Amends the Department of Agriculture Law. Provides that the Department shall not require a premises identification number to exhibit or enter livestock or horses at any fair or exhibition in Illinois, unless required by federal law or regulation, without first receiving approval for such a requirement from the governing board of the fair or exhibition.
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the statewide emergency alert system for missing and abducted children shall also be used to assist in the recovery of elderly persons who suffer from Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or similar conditions. Amends the Department of Transportation Law to make corresponding changes.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State goals and assessment.
Amends the Shaken Baby Prevention Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Congratulates the residents of the City of Colchester on the occasion of receiving a 2008 Governor's Home Town Award from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Congratulates the residents of the Village of Bath on the occasion of receiving a 2008 Governor's Home Town Award from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant is accused of child pornography or aggravated child pornography or the defendant is accused of first degree murder or second degree murder when the commission of the offense involves sexual penetration or sexual conduct, evidence of the defendant's commission of another such offense or evidence to rebut that proof or an inference from that proof, may be admissible (if that evidence is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence) and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant. Provides that (1) testimony by the victim of an out of court statement made by the victim that he or she complained of such act to another; and (2) testimony of an out of court statement made by the victim describing any complaint of such act or matter or detail pertaining to any act which is an element of an offense which is the subject of a prosecution for a sexual or physical act against that victim are admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule in prosecutions for any sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning financial exploitation of an elderly person.
Amends the Burn Injury Reporting Act. Repeals a Section of the Act that would have repealed the Act on January 1, 2009. Effective immediately.
Designates August 2, 2008 as Agriculture Day with a salute to Manito Area Farmers and the Manito Area Regional Economic Development.
