Rep. Kevin Joyce

Mourns the death of Walter Carroll of Grand Beach, formerly of Chicago.

Congratulates Nancy Roberts Garrity on receiving the Distinguished Teacher Award at the annual conference of the National Catholic Educational Association.

Creates the Ice Cream Truck Worker Registration Act. Requires ice cream truck workers to obtain an Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card from the Department of State Police. Sets forth rules and procedures for obtaining an identification card. Provides that an application for an identification card shall be denied if the applicant (i) has ever been convicted of any sex offense, (ii) is a registered sex offender, or (iii) has ever been convicted of any homicide offense. Contains other ice cream truck worker requirements. Provides that an ice cream truck owner, upon the request of the municipality or county within which the ice cream truck is to operate, must provide copies of all Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Cards for employees. Effective immediately.

Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to implement a 3-year pilot project in Will County or southern Cook County for the operation of 2 CILA homes for adolescents diagnosed with autism. Effective July 1, 2006.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches may not implant pieces of jewelry into the mucous membrane of the eye. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Provides that the clerk of the court shall forward a copy of the judgment of conviction of a physician for a violation of this provision to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Medical Disciplinary Board for appropriate disciplinary action under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.

Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Beginning January 1, 2006, increases the duty disability benefit to 75% of the current salary attached from time to time to the rank held by the policeman at the time of removal from the police department payroll. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Amends the Use Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, no tax shall be imposed under those Acts upon the privilege of using in this State (for the Use Tax Act) or persons engaged in the business of selling at retail (for the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act) any item that is (i) purchased for a selling price of $2,500 or less and (ii) purchased from 12:00 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. of the first Saturday in August of each year. Provides that a unit of local government may, by ordinance adopted by that unit of local government, opt out of the tax holiday and continue to collect and remit the tax imposed under those Acts during the tax holiday period. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Provides that a home rule unit of local government or any municipality in this State may regulate smoking in public places. Provides that this regulation must be no less restrictive than the regulation in the Act. Changes the home rule limitation from an absolute preemption to a limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power. Maintains the exemption from home rule requirements for home rule units that passed ordinances regulating smoking before October 1, 1989. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a seller or distributor of material that is harmful to minors must place such material on shelves that are over 4 feet above the floor of the room where the harmful material is distributed or sold. Provides that a seller or distributor of material that is harmful to minors who violates this provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.