2018 Articles

The Department of Human Services (DHS) has adopted an amendment to Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Treatment and Intervention Licenses

The Illinois Home Grown Business Opportunity Act was passed with the goal of providing business and municipalities located geographically close to bordering states with resources to be more competitive with bordering states.

The Criminal Code was amended to include an affirmative statement requiring courts to take measures to avoid child deliveries in pre-trial detention.

The Unified Code of Corrections was amended to increase the overall number of visits that inmates can receive to seven per month from a pre-authorized roster of 30 people submitted by the inmate.

Effective March 9, 2018, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation will no longer regulate the four professional licensure acts repealed by Public Act 100-534

The Practice and Procedure for Appeals Before the Property Tax Appeal Board (86 Ill. Adm. Code 1910 (eff. Dec. 1, 2017)) was amended by the Property Tax Appeal Board to clarify when electronic filings and documents are permitted.

The Property Tax Code is amended to prohibit property tax collectors from publishing delinquent or forfeited property taxes for any property under section 10-35 or for any property that is exempt from taxation under the Property Tax Code.

This proposed legislation would amend the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act by clearly establishing the jurisdiction of the Legislative Ethics Commission and the Legislative Inspector General.

The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code was amended to strengthen the powers of attorney for health care and declarations for mental health treatment.

On Sept. 14, 2018, the Second District Appellate Court of Illinois held that a recused or otherwise disqualified judge has no power to enter further substantive orders in the case, absent, where applicable, a Rule 63(D) remittal. Employing reasoning from the reading of a prior case addressing the issue of judicial recusal, Brzowski v. Brzowski, 2014 IL App (3d) 130404, the court concluded that a recused judge cannot reconsider his or her recusal, as that would be a substantive decision.

Amendments to the Limited Liability Company Act (805 ILCS 180/50-10) reduce some fees in the fee schedule for limited liability companies filing documents with the Secretary of State to match the fees for similar documents in the fee schedule for corporations.

Amendments adopted by the Department of Human Rights now stipulate the circumstances in which the department has the discretion to request the filing of a response to a discrimination claim (56 Ill. Adm. Code 2520 (effective Sept. 17, 2018)).

The Department of Revenue ("DOR") has adopted amendments to the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act that combine three separately proposed rulemakings and implement various Public Acts.

The Secretary of State amended the Part titled Cancellation, Revocation, or Suspension of Licenses or Permits (92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040 (eff. Oct. 30, 2017)) to add new offenses and clarify penalties. The new amendments implement Public Acts 99-697 and 99-68.