Mourns the death of Jimmie Lee Pierce of Springfield.
Sponsored bills
Congratulates Norman R. Buecker for his 60 years of dedicated service as a member of the Masonic Fraternity.
Amends the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act. Permits a unit of local government to require homeowners who maintain a private sewage disposal system within the unit of local government to provide verification, on an annual basis, to the unit of local government of a valid contract with a licensed private sewage disposal system installation contractor. Effective immediately.
Congratulates the coaches and players of the Grant Middle School Generals 8th grade basketball team on the occasion of winning the 2009 8th Grade 4-A State Championship.
Congratulates and thanks the members of the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for their outstanding work in preparing for the celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday.
Congratulates the members of the Blessed Sacrament School's 8th grade basketball team on the occasion of winning the 8-1A IESA State Championship.
Amends the Domestic Violence Shelters Act. Provides that, in allotting moneys to domestic violence shelters or programs from the Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, the Department must give priority to those shelters or programs that are located in the counties in which the fines were collected under Sections 5-9-1.5 and 5-9-1.6 of the Unified Code of Corrections. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Increases, by $50, the amount of the fines for domestic violence and domestic battery. Requires the additional amounts be deposited into the Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund.
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Budget Stabilization Fund.
Amends the State Finance Act. Excludes the Illinois Historic Sites Fund from a Section of the Act that allows the Governor to make transfers from certain special funds into the General Revenue Fund.
Creates the State Travel Expense Reimbursement Act. Prohibits the use of State funds and State-compensated time for travel to or from the State capital work location of a person elected to, appointed to, acting on behalf of, or employed in a State executive branch position.