Mourns the death of David Darrell Hicks.
Rep. Bob Rita
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Mourns the death of Katie Bell Jackson-Booker.
Honors Irene H. Brodie, mayor of Robbins, as she retires after 24 years.
Honors Phil Laskey on his 90th birthday.
Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act to authorize the Illinois Housing Authority to establish and administer a foreclosure prevention counseling program using moneys in the Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Fund, appropriated for that purpose, to make grants to HUD-certified housing counseling agencies to support pre-purchase and post-purchase home ownership education and foreclosure prevention counseling. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Fund. Provides that 75% of the moneys in this Fund shall be used for housing counseling outside Chicago and 25% of the moneys shall be used for such counseling in Chicago. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning persons that are not to be granted a license or permit.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Eliminates the required contribution for converting past service to the augmented retirement formula, and provides for a refund of such contributions already paid. Also provides for recalculation of the pension and a lump sum payment of the difference between the augmented and unaugmented rates for certain pensioners. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the duties of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that a lease entered into by the governing board of a public institution of higher education in connection with a transaction for the financing of buildings through the issuance of bonds by the Illinois Finance Authority is not subject to the provisions of an Article concerning real property and capital improvement leases. Effective immediately.
Amends the Payday Loan Reform Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.