Shows support for research into the causes, treatments, and cures of children's interstitial lung diseases, thanks advocates and organizations for their efforts to educate the public about children's interstitial lung disease, and designates first week of May as Children's Interstitial Lung Disease Awareness Week in the State of Illinois.
Celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of actor, writer, and folk music singer Burl Ives on June 14, 2009.
Urges the State Board of Education to rename the Illinois Teacher of the Year Award the Willard Carl Widerberg Illinois Teacher of the Year Award.
Congratulates the members of the Grayville Junior Spikin' Bison 7th grade girls volleyball team on the occasion of winning the IESA Class 1A State volleyball championship.
Urges the Illinois Department of Transportation to remove all signs bearing the name of Patricia Blagojevich from the road-sides of this State over the next year.
Congratulates the staff and administration of The Hope Center in Albion on the occasion of being selected as a 2008 Governor's Home Town Award winner.
Appropriates $7,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Community College Board for the mobile response workforce training pilot program. Effective July 1, 2008.
Amends the State Finance Act. Repeals a Section concerning the administrative charge-back provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that any compact and contiguous parcel of property that is used for the sole purpose of providing space for the production of domestic renewable fuel is qualified to become an enterprise zone regardless of whether that parcel is located in an area that otherwise fails to qualify to be an enterprise zone. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in any case in which the plaintiff makes a claim based upon exposure to asbestos, the following issues are relevant to the determination of liability and damages, the court shall allow the parties to present evidence concerning these issues, and the trier of fact shall determine liability and damages based on these issues, together with any other relevant issues: (1) whether the plaintiff had exposure to any asbestos manufactured by, processed by, or otherwise associated with any entity other than the defendant; (2) whether the plaintiff's exposure to asbestos was to asbestos exclusively manufactured by, processed by, or otherwise associated with the defendant; and (3) whether there is a causal relationship between the plaintiff's alleged injuries and the asbestos manufactured by, processed by, or otherwise associated with the defendant. Effective immediately.
