Amends the Oil and Gas Rights Act. Provides that payments may be remitted to payees annually for the aggregate of up to 12 months' accumulation of proceeds, if the total amount owed is $100 (instead of $25) or less.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Prohibits a State agency from entering into a contract subject to the Code with a business that boycotts Israel. Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires each of the 5 State-funded retirement systems (or the Illinois State Board of Investment where applicable) to make its best efforts to identify all companies that boycott Israel in which it has direct or indirect holdings and, under certain circumstances, to divest itself of holdings in those companies.
Congratulates Crystal Davis of Anna on being named the 2015 Miss Illinois.
Urges Congress to pass the Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act to ensure that Illinois residents who are impacted by deadly and destructive weather receive the level of assistance that they require.
Congratulates Elry Faulkner on his retirement as Johnson County Sheriff.
Congratulates William "Bill" Oglesby, Jr. on the occasion of being named "Pistolsmith of the Year" for 2015 by the American Pistolsmiths Guild.
Congratulates Lt. Ed Crews on his retirement from the Lisle-Woodridge Fire District.
Congratulates Dan Fabrizio on his retirement from the Chicago Fire Department.
Urges that legislation known as "The Illinois Veterans Homes Protection Act", which would establish or amend provisions of the Illinois statutes that will guarantee the protection of all 4 current Illinois Veterans Homes and any that may be opened in the future from closing or budgetary cutbacks, be introduced and passed by the General Assembly.
Congratulates the Meridian High School boys basketball team on a successful 2014-2015 season.
