Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that certain businesses that are engaged in manufacturing, processing, assembling, warehousing, or distributing products may be certified as high impact businesses. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Public Utilities Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Designates Illinois Route 121 as it runs from the Macon/Moultrie County line to the intersection of Route 121 and Route 36 in Decatur as the "Trooper Todd Hanneken Memorial Highway".
Designates South Side Drive in Decatur from Route 51 to Route 48 as the "Officer Chris Oberheim Memorial Highway".
Amends the Constitutional Revision Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that amendments to the Illinois Constitution (currently, Article IV of the Constitution only) may be proposed by a petition signed by a number of electors equal in number to at least eight percent of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election. Provides that the initiative process shall not be used for the proposal, modification, or repeal of any portion of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution or to modify the initiative process for proposing amendments to the Constitution. Makes conforming changes. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Amends the Departments of State Government Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires each director of a department of State government to make his or her employment contract available to the public on the department's Internet website, including all addenda or any other documents that change an initial contract. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university and community college district to make available to the public, on the institution's Internet website, the employment contract of the president and each chancellor of any campus of any university, including all addenda or any other documents that change an initial contract.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes changes concerning the federal depreciation deduction to restore provisions that were in effect prior to Public Act 102-16. Effective immediately.
Directs the Auditor General to conduct a full financial and performance audit of the Illinois Department of Employment Security's administration of the state's unemployment programs for the period between March 1, 2020 and September 6, 2021.
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Ratifies and approves the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows for the issuance of multistate licenses that allow nurses to practice in their home state and other compact states. Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws.
Amends the State Mandates Act. Provides that any State mandate regarding any subject matter enacted on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act that necessitates additional expenditures from local government revenues shall be void and unenforceable unless the General Assembly makes necessary appropriations and reimbursements to implement that mandate. Provides that the failure of the General Assembly to make necessary appropriations and reimbursements shall relieve the local government of the obligation to implement any State mandate. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years upon referendum approval initiated by the submission of a petition by the voters of the district. Provides that the extension limitation shall be: (a) the lesser of 5% or the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the immediately preceding 10 years; or (b) the rate of increase approved by the voters. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases distributions into the Local Government Distributive Fund on and after August 1, 2022. Effective immediately.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
