Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that permits for wild turkey hunting and deer hunting shall be issued without charge to certain individuals or groups provided that the individual or group owns or is a resident tenant of at least 20 acres (instead of 40 acres) of Illinois land.
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Creates the Department of Central Management Services Reorganization Act. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services is abolished on July 1, 2014. Provides for the transfer on that date of the Department's functions to other State agencies. Directs the Auditor General to make recommendations on, receive public comment on, and order the transfer of the Department's functions to other State agencies. Authorizes the General Assembly to disapprove the transfer of functions ordered by the Auditor General. Also provides for the transfer of specified personnel, records, unexpended moneys, and rules. Directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to prepare for introduction a revisory bill effecting such changes in the statutes as may be necessary to conform the statutes to the changes in law made by the Act. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Glenn Poshard on the occasion of his retirement as President of Southern Illinois University.
Congratulates David "Buff" Livesay on the occasion of his retirement as Sheriff of the Union County Sheriff's Office.
Congratulates the members of the Eldorado High School Eagles girls golf team on the occasion of their performance at the IHSA Class A State Tournament.
Congratulates Elry Faulkner on his retirement as Johnson County Sheriff.
Commends the Illinois State Police, the Alexander County Sheriff's Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police, the Cairo Police Department, the Cairo Fire Department, the Metropolis Police Department, the Metropolis Fire Department, the Pulaski County Police Department, and various out-of-state federal agencies on their heroic actions in responding to a robbery in progress at the First National Bank in Cairo on May 15, 2014.
Congratulates Larry W. Mizell on the occasion of his retirement as Executive Director of Family Counseling Center, Inc.
Mourns the death of William Travis Plater.
Mourns the death of former United States Representative Kenneth J. Gray.