Creates the Opportunity Scholarship Act and amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Income Tax Act. Establishes the Opportunity Scholarship Program. Provides that under the program the custodian of a qualifying pupil is entitled to a Opportunity Scholarship to pay for qualified education expenses at participating nonpublic elementary schools in Cook County. Sets forth provisions concerning notification of scholarships, a request for a scholarship, the issuance and payment of a scholarship, the amount of a scholarship, the renewal of a scholarship, pupil assessment, the longitudinal data system, reporting attendance, nonpublic school students, a report on the program and expansion of the program, penalties, and rules. Provides that the amount received under the program shall not be considered base income for purposes of Illinois' income tax. Creates the Opportunity Scholarship Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, with money in the Fund being used by the State Board of Education for the purposes of the Opportunity Scholarship Act. Provides for a tax credit for contributions made to the Opportunity Scholarship Fund. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Salaries Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, as follows: Other State Funds $97,355,500.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, as follows: General Funds $16,797,200; Other State Funds $70,985,500; Federal Funds $13,113,000; Total $100,895,700.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who, having been admitted to bail for appearance before any court of this State, incurs a forfeiture of the bail and knowingly fails to surrender himself or herself within 30 days following the date of the forfeiture, commits, if the bail was given in connection with a charge of felony or pending appeal or certiorari after conviction of any offense, a felony of the same (rather than next lower) Class. Deletes language providing that the person commits a Class A misdemeanor if the underlying offense was a Class 4 felony. Deletes language providing that if the bail was given in connection with a charge of committing a misdemeanor, or for appearance as a witness, that the person commits a misdemeanor of the next lower Class, but not less than a Class C misdemeanor. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for a Class 4 or greater felony violation of the offense of violation of bail bond.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Removes provisions concerning third-party providers who ship wine on behalf of certain licensees, including provisions relating to reporting requirements, agency of a third-party provider, and rulemaking. Provides that grant funds from the Food and Drug Administration for conducting unannounced investigations of Illinois tobacco vendors are deposited into the Dram Shop Fund only until September 29, 2017. Removes an obsolete reporting requirement relating to compliance with the Federal ADAMHA Reorganization Act of 1992. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning certificates of title.
Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to convey, in exchange for $1, certain real estate in McHenry County to the Fox Waterway Agency. Provides that the conveyance is subject to: (1) existing public utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that any proceeds from the sale of the real property shall be utilized for the purchase and development of an alternate dredge material disposal site or sites. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.