Amends Public Acts 98-679, 98-680, and 98-681. Adds supplemental appropriations to various agencies for personal services and State contributions to Social Security. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that a State purchasing officer or chief procurement officer may award a sole source contract to a qualified HUBZone small business concern, subject to certain restrictions. Provides that, if a contract is awarded pursuant to a competitive bidding process, the price offered by a qualified HUBZone small business concern shall be deemed to be lower than the price offered by another responsible bidder if the price offered by the qualified HUBZone small business concern is not more than 10% higher than the price offered by the other responsible bidder. Provides that the term "qualified HUBZone small business concern" means a business located in the State that qualifies as a HUBZone small business concern under the Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) program administered by the United States Small Business Administration.
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Eliminates the provision that a licensee under the Act shall not knowingly carry a firearm into any building, real property, or parking area under the control of an amusement park.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Reinstates an exemption for oil field exploration, drilling, and production equipment for the period beginning on July 1, 2016 and ending on June 30, 2021. Effective immediately.
Creates the Credit for Prior Learning Act. Requires each public university to submit its policies and procedures for students to earn credit for prior learning to the Board of Higher Education for review and approval and each community college to submit its policies and procedures for students to earn credit for prior learning to the Illinois Community College Board for review and approval. Provides that, at a minimum, these procedures shall include a listing of the types of documentation acceptable and the dates of inclusion for which prior learning is acceptable. Requires the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board to adopt rules to permit public higher education institutions to award credit for prior learning after the assessment of prior learning experiences for documented learning that demonstrates achievement of all terminal objectives for a specific course or courses.
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that a veteran who holds proof of a service-connected disability from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs, and whose degree of disability has been declared to be 50% or more, shall be eligible for a 50% reduction in the fees for a lifetime fishing license, lifetime hunting license, and lifetime sportsmen's combination license. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs may assist in providing the documentation of disability.
Calls upon elected officials in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership and any similar trade deals if they fail to restructure the misguided and failed policies of the past.
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Eliminates the provision that a licensee under the Act shall not knowingly carry a firearm into any building, real property, or parking area under the control of a zoo or museum.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Permits currently employed and retired State correctional officers to carry their own firearms off duty without being in violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes if they meet certain training requirements.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning stalking, defines "places a person under surveillance" to include tracking the person through any available technological means. Provides that a person also commits aggravated stalking when he or she commits stalking and causes severe and permanent disability, great bodily harm, or disfigurement. Makes this violation a Class 1 felony.
