Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Judicial Inquiry Board for its FY 22 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Amends the Youth Homelessness Prevention Subcommittee Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Human Rights Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: General Funds $3,013,400.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Changes the definition of "public utility" to exclude commercial natural gas cooperatives. Provides that for a commercial natural gas cooperative to qualify and be recognized by the Illinois Commerce Commission, the properties that receive retail natural gas service from each commercial natural gas cooperative: (i) shall not have a public utility-owned natural gas transportation pipeline located within the properties at the time of commencement of service; (ii) shall comprise of not less than 500 acres and not more than 2,500 acres, which territory does not need to be contiguous; and (iii) shall be used exclusively for non-residential purposes. Effective July 1, 2021. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds a requirement that for a commercial natural gas cooperative to qualify and be recognized by the Illinois Commerce Commission, the properties that receive retail natural gas service from each commercial natural gas cooperative must be located in a county that has a population of not more than 300,000 people and that borders the Mississippi River or is contiguous to any such county and has a population of between 10,000 and 50,000 people.
Amends the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Fairness in Lending Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Technology Advancement and Development Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Makes specified appropriations to the Legislative Information System, Legislative Printing Unit, Legislative Audit Commission, Legislative Reference Bureau, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Architect of the Capitol, Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, and Legislative Ethics Commission, and Legislative Inspector General for their ordinary and contingent expenses in the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2022. Effective July 1, 2022.
Amends the Stalking No Contact Order Act. Includes electronic communication in the definition of "contact". Amends the Civil No Contact Order Act. Provides that the court may provide relief in a civil no contact order by restraining the respondent from having any electronic communication with the petitioner. Amends the Internet Dating, Internet Child Care, Internet Senior Care, and Internet Home Care Safety Act. Changes the definition of "internet dating service" to remove the qualifier that such services be performed for a fee. Makes a corresponding change to the Dating Referral Services Act.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Modifies the term "single prime" to mean the design-bid-build procurement delivery method for a building construction project in which the Capital Development Board or a public institution of higher education (currently, only the Capital Development Board) is the construction agency procuring 2 or more specified subdivisions of work. Provides that for building construction contracts in excess of $250,000, separate specifications may be prepared for all equipment, labor, and materials in connection with the 5 subdivisions of the work to be performed. Modifies requirements concerning specifications to be drawn so as to permit separate and independent bidding. Provides requirements for single prime projects in which the Capital Development Board or an institution of higher education is the construction agency procuring for building construction contracts in excess of $250,000. Amends the Design-Build Procurement Act. Provides that the term "State construction agency" as used in the Act includes institutions of higher education. Extends repeal and inoperative dates. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective December 15, 2021.
