Rep. Bob Rita

Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State Pensions Fund.

Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall utilize the same procedures for payments to all facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as an Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled or Long Term Care for Under Age 22 facilities shall be paid no later than the facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health as Skilled and Intermediate Care Facilities. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Public Accounting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Ratifies and adopts the Nurse Licensure Compact. Allows for reciprocity of licensure of licensed practical nurses and registered nurses among the states. Provides for administration of the Compact by the Nursing Act Coordinator. Provides that the licensing board shall participate in a Compact Evaluation Initiative designed to evaluate the effectiveness and operability of the Compact. Provides that the Compact does not relieve employers from complying with statutorily imposed obligations. Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws. Makes changes relating to the purposes of the Compact. Effective January 1, 2011.

Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date for the Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee Regulation Act of 2000 from January 1, 2011 to January 1, 2021. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Securities Law of 1953. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides for minimum allowable amounts of $1,103 (instead of $1,000) for funeral services and $552 (instead of $500) for burial or cremation services. Provides that on July 1, 2009 and each July 1 thereafter, the Department of Human Services shall increase the minimum reimbursement amount for funeral and burial expenses under the Code by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, if any, during the 12 months immediately preceding that July 1. Effective immediately.

Amends the Uniform Commercial Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. Replaces all references to "Director of Professional Regulation" with "Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation", all references to "Department of Professional Regulation" with "Department of Financial and Professional Regulation", and all references to "registration" with "licensure" throughout the Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to general or landscape contractors, nurserymen or landscape nurserymen, designers or landscape designers, or gardeners or landscape gardeners engaged in the design of spaces utilizing plant, paving, or building materials or arranging for installation of those materials. Adds provisions concerning the display of a license, a seal, and continuing education. Repeals a Section that exempts any person who engages in the practice of landscape architecture, but does not represent himself as or use the title of "landscape architect" or "registered landscape architect", from the Act. Adds a provision concerning professional liability insurance. Makes other changes. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to change the sunset date to January 1, 2020. Effective December 31, 2009.