Urges the Department of Defense, members of Congress, and the President of the United States to realize the significance of the National Guard bases in Springfield and ensure that these facilities are not included in the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure selection.
Designates Saturday, November 22, 2003 as Gerald Charles Dickens Day in the State of Illinois.
Welcomes home the courageous men and women of the 233rd Military Police from their duty in Iraq.
Congratulates Sheriff Larry N. Smith of Greenview on being elected President of the Illinois Sheriffs' Association.
Congratulates Shelbee Ramirez-Wood on being the gold medal winner of the 9 to 10 year-old female expert division downhill race at the National Standard Alpine Race at Park City Mountain, Utah in March of 2004.
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.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning defaulting on a loan.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department's powers and duties.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section defining "lobbyist".
Congratulates Lois Schackmann on the occasion of her retirement from the Sangamon County Republican Central Committee.
