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HB1131 - SW IL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Jay C. Hoffman, David Friess, David Koehler
Last updated about 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
RReinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill as modified by Senate Amendment No. 1 and makes the following changes. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Requires persons serving as Executive Director or otherwise involved with directing the affairs of a Regional Development Authority to file statements of economic interest with the Secretary of State. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Subjects Authority leaders, board members, and employees of Regional Development Authorities to regulation under the Act. Further amends the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority Act, the Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority Act, and the Tri-County River Valley Development Authority Law, and amends the Central Illinois Economic Development Authority Act, the Eastern Illinois Economic Development Authority Act, the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act, the Riverdale Development Authority Act, the Southeastern Illinois Economic Development Authority Act, the Southern Illinois Economic Development Authority Act, the Upper Illinois River Valley Development Authority Act, the Illinois Urban Development Authority Act, the Western Illinois Economic Development Authority Act, and the Will-Kankakee Regional Development Authority Law. Adds provisions relating to requests for assistance, disclosure of economic interests, open meetings, record disclosure, and notice relating to commitment to support the financing of a project. Adds related definitions. Provides that a Board of an Authority may not meet or take any action without a quorum present. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Passed
SB1155 - REVENUE-TECH
Craig Wilcox, Neil Anderson, Christopher Belt
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1373 - CLERKS OF COURTS-COMPENSATION
Linda Holmes, Michael W. Halpin, Dale Fowler
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Removes language providing for the compensation of Clerks of the Circuit Court. Provides instead that the salary of a clerk of the circuit court elected or appointed after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be set as a percentage of the salary of Judges of the Circuit Court and shall be in the following amounts: in counties where the population is less than 14,000, 55%; in counties where the population is 14,001 to 30,000, 60%; in counties where the population is 30,001 to 60,000, 65%; in counties where the population is 60,001 to 100,000, 70%; in counties where the population is 100,001 to 200,000, 75%; in counties where the population is 200,001 to 300,000, 80%; in counties where the population is 300,001 to 3,000,000, 85%; and in counties where the population is over 3,000,000, 90%. Requires the State to furnish 66 2/3% of the total annual salary to be paid to a clerk of the circuit court, and the county to furnish 33 1/3% of the total annual salary. Provides that if, on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the salary of a clerk is greater than the percentage of the circuit judges salary in the provisions, that circuit clerk's salary shall not be reduced.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0301 - EDUCATION-TECH
Katie Stuart, Daniel M. Swanson, Aaron M. Ortiz
Last updated about 1 year ago
48 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the AIM HIGH Grant Pilot Program. Removes language referring to the program as a pilot program. Requires each participating public university to indicate that grants under the program come from AIM HIGH and to use the words "AIM HIGH" in the name of any grant under the program and in any published or posted materials about the program. Provides that each public university campus shall allow qualified full-time undergraduate students to apply for a grant, but may choose to allow qualified part-time undergraduate students who are enrolling in their final semester at the public university campus to also apply. Provides that a public university in which an average of at least 49% of the students seeking a bachelor's degree or certificate received a Pell Grant over the prior 3 academic years shall match 35% (instead of 20%) of the amount of funds awarded in a given academic year with non-loan financial aid for eligible students. Provides that a public university in which an average of less than 49% of the students seeking a bachelor's degree or certificate received a Pell Grant over the prior 3 academic years shall match 70% (instead of 60%) of the amount of funds awarded in a given academic year with non-loan financial aid for eligible students. Provides that each public university campus must report to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission the total non-loan financial aid amount given by the public university campus to undergraduate students in the 2017-2018 academic year or the 2021-2022 academic year (instead of just the 2017-2018 academic year), not including the summer terms. Provides that, to be eligible to receive funds under the program, a public university campus may not decrease the total amount of non-loan financial aid it gives to undergraduate students, not including any funds received from the Commission or any funds used to match grant awards, to an amount lower than the amount reported for the 2017-2018 academic year or the 2021-2022 academic year, whichever is less (instead of just the 2017-2018 academic year), not including the summer terms. Removes the repealer provision. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB0765 - REGULATION-TECH
Napoleon Harris, Michael W. Halpin, William Cunningham
Last updated 10 months ago
65 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Farm Mutual Insurance Company Act of 1986. Provides that, until the date that is 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a farm mutual insurance company insuring against the perils of wind or hail must have and maintain adequate catastrophic reinsurance (instead of catastrophic reinsurance which limits the company's exposure on any one loss occurrence to 20% of its policyholders' surplus). Defines "adequate catastrophic reinsurance" as reinsurance in an amount no less than that required for a 500-year event, based on an actuarially sound catastrophe model that limits the company's exposure on any one loss occurrence to (i) 20% of its policyholders' surplus or (ii) an amount authorized by the Director of Insurance. Provides that a farm mutual insurance company must additionally have and maintain aggregate reinsurance coverage in an amount no less than that required for a 250-year event, based on an actuarially sound catastrophe model. Provides that the reinsurance permitted or required under the provisions must be provided by (i) a farm mutual insurance company, (ii) an insurance company authorized to write the kinds of insurance described in the Illinois Insurance Code pertaining to casualty, fidelity, surety, fire, marine, and other types of insurance, or (iii) a reinsurer and reinsurance program meeting the standards set forth in the Illinois Insurance Code that permit a domestic company to take credit for reinsurance. Requires a farm mutual insurance company converting from unlimited catastrophic reinsurance to adequate catastrophic reinsurance to provide notice of the change to policyholders in a form approved by the Director of Insurance. Provides that the provisions of the amendatory Act become inoperative on and after the date that is 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB1438 - ILLINOIS DIG ONCE ACT
Rachel Ventura, David Koehler, Christopher Belt
Last updated about 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Illinois Dig Once Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall jointly develop a policy to reduce the scale and number of repeated excavations related to roads, highways, tollways, and expressways for the installation and maintenance of broadband infrastructure and public utilities in rights of way. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall jointly develop rules to implement the Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB1466 - CIVIL LAW-TECH
David Koehler
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1424 - COUNTY JUDICIAL FACILITIES FEE
Patrick J. Joyce, David Koehler, Sally J. Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county boards of Kankakee County and Tazewell County (currently, Kane County, Kendall County, and Will County) may also, by ordinance, impose a judicial facilities fee to be used for the building of new judicial facilities. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1675 - PROP TX-RELIGIOUS PROPERTY
Celina Villanueva, Steve Stadelman, David Koehler
Last updated about 1 year ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning interest penalties due on delinquent amounts in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants beginning in tax year 2023. Specifies that counties shall be the designated holders of all tax liens and certificates that are forfeited to the State or county. Makes changes concerning sales in error and forfeited tax certificates in provisions concerning the assignment of tax certificates; databases of properties available for sale; scavenger sales; forfeited tax liens and certificates; records of forfeitures; payments for property purchased at tax sales; certificates of purchase; refunds of costs; redemption of properties; special assessments; partial settlements; notices; and the issuance and contents of deeds. Provides that, in the case of a sale in error because of an error by the assessor, chief county assessment officer, board of review, board of appeals, or other county official, the error must be material to the tax certificate at issue. Provides that, in the case of a sale in error because of a bankruptcy, provides that the bankruptcy case must be open on the date the collector's application for judgment was filed. Provides that, in Cook County, service of process may be made by a person who is licensed or registered as a private detective (currently, those provisions apply in counties other than Cook). Makes other changes.
STATUS
Passed
SR0004 - MEMORIAL-ELDON ARNOLD
David Koehler
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Mourns the passing of Eldon Ray Arnold, formerly of Peoria.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Illinois district SD-046
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Illinois Senate
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David Koehler is serving his first term in the Illinois State Senate. He currently serves as Chair of the Agriculture & Conservation Committee and Vice Chair of the Labor Committee. Koehler served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 2006-2014. Prior to running for office, Koehler worked in both the private and public sectors, including working as a risk manager for an insurance company. His public service included working as an aide to U.S. Senator Paul Simon. Koehler earned an associate's degree from Carl Sandburg College before receiving a bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University and a master's degree from the University of Illinois Springfield. He and his wife, Pam, have four daughters.read less
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