Congratulates Captain Robert W. Duncan on serving as the 2004 Marion Main Street Armed Forces Day Patriotic Parade grandmaster and on receiving his long overdue Navy Cross for his bravery in combat.
Congratulates Carterville High School's Scholastic Bowl team.
Honors the Marion Elks B.P.O.E. 800 for its many contributions to the community.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Makes a stylistic change in provisions concerning the Director of Labor.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the maximum speed limit outside an urban district for a first division vehicle towing a boat trailer or a second division vehicle weighing 8,000 pounds or less towing a boat trailer is 65 (rather than 55) miles per hour or the posted speed limit, whichever is less.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning defaulting on a loan.
Mourns the death of Jimmy Stewart of Marion.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the additional charge for commissary goods shall be up to 35% for tobacco products and 25% for non-tobacco products. Provides that the additional charge shall be based upon the amount necessary to cover wages and benefits of employees of commissaries who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Provides that 40% of the profits on sales from commissary stores shall be expended by the Department of Corrections for a special benefit of committed persons. Provides that the remainder must be used first to pay for wages and benefits of commissary employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and then to pay to costs of dietary staff. Prohibits the Department from entering into a contract with a private contractor or vendor to perform commissary services at a prison facility.
Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act with respect to the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund. Removes the prohibition of using moneys in the Fund for construction of motorized recreational trails on Department of Natural Resources owned or managed land. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Ivan Zwick of Marion on winning the Powerlifting Championship Bench Press Nationals title and setting a world's record.
