Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Removes specified caps for recovery from the Real Estate Recovery Fund and provides that the caps shall be decided by rule. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may expend moneys from the Fund to procure and pay the premium for a bond, insurance, or other indemnity product in amounts to be determined by the Department in order to compensate an aggrieved person for all or part of his or her loss of money due to a violation of the Act or to fund a program of self-insurance in order to compensate an aggrieved person for all or part of his or her loss of money due to a violation of the Act. Removes provisions permitting an aggrieved party to seek a post-judgment order from the Fund and makes related changes. Replaces references to an aggrieved party seeking a judgment to recover from the Fund with references to an aggrieved party filing a claim to recover from the Fund, and makes similar changes. Makes other changes to provisions concerning collection from the Fund. Repeals a provision concerning the Department's power to defend against actions for collection from the Fund. Effective January 1, 2019.
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Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a police officer who previously participated in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) for service as a member of the police department of a municipality and was transferred to that municipality's police pension fund upon its creation under the Downstate Police Article shall, for the purposes of determining the applicable tier of benefits under that Article, be deemed to have become a police officer and member of that municipality's police pension fund on the date that he or she first participated in IMRF as a member of the police department of that municipality, notwithstanding whether that start date was before January 1, 2011. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure of educators.
Amends the Health Care Services Lien Act. Adds to the definition of "health care provider" ambulatory surgical treatment facilities accredited by one of the following organizations: the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities; the Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations); the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program; or the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
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.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Changes the definition of "applicant" and "related member". Provides that the annual allowable amounts shall be allocated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity if any portion of the unused allocated amount at the end of the first 3 calendar quarters of a calendar year (rather than 2 calendar quarters) are rolled into the total allocated amount for the next calendar quarter. Provides that the annual allowable amounts shall be allocated by the Department if tax credits for investments in minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, businesses owned by a person with a disability, or a business in a county with a population of 250,000 or less are limited to the first 3 calendar quarters of a calendar year and after which investors may claim the tax credits of any qualified new business venture.
Amends the Coroner Training Board Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, on April 1 of each year beginning the year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, privately held public water utilities shall provide annual reports to the Illinois Commerce Commission with specified information for each municipality served by the utility. Provides that the utility shall certify the accuracy of the information provided in the reports. Effective immediately.
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Requires lobbyists to file with the Secretary of State a written statement that describes the procedures that the lobbyist and lobbyist's client will follow if the lobbyist or client determines that the lobbyist's representation of the client creates a conflict of interest. Prohibits a lobbyist from representing a client if the representation involves a conflict of interest, unless otherwise provided in the agreement between the lobbyist and the party he or she represents.
Amends the Industrial Development Assistance Law. Allows local school districts and community colleges to apply for and receive grants under the Act for the acquisition of land, construction of facilities, and purchase of equipment, dedicated solely to the instruction of occupations in manufacturing. Provides additional eligibility requirements for local school districts and community colleges applying for grants under the Act. Modifies the term "industrial development agency" to include local school districts and community colleges.