Recognizes the Mount Vernon Township High School Sports Hall of Fame that was started during the summer of 2004 and the inaugural banquet that will be held on February 5, 2005.
Mourns the death of Tom Deaton.
Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning funding for the Department of Military Affairs.
Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Adds a caption to a Section concerning definitions.
Recognizes May as Older Americans Month.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act. Changes the definitions of the terms "licensed athletic trainer" and "referral". Provides a definition for the term "athlete".
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to quick-take eminent domain powers. Authorizes the City of Mt. Vernon to use quick-take procedures to acquire land in connection with the extension or improvement of Veterans Memorial Drive. Effective immediately.
Amends the Capital Development Board Act to provide, notwithstanding other provisions of the Act, that community college districts are subject to the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act and that universities and the Illinois Community College Board are subject to the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act to provide that selection shall be conducted by the Capital Development Board on behalf of universities and the Illinois Community College Board unless waived by the Executive Director of CDB. Amends the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act (i) to provide that selection shall be conducted by the Capital Development Board on behalf of political subdivisions, including without limitation community college districts, for projects that are funded in whole or in part by the State unless waived by the Executive Director of CDB and (ii) to remove an exception to the requirements of the Act when the political subdivision "has a satisfactory relationship for services with one or more firms". Effective July 1, 2004.
Creates the Electricians Licensing Act. Contains only a short title provision.
