Thanks Rita Harvard and Ted Fredenhagen for their contribution of the gateway park to the Naperville community.
Amends the Organ Donor Leave Act. Authorizes full-time contractual State employees to participate in the program of paid leave to donate organs, bone marrow, blood, and blood platelets. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to conduct a study on the effects of extending Daylight Savings Time to the months when Illinois normally would observe Central Standard Time and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2005. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if a person under the age of 18 receives a graduated driver's license, for the first year of the license or until the person reaches the age of 18, whichever occurs sooner: the person may not drive with more than one person in the vehicle who is under the age of 20, excepting the siblings of the driver; and the person may not operate a vehicle on any day of the week between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Creates the Community Senior Services and Resources Act and amends the State Finance Act. Provides for grants to be awarded by the Department on Aging to local community senior services and resource centers. Provides for a Community Senior Services and Resource Center Advisory Committee, with 12 voting members appointed by the Governor, to advise the Department on Aging on the administration of the Act. Creates the Community Senior Services and Resources Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, to be used by the Department on Aging for grant awards and for administering the Community Senior Services and Resources Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act, the Public Funds Deposit Act, the State Officers and Employees Money Disposition Act, and the Public Funds Investment Act. Provides that a treasurer or custodian of public funds may accept, as security for public funds deposited into a bank (i) certain securities authorized by certain provisions of the Deposit of State Moneys Act, the Public Funds Investment Act, or the Public Funds Deposit Act, and (ii) certificates issued by a financial institution with assets of $15,000,000 (instead of $30,000,000) or more. Authorizes a public agency, when depositing public funds, to enter into an agreement with financial institutions requiring that any non-insured funds be collateralized by certain classes of securities. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in the statute concerning first degree murder.
Congratulates Dr. Ronald J. Keller on over 50 years of service with the Naperville Municipal Band.
Congratulates the Naperville Central High School Redhawks girls basketball team on winning the IHSA Class 2A State Championship.
Honors Diane Nilan for her tireless efforts and dedication to ending injustices and suffering caused by poverty and homelessness.
