Amends the State Revenue Sharing Act and the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, from each income tax payment that the Department of Revenue receives, the Department must deposit certain amounts directly into the Local Government Distributive Fund (currently, the Department deposits the tax payment into the General Revenue Fund and the Treasurer then transfers a percentage of the net revenue to the Local Government Distributive Fund). Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to include appropriations from the Local Government Distributive Fund in the definition of "State spending". Effective immediately.
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the bond of the collector.
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the rate of tax.
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, on July 1, 2012, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the remaining balances of the Energy Initiatives Revolving Fund, the Minority and Female Business Enterprise Fund, and the Paper and Printing Revolving Fund into the General Revenue Fund. Provides that, upon completion of those transfers, those funds are dissolved. Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department may recommend (now, shall be responsible for recommending) to the Governor efficiency initiatives to reorganize, restructure, and reengineer the business processes of the State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Opposes funding cuts eliminating Illinois' Teen REACH programs.
Makes appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Trustees of Governors State University for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Adds provisions to allow relief at any time from a judgment that is a conviction in which the arresting charge was prostitution or first offender felony prostitution under the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar local ordinance and the defendant's participation in the offense was a result of having been a victim of sex trafficking or trafficking in persons. Provides that a motion seeking this relief must be made with due diligence, after the defendant has ceased to be a victim of the trafficking or has sought victim services, subject to reasonable concerns for the safety of the defendant and others. Provides that official documentation, which is not required to obtain the relief, of the defendant's status as a victim of sex trafficking from a federal, state, or local government agency creates a presumption that the defendant's participation in the offense was a result of having been a victim of sex trafficking or trafficking in persons.
Amends the Railroad Employees Medical Treatment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.