Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applications for certification.
Creates the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Provides for grants from the Illinois Housing Development Authority to local administering agencies to provide subsidies for landlords in order to allow them to charge rent that is affordable for low-income tenants. Also provides for grants from the Illinois Housing Development Authority to developers of affordable rental housing. Sets forth criteria for the awarding of grants. Requires the Authority to establish an operating reserve for the program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Rental Housing Support Program Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county recorder shall collect a $10 surcharge for the recordation of any real estate-related document, one dollar of which shall be deposited into the county's general revenue fund and $9 of which shall be deposited into the Rental Housing Support Program Fund. Sets forth the conditions upon which and purposes for which expenditures may be made from the Accounts. Effective July 1, 2005.
Urges the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt by rule or provide further judicial training on the best practices for voir dire.
Urges the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a strategy to comprehensively address the risks of PBTs to human health and the environment and to submit the strategy to certain committees of the General Assembly for consideration during the 2006 legislative session.
Commends Robert Schmidt, a teacher and coach at Schaumburg High School, on his many years of service in public education and wishes him the very best in retirement.
Congratulates Floyd W. Sanford on the occasion of his retirement as Bloomingdale Township Supervisor.
Congratulates Floyd W. Sanford, Bloomingdale Township Supervisor, on his retirement April 30, 2005.
Amends the Jury Act. Provides that a juror personal history form and a juror profile form are confidential and are not public records. Provides that in no event shall any answer contained on a personal history or profile form be publicly disclosed by the court, any officer of the court, or any party authorized to have access to the form. Lists the persons who are entitled to examine a juror personal history or a juror profile form.
Congratulates The Festival Chorus on its 40th anniversary in May 2005.
Creates a Working Group on Pedestrian-Automobile Safety, to report its recommendations to the General Assembly by November 1, 2005.
