Amends Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that a secretary, assistant, or one of like position to a person who formulates, determines, and effectuates labor relations policy is presumed to be a "confidential employee". Provides that the following is considered to be a person who formulates, determines, and effectuates labor relations policy under the Act: (i) the mayor, village president, county board president, county board chairman, or other chief executive officer of a unit of local government, and (ii) any village or city manager or village or city administrator, or anyone in a like position in any unit of local government. Limits the provisions of the amendatory Act to a county with a population of more than 500,000 and municipalities that lie in whole or in part within such a county. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Employment First Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school elections.
Mourns the death of Thomas Lee "Tom" Johnson of West Chicago.
Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the amount of the credit.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for the purpose of calculating the sales factor when allocating business income of persons other than residents, if the purchaser is the United States government, then the sale is a sale of personal property in this State if the purchaser is within the State or the property is shipped from an office, store, warehouse, factory or other place of storage in this State (currently, when the purchaser is the United States government, the sale is in this State only if the property is shipped from an office, store, warehouse, factory or other place of storage in this State). Removes provisions providing that the sale is in this State if the property is shipped from an office, store, warehouse, factory or other place of storage in this State and the purchaser is not taxable in the State of the purchaser. Removes provisions concerning purchasers who are doing business on a premises owned or leased by a person who has independently contracted with the seller for the printing of newspapers, periodicals or books. Removes provisions providing that sales of tangible personal property are not in this State if the seller and purchaser would be members of the same unitary business group but for the fact that either the seller or purchaser is a person with 80% or more of total business activity outside of the United States and the property is purchased for resale.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System to persons who became participants before the effective date. Provides separate benefits for persons who, on or after 6 months after the effective date, first become participants or members under the State Universities or Downstate Teachers Article or a noncovered participant under the State Employees Article. Requires those retirement systems to establish a defined contribution plan for certain members. In the IMRF, Chicago Municipal, Cook County, Cook County Forest Preserve, Chicago Laborers, Chicago Park District, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, and Chicago Teachers Articles, establishes similar benefits if the governing body of the unit of local government adopts those benefits by resolution or ordinance. In the State Employees, State Universities, and Downstate Teachers Articles, requires those Systems to offer certain inactive members the opportunity to elect to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment equal to 70% of the net present value of their pension benefits in lieu of receiving any pension benefit. In the 5 State-funded retirement systems and the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund, makes funding changes. In the State Universities and Downstate Teachers Articles, shifts certain costs to the local employer. In the Chicago Teachers Article, requires the State to contribute $215,200,000 for fiscal year 2017 and provides a continuing appropriation from the Common School Fund for that contribution. Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Provides for the transfer of certain amounts from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Gang Crime Witness Protection Act of 2013. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning regulations.