Sen. Linda Holmes

Amends the Currency Exchange Act. Provides that for the sale or issuance of one or more money orders with an aggregate face value of $250 or more to any person in a single day, a licensee shall verify the purchaser's name and address by examination of a government-issued identification, and shall record the name and address of the purchaser and the type and number of the identification examined by the licensee. Makes other changes.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the maximum withholding tax credit for full-time equivalent employees is determined by the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan area of the State that is the base of operations of the employee, as those areas are determined as of May 2017. Makes changes concerning the amount of the credit based on the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan area of the State. Makes technical corrections. Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may revoke a special use previously authorized for any of the following reasons: (1) disorderly or immoral practices occur on the property for which the special use was granted; (2) circumstances happen or become known to the county board or board of appeals, which, had they happened or been known at the time when the special use was approved, would have legally justified the county board or board of appeals in refusing the special use; or (3) the beneficiaries of the special use violate any of the rules and regulations issued by the county board or board of appeals, other than those necessarily violated by authorizing the special use. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Extends the repeal date of the Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007 from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2025. Extends the expiration date of Illinois Commerce Commission authorizations to provide cable and video services from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2028. Extends the repeal date of the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985 from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2025. Effective immediately.

Amends the Library Records Confidentiality Act. Provides that information that a library may not publish or make public include a patron's personal identifiable information. Defines "personal identifiable information". Provides that a privacy violation or breach of confidentiality will not have occurred if a library publishes or makes public personal identifiable information with the documented consent of the patron.

Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Provides requirements concerning electronic notarization and electronic notaries public. Amends the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act. Provides that a paper or tangible copy of an electronic document that a notary public has certified to be a true and correct copy satisfies specified recording requirements. Provides further requirements concerning the certification of electronic documents by notaries public. Defines terms. Makes conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2021, or upon the adoption by the Secretary of State of rules necessary for implementation, whichever is later.

Amends the Employee Sick Leave Act. Removes language exempting from coverage under the Act an employee of an employer subject to the provisions of Title II of the federal Railway Labor Act.

Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that no later than January 1, 2021, the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to require remote monitoring and support services at community-integrated living arrangements. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services to jointly submit the necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan amendment to allow remote monitoring and support services as a waiver-reimbursable service for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and seniors requiring in-home care. Provides that the application shall be submitted no later than 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Provides that a public entity or a public employee is not liable for injury caused by any unauthorized access to government records, data, or electronic information systems by any person or entity.

Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides that a change in rates of the privilege tax imposed on casinos and riverboats begins on January 1, 2020 (rather than the first day the new casino conducts gambling operations). Requires the Illinois Gaming Board to calculate the amount of privilege taxes collected from each owners licensee from January 1, 2020 until the effective date of the amendatory Act under the current tax rate and the amount of privilege taxes owed under the new tax rate from January 1, 2020 until the effective date of the amendatory Act and to calculate the difference between the rates and credit any overpaid amount of privilege taxes against the future privilege tax obligations of the owners license. Effective immediately.