Amends the Public Community College Act to require the Illinois Community College Board to establish a new community college district to be comprised of the territory of the former Metropolitan Community College District No. 541 and to be known as Gateway Community College. Provides that the Board may not abolish, restrict, or take over the operation of Gateway Community College without first notifying the General Assembly and receiving permission from the General Assembly for the action. Requires the Board (i) to provide financial and technical assistance to Gateway Community College in becoming established, (ii) to transfer to Gateway Community College all documents, equipment, and books and any other personal property that was in the possession of or owned by the former Metropolitan Community College District No. 541 at the time that it was abolished, and (iii) to convey to Gateway Community College the real estate and improvements that comprised the campus of former Metropolitan Community College District No. 541 at the time that it was abolished.
Sponsored bills
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Development Board for a grant to the Village of Millstadt for sewer improvements. Effective July 1, 2003.
Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for grants to the Village of Cahokia for sewer repair and construction. Effective July 1, 2003.
Appropriates $700,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs for a grant to the Village of Washington Park for the removal of derelict housing and trash. Effective July 1, 2003.
Creates the Millennium Project Act. Contains only a short title.
Appropriates $25,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Hazel Bland Promise Center in East St. Louis for expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Creates a task force to study the rights of homeless persons.
Appropriates $40,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for grants to the Village of Alorton for street repair and construction. Effective July 1, 2003.
Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Secretary of State for a grant to the East St. Louis Library Board for facility renovation. Effective July 1, 2004.
Appropriates $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for grants to the Village of Brooklyn for street repair and construction. Effective July 1, 2003.