Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Mourns the death of Barbara J. Williams of Springfield.

Mourns the death of Sandra Kay Williams-Young of Springfield.

Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department's investigators have expanded powers of peace officers to enforce taxing and other measures related to liquor, racing, and gaming. The investigators may exercise the powers if there is a threat to life or safety and local law enforcement is notified as soon as practical.

Amends the Personnel Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes concerning conditions under which a person may return to employment and continue to receive his or her annuity. Provides that the selected rate of payment of earnings as additional contributions for retirement annuity purposes shall be applicable to all earnings paid (rather than earnings beginning on the first day of the second month) following receipt by the Board of written notice of election to make such contributions. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules concerning sanitation requirements, requirements for education on sanitation, and any other health concerns associated with threading. Defines "threading" as any technique that results in the removal of superfluous hair from the body by twisting thread around unwanted hair and then pulling it from the skin; and may also include the incidental trimming of eyebrow hair. Provides that the term "cosmetology" does not include threading and that an "esthetician" does not mean a person who engages in threading and does not engage in the practice of esthetics. Effective immediately.

Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Provides that all fees collected under the provisions concerning a certificate of registration shall be deposited into the General Professions Dedicated Fund.

Amends the School Code. Deletes language providing that before July 1, 2006 and after June 30, 2010, the State Board of Education shall provide the primary source of funding through appropriations for the grants for preschool educational program and the funds shall be distributed for the benefit of children who because of their home and community environment are subject to such language, cultural, economic and like disadvantages that they have been determined as a result of screening procedures to be at risk of academic failure. Deletes language that provides that screening procedures shall be based on criteria established by the State Board of Education. Removes the date restrictions of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2010 on the requirement that the State Board of Education shall provide the primary source of funding through appropriations for the program. Effective immediately.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning enforcement actions.

Mourns the death of Graciela J. Juarez of Springfield.