Mourns the death of Detective Inspector Anthony J. "Tony" Hosey.
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Honors Fred Walk, a Normal Community High School social science teacher, on his remarkable 33-year teaching career and wishes him well in his retirement.
Recognizes and applauds State Farm Insurance for conducting its fifth annual State Farm Child Passenger Safety Day on May 14, 2005.
Congratulates the Martin Health Center of Bloomington on the occasion of its 25th anniversary on March 1, 2005.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in a prosecution for sexual exploitation of a child, testimony by the victim of an out of court statement made by the victim that he or she complained of such act of sexual exploitation of a child to another and testimony of an out of court statement by the victim describing any complaint of such act of sexual exploitation of a child or matter or detail pertaining to an act which is an element of the offense of sexual exploitation of a child is admissible into evidence as an exception to the hearsay rule. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that when a person is charged with a criminal offense and released on bond and the victim of the offense is a family or household member and the condition of the bond denies or restricts contact with the victim, the clerk shall immediately, or on the next court day, enter the order on the record, file it and provide a file stamped copy of the order to defendant, if present, and to the victim, if present. Establishes information that must be included in such a court order. Provides that the law enforcement agency that received the order shall enter into the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) the no contact with family victim order information.
Amends the Election Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the continuation of prior laws.
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Adds a caption to the definitions Section.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that if a water supplier that acquires ownership of an existing public water supply enters into a written agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to bring the public water supply into compliance with drinking water standards and then does so, the water supplier has certain civil immunities concerning the public water supply's previous failure to meet those drinking water standards. Confers other civil immunities from tort liability upon a water supplier. Provides that the immunities conferred under this amendatory Act (i) do not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a water supplier, (ii) do not affect existing civil immunities, and (iii) do not create immunity for violations of the Environmental Protection Act.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section that prohibits the possession of burglary tools.