Proposes to create the Ethics Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for the creation of the Department of Governmental Ethics. Provides that the Department shall have jurisdiction over the Executive and Legislative Branches of the State government, together with all units of local government, school districts, public colleges, and public universities. Provides that the Department shall be led by a Director. Provides that the Department shall have a State Government Division with the authority to investigate, prosecute, and ensure compliance with laws relating to the duties and responsibilities of the agencies and other bodies, elected and appointed officers, and employees of the Executive and Legislative Branches of the State government. Provides that the Department shall have a Local Government Division, which shall have the authority to investigate, prosecute, and ensure compliance with laws relating to the duties and responsibilities of units of local government and the elected and appointed officers and employees of units of local government. Provides that the Department shall have an Education Division, which shall have the authority to investigate, prosecute, and ensure compliance with laws relating to the duties and responsibilities of school districts, public colleges, and public universities, and the elected and appointed officers and employees of school districts, public colleges, and public universities. Provides for the creation of the Governmental Ethics Commission. Provides that the Commission shall have authority over the Department of Governmental Ethics, shall receive reports from audits of the Department conducted by the Auditor General, shall approve the budget of the Department, and shall appoint the Director of the Department and such other officers as it may determine. The commission shall not be composed of a majority of members from any one political party. Directs the General Assembly to provide by law for the implementation of the provisions of the Article.
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Amends the Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Use Tax 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 Northeastern Illinois University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, as follows: General Funds $31,364,000.
Amends and re-enacts provisions of the Civil Practice Article of the Code of Civil Procedure concerning actions on account of bodily injury or death or physical damage to property based on negligence or product liability based on strict tort liability. Provides that the court shall not instruct the jury of the consequence of any findings of fault of any plaintiff or defendant under specified provisions of the Code. Deletes language providing that the court shall instruct the jury in writing that the defendant shall be found not liable if the jury finds that the contributory fault of the plaintiff is more than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought. In the Section concerning joint liability, deletes language providing that: any defendant whose fault is less than 25% of the total fault attributable to the plaintiff, the defendants sued by the plaintiff, and any third party defendant except the plaintiff's employer, is severally liable for non-medical damages; and any defendant whose fault is 25% or greater of the total fault attributable to the plaintiff, the defendants sued by the plaintiff, and any third party defendants except the plaintiff's employer, is jointly and severally liable for non-medical damages. Adds language providing that: any defendant whose fault is less than 25% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought by the plaintiff is severally liable for non-medical damages; and any defendant whose fault is 25% or greater of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought by the plaintiff is jointly and severally liable for non-medical damages. Contains applicability provisions.
Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of library districts and libraries.
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Insurance for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, as follows: Other State Funds $48,671,900.
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act.