Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the service retirement pension for a teacher who retires on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act shall be 2.4% (now 2.2%) of average salary for each year of creditable service. Eliminates the required contribution for converting past service to the augmented retirement formula, and provides for a refund of such contributions already paid. Also provides for recalculation of the pension and a lump sum payment of the difference between the augmented and unaugmented rates for certain pensioners. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Local Planning Technical Assistance Act. Provides for reimbursement to school districts for increased education costs associated with affordable housing that is part of an affordable housing plan.

Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides for mandatory State contributions to the Chicago Teacher Pension Fund. Provides that, if the State does not make the required contribution, then the Board of Education shall meet the minimum funding requirement. Effective immediately.

Creates the Menu Education and Labeling Act of 2005. Provides that restaurants and similar retail food establishments shall obtain nutritional information from an independent nutrition testing laboratory and shall use analytic methods and express nutrient content in a manner consistent with the Illinois Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides that menu items that come in different flavors and varieties but are listed as a single menu item shall be listed on menus and menu boards. Requires the Department of Public Health to issue rules to implement the Act. Provides that the rules shall require information to be conveyed to the public in a manner that enables the public to readily observe and comprehend the information and understand its relative significance in the context of a total daily diet. Provides that nothing in the Act shall preclude restaurants and similar food establishments from voluntarily providing additional nutritional information. Amends the Illinois Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a food shall be misbranded if it is a standard menu item offered by a restaurant or similar food establishment, unless the menu lists next to each item, in a size and typeface similar to other information about each item, nutritional information, including, but not limited to, the total number of: (1) calories; (2) grams of saturated fat plus trans fat; (3) grams of carbohydrates; and (4) milligrams of sodium per serving, as usually prepared and offered for sale. Limits the nutritional information required to be made available if the restaurant or similar retail food establishment uses only a menu board, provides a salad bar, buffet line, cafeteria service, or similar self-serve arrangement.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that every person arrested for committing a felony shall have a sample of his or her saliva or tissue taken for DNA fingerprinting analysis, at the time of booking, for the purpose of determining identity and for certain other specified purposes. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of State Police shall implement this provision. Provides that this provision becomes operative no later than the earliest of the following: (1) two years after the effective date of this amendatory Act; (2) the date on which the Department of State Police informs law enforcement agencies that the Department is ready to collect samples; or (3) January 1, 2008. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Cook County.

Amends the Assistive Technology Warranty Act. Defines "Department". Requires a physical evaluation of a consumer by a health care professional and a technology assessment by a qualified rehabilitation professional before an assistive device is sold or leased to the consumer. Provides that the consumer is entitled to a refund from the manufacturer if the manufacturer fails to repair the assistive device. Establishes procedures for receiving a refund. Requires the Department of Human Services to prepare a written statement of a consumer's rights under the Act and to make copies of the statement available to assistive device manufacturers, dealers, and lessors. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to impose civil penalties for violations of the Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Authorizes the Department of Human Rights to commission a study to investigate housing discrimination in Illinois, if resources permit. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle owned by a self-insured company shall be considered salvage if the vehicle has sustained damage to the extent that the self-insured company determines the vehicle to be a total loss, or if the cost of repairing the damage would be greater than 33 1/3 % of its fair market value. Establishes requirements for obtaining a salvage certificate for the vehicle. Provides for exchange of a salvage certificate for a certificate of title if a vehicle owned by a self-insured company that was declared a total loss because of a theft is recovered without damage.

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Creates the General Assembly Task Force on Financial Asset Management and Investment to better enforce compliance with provisions concerning emerging investment managers, assist the General Assembly in the review and clarification of certain material, develop standardized reporting forms that all pension funds are required to complete, and provide recommendations and suggestions to the General Assembly for improvement in the reporting process of pension funds and recommendations for improving the opportunity of emerging Illinois-based firms to participate in the management of pension fund assets. Provides that the Senate Committee on Pensions and Investments may administer oaths and affirmations and summon and compel the attendance of and examine under oath any officer, trustee, agent, actuary, attorney, or employee connected either directly or indirectly with any pension fund, or any other person having information regarding the condition, affairs, management, and administration of a pension fund. Provides that the Committee may require any person having possession of any record, book, paper, contract, or other document pertaining to a pension fund to surrender it or to otherwise afford the Committee access to it. Provides enforcement procedures. Provides that pension funds shall publish minutes, agendas, requests for proposal, and requests for information concerning all efforts at encouraging the maximum participation of emerging Illinois-based firms and shall provide to the Governor and the General Assembly data regarding participation that sets forth the commissions and fees received by qualified firms, and any fee-sharing arrangements, rebates, or other agreements in which the firms share their compensation with other business entities. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.