipal fiscal year 2031 and each year thereafter. Provides that in making these determinations, the required minimum employer contribution shall be calculated each year as a level dollar amount over the amortization period and shall be determined under the entry age normal actuarial cost method. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Creates the Opioid Overdose Treatment Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Removes provisions specifying, based on the net assets of the pension fund, types of investments that a downstate police or downstate firefighter pension fund may make. Removes provisions requiring an investment adviser for investments in certain common and preferred stocks. Removes certain limitations on the percentage of a pension fund's net assets that may be invested in certain types of investments. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning vehicle safety tests.
Designates 76th Street in Keithsburg from Jackson Street to IL-17 as the "PO2 Robert Holloway and PO3 Ronald Crose Memorial Highway".
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Amends the Charter Schools Article of the School Code. Removes provisions providing that the total number of charter schools operating under this Article at any one time shall not exceed 120. Removes a provision limiting the number of charter schools to 70 in any city having a population exceeding 500,000. Removes a provision limiting the number of charter schools to 45 in the remainder of the State. Removes a provision providing that the State Board of Education shall assign a number to each charter submission it receives for its review and certification, based on the chronological order in which the submission is received by it.