Rep. Charles G. Morrow, III

Mourns the death of Jerry Mack, Sr. of Chicago.

Mourns the death of Clifton Herford of Chicago.

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the Self-Insurers Advisory Board.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Creates the Cancer Trial Discrimination Prohibition Law. Contains only a short title provision. Effective immediately.

Amends the Tenant Utility Payment Disclosure Act. Requires a landlord to provide to the prospective tenant a separate statement detailing any utility services to be paid for by the landlord. Provides that failure of the landlord to provide the required statement does not invalidate the lease, but gives rise to a rebuttable presumption of the landlord's bad faith in any action against the landlord based in whole or in part on the landlord's failure to provide utility services.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Changes the requirements for approval of an application for a Certificate of Interexchange Service Authority. Adds guidelines for prepaid calling cards and point of sale services. Effective immediately.

Amends the Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act. Prohibits the sale of tobacco over the Internet.

Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Makes a technical change to the penalty Section.

Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Expands a credit union's general powers to sell to persons eligible for membership, negotiable checks, money orders, and similar money transfer instruments, cash checks and money orders, and receive electronic fund transfers for a fee. Increases access to credit union service to the economically disadvantaged. Provides that individuals earning a stated amount or whose annual household income falls at or below a stated amount may be admitted to membership in a credit union. Requires credit unions desiring to serve the economically disadvantaged to have a written business plan documenting the fact that the area or persons meet certain criteria, identifying the credit and depository needs of the area or persons, identifying the services to be delivered, and describing the manner in which the services will be delivered. Makes changes concerning the reimbursement, titles, qualifications, suspension or removal of a credit union's board of directors and executive officers. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code and the State Finance Act. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a 3-year technology immersion pilot project to provide a wireless laptop computer to each student, teacher, and relevant administrator in a participating school and implement the use of software, on-line courses, and other appropriate learning technologies that have been shown to improve academic achievement and specified progress measures. Creates the Technology Immersion Pilot Project Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, with moneys being used by the State Board for the pilot project. Requires participating school districts to send an annual progress report to the State Board. Effective immediately.