Amends the Executive Reorganization Implementation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Congratulates Judge Kent Slater on his retirement.
Congratulates Dr. Stephan L. Roth on being honored for his dedication and service to the City of Colchester.
Mourns the death in Iraq of U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Gary T. Rovinski of Roseville.
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt rules.
Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a definitions Section.
Congratulates the Western Stoneware Company on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Congratulates Lorraine Epperson on the occasion of her retirement from the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that joint legal and physical custody is in the best interest of the child. If both parents are fit but joint legal and physical custody is not feasible and cannot be remedied by a Joint Parenting Agreement between the parents, establishes a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interests of the child to grant 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 either presumption with detailed findings. Deletes language providing: that there shall be no presumption in favor of or against joint custody; and that the court may enter an order of joint custody if it determines that joint custody is in the best interests of the child, taking certain factors into account.
Congratulates Charles C. Gilbert III of Macomb on the occasion of his retirement as director of Institutional Research and Planning at Western Illinois University.
