Amends the Attorney General Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Creates the Illinois Oil Refining Task Force for the purpose of studying the lack of sufficient gasoline and diesel-fuel refining capacity in Illinois.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure. Provides that in actions concerning bail bonds, that bail bonds, when forfeited or returned, shall first be applied to any unpaid child support obligations of the defendant, before it can be applied in any other manner. Amends the Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, and the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. In each of those 3 Acts, provides that in any proceeding in which a party is delinquent in child support payments or has been adjudicated to be in arrears in child support payments, the bail bond deposited for that party in the proceeding or in another proceeding may, subject to limitations, be used to pay unpaid child support obligations.
Amends the Ticket Scalping Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service charges.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Validates township road district tax levies after 1980 that were authorized by the electors at an annual or special town meeting during the years 1975 through 1979 for a period not exceeding 5 years, but that were not re-authorized within 5 years due to certain Public Acts that repealed the 5-year limitation for levy approvals. Provides that certain petition requirements do not apply to these tax levy authorizations. Effective immediately.
Creates a Joint Task Force on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Options.
Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Allows the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board to establish conditions and procedures under which the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan may discount or subsidize premiums for unemployed or retired coal miners who are federally eligible and whose employer-provided health insurance coverage was terminated on September 28, 2004, and to accept funds appropriated for this purpose. Allows unemployed or retired coal miners who are federally eligible and whose employer-provided health insurance coverage was terminated on September 28, 2004 to be eligible for the Plan even though their premiums may be discounted or subsidized. Requires federally eligible unemployed or retired coal miners whose employer-provided health insurance coverage was terminated on September 28, 2004 to pay the discounted or subsidized premiums established by the Board. Effective immediately.
Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applications for certification.
Requests DCEO to report on industry clusters in Illinois by the Fall 2005 Veto Session.
Congratulates the Naperville Baseball Association on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
