Congratulates Eldon Arnold, President and CEO of Citizens Equity First Credit Union (CEFCU) in Peoria, on the occasion of his retirement.
Congratulates Roger John on the occasion of his retirement as director of the Peoria Housing Authority.
Congratulates the Illinois Valley Central High School Grey Ghosts boys basketball team on placing second in the IHSA 2006 Class A boys basketball tournament.
Amends the Ticket Scalping Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service charges.
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State Pensions Fund.
Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Allows the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board to establish conditions and procedures under which the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan may discount or subsidize premiums for unemployed or retired coal miners who are federally eligible and whose employer-provided health insurance coverage was terminated on September 28, 2004, and to accept funds appropriated for this purpose. Allows unemployed or retired coal miners who are federally eligible and whose employer-provided health insurance coverage was terminated on September 28, 2004 to be eligible for the Plan even though their premiums may be discounted or subsidized. Requires federally eligible unemployed or retired coal miners whose employer-provided health insurance coverage was terminated on September 28, 2004 to pay the discounted or subsidized premiums established by the Board. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in its annual budget, a county may appropriate an amount not to exceed 5% (now, 3%) of the amount appropriated to the county's general corporate or operating fund, for the purpose of making specified capital improvements, repairs, or replacements with respect to real property or equipment or other tangible personal property of the county. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the prohibition against tinted windshields and tinted front side windows does not apply to vehicles owned and operated by persons afflicted with systemic lupus erythematosus or used to transport those persons. Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue distinctive registration stickers for the exempted vehicles. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that any territory to be annexed to a municipality shall be considered contiguous notwithstanding that the territory is separated from the municipality by a former railroad right-of-way that has been converted to a recreational trail, but upon annexation the area included in the right-of-way shall not be considered to be annexed to the municipality.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding Medicaid co-payments.
