Urges the President of the United States to lift the restrictions currently in place that prevent Poland from being admitted to the visa waiver program.
Amends the Probation and Probation Officers Act relating to the use of moneys in the probation and court services Fund. Provides that the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may permit a county or circuit to use its probation and court services fund for the payment of salaries of probation officers and other court services personnel whose salaries are reimbursed under the Act in any State fiscal year that the appropriation for reimbursement to counties for probation salaries and services is less than the amount appropriated to the Supreme Court for these purposes for State Fiscal Year 2002. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of Mary Kay O'Rourke.
Mourns the death of Joanne Marie Mackey.
Mourns the death of James C. "Jim" DelMedico of Norwood Park.
Creates the Collateral Recovery Act. Requires the licensure of repossession agencies and recovery managers, and the registration of repossession agency employees, within 6 months after the effective date of the Act. Grants rulemaking authority to the Illinois Commerce Commission. Sets forth provisions concerning qualifications, application, examination, assignment, insurance requirements, and administrative proceedings. Provides that all monies collected by the Illinois Commerce Commission under the Act shall be deposited into the Transportation Regulatory Fund in the State Treasury and used by the Illinois Commerce Commission for the administration of the Act. Provides that any municipality or county, including a home rule unit, may not regulate individuals and entities engaged in the business of collateral recovery in a manner inconsistent with this Act. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to set a January 1, 2022 repeal date for the new Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Subject to appropriation, authorizes the State Board of Education to provide annual funding to public school districts and State-recognized, non-public schools serving students in grades kindergarten through 12 for the purchase of secular textbooks. Subject to appropriation, provides that each public school district and State-recognized, non-public school shall receive a per pupil grant for the purchase of secular textbooks. Repeals Sections concerning the State Board's loan of secular textbooks; the adoption of books by school boards; the purchase of textbooks from families moving out of a school district; the printing, publishing, distributing and selling of textbooks by a district; the manner and methods of textbook distribution; and rules for the care and preservation of textbooks. Effective July 1, 2011.
Amends the School Code. Establishes the School District Realignment and Consolidation Commission to make recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on the number of school districts in this State, the optimal amount of enrollment for a school district, and where consolidation and realignment would be beneficial. Provides that within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Commission must vote on its recommendations and file a report with the Governor and the General Assembly. Provides that if the Commission adopts the report by a three-fifths vote, then the General Assembly must, within 14 days after the report is filed by the Commission, vote on whether to accept the report by the adoption of a resolution by a record vote of a majority of the members elected in each house. Provides that if the General Assembly is not in session on the day that the report is filed, then the General Assembly must vote on whether to accept the report within 14 days after the General Assembly convenes for the first time after the report is filed. Dissolves the Commission on the day after the report is filed with both the Governor and the General Assembly. Repeals these provisions on January 1, 2012. Effective immediately.
Amends the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act. Requires that any sworn complaint against a peace officer that contains false information shall be presented to the appropriate State's Attorney for a determination of prosecution. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Changes the definition of "renewable energy resources" to include biogas and biosolids produced by municipal wastewater treatment plants in the State. Effective immediately.
