Congratulates Nucor Steel in Kankakee on receiving the Star Voluntary Protection Program Award by the United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant suffers from a mental disability and is placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services, the defendant will not be placed in a secure setting if the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor and the Department determines that the defendant could be appropriately placed in a non-secure setting. Effective immediately.
Congratulates the students at Nettle Creek School District 24C on their outstanding Illinois Standardized Achievement Test (ISAT) results and designates November 15, 2011, as Nettle Creek School Day in the State of Illinois.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Requires the Teacher Retirement Insurance Program Committee to identify proposed solutions to the funding shortfalls that are affecting the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund and to report those solutions to Governor and the General Assembly within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Employee Washroom Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Technology Development Act. Authorizes the State Treasurer to segregate up to 3% of the Treasurer's investment portfolio in the Technology Development Account IIa. Authorizes investments from the account to provide venture capital to help attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois. Provides that the Treasurer may solicit proposals from entities to manage and be the General Partner of Technology Development Account IIb, a separate fund consisting of investments from private sector investors that must invest, at the direction of the Treasurer, in tandem with TDA IIa. Sets restrictions and conditions. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
