Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning waivers of School Code mandates.
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Designates the date of February 6, 2011 as Ronald Reagan Day in the State of Illinois.
Congratulates Philip D. Bellini on the occasion of his retirement from a long and distinguished career as an educator.
Mourns the death of Staff Sergeant Justus S. Bartelt of Polo.
Mourns the death of Lance Corporal Alec E. Catherwood of Byron.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Local Government Energy Conservation Act, the School Code, and the Public University Energy Conservation Act. Provides that requests for proposals must be submitted to the administrators of all 4 volumes of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin for publication in each bulletin. Provides that contracts let or awarded must be submitted to the administrators of all 4 volumes of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin for publication in each bulletin. Makes changes concerning drafters of specifications submitting bids or proposals for installment contracts and other agreements proposed by a school district or public university. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that after a public hearing, the Whiteside County Board may, by ordinance, provide for the transfer of surplus moneys from special funds maintained by the recorder or circuit clerk into the county's general fund until January 1, 2014. Sets forth the hearing requirements. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to make participation loans to small businesses that are at least 51% owned and managed by one or more persons who are veterans for the purposes of promoting the creation of veteran-owned small businesses and promoting the creation of jobs within small businesses. Provides that a loan may not exceed $100,000 or 50% of the business project costs. Provides that a loan may be made only if, in the Department's judgment, the number of jobs to be created is reasonable in relation to the loan funds requested. Provides that a loan must be protected by security. Effective immediately.