Creates the State Employment Application Act. Provides that an application for State employment may not contain any question as to whether the applicant was convicted of or placed on supervision for a non-violent criminal offense but must contain a question as to whether the applicant for State employment has ever been convicted of a violent offense that is classified as a felony. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to prohibit a State agency from conducting a criminal background check of an applicant for State employment. Provides that if a federal or State law disqualifies a person convicted of certain offenses from holding a position, an application for that position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense. Provides that if an applicant is applying for a position of peace officer, an application for that position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a decision to refuse to hire on the basis that the applicant has been convicted of a criminal offense. Effective immediately.
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Creates the Trans Fat Restriction Act. Sets forth definitions for "food facility" and "trans fat". Provides that every food facility shall maintain the manufacturer's documentation for any food or food additive that is or includes any fat, oil, or shortening for as long as the food or food additive is stored, distributed, or served by the food facility or used in the preparation of food within the food facility. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2010, no oil, shortening, or margarine containing trans fat for use in spreads or frying, except for the deep frying of yeast dough or cake batter, may be stored, distributed, or served by a food facility or used in the preparation of food within a food facility. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2011, no food containing trans fat, including oil and shortening that contains trans fat for use in the deep frying of yeast dough or cake batter, may be stored, distributed, or served by a food facility or used in the preparation of food within a food facility. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules to administer and enforce the Act.
Amends the Cigarette Tax Act and the Cigarette Use Tax Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2009, an additional tax of 50 mills per cigarette ($1 per package of 20) shall be imposed. Effective immediately.
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Comprehensive Health Education Program.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax checkoff for the After-School Rescue Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund may be used by the Illinois State Board of Education for the making of grants to at-risk schools for the promotion of extracurricular and after-school programs. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that an incarcerated person obligated to pay child support who has gross income of less than $200 per month is presumed to have no ability to pay child support. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall initiate an action to modify a support obligation if either the obligor or the obligee receives child support enforcement services. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall develop and establish a program in the Adult Division designed to permit committed persons who are obligors to request assistance from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in obtaining a child support order modification.
Urges Congress to provide financial assistance to Illinois municipalities in need of additional police to combat high crime rates.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in a foreclosure action while the municipality within which the property is located shall not be joined as a party unless joined under other provisions of the Code, the municipality shall be added to the service list in the foreclosure action and all parties shall provide the clerk of the municipality with a copy of any document or notice filed in the foreclosure action. Effective immediately.
Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that under the Family Care program, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance program, and the medical assistance program, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse providers for rapid HIV testing (results provided in less than one hour) beginning January 1, 2010. Provides that beginning January 1, 2011, the reimbursement for a conventional HIV test (results provided in more than one hour) and a rapid HIV test must not be lower than Medicare reimbursement for each test in accordance with the Medicare payment localities for Illinois. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a standard student expulsion policy that applies to each school district in this State. Requires a district's pupil discipline policy to conform to the standard student expulsion policy. Requires a school board to furnish a copy of the district's pupil discipline policy to the parents or guardian of each pupil within 15 days after the beginning of the school year or within 15 days after starting classes for a pupil who transfers into the district during the school year and to require that each school inform its pupils of the contents of its policy (now permissive with respect to school boards other than the Chicago Board of Education).