Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Subject to appropriation, directs the Department to establish a statewide network of cord blood stem cell banks. Sets forth requirements and duties of donor banks. Creates an advisory committee to advise the Department concerning administration of the network. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of Joseph F. Prola of Springfield.
Creates the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee Act. Provides that the Director of Public Health shall create the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee to advise the Department of Public Health regarding issues relevant to newborn screenings of metabolic diseases. Amends the State Finance Act to exempt the Metabolic Screening and Treatment Fund from transfers made by the Governor to the General Revenue Fund. Amends the Phenylketonuria Testing Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2008, the Department of Public Health shall provide all newborns with expanded screening tests for the presence of Lysosomal Storage Disorders known as Krabbe, Pompe, Gaucher, Fabry, and Niemann-Pick. Effective immediately.
Creates the Green Governments Illinois Act. Provides for the creation of the Green Governments Coordinating Council and sets out the composition and responsibilities of the Council. Gives the Council the authority to solicit and receive grants to fulfill the Council's functions and to solicit, use, and publish advice and information to assist in the Council's duties. Provides that participation in the Green Governments Illinois program by units of State and local government and educational institutions is voluntary. Sets out responsibilities of State agencies under the Act. Provides that a member of the Lieutenant Governor's staff shall be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a Green Governments Illinois website with specified content. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Library District Act. Provides that the balance in the working cash fund may not exceed 0.2% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property in the district (instead of 0.2% of the equalized assessed value of taxable property for the year the fund was established or, for funds established after January 1, 1979, for the year 1978). Provides that the library district board may invest temporarily idle moneys from the district's working cash fund. Provides that the interest earned from the investments may be transferred to the general fund or may remain in the working cash fund, provided that the balance of the working cash fund does not exceed the statutory maximum. Provides that, if a working cash fund is abolished, it may be reestablished in the same manner as the fund was originally created. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall establish and administer a program to make grants to municipalities whose buildings conform with the United States Green Building Council's Leadership on Energy and Design (LEED) rating system.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In a Section authorizing the Director of Revenue to make certain adjustments to base income if it appears to the Director that any agreement, understanding, or arrangement exists between any persons that causes any person's base income allocable to this State to be improperly or inaccurately reflected, provides that the Director may not make these adjustment before the Department of Revenue adopts rules concerning the adjustments. Provides that, unless the principle purpose of the agreement, understanding, or arrangement is for the avoidance of federal or Illinois income tax, any adjustment made by the Director and the rules required to be adopted must be in accordance with certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Deletes a provision authorizing the Director to adjust factors taken into account in allocating income. Effective immediately.
Creates the Illinois Latino Family Commission Act and the Illinois Latino Family Commission. Sets forth the purpose and the composition of the Commission. Provides for the funding of the Commission. Provides that the Commission shall annually report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the Commission's progress towards its goals and objectives. Effective immediately.
Amends the North Shore Sanitary District Act. Provides that the Board of Trustees of the District shall have the authority to change the name of the District, by ordinance, to the North Shore Water Reclamation District. Provides that all provisions of the Act shall apply to the newly renamed district. Increases the maximum compensation for the President of the Board of Trustees of the District to $14,000 (now, $11,000) per year, and increases the maximum compensation for other board members to $11,000 (now, $8,000) per year.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
