Urges universities and K-12 schools throughout Illinois to warn children and young adults about the dangers of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, to encourage physicians and pharmacists to alert parents to the inherent dangers of these drugs, and to encourage parents to keep medications out of their children's reach.
Urges Congress to ensure that the funds associated with the Troubled Assets Relief Program are allocated to financial institutions that will use the funds for new single-family home mortgages or to refinance existing single-family home mortgages.
Congratulates John Perry, Village Administrator for the Village of Woodridge, on his retirement.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and certain other Acts. Moves, adds, deletes, repeals, and changes certain provisions. Adds or changes mental states for certain offenses. Changes certain statutory evidence presumptions to permissive inferences. Repeals various Acts, adds certain provisions from those Acts to the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, and creates the Controlled Substances Registration and Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Law, the Grain Coloring Law, the Unauthorized Sale of Certain Plants Law, the Mandatory Life Sentence Law, the Civil Liability for Certain Sex Offenses Law, the Defacing or Removing Identification Marks and Unlawful Sale of Household Appliances Law, the Odometer or Hour Meter Fraud Law, the Installation of Object in Lieu of Air Bag Law, the Fraudulent Sale of Publications Law, the Fraudulent Repair of Fire Extinguisher or Related Equipment Law, the Fraudulent Advertisements Law, the Taxpreparer Information Disclosure Law, the Auction Sales Sign Law, and the Sale of Yo-yo Waterballs Law. Makes other changes. Contains a severability clause and savings provisions. Effective January 1, 2008 if confirmed by joint resolution.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Includes disabled persons within the provisions granting an assessment freeze homestead exemption to senior citizens. Changes the name to the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption (now Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption). Makes corresponding changes to a cross-reference to the exemption. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "felony".
Creates the 2016 Olympic Games Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Applauds the extensive efforts of the "With Wings and A Halo - R.E.A.C.H. a Child" program in the State of Illinois and supports efforts to expand the program further.
Amends the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act. Permits a unit of local government to require homeowners who maintain a private sewage disposal system within the unit of local government to provide verification, on an annual basis, to the unit of local government of a valid contract with a licensed private sewage disposal system installation contractor. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Oak Brook Fire Department Chief Jim Bodony on the occasion of his retirement.
