Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board of Trustees of Governors State University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, as follows: General Funds $20,452,800.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Executive Ethics Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, as follows: General Funds $6,440,900.
Amends the Public Education Affinity Credit Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
Amends the Witness Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board of Trustees of Governors State University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, as follows: General Funds $21,656,000.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that any federal firearms licensee, other than a collector of curios and relics, within 72 hours of discovery and knowledge of a missing, lost, or stolen firearm, shall report that information to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Department of State Police. Provides that the Department of State Police shall enter the information into a searchable database accessible online to those licensees who are authorized access to the Firearm Transfer Inquiry Program. Upon recovery of a firearm listed in the database, the Department of State Police shall remove the information of the firearm from the database. Provides that a violation is a Class B misdemeanor. Effective immediately.
Amends the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Merges all Article 3 police pension funds into a single Downstate Police Pension Fund on January 1, 2020. Creates a Transition Board, which is responsible for planning, overseeing, and administering the consolidation. Authorizes the Transition Board to undertake numerous activities necessary for the consolidation, including making arrangements for staff, investments, transfer of assets and liabilities, acquisition of property, establishment of municipality accounts, and adopting rules and procedures. Authorizes the Transition Board to enter into contracts and to obligate and expend the assets of the Fund. Creates a new Board of Trustees for the Fund, and provides for administration of the Fund by the Transition Board until the new Board assumes its duties on January 1, 2021. Provides for investment of the Fund's assets by a custodian chosen by the Board of Trustees. Makes conforming and other changes. Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL) of the Property Tax Code to exclude from the definition of "aggregate extension" special purpose extensions made for contributions to the Downstate Police Pension Fund. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately, except that certain changes to the Illinois Pension Code and PTELL of the Property Tax Code take effect January 1, 2020.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, as follows: Other State Funds $63,630,800.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, as follows: Federal Funds $4,610,400.
