Mourns the death of Walter Boykin Jr. of Chicago.
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Urges the Chicago Bulls basketball organization to hire local Chicago workers for the construction of its new downtown training facility.
Congratulates the congregation of St. Malachy Church and School on the occasion of the church's celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Mourns the death of Deacon Trez Van Pugh, Jr. of Chicago.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law and the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to extend the Quality of Life scratch-off game and the Quality of Life Board for an additional 5 years. Effective immediately.
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Eliminates the reduction for vacation wages in the calculation of the benefit amount under reduced weekly benefits. Repeals provisions relating to treatment of vacation pay as wages.
Amends the School Code. Provides that for the purpose of receiving federal funds under the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, a preschool or early childhood education center with an enrollment of 100 or more pupils shall be deemed an elementary school. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In a Section concerning estimated taxes, provides that, if a taxpayer is entitled to a refund after the payment of the fourth installment, then he or she may apply the amount of the refund to the first installment due in the next taxable year.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article.