Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Trustees of the Illinois State University for its FY 16 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Congratulates Dorothy Jean Gizynski on her 100th birthday.
Congratulates St. Joseph Catholic Church on their Centennial Jubilee.
Designates February 29, 2016 as "Rare Disease Day" in the State of Illinois. Recognizes the courage of Miss Grace Herschelman and others like her as they battle rare diseases and gives the House's wholehearted support for a State, national, and global commitment to improving access to and developing new treatments, diagnostics, and cures for rare diseases and disorders.
Thanks the members of the Raymond-Harvel Fire Department for educating students on Fire Prevention Safety and for responding to what could have been a deadly situation on December 11, 2015.
Commends Kenneth Hobson for his quick thinking and heroic actions that firefighters believe saved his family from perishing in a house fire.
Mourns the death of Alexis Ann Wernsing of Litchfield.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Includes highways on public school property in the classification of non-designated highways. Requires vehicles to stop before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus stopped on a public school highway.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that various documents that are submitted to the Comptroller must be filed within 180 days after the close of a fiscal year (removing the option to file as soon thereafter as various audits become available). Further changes audit due dates from 6 months to 180 days. Amends the Counties Code changing audit due dates from 6 months to 180 days. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of State Police shall develop a coordinated program for a statewide emergency alert system when a person 21 years old or older who is believed to have Alzheimer's disease or related dementias is reported missing. Provides that the system shall be referred to as the Silver Alert system and shall include, but is not limited to, an electronic message sent to all law enforcement agencies; use of the emergency alert system; the use of electronic billboards and message signs in coordination with the Illinois Department of Transportation if a vehicle is involved; posting of the Silver Alert message on Illinois Lottery terminals; the designation by the Department of a contact name and toll-free telephone number for tips and information; blast email and fax messages to media outlets; activation of a local reverse 911 systems to all businesses and residents if the person is on foot. Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall coordinate with the Department of State Police in the use of electronic message signs on roads and highways to immediately provide critical information to the public concerning missing persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias. Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act to make conforming changes.
