Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that businesses that intend to establish a new wind power facility in Illinois may be considered "high impact businesses" and qualify for certain occupation tax exemptions. Exempts businesses that intend to establish new wind power facilities from provisions of the Act requiring applicants for designation as high impact businesses to provide the Department with (i) the prospective plan for which 1,500 full-time jobs would be eliminated if the business is not designated and (ii) proof of alternative non-Illinois sites which would receive the proposed investment and job creation if the business is not designated, and from provisions of the Act concerning revocation of high impact business status. Requires payment of prevailing hourly wages.
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Amends the Public University Energy Conservation Act. Provides that "energy conservation measure" includes construction of a new building or facility that is designed to reduce energy consumption or operating costs.
Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes change in a provision concerning the qualifications of an applicant for a dental license. Provides that an applicant must present satisfactory evidence that the applicant has either received a certificate granted by the National Board of Dental Examiners or successfully completed a clinical examination conducted by one of the following regional testing services: the Central Regional Dental Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the Southern Regional Testing Agency, Inc. (SRTA), the Western Regional Examining Board (WREB), or the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. (ADEX) (Rather than "Pass an examination authorized or given by the Department in the theory and practice of the science of dentistry; provided, that the Department (1) may recognize a certificate granted by the National Board of Dental Examiners in lieu of, or subject to, such examination as may be required and (2) may recognize successful completion of the clinical examination conducted by approved regional testing services in lieu of such examinations as may be required"). Makes similar change in a provision concerning the qualifications of an applicant for a dental hygienist license. Effective immediately.
Encourages and supports action by the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act, or reduce the effects thereof.
Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Creates an exception in a provision prohibiting the Director of Financial and Professional Regulation of the Division of Banks and Real Estate, his or her deputies, and employees of the Division of Banks and Real Estate of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (was the Commissioner, deputy directors, and employees of the Office of Banks and Real Estate) from obtaining a loan from an entity regulated by the Act by permitting an employee of the Division to obtain a loan from a regulated entity if the loan was not offered with the intent to influence the performance of the employee's official duties and if the loan qualifies within other exceptions under federal law. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change concerning submission of the State budget.
Creates the Joint Committee on Government Reform to stand ready to work with the Governor and others to restore integrity to State government.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its FY 08 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2007.
Appropriates $9,137,325 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for regional office of education salaries. Effective July 1, 2007.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires that an at-fault motorist report an accident to his or her insurance provider within 10 days after an accident.