Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Sen. Elgie Sims
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Recognizes and honors the 2014 Alpha Phi Alpha Day held at the Illinois State Capitol and welcomes the members of Alpha Phi Alpha to the Capitol. Designates the date of May 14, 2014 as Alpha Phi Alpha Day in the State of Illinois in honor of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Designates the date of May 14, 2014 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day in the State of Illinois in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and its work.
Congratulates Alfred Guido Travaglini on his retirement as superintendent of Frankfort School District 168.
Recognizes the Community Action Agencies of Illinois and the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies for their outstanding service to the people of Illinois.
Mourns the death of Tamara Hutchinson Drisdell of Chicago.
Amends the Gasoline Storage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning volatile combustibles.
Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Human Services shall appoint a Community Regulatory Advisory Board to consult with the Department. Provides for Advisory Board membership. Requires that the Advisory Board meet at least 4 times each year. Provides that the Advisory Board shall advise the Department on all aspects of the Department's responsibilities under the Act, including the format and content of any rules proposed by the Division of Developmental Disabilities, as requested by the Department. Provides that with certain exceptions, no rule of the Department implementing the Act that is proposed by the Department on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act is valid or effective against any person or party, nor may it be invoked by the Department for any purpose, unless the Department has first sought the advice of the Advisory Board with respect to that rule. Provides that if the Department requests the Advisory Board's advice with respect to a proposed rule, and if the Advisory Board fails to advise the Department as to that proposed rule within 90 days after the Department's request, the Advisory Board shall be deemed to have given its approval of that proposed rule. Provides for Department staff and technical support to the Advisory Board. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of Beulah M. Floyd.
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Electrologist Licensing Act from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2024. Amends the Electrologist Licensing Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning definitions, application for licensure, the Administrative Procedure Act, licensure by endorsement, renewal of licenses, inactive status and restoration of licenses, fees, grounds for discipline, violations of the Act, investigations, notice, hearings, findings and recommendations, summary suspension, records, unlicensed practice, and civil penalties. Provides that all information collected by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant shall be maintained for the confidential use of the Department and shall not be disclosed. Effective immediately.