Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Establishes penalties for the knowing manufacture or delivery of, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, fentanyl. Provides that 3 years shall be added to the term of imprisonment and the maximum sentence shall be increased by 3 years if the substance containing a controlled substance contains any amount of fentanyl (except for violations in which the controlled substance is fentanyl). Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that probation, periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge may not be imposed for the knowing manufacture or delivery of, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, more than 5 grams of a substance containing fentanyl. Effective immediately.
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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.
Creates the Illinois Food, Farms, and Jobs Act and the Illinois Local and Organic Food and Farm Task Force. Sets out the composition of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall develop a plan for expanding and supporting a State local and organic food system and for assessing and overcoming obstacles to an increase in locally grown food and local organic food production. Sets out the contents of the plan. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Local Organic Food and Farm Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Mercury-Free Vaccine Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes a technical change in a Section creating the Department on Aging.
Mourns the death of Rufus Williams Sr. of Chicago.
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that mandated reporters under the Act include field personnel of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Effective immediately.
Proclaims the second Tuesday in September of each year as Kindergarten Day in the State of Illinois.
Mourns the death of John Henry Moore IV of Chicago.
Mourns the death of Starkey Duncan Jr. of Chicago.