Congratulates Keith A. Ranney on the occasion of his retirement as Chief of the Bloomington Fire Department.
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Congratulates Steve Bragg on the occasion of his retirement as vice president for Finance and Planning at Illinois State University.
Creates the Funeral and Burial Pre-Arrangement Investigation Task Force to investigate and study the reasons for losses of the Pre-Need Funeral Trust Fund of the Illinois Funeral Directors and any and all other Funeral and Burial Pre-Need funding plans and investments offered in Illinois.
Urges all State, local, and county officials to adopt the Starcom 21 system for interoperable communications to ensure expedient communication and action in the event of a disaster.
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. In the case of peace officers, expands the scope of arbitration to include residency requirements in municipalities of 1,000,000 or more. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to class actions. Adds additional requirements concerning: prerequisites to the maintenance of a class action (including provisions that a class action may be certified only if: the plurality of the class members are residents of Illinois or if the plurality of the class members were physically in Illinois when the cause of action arose; and a class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy); where a class action may be brought; preliminary determinations to be made by the court; notice to the class; coupon and other noncash settlements; loss by class members under a proposed settlement; and attorney's fees.
Designates February 5, 2007 and every February 5 thereafter as Adlai Stevenson Day in the State of Illinois.
Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides for the temporary licensure of funeral directors and embalmers registered or licensed under the laws of any other state or territory of the United States in the event of any occurrence that results in a shortage of licensed funeral directors and embalmers in any part of Illinois. Effective immediately.
Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides for the temporary authorization to practice funeral directing or funeral directing and embalming of applicants who hold an active, unencumbered license in good standing in another jurisdiction and who apply for licensure under the Act due to a natural disaster or catastrophic event. Effective immediately.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that a person who has been designated a State Scholar by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission is entitled to admission to any public university in this State to which he or she applies without any other conditions on admission. Effective immediately.