Mourns the death of Nita Jo Smith of Wickliffe, Kentucky.
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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 the Southeastern Illinois College archery team on winning 5 national championships.
Proclaims March 30, 2013 and March 30, 2014 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" in the State of Illinois.
Mourns the death of George "Joe" Pearson.
Mourns the death of Mary Jewel Smith of Cairo.
Mourns the death of Eileen Elizabeth Hoffman of Collinsville.
Mourns the death of Macauley G. "Mackie" Nicholes.
Mourns the death of Gary F. Siebert of Eldorado.
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that a local government defined as "distressed" under criteria adopted by the Department of Natural Resources through administrative rule shall be eligible for assistance up to 90% (rather than 50%) for the acquisition of open space lands and for capital development and improvement proposals, provided that no more than 10% of the amount appropriated under this Act in any fiscal year is made available as grants to distressed local governments. Effective immediately.