Sen. Kyle McCarter

Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an individual that, for the purpose of obtaining benefits, knowingly makes a false statement or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact commits unemployment insurance fraud. Requires a statement on the Department of Employment Security's website and on specified forms stating that it is a crime to knowingly provide false, incomplete, or misleading information to any party to an unemployment security benefits transaction for the purpose of committing fraud and outlines possible penalties. Provides that an employer or other person that law enforcement or the Department of Employment Security requests information from regarding unemployment insurance fraud shall take all reasonable actions to promptly provide the information requested and shall disclose information when he or she has a reasonable belief of a specified violation.

Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that payments made pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement to an individual as vacation pay, vacation pay allowance, pay in lieu of vacation, or as standby pay during a period of shutdown for the taking of inventory or for vacation purposes shall be deemed "wages". Makes changes concerning what constitutes "disqualifying income".

Urges the State Board of Education to delay the implementation of the new Common Core State Standards and requests that the State Board of Education and General Assembly work together to create a viable plan to provide funding to school districts that need improvements and modernizations to comply with the new Common Core State Standards and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that no employer shall be required to pay temporary partial disability benefits to an employee who has been discharged for cause. Provides that, following a hearing, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission may reinstate the temporary partial benefits and retroactively restore any benefits the employer should have paid if it finds the employer's discharge of the employee was not for cause. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that, with respect to any benefit year beginning on or after January 1, 2013, to be monetarily eligible for any benefits, a worker must have been paid wages of $4,290 or more in his or her base period by employers subject to the Unemployment Insurance Act and at least $2,145 of these wages must have been paid to him or her outside the calendar quarter in which he or she was paid the highest amount of wages.

Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that each taxpayer is entitled to a credit in an amount equal to (i) 25% of the qualified first-year wages, not to exceed $6,000, paid to each qualified employee who worked at least 120 hours but less than 400 hours during the taxable year, and (ii) 40% of the qualified first-year wages, not to exceed $6,000, paid to each qualified employee who worked at least 400 hours during the taxable year. Provides that the term "qualified employee" means a person who (i) received benefits under either the Temporary Aid to Needy Families Program under Article IV of the Public Aid Code or the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for any 9 months during the 18-month period ending on the date the employee was hired by the taxpayer, and (ii) was employed by the taxpayer for a period of exactly 12 consecutive months at any point during the taxable year. Effective immediately.