Urges the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban the sale of Yo-Yo Waterballs.
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Congratulates Rosemarie Hall of Algonquin on the occasion of her retirement as the Northfield Township financial director after many years of service.
Congratulates Paul McCarthy on his retirement as Village Manager of Glenview.
Congratulates Dr. Dorothy Weber on the occasion of her retirement as superintendent of District 34 after 34 years as an educator.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section defining "lobbyist".
Amends the Electronic Mail Act. Requires an initiator of an unsolicited e-mail advertisement to establish a toll-free telephone number or return e-mail address that the recipient of the advertisement may call or e-mail to notify the sender not to e-mail any further unsolicited e-mail advertisements. Prohibits an initiator of an unsolicited e-mail advertisement from selling or transferring the e-mail address of a person who given notice that he or she does not want to receive any further unsolicited e-mail advertisements. Provides that each unsolicited e-mail advertisement's subject line shall include "ADV:" as the first 4 characters and each adult-oriented unsolicited e-mail advertisement's subject line shall include "ADV:ADLT" as the first 8 characters.
Urges the House Human Services Appropriation Committee to meet to discuss the proper budgeting of the funds received as a result of the passage of The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and urges the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to present an accounting of the expenditure of those funds to the House Human Services Appropriation Committee.
Creates the Community Senior Services and Resources Act and amends the State Finance Act. Provides for grants to be awarded by the Department on Aging to local community senior services and resource centers. Provides for a Community Senior Services and Resource Center Advisory Committee, with 12 voting members appointed by the Governor, to advise the Department on Aging on the administration of the Act. Creates the Community Senior Services and Resources Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, to be used by the Department on Aging for grant awards and for administering the Community Senior Services and Resources Act. Effective immediately.
Creates the Statewide Health Improvement Plan Act. Requires the Governor to deliver a Statewide Health Improvement Plan to the General Assembly by January 1, 2005. Designates certain State agencies and a bi-partisan Task Force to be appointed by the Governor to assist in developing the Plan.
Amends the Election Code. In the Article governing the use of in-precinct voting systems with optic scan technology, makes changes in terms and procedures to accommodate the use of touch-screen computers to display and mark ballots. Effective immediately.