Congratulates Bill and Sue Bell on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Sponsored bills
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Congratulates Mary Schurder on the occasion of her retirement as Executive Director of The Center of Concern.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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.
Establishes a joint legislative and gubernatorial commission to launch a review of the future financing of the State's Medicaid program.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Removes a requirement that each taxpayer who has been granted a Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants must reapply on an annual basis. Provides that in all counties (instead of counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants) the county board may, by resolution, provide that a taxpayer who qualifies for the exemption need not reapply. Effective immediately.
Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act. Requires the Office to provide to the legislative leaders and the Comptroller and Treasurer copies of all State financial information submitted to persons not employed by the State and to post the information on its website. Requires the Office to submit quarterly financial reports and to post the reports on its website. Sets forth requirements for disclosure and reporting. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction for individuals and trusts and estates for any amount exceeding $2,000 expended for the purchase of a hearing aid. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Authorizes a credit to taxpayers for expenditures by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the purpose of providing assistive devices and other accommodations for customers of the taxpayer who are disabled persons if the assistive devices and other accommodations are over and above the requirements under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, but not more than $500 per taxable year per business location. Provides that the credit may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero and may not be carried back or carried forward. Exempt from the Act's sunset provisions. Effective July 1, 2010.