Amends the Personnel Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Amends the Alternative Gas Supplier Law in the Public Utilities Act. Provides that "single billing" means the combined billing of the services provided by both a natural gas utility and an alternative gas supplier to any customer who has enrolled in a customer choice program.
Congratulates Belleville astronaut Sandra Magnus on her trip into space aboard the space shuttle Endeavour.
Creates the Underground Storage Tank Task Force to study the problems facing the Underground Storage Tank Fund.
Congratulates Shirley J. Kurre, Principal of Holy Rosary Catholic School in Fairmont City, on her retirement.
Congratulates the pastor and congregation of Bethel Baptist Church in Caseyville on the 200th anniversary of the church.
Congratulates Donn Schaefer on his retirement as President of the Metro East Landlords Association.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Includes disabled persons within the provisions granting an assessment freeze homestead exemption to senior citizens. Changes the name to the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption (now Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption). Makes corresponding changes to a cross-reference to the exemption. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Madelyn McGlynn on the occasion of receiving a 2009 Prudential Spirit of Community Award from Prudential Financial in recognition of her exceptional volunteer work.
Congratulates the administration of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville on its own version of an economic stimulus program.