Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the State Finance Act, the School Code, and the Public Community College Act. Creates the School Wind and Solar Generation Program to fund wind generation projects and solar generation projects for school districts and community college districts. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to implement and administer the program; allows the Department to award full or partial grants for, without limitation, engineering studies, feasibility studies, research studies, and construction costs. For each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014, requires the State Comptroller to order transferred and the State Treasurer to transfer $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the School Wind and Solar Generation Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that all money in the Fund must be used for the purposes of the program. Allows school districts and community college districts to own and operate solar generation turbine farms (not just wind generation turbine farms) that directly or indirectly reduce energy or other operating costs. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law. Requires the Department to establish and maintain a website known as the Illinois Accountability Portal. The website shall provide direct access to information concerning State employees and individual consultants, State expenditures, State tax credits, State contracts, and revocations and suspensions of occupation and use tax certificates of registration and professional licenses.
Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions concerning creditable service, provides that if the employee was in the service of more than one school district, then the sick leave days from all such employers shall be credited (currently only sick leave days from last employer). Provides that in calculating the creditable service, the sick leave days from the last employer shall be considered first, then the remaining sick leave days shall be considered until there are no more days or the maximum creditable sick leave threshold has been reached. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Creates the Banking Convenience Account for Depositors Act. Provides that a banking organization shall permit a depositor to open a convenience account for the purposes of permitting a convenience depositor to make deposits into that account. Provides that the convenience account shall be in the name of a depositor and the convenience depositor and in form to be paid or delivered to either for the convenience of the depositor. Contains provisions concerning the right of survivorship and gift status in relation to deposits made to a convenience account. Specifies the rights of depositors and convenience depositors. Contains provisions concerning the duties, obligations, and liabilities of banking organizations with respect to convenience accounts.
Mourns the death of Ron Putzell of Itasca.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply for an appropriate waiver of federal law and regulations in order to provide medical assistance coverage for home and community-based services for children under age 18 with autism. Effective July 1, 2007.
Creates the Stem Cell Act. Contains only the short title.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Includes disabled persons within the provisions granting an assessment freeze homestead exemption to senior citizens. Changes the name to the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption (now Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption). Makes corresponding changes to a cross-reference to the exemption. Amends the States Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that if the Comptroller on his or her official website announces the State's awarding of a contract, the announcement must include at least as much information as is required to be included in the notice of contract award in the Procurement Bulletin.
For Fiscal Year 2008, reappropriates $150,000,000 to the Capital Development Board for school construction grants pursuant to the School Construction Law. Effective immediately.