STATE OF ILLINOIS 2017 LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS & POSITIONS 1. Extend the Vacant Lot Act to Successive Property Owners – HBAI passed this law in 2011 but it had a three-year sunset provision. Now, all business incentives are on hold in the Illinois House until there is an overall tax increase. 2. Oppose Service Tax on Construction – Expansion of State Sales Tax to Services could bring $2.5 billion in new dollars to Illinois. While new construction will probably be exempt, home remodeling could be hit with this tax. SEE SB09 details on page 16 3. Support Consolidation of Local Government Units – Illinois has more units of government than any other state. 4. Impact Fee & Tap on Fee Reform – HBAI wants “specifically and uniquely attributable” standard on all impact fees and all fees to be places in a segregated fund. There is already a bill in place for this on school impact fees from 2003 and Senators Clayborne and McCarter have proposed SB60 to address township tap on fees that we support. 5. Exempt New Homes from Transfer Taxes – New homes are assessed impact fees AND transfer taxes by some municipalities. HBAI wants legislation prohibiting transfer taxes on homes paying impact fees. Other Legislative Bills that are being proposed in this current session: HB0732 – Roofers bill outlines when roofing contract is necessary for re-roof/repairs. NEUTRAL HB0366 – Employee classification raises penalties by $500. OPPOSED SB1355/1807 – Construction demolition debris. A municipality cannot create a monopoly for waste removal/ hauling providers. MONITOR SB1450/HB2672 – both shell bills for Residential Building Code Acts. MONITOR HB2816 – 5% of materials in new construction must be re-used materials. OPPOSED HB0813 - Employment Layoff Notice, Changes current language from company with 75 employees (was 65) layoff notice must be given in 90 days (was 60). OPPOSED SB0981 - Prohibits Wage Inquiry. Employers would not be allowed to discuss what a potential employee has been paid or what their pay expectations are. OPPOSED SB1296—Requires Paid Sick Days. This is a repeat bill from last legislative session. OPPOSED These are just the “hot topics” to share. Please consider attending the HBA event on April 6th (page 9) to hear about all the updates on where these bills are at and how you can help to get involved. 8
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