Congratulates the Galena Fire Department on the occasion of its 175th anniversary on February 1, 2005.
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Mourns the death in Iraq of Lance Corporal Neil D. Petsche of Lena.
Congratulates Trinity Lutheran Church of Lanark on 130 years of ministry to the people of the Lanark area.
Congratulates Spahn & Rose Lumber Company on their 100th anniversary.
Amends the Counties Code. Allows the sheriff of any county, with the approval of the county board and in cooperation with the chief judge of the circuit in which that county is located, to implement a pilot program providing for the conduct of status hearings through interactive video conferences. Provides that the sheriff shall report to the Governor and to the General Assembly concerning the use, costs, effectiveness, and future viability of interactive video conferences for status hearings.
Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the administration of general anesthesia or parenteral conscious sedation.
Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Authorizes the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the President and Minority Leader of the Senate to provide permanent physical memorials in each chamber of the General Assembly in the Capitol to those members who died in office.
Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that an applicant that otherwise meets the requirements of this Act but that does not meet the investment requirements of the Act is eligible for the credit allowed under the Act if the applicant's investment and hiring of new employees results from business generated either directly or indirectly by the presence of the Greater Rockford Airport. Effective immediately.
Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Provides that the Act does not apply to the interpretation of physical evidence in the application of scientific principles to form opinions relative to the events of a traffic accident by a person accredited under the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, if a person's operation of motor vehicle, snowmobile, or watercraft under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds proximately caused an incident that resulted in an appropriate emergency response, the person shall, in addition to any other fine or penalty, be charged a service fee (rather than shall make restitution) of no more than $500 (rather than no more than $1,000) to any one public agency that responded to the incident.