Amends the War on Terrorism Compensation Act. Includes recipients of the Afghanistan Campaign Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal to the list of veterans entitled to receive compensation in the amount of $100 for their military service. Effective immediately.
Creates a Host Committee for the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit to be held in Chicago, Illinois in the year 2012.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if the Director of Public Health determines that it would be in the best interests of the residents of a nursing home to do so, the Director may require that the nursing home use the amount of any penalty assessed under the Act for the purpose of implementing a directed plan of correction rather than pay the amount of the penalty to the Department of Public Health for deposit into the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver Fund. Provides that if the Director of Public Health requires a facility to use the amount of a penalty for the purpose of implementing a directed plan of correction, it is the Department of Public Health's responsibility to ensure that the facility in fact uses the amount of the penalty for that purpose. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Marilyn McGill for her years of service as a Chief County Assessment Officer with the Saline County Courthouse.
Congratulates Joe Aden on the occasion of his 32 years of dedicated service as Mayor of the Village of East Cape.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Power Agency for its FY 10 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2009.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that Veterans Day honors the victory in all wars of all United States Armed Forces (now, United States Army, Navy, and Air Force).
Creates the STAR Bonds Financing Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall combine best practices and methods and programmatic functions of the Illinois Future Teacher Corps Program and the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching's Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program into one program, to be known as the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program and managed by the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching. Provides that this consolidated program shall be fully operational before July 1, 2012 and that Fiscal Year 2012 shall be the last year that Illinois Future Teacher Corps scholarships are available. Provides for a transition period. Requires the Commission to transfer funding from the Illinois Future Teacher Corps Program to the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching. Provides that following the completion of the transition of funding, all applications for scholarship assistance shall be in a form determined by the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching. Provides that the eligibility requirements apply only to Illinois Future Teacher Corps scholarships. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
