Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, as follows: General Funds $1,158,600; Other State Funds $47,500; Total $1,206,100.
Amends the Tax Shelter Voluntary Compliance Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Proposes to amend the Local Government Article of the Illinois Constitution. Requires the State to reimburse units of local government for increased expenses resulting from activities mandated by the General Assembly or State executive action. Exempts mandates requested by a local government or predating the effective date. Makes unfunded mandates unenforceable unless passed by three-fourths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly and specifically characterized as non-reimbursable. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Amends the Uniform Act for the Extradition of Persons of Unsound Mind. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall issue a report by June 30, 2019 to the Governor and the General Assembly evaluating the degree to which tax exemptions and incentives offered under the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Electricity Excise Tax Law spur job growth and economic development. Directs the Department of Revenue to provide such information as the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may request. Repeals the Section on June 30, 2020. Effective immediately.
Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that a municipality or a county, with respect to unincorporated portions of the county, may impose specified separate requirements on video gaming that impose limitations on video gaming more restrictive than those provided under the Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Baccalaureate Savings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Changes the schedule for examinations of pension funds established under the Downstate Police or Downstate Firefighter Article from every 3 years to a periodic basis based on a risk review across funds, as determined by the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance. Provides that the examination may (instead of shall) include a review of certain information. Effective immediately.
