Amends the Illinois Fire Service Institute Act. Requires enrollment and attendance in the programs of the Illinois Fire Service Institute to be open to any person 18 years of age or older (instead of any person engaged in fire administration, fire prevention, fire suppression, fire education, or arson investigation with a unit of government or a public or private fire department in this State). Makes related changes.
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Amends the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act. Requires the seller of the property to disclose whether the property has been used for the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Requires each public university to perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database for each applicant for university housing to determine whether the applicant has been adjudicated a sex offender. Prohibits the universities from granting such housing to any person determined to have been adjudicated a sex offender.
Congratulates Jerry Bartell on his retirement as president and CEO of Marine Bank & Trust.
Amends the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act. Makes a technical change in the Section creating the Fund.
Appropriates $3,400,000 for Fiscal Year 2008 from the General Revenue Fund to Western Illinois University for costs associated with the replacement or repair of air conditioning systems. Effective immediately.
Urges the Governor to reconsider his budgetary actions and immediately rescind his request that public universities and community colleges relinquish final Fiscal Year 2008 State funding.
Thanks James M. Adkisson of Roseville on his years of dedication to the community.
Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and purpose of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction for amounts paid to a taxpayer by his or her employer for the purpose of (i) fully or partially compensating the taxpayer for damage to the taxpayer's principal place of residence caused by a disaster, or (ii) enabling the taxpayer to secure housing after a disaster. Provides that the deduction may not exceed $20,000. Effective immediately.