Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Requires the Secretary of State to affix the signature or mark of the applicant for standard Illinois Identification Cards and Illinois Disabled Person Identification Cards, rather than requiring each applicant to affix his or her signature to the card upon receipt and prior to its use for any purpose.
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Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Commemorates the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Metra Rock Island District Lovana S. "Lou" Jones/Bronzeville Station, named in honor of the late Representative.
Amends the Personnel Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Designates the date of May 20, 2009 as the Second Annual Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta Day in the State of Illinois.
Urges the Governor to develop a plan to spend federal funds set aside under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Proclaims February 6, 2009 as Black Nurses Day in the State of Illinois.
Congratulates Amina J. Dickerson on the occasion of her retirement as senior director of global community involvement for Kraft Foods.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that any person who owns a firearm in this State shall maintain a policy of liability insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person. Provides that a person shall be deemed the owner of a firearm after the firearm is lost or stolen until such loss or theft is reported to the police department or sheriff of the jurisdiction in which the owner resides. Provides that the Department of State Police shall revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act if the Department finds that the person to whom such card was issued possesses or acquires a firearm and does not submit evidence to the Department of State Police that he or she has been issued in his or her name a liability insurance policy in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person. Effective January 1, 2010.
Creates the 2016 Olympic Games Act. Contains only a short title provision.