Repeals the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Township Code. Provides that if the Secretary of State finds that any 2 or more townships within a single county (currently, 2 or more townships within the entire State) are named alike, he or she shall so inform the clerk of the county and the county board of that county shall, at its next meeting, adopt for one of the townships a different name. Effective immediately.
Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an eligible police officer may elect to receive a retirement pension from each pension fund under the Article in which the police officer has at least one year of service credit, but has not received a refund, by applying in writing and paying a specified contribution. Provides that from each such pension fund other than the last pension fund, in lieu of any retirement pension otherwise payable, an eligible police officer may elect to receive a monthly pension of 1/12th of 2.5% of his or her final monthly salary under that fund for each month of service in that fund, subject to a maximum of 75% of that final monthly salary. Provides that the retirement pension from the last pension fund shall be the retirement pension that would be payable to the police officer if he or she had participated in that last pension fund for his or her entire period of service under all pension funds, minus the amounts of the retirement pensions payable to the police officer by all other pension funds. Provides that a police officer must pay to each pension fund from which he or she has elected to receive a pension a contribution equal to 1% of monthly salary for each month of service credit that the police officer has in that fund (other than service credit for which the police officer has already paid a specified additional contribution), together with interest thereon at the rate of 6% per annum, compounded annually. Contains provisions concerning eligibility for the benefit; contributions; refunds; reinstatement of terminated credits; automatic annual increases; and occupational disease disability pensions. Makes conforming and other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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 evaluate eligibility of special districts for State and federal programs, grants, and subsidies based on eligibility requirements set forth in their statutory charters. Amends the Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act. Provides that the Port District has power to apply for and accept grants, loans, or appropriations from the federal and State government (currently, only federal government) or any agency or instrumentality thereof, to be used for any of the purposes of the District and to enter into agreements with the federal and State government (currently, only federal government) in relation to such grants, loans or appropriations.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for employers who hire residents of the State to work in the fields of technology, health care, or manufacturing if those residents were unemployed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sets forth the amount of the credit. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that after an initial proclamation declaring that a disaster exists, the Governor may only extend that declaration or make further proclamations regarding the same disaster if the General Assembly passes a resolution within 5 calendar days that approves the extension or further proclamation. Provides that if, due to health or safety concerns, the General Assembly is unable to convene in either regular or special session to approve the extension or further proclamation, the extension or further proclamation may continue in effect until the General Assembly is able to convene in regular or special session if the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives submit written certification to the Governor that the General Assembly is unable to convene to provide the necessary approval of the extension or further proclamation. Effective immediately.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to the overcollection of any tax by a person, to the extent such overcollected tax is remitted to a government entity or agency. Provides that a tax is remitted to a governmental entity or agency when it is paid or transferred to the government entity or agency, or taken as a credit, allowance, or offset on a tax return or other tax form (including any amount of commission or discount taken by or allowed to a tax collector or taxpayer).
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for financial institutions with less than $50,000,000,000 in assets in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all fees, penalties, and any other income derived during the taxable year from each commercial loan transaction that is (i) less than $5,000,000, (ii) originated by the financial institution, (iii) made to a person residing or located in this State, and (iv) made primarily for a business or agricultural project in this State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Flood Control Act of 1945. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall waive its rules requiring the submission of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study for levee modification permits for levee and drainage districts located in counties under the disaster proclamation signed by the Governor related to disastrous flooding from May 3, 2019 to July 26, 2019. Provides that in the absence of a written objection from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the submission of a study by the Department showing adverse impact, all permit requests that comply with all statutory requirements shall be approved. Effective immediately.
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital to provide a plan of correction to the Department of Public Health within 60 days if the hospital demonstrates a pattern or practice of failing to substantially comply with specified requirements or with the hospital's written staffing plan. Allows the Department to impose specified fines on a hospital for failing to comply with written staffing plans for nursing services or plans of correction. Requires money from fines to be deposited into the Hospital Licensure Fund (instead of the Long Term Care Provider Fund). Contains provisions concerning staffing plans. Amends the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. Provides that the Department of Public Health may award a total of $500,000 annually in nursing education scholarships. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers who are employed during the taxable year as nurse educators. Provides that the credit shall be equal to 2.5% of the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year. Effective immediately, except that provisions amending the Hospital Licensing Act take effect on the first day of the first full calendar month that begins 6 months after the Act becomes law.
