Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of Revenue to offer a special instant scratch-off game, with the title of "Ticket For The Cure", to commence on January 1, 2006 and to be discontinued on December 31, 2011. Provides that the net revenue from the game shall be deposited into the Ticket For The Cure Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly solely to the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Ticket For The Cure Board, for the purpose of making grants to public or private entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding research concerning breast cancer and for funding services for breast cancer victims. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to create the Ticket For The Cure Board as an advisory board within the Department of Public Health. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Ticket For The Cure Fund. Sets forth procedures for the appointment of Board members and for the operation of the Board. Effective immediately.
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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.
Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. Provides that a bank or savings and loan association is disqualified as a State depository upon making a loan to certain entities doing business in or with the government of Sudan until such time as the United Nations determines that the government of Sudan has taken sufficient and demonstrable steps to end human rights abuses in that nation. Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits the investment or deposit from the retirement system or pension fund to certain entities doing business in or with the government of Sudan until such time as the United Nations determines that the government of Sudan has taken sufficient and demonstrable steps to end human rights abuses in that nation. Effective immediately.
Creates the Helping Heroes Child Care Program Act and amends the State Finance Act. Establishes the Helping Heroes Child Care Program for the purpose of providing vouchers for child care to Illinois families who have one or more parents deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan by the armed services. Provides for the program to be administered by the Department of Human Services, but only if federal funding is made available for that purpose. Provides that any such federal moneys received by the State shall be deposited into the Fund for Child Care for Deployed Military Personnel, which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for income eligibility criteria to be established by the Department by rule. Provides that a family that received child care assistance before the parent's deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan is eligible only for a voucher for the cost of any additional hours of child care that are necessary by reason of that deployment. Provides that a family is not eligible for a child care voucher if the family receives child care services from the United States military. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2010. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act and the Children's Product Safety Act. Provides that a "children's product" is one designed or intended for children under age 12 (instead of 6); changes and adds other definitions. Provides that a children's product is deemed to be unsafe "only" if it meets certain specified criteria. Adds requirements concerning the Department of Public Health's list of unsafe children's products. Makes changes concerning safety standards for baby cribs. Imposes duties on manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, and distributors in connection with recalls of children's products. Provides for civil penalties for violations of the Children's Product Safety Act, and removes a provision making a violation a Class C misdemeanor. Provides that nothing in the Act relieves a commercial dealer from compliance with stricter requirements that may be imposed by an agency of the federal government. Adds enforcement powers of the Attorney General. Creates the Attorney General Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund; provides for the deposit of civil penalties into the fund and for the use of moneys in the fund by the Attorney General. Effective immediately.
Honors Beverlie Jean Slota for her many hours of community volunteer work.
Congratulates nine students from North Chicago High School on being inducted into the National Honor Society and Jan Johnson on receiving the Teacher of the Year award given by the North Chicago High School chapter of the National Honor Society.
Congratulates the Salvation Army in Waukegan on having a project named an outstanding Make a Difference Day project by USA Weekend Magazine in partnership with the Points of Light Foundation and The News Sun.
Recognizes the students of Novak-King School in North Chicago for their fundraising effort to benefit victims of the December tsunami in Southeast Asia.
Congratulates Kaitlin Colver of Waukegan High School on being named a Golden Apple Scholar.