Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority for its FY 18 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Jobs for Young People Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the office hours of the clerks of courts.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for its FY 18 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Creates the Illinois Workers' Rights and Worker Safety Act. Provides that except as authorized by State law enacted after January 1, 2017, a State agency may not amend or revise its rules relating to protection of workers' rights or worker safety in a manner less stringent than specified federal laws. Provides that a State agency may establish workers' rights and worker safety standards that are more stringent than those provided in federal law in existence as of January 1, 2017. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that in certain circumstances an action may be brought in a circuit court by a person in the public interest to enforce standards or requirements concerning air, water, drinking water, and endangered and threatened species adopted under specified provisions of the Act and the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act. Provides that the provisions concerning public interest enforcement shall only become operative if specified events occur. Provides that the enforcement provisions of the Act are severable. Adds provisions concerning protection of the environment, natural resources, and public health. Requires various State agencies to adopt, maintain, and enforce rules concerning air, water, drinking water, and endangered and threatened species that are at least as stringent as various regulatory baselines under federal law, in addition to State law requirements. Provides that every State agency shall undertake all feasible efforts to implement and enforce these provisions. Contains reporting requirements. Deletes provisions providing that an air pollution construction or operating permit shall not be required due to emissions of greenhouse gases if certain events occur. Deletes certain language concerning exemptions from provisions concerning the Clean Air Act Permit Program.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the earned income tax credit.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
