Appropriates $3,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture to fund the Illinois AgriFIRST Program. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Allows active duty military personnel to add time in active duty to the time they can be enrolled in school and still be considered a dependent. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $3,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture to fund the Illinois AgriFIRST Program. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Extends the deadline for application for early retirement without discount from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2010; also reduces the required contribution for some members. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Procurement Policy Board shall coordinate with the Governor's Office and the Department of Central Management Services' Bureau of Communication and Computers to oversee technology policy.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning local tourism grants.
Creates the Illinois Farm Products Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Permits leases to provide for a percentage reduction in lease payments until a lessor makes improvements required by the terms of the lease. Requires the using State agency and the Department of Central Management Services to certify resulting improvements as acceptable before full lease payments may resume.
Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the State Board of Investment and the boards of trustees of the State-funded retirement systems shall provide for an annual review of their investments to determine whether they have experienced market losses due to possible corporate fraud. Requires an annual report to the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois AgriFIRST Program Act of 2001. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to certification.
