Recognizes the Oak Ridge Cemetery Home for the Friendless Project and its officers, Luann Johnson, and the other Oak Ridge Cemetery Board Members for their dedication and service.
Recognizes the annual Springfield Share chapter's "Walk to Remember".
Congratulates Adam Midden of Springfield on earning the rank of Eagle Scout.
Congratulates the Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones football team of Springfield on winning the 2005 IHSA Class 5A State Championship.
Thanks Reverend Lee Fields, Jr., pastor of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Springfield, for his community leadership in heightening public awareness to the growing violence in his community by organizing a "Stop the Violence" march.
Mourns the death of in Iraq of Sergeant First Class Kyle Wehrly of Galesburg.
Congratulates Charles A. Klyber for winning 23 medals in the 2005 Illinois Senior Olympics.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases the retirement formula for sheriff's law enforcement employees (SLEPs) to 2.5% of the final rate of earnings for each year of SLEP service. Increases the maximum pension payable to a SLEP from 75% to 80% of the final rate of earnings. Removes the 2-year service requirement for earning new benefits after a return to service as a SLEP. Makes these changes apply to persons in service on or after July 1, 2004. Also increases the additional employee contribution paid by SLEPs to 2.5% of salary. Eliminates the reduction in benefit imposed on a surviving spouse who is more than 5 years younger than the deceased member, for the surviving spouse of any member who dies on or after the effective date. Allows a SLEP to convert up to 10 years of non-SLEP service credit into SLEP credit by paying the difference in employee and employer contributions, plus interest. Makes the additional unfunded liability for all changes subject to a full 30-year amortization period. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Ticket Scalping Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service charges.
Urges Gov. Blagojevich to allow blind vendors to continue current practice of operating vending facilities.
