Amends the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Congratulates Will and Macy Cousineau for their decision to adopt 3 young sisters from Latvia.
Urges every contractor or manufacturer building new residences in the State, especially mobile homes, to install a weather radio within each residence.
Creates the Residential Weather Radio Safety Act. Provides that every contractor or manufacturer building a new residence in this State shall install a weather radio within each residence. Provides that "residence" includes homes, apartment buildings, condominiums, multifamily homes, manufactured homes or mobile homes, nursing or sheltered care homes, and veterans homes. Establishes requirements for the weather radios. Provides that violation of the Act is a business offense with a fine of $500 per violation.
Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes a provision that provides that a tax on income shall be measured at a non-graduated rate. Provides that there may be one tax on the income of individuals and corporations, that this may be a fair tax where lower rates apply to lower income levels and higher rates apply to higher income levels, and that no government other than the State may impose a tax on or measured by income. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that individual income taxes may be at a graduated or a non-graduated rate. Provides that any such tax imposed on corporations shall be at a non-graduated rate, not to exceed the average of the lowest and highest individual rates by more than a ratio of 8 to 5. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Congratulates all University of Illinois students and their advisors for their creativity and inquisitiveness and shows support for undergraduate research programs.
Urges Congress to restore full bankruptcy protections to all student loans, both private and federally guaranteed, as well as other standard consumer protections.
Congratulates Alfred Anderson on his retirement as Executive Director of the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission Workforce Development Services.
Mourns the death of Clarence Todd Taylor of Champaign.
