Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, as follows: General Funds $28,542,300; Other State Funds $306,294,800; Federal Funds $985,959,200; Total $1,320,796,300.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section defining terms under the Act.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Universities Retirement System for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, as follows: General Funds $1,321,685,000; Other State Funds $140,000,000; Total $1,461,685,000.
Makes appropriations and reappropriations for fiscal years 2017 and 2018. Some provisions are effective immediately and some provisions are effective July 1, 2017, but certain provisions do not take effect at all unless Senate Bill 2178 of the 100th General Assembly becomes law.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, each governmental entity shall establish an Office of Ethics Compliance that includes an independent ethics commission and an independent Inspector General in a substantially similar format as created for the Executive and Legislative Branches of State Government under the Act. Provides that governmental entities may enter into intergovernmental agreements in order to establish ethics commissions and Inspectors General who serve multiple governmental entities. Provides that the ethics commission and Inspector General established by each governmental entity shall have jurisdiction over violations of a governmental entity's ethics ordinance, Freedom of Information Act compliance, Open Meetings Act compliance, and any allegations of fraud, waste, malfeasance, or violations of other related laws and rules.
Amends the Corporate Accountability for Tax Expenditures Act. Provides that the Unified Economic Development Budget shall be due within 6 months (instead of 3 months) after the end of the fiscal year. Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. For the purposes of mandatory payments by electronic funds transfer, provides that the annual tax liability includes motor fuel tax liability and fees under the Environmental Impact Fee law. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes changes concerning deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Fund for the Advancement of Education, and the Commitment to Human Services Fund. Amends the Property Tax Code to allow the Department of Revenue to publish equalization factors on its website. Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the Use Tax Act to make technical corrections. Amends various tax Acts to provide that, if a payment provided for under one of those Acts exceeds the taxpayer's liability under that Act, then the taxpayer may credit the excess payment against liability subsequently to be remitted to the Department of Revenue. Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997 and the Energy Assistance Act to incorporate certain provisions of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning bail on a new trial.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
