Sen. Chuck Weaver

Amends the Private College Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning restoring a certificate.

Amends the State Comptroller Act. Provides that the Comptroller's "Online Ledger" shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the salaries and other payments made to each State employee; (ii) the State's cost of each individual State employee's health insurance plan; (iii) the State's contribution toward each individual State employee's pension plan; and (iv) the total monetary sum of all State benefits that each State employee receives. Provides that the Comptroller, in consultation with the Department of Innovation and Technology, the Department of Central Management Services, the State Retirement Systems of Illinois, and any other agency the Comptroller may deem necessary, shall work to maintain the "Online Ledger" with the required information.

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Requires all persons who must file a statement of economic interests to disclose the name of any immediate family member who is a registered lobbyist. Defines "immediate family member" as a spouse, parent, child, stepchild, adopted child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild.

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall comply with its IDOT ADA transition plan during any construction, reconstruction, or resurfacing projects that may affect bicycle or pedestrian ways.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes changes concerning the calculation of the research and development credit by providing that, for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2018, "qualifying expenditures for the base period" means 50% (currently, 100%) of the average of the qualifying expenditures for each year in the base period. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board Act. Changes the name of the State Workforce Investment Board to the State Workforce Innovation Board. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, appointments to the Board shall be made in accordance with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Pilot Program Act. Provides that the historic preservation tax credit applies again for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017 and beginning prior to January 1, 2023 (currently, the credit applied for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2010 and ending on or before December 31, 2015). Effective immediately.

Creates the Business and Employment Development Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may certify a business as eligible for an income tax credit under the Act and may award credits to certified businesses. Sets forth the amount of the credit, which is calculated as a percentage of the wages paid to new or retained full-time and part-time employees. Provides that the duration of the credit is 5 taxable years, except that the credit may be carried forward for 5 years. Contains provisions concerning recapture of the credit. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Provides that the Business and Employment Development Tax Credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.

Amends the Animal Disease Laboratories Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that when a legislator chooses to take official action on a matter despite the existence of a conflict, he or she must notify the members of the chamber to which he or she has been elected of the existence of the conflict by filing a written notice describing the conflict with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, whichever is applicable. Provides that, upon receiving such a notification, the Secretary or the Clerk, whichever is applicable, shall forward a copy of the notification to the Legislative Information System for posting on the General Assembly's website with the applicable matter.