Expresses support for improved suicide awareness in the State of Illinois in order to educate citizens about mental illness and other disorders that can lead to suicide and successful diagnoses and treatment of the underlying causes of suicide, thereby increasing the numbers of survivors.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds language providing that a law enforcement officer must offer a chemical test to any person who the officer has reason to believe operated a vehicle that was involved in a type A personal injury or fatal motor vehicle accident. In language providing that a person who drives or is in actual control of a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this State and who has been involved in a type A personal injury or fatal motor vehicle accident is deemed to have given consent to a breath test or chemical test for alcohol or drugs, deletes language limiting that consent to situations where the person is arrested. Effective July 1, 2011.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Revenue.
Creates the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Act. Provides for an income tax credit in an amount equal to 25% of qualified expenditures incurred by a qualified taxpayer for the restoration and preservation of a qualified historic structure. Provides that the credit may be carried forward for up to 10 years. Provides that the credit may be sold, assigned, conveyed, or transferred. Provides that the cumulative amount of credits awarded under the Act may not exceed $25,000,000 per year per county. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for its FY 10 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2009.
Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Requires that a full-time employee of the State, a unit of local government, or a school district who is a member of a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces or the Illinois State Militia must be given a leave of absence for any training or duty required by the U.S. Armed Forces not otherwise covered by the Act. If the employee's military pay for that training or duty is less than his or her compensation from the public employer, requires that during the leave the employee receive his or her public employment compensation, minus the amount of the military pay.
Amends the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act. Provides that "drug paraphernalia" includes individual tobacco wrappers, known as blunt wraps, whether in the form of a single tobacco leaf, sheet or tube, that typically consists of reconstituted tobacco leaf or flavored tobacco leaf; Provides that "blunt wrap" does not include a tobacco leaf wrap that is used in the manufacturing of a cigar with a pre-tax retail price of $3 or more. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the provisions related to driving while under the influence (DUI) apply to driving any motor vehicle while under the influence. Provides that the suspension and revocation of a person's motor vehicle driving privileges and the person's opportunity for a hearing for a violation of the DUI provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code also apply to operation of a snowmobile or watercraft while under the influence. Changes the definition of "first offender" to include certain offenses and suspensions related to operating a snowmobile or watercraft under the influence. Amends the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act and the Boat Registration and Safety Act to change the definition of "first offender" so that the term has the same meaning as it used in the Illinois Vehicle Code. Amends implied consent provisions of the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act and the Boat Registration and Safety Act to provide that a law enforcement officer must give notice to the Secretary of State when a person refuses to submit to a chemical test and must give additional warnings to the person regarding possible driver's license suspension, and requires the court clerk to send notice to the Secretary of State if the person fails to request a hearing or if the court finds against the person. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health shall develop a working group to advise the Department on Primary Stroke Center Systems; that this work group shall have representation from the following groups: EMS Medical Directors; hospital administrators; neurologists from accredited Primary Stroke Centers; EMS Coordinators; stroke advocates; fire chiefs in Illinois; private ambulance providers; and a representative from the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; and that this group shall also develop and submit a statewide stroke assessment tool to the Department for final approval, a copy of which shall be disseminated to all EMS Systems for adoption no later than January 15, 2011. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that as of July 1, 2011, a community college district must maintain a minimum required combined in-district tuition and universal fee rate per semester credit hour equal to 70% of the State-average combined rate, as determined by the State Board, or the total revenue received by the community college district from combined in-district tuition and universal fees must be at least 30% of the total revenue received by the community college district, as determined by the State Board, for equalization funding. Effective July 1, 2010.
