Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applications for certification.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of Revenue to offer a special instant scratch-off game, with the title of "Ticket For The Cure", to commence on January 1, 2006 and to be discontinued on December 31, 2011. Provides that the net revenue from the game shall be deposited into the Ticket For The Cure Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly solely to the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Ticket For The Cure Board, for the purpose of making grants to public or private entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding research concerning breast cancer and for funding services for breast cancer victims. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to create the Ticket For The Cure Board as an advisory board within the Department of Public Health. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Ticket For The Cure Fund. Sets forth procedures for the appointment of Board members and for the operation of the Board. Effective immediately.
Amends the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning Medicaid payment rates for nursing homes, provides that the transition period for implementing the new MDS payment methodology for the nursing component of the rate may not exceed 3 (instead of 2) years. Effective immediately.
Creates the Construction Site Temporary Restroom Facility Act. Provides that the owner of a temporary building or building under construction, not yet occupied for its intended purpose, shall insure that employees working on the construction site have access to restroom facilities located within 300 feet of the entrance of the building under construction and which meet several requirements. Provides that inspectors employed by municipalities and counties may inspect construction sites to insure compliance with the Act. Provides penalties for a violation of the Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Organ Donor Leave Act. Provides that the Act applies to all public employers in the State and to all private employers in the State who have 15 or more employees (now, the Act applies only to any branch, department, board, committee, or commission of State government).
Amends the Public Graveyards Act. Provides that, if a township board has vested control of a public graveyard in 3 trustees, the township board may, by resolution, divest the trustees of control and assume control of the public graveyard. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Jack King of Chicago on his retirement from and continuing dedication to Guildhaus, a halfway house that helps men recover from alcoholism.
Mourns the death of Edward Sabotnik.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning policing bodies furnishing fingerprints and descriptions of persons arrested to the Department of State Police and relating to the expungement of arrest records and the sealing of the records of the clerk of the circuit court.
