Amends the Property Tax Code. Adds a Section concerning the assessment of certain timberland. Contains only a caption.
Amends the School Code. Provides that a board of education may enter into a contract with a third party for non-instructional services currently performed by an employee or bargaining unit member or lay off those educational support personnel employees upon 90 (instead of 30) days written notice. Adds conditions on the entering of such a contract, including providing that: (1) a contract must not be entered into during the term of a collective bargaining agreement; (2) any third party that submits a bid to perform the services shall provide comparable liability insurance, a comparable benefits package, a list of the number of employees who will provide the services and the wages the third party will pay those employees, a minimum 3-year cost projection, and information about the criminal and disciplinary records of the employees; (3) a contract must not be entered into unless the school board provides a cost comparison; (4) a minimum of 2 public hearings to discuss the school board's proposal to contract with a third party must be held; (5) a contract shall contain provisions requiring the contractor to offer available employee positions pursuant to the contract to qualified school district employees whose employment is terminated because of the contract; and (6) a contract shall contain provisions requiring the contractor to comply with a policy of nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to gather information about the special needs of older rural residents and to evaluate the adequacy and accessibility of existing programs for older rural residents. Creates the Older Rural Adults Task Force to gather information and make recommendations. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force may hold regional hearings and shall submit a report to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2009. Provides that the Task Force shall be dissolved upon the submission of the report. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Community College Act with respect to the trustee districts in Community College District No. 526. Provides that all counties, townships, census tracts, block groups, blocks, annexations, and natural boundaries are those that appear on maps published by the United States Bureau of the Census for the 2000 census and maps produced by the Department of Revenue (instead of providing that all counties, townships, census tracts, block groups, and blocks are those that appear on maps published by the United States Bureau of the Census for the 2000 census). Provides that the State Board of Elections shall adjust census tract boundaries, municipal and township annexations, and natural boundaries to make compact and contiguous districts. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of former Illinois State Representative Rolland Tipsword of Taylorville.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides for participation in the System by current System employees who elect to participate after a change in position. Includes within the membership of the System persons employed in a professional position by the State Board of Education. Excludes from membership executives of certain boards engaged in the service of public education. Eliminates the 100-day TRS membership waiting period for persons receiving a retirement annuity under the Chicago Teacher Article. Requires 1.5 years of contributing service (rather than just creditable service) to qualify for a survivor's benefit upon death in service. Permits certain teachers who interrupted service under the Chicago Teacher Article because of pregnancy to purchase TRS credit for the period of leave. Reduces the required contribution for certain persons electing to receive the augmented 2.2% retirement formula, and incorporates the 2.2% retirement formula into the calculation of the single-sum retirement benefit. In the definition of "accumulated contributions", specifies that interest is neither accumulated nor paid on contributions for the automatic increase in base pension. Deletes a provision authorizing the Board to prescribe rules relating to contribution statements. Repeals certain obsolete provisions, including provisions relating to SIU employment, transfers by county sheriffs, exemptions from paying certain employer contributions, and increases in certain retirement and disability annuities that were being paid in 1947. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act, the Bingo License and Tax Act, and the Charitable Games Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions, licenses to conduct games, restrictions, payment of taxes and fees, and recordkeeping. Adds provisions concerning extension of licenses and imposition of civil penalties.
Appropriates $16,207,666 to the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor for its ordinary and contingent expenses for FY07. Effective July 1, 2006.
Appropriates $1,000,000 to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for an industrial park in the city of Taylorville. Effective July 1, 2005.
