Congratulates Mary Lou Zierer on her retirement from the McHenry County Board.
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Congratulates Lou Czarny, McHenry County court administrator, on his retirement.
Congratulates Bill Kays on his retirement as Circuit Court Clerk in McHenry County.
Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Provides that coverage under the Plan shall automatically terminate as of the effective date of any medical assistance, except in cases where the effective date of the medical assistance is the date that the application for medical assistance was submitted to the Department of Human Services and that date is different than the date that the applicant is determined to be eligible for medical assistance. Provides that in that circumstance, coverage under the plan shall terminate on the date that the applicant was determined to be eligible for medical assistance. Effective immediately.
Congratulates the staff and administration of the Family Service and Community Mental Health Center on the occasion of the center's 50th anniversary.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant is accused of child pornography or aggravated child pornography or the defendant is accused of first degree murder or second degree murder when the commission of the offense involves sexual penetration or sexual conduct, evidence of the defendant's commission of another such offense or evidence to rebut that proof or an inference from that proof, may be admissible (if that evidence is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence) and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant. Provides that (1) testimony by the victim of an out of court statement made by the victim that he or she complained of such act to another; and (2) testimony of an out of court statement made by the victim describing any complaint of such act or matter or detail pertaining to any act which is an element of an offense which is the subject of a prosecution for a sexual or physical act against that victim are admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule in prosecutions for any sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that each county may lease space on a telecommunications tower to a public or private entity.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the election and term of a county board chairman.
Congratulates Robert Vorisek on his 80th birthday.