Congratulates Mike Hovde on his retirement from State Farm Insurance.
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Congratulates Cindy Blaski on being named the Woman of the Year by the Bloomingdale Area Women in Business.
Congratulates Lombard Police Officer Joe Menolascino on being awarded the "Achievement of Excellence Award" by the Illinois Operation Lifesaver Enforcement Committee.
Congratulates Dr. Kristen Langner on the occasion of being selected as the 2011 Joseph G. Salerno Business Person of the Year by the Roselle Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Congratulates and thanks Donna Becerra for her 30 years of dedication and commitment to the Village of Glendale Heights and its residents.
Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide newborns with expanded screening tests for the presence of Mucopolysaccharidosis I (Hurler disease), Mucopolysaccharidosis II (Hunters disease), and Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCIDS). Provides that if the Department is unable to provide expanded screening for SCIDS using the State Laboratory within 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the Department shall temporarily provide the screening through an accredited laboratory selected by the Department until the Department has the capacity to provide screening through the State Laboratory. Permits the Department to substitute the fee charged by the accredited laboratory, plus a 5% surcharge for documentation and handling for the fee authorized if expanded screening is provided on a temporary basis through an accredited laboratory. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall issue a quarterly report to the Commerce Committee of the Illinois Senate detailing the number of new businesses incorporating or otherwise forming in Illinois, the number of businesses not seeking renewal of their registration or having lapsed registration in Illinois, and the number of businesses renewing registrations in Illinois. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that: a motion to quash must be filed within 30 days after a defendant or other party files an appearance; a motion to quash must be filed within 30 days after a hearing in which a defendant or other party appears in court, without filing an appearance, and participates in a hearing before a judge; and a motion to quash not filed within the applicable 30-day time limit is barred. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the sexual exploitation of children.
Repeals the Government Electronic Records Act. Effective immediately.