Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that contracts for supplies, material, or work involving an expenditure in excess of $20,000 must be let to the lowest bidder, except contracts that involve skill, system integration, and other factors, such as contracts for or requiring: personal confidence; professional skill, fitness, or ability; utilities; services or supplies that require integration with existing systems, such as a computer system or a security system; magazines, books, and periodicals of an educational nature; telecommunication systems; supplies available from only one source; maintenance, repair, and replacement parts by authorized service agents; or an emergency that affects public health, safety, and welfare.
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Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Requires that outside legal counsel hired by a public employer with respect to unfair labor practices must submit to the employer monthly itemized bills showing, to quarter hour billed, the nature of the work performed and time spent on that work. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Makes changes concerning the amount of general liability, property damage, and workers compensation insurance coverage that a plumbing contractor must carry. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows purchase of service credit for up to 2 years of employment by a private school. Requires payment of a contribution plus interest. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the Board, through the budget process and with a 2/3 vote, may set the compensation of its members elected in November, 2006 and thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Adds a Division VI license for pharmacies located in Illinois and providing pharmaceutical care to patients of institutions maintaining a Division III pharmacy on its premises without using its own stock of drugs. Provides that the structural, equipment, and record retention requirements for a Division VI pharmacy shall be set by rule. Provides that, upon a showing of a possible violation of the Act, the State Board of Pharmacy may compel a pharmacy practice licensee or applicant for licensure to submit to a mental examination, physical examination, or both, as required by and at the expense of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that failure to submit to a mental or physical examination when directed is grounds for license suspension. Provides that if the Board finds an individual unable to practice because of reasons set forth in the Act, the Board must require that individual to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by a physician or clinical psychologist approved by the Board, as a condition, term, or restriction for continued, restored, or renewed licensure to practice. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Establishes a minimum retirement pension of $1,500 per month for teachers with at least 20 years of service credit in the Fund. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Removes a provision that allows a person to receive a license as a private alarm contractor without having passed an examination under certain circumstances. Adds a provision that allows a security agency to employ guards of a displaced security agency in an armed capacity pending receipt of a firearm authorization for the acquiring agency. Effective immediately.
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that workers who are paid a set amount for truck expense and take-home wage and who are deemed to be employed on the public works project are entitled to the proper prevailing wage for the equipment being operated. Provides the method for determining the take-home wage, and provides that a truck driver is entitled to the difference between the determined take-home wage and the proper prevailing wage for the equipment being operated.
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 to allow supervising physicians to supervise more than 2 physician assistants. Effective immediately.