Rep. Jay Hoffman

Congratulates Edna Wolfe on the occasion of her retirement as Edwardsville Township Assessor.

Amends the Ticket Scalping Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service charges.

Congratulates First Baptist Church of Maryville on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.

Authorizes the Department of Transportation to convey various described parcels of property in Lake County to the City of Park City. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax checkoff for the Blindness Prevention Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to make grants to charitable or educational entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding (i) public education on the importance of eye care and the prevention of blindness and (ii) the provision of eye care to children, senior citizens, and other needy individuals whose needs are not covered by any other source of funds. Sets forth requirements for the grants. Requires the Department to create an advisory committee to make recommendations concerning the grant proposals. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code provision regarding the transfer of title to a vehicle by operation of law. Establishes procedures to be followed if the vehicle is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding or discharge. Provides that certain requirements of the provision do not apply to bankruptcy proceedings or orders.

Creates the Home Care Consumer and Worker Protection Act. If an agency places a home care worker with a consumer to provide home care services, requires the agency to give the worker and the consumer a notice setting forth the rights and responsibilities of each of them as well as appropriate phone numbers and addresses of the Department on Aging. Provides that the Act does not apply to nursing homes, home health agencies, and certain other agencies. Provides that an agency subject to the Act must comply with the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and must ensure that every home care worker placed by the agency for hire by a consumer has the appropriate credentials and is appropriately licensed or certified as required by law. Authorizes the Department on Aging to investigate complaints of violations of the Act, issue cease-and-desist orders, and seek injunctive relief. Provides for a civil penalty of $1,000 per day for each day that a violation continues. Effective January 1, 2006.

Amends the Renter's Financial Responsibility and Protection Act. Provides that a vehicle rental company may void a damage waiver with regard to damage or loss occurring while the rental vehicle was operated by a driver under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds, in violation of the DUI provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, as part of proof of its financial responsibility, a contract carrier transporting employees in the course of their employment is required to verify hit and run and uninsured motor vehicle coverage and underinsured motor vehicle coverage in a total amount of not less than $250,000 per passenger.

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.