Amends the State Parks Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to designate areas within the State parks where dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals, when accompanied by their lawful owner, may be exercised or trained at all times throughout the year, provided that: (i) any domesticated animal brought into a State park must be current and in compliance with any required federal, State, or local vaccinations or health certifications, and (ii) the Department may, by rule, prohibit noisy, vicious, or dangerous animals, or any animal disturbing to other persons from being allowed on park grounds. Sets forth that this requirement does not authorize the presence of a dog, cat, or other domesticated animal in a State park outside of the designated area where that animal may be present. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that a vehicle service provider may stock a vehicle covered by the provider's license with EMT medical supplies intended for use in connection with a higher level of care (basic life support, intermediate life support, or advanced life support) than would otherwise be placed in the vehicle if the vehicle is operated under a staffing waiver that allows for certified EMT personnel who are qualified to use those medical supplies in the course of performing their duties under the Act. Provides that an EMT is responsible for using only those EMT medical supplies that he or she is authorized to use according to his or her license. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment for aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his or her official duties shall receive no good conduct credit and shall serve the entire sentence imposed by the court.
Amends the Technology Advancement and Development Act. Provides that grants under the Act may be made to research and test products that render the use of anhydrous ammonia inert in the production of methamphetamine. Effective July 1, 2005.
Appropriates $100,000 for FY 06 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants to businesses and educational institutions that research and test products that render the use of anhydrous ammonia inert in the production of methamphetamine. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that the court shall use a rebuttable presumption that joint legal and physical custody is in the best interest of the child. Provides that, whenever it appears that both parents are fit, but that joint legal and physical custody is not feasible and cannot be remedied by a Joint Parenting Agreement between the parents, the court shall use a rebuttable presumption that the best interests of the child will be served by granting legal and physical custody to the parent more disposed to encourage and permit frequent and continuing contact by the other parent with the child. Requires the court to justify any departure from the presumptions with detailed findings.
Makes appropriations to Western Illinois University for ordinary and contingent expenses and scholarship grant awards. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning establishment of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that, if no beneficiary is designated or surviving at the death of an Armed Forces member killed in the line of duty, compensation under the Act shall be paid in the following priority: to the surviving beneficiaries designated in the Armed Forces member's Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Election and Certificate; in accordance with the Armed Forces member's valid will; or in accordance with the provisions of the Act that apply to other line-of-duty deaths. Applies regardless of when the death occurred, unless compensation was paid before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $400,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for temporary emergency classroom expenses for Southeastern Community Unit School District 337. Effective immediately.