Creates the Helping Heroes Child Care Program Act and amends the State Finance Act. Establishes the Helping Heroes Child Care Program for the purpose of providing vouchers for child care to Illinois families who have one or more parents deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan by the armed services. Provides for the program to be administered by the Department of Human Services, but only if federal funding is made available for that purpose. Provides that any such federal moneys received by the State shall be deposited into the Fund for Child Care for Deployed Military Personnel, which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for income eligibility criteria to be established by the Department by rule. Provides that a family that received child care assistance before the parent's deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan is eligible only for a voucher for the cost of any additional hours of child care that are necessary by reason of that deployment. Provides that a family is not eligible for a child care voucher if the family receives child care services from the United States military. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2010. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Older Adult Services Act. Provides that the Director of Aging, in collaboration with the Directors of Public Health and Public Aid, may appoint additional citizen members to the Older Adult Services Advisory Committee. Provides that each such additional member must be either an individual age 60 or older or an uncompensated caregiver for a family member or friend who is age 60 or older. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Anna Chief of Police Gordon Hopp on the occasion of his retirement after 26 years of service with the city.
Mourns the death of Anthony W. "Tony" Dyhrkopp of Gold Hill Ranch, Shawneetown..
Congratulates the Southeastern Illinois College forensics squad on winning the Phi Rho Pi division I overall cumulative national championship.
Congratulates Hazel Lands of Harrisburg on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
Requests the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to add a fourth duck zone without split seasons beginning in 2006.
Mourns the death of Warren V. Hileman, age 103, of Anna, the last World War I veteran residing in any of the State's veterans homes.
Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning funding for the Department of Military Affairs.
Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Adds a caption to a Section concerning definitions.