Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that each Circuit Court Clerk shall charge and collect an electronic citation fee of $5, which shall be paid by the defendant in any traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision. Provides that 60% of the fee shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund and 40% of the fee shall be disbursed to the arresting agency to defray expenses related to the establishment and maintenance of electronic citations. Contains provisions regarding the administration of and expenditures from the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund. Provides that the Circuit Court Clerk shall not charge and collect an electronic citation fee if the County Board has by ordinance elected not to be subject to the new provisions and provides for the disposition of fees collected before such an ordinance takes effect.
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Amends provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code to change the name of an authorized emergency vehicle used by the Department of Natural Resources, which is permitted to use oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, from a "mine rescue emergency response vehicle" to a "mine rescue and explosives emergency response vehicle". Effective immediately.
Amends the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that, in addition to other provisions, the Department on Aging shall increase the effectiveness of the existing Community Care Program by ensuring that the determination of need tool accurately reflects the service needs of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia disorders. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the supervision of persons on parole or mandatory supervised release.
Urges the U.S. Congress to postpone the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the authority of the Clean Air Act.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Designates January of 2010 as "Radon Action Month" in the State of Illinois.
Urges the U.S. President and Congress to find a creative solution to protect the nation's lone magnesium producer without destroying the U.S. magnesium die casting industry and to lift U.S. tariffs on die cast magnesium alloys from China and Russia or create a fair market by placing a similar tariff on imported assemblies and products made from die cast magnesium alloys.
Urges the Department of Public Health to take appropriate steps to raise public awareness of celiac disease.