Recognizes October 10, 2005 as Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day and urges the people of Illinois and interested groups to observe the day by practicing and promoting safe driving behaviors.
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires police officers to be licensed rather than certified. Provides a process to convert certificates to licenses. Authorizes the Board to require local government units to submit personnel rosters, employment status reports, and annual training plans. Provides that no police officer may be licensed or given a waiver if he or she has been convicted of or pled guilty to a felony (now, convicted of). Provides that the license or waiver held by a police officer is automatically revoked whenever the officer is convicted of or pled guilty to a felony.
Amends the Chapter of the Illinois Vehicle Code containing the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law. Provides that a rail carrier may not restrict or hinder any inspection or investigation by an employee or an authorized representative of rail carrier employees that is necessary to determine compliance with applicable safety laws and regulations. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall require and enforce that an authorized representative of rail carrier employees has reasonable access to railroad property to perform any necessary inspection or investigation. Effective immediately.
Amends the Bond Authorization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to implement a 3-year pilot project in Will County or southern Cook County for the operation of 2 CILA homes for adolescents diagnosed with autism. Effective July 1, 2006.
Makes appropriations and reappropriations to the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University for various purposes. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides for an affidavit by a person rendering services to a party in an action or proceeding that states the services the person rendered were necessary and that the charge for the services was reasonable. Provides that the affidavit is sufficient evidence to support a finding of fact by a judge or jury, unless a party files a controverting affidavit. Provides time limits as to when these affidavits must be filed. Provides that an affidavit of business records is sufficient to have the records attached to the affidavit be admissible as a business record, subject to other objections. Provides for the time by which a business records affidavit must be filed and the form of affidavit to be used.
Creates the Illinois Project Labor Agreement Act. Provides that on a project-by-project basis, a State department, director, agency, authority, or instrumentality shall include a project labor agreement on a public works project when it has been determined that a project labor agreement advances the State's interests of cost, efficiency, quality, safety, timeliness, skilled labor force, and labor stability. Defines a "project labor agreement" as a form of pre-hire collective bargaining agreement covering terms and conditions of a specific project. Provides that when it has been determined that a project labor agreement is appropriate for a particular public works project, a State department, director, agency, authority, or instrumentality responsible for implementing the project shall either: (1) in good faith negotiate a project labor agreement with labor organizations engaged in the construction industry that represent experienced and skilled construction workers; or (2) condition the award of a project manager or general contractor upon a requirement that the manager or contractor negotiate in good faith a project labor agreement with labor organizations engaged in the construction industry and, if necessary, use the Department of Labor to reach a project labor agreement. Provides that in the event that the State department, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality and the labor organizations engaged in the construction industry cannot agree to the terms of the project labor agreement, the Governor shall appoint a designee to assist the parties in reaching an agreement. Provides that the State department, authority, or instrumentality may reserve the right to approve the negotiated project labor agreement. Establishes the requirements of a project labor agreement. Provides that any decision to use a project labor agreement in connection with a public works project by a State department, director, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality shall be supported by a written, publicly disclosed finding by such department, director, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality setting forth the justification for use of the project labor agreement. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately.
Amends the Gasoline Storage Act. Removes the county population limitation for the issuance of permits for the dispensing or delivery of flammable or combustible motor vehicle fuels directly into the fuel tanks of vehicles from tank trucks, tank wagons, or other portable tanks for sites used for the parking, operation, or maintenance of a commercial vehicle fleet. Effective immediately.
