Congratulates Rosemary Macko Wisnosky on being installed as the honorary consul of Slovakia in the Chicago area.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding Medicaid co-payments.
Congratulates Molly Martin on her retirement as a music educator.
Mourns the death of Albert "Al" Benedetti of Naperville.
Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Eliminates the Offices of the Comptroller and Treasurer. Provides instead for a single Comptroller of the Treasury. Provides that the Comptroller of the Treasury shall (i) maintain the State's central fiscal accounts and order payments into and out of the funds held by him or her, (ii) be responsible for the safekeeping and investment of monies and securities deposited with him or her, and for their disbursement upon his or her order, and (iii) have the duties and powers that may be prescribed by law. No Comptroller or Treasurer shall be elected in 2014 and thereafter. Effective otherwise upon conclusion of the terms of the Comptroller and the Treasurer elected in 2010.
Congratulates Barbara Thomas on her retirement as an educator.
Pledges support for Argonne National Laboratory and its bid to be the home of the Energy Storage Hub and encourages the United States Department of Energy to consider Argonne for the location of the Hub.
Congratulates Thomas M. Schultz on the occasion of his retirement from the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District.
Congratulates North Central College President Harold Wilde on his retirement.
Congratulates the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Benet Academy on the occasion of the school's 125th anniversary.
