Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for its FY 12 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for its FY 12 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Juvenile Justice for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, as follows: General Funds $112,211,000; Other State Funds $13,000,000; Total $125,211,000.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Upper Illinois River Valley Development Authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, as follows: General Funds $2,253,800.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, as follows: General Funds $58,005,400; Other State Funds $20,000; Total $58,025,400.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Comptroller for its FY12 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011.
Mourns the death of Berde Sutchar, past president of the North Shore Council of Jewish Women.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that any taxing district may order the county clerk to abate all or a portion of the taxes levied by the taxing district on certain tool and die business property. Effective immediately.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education, in conjunction with the Illinois Community College Board, to establish a Statewide Articulation and Transfer Committee; sets forth the duties of the committee. Requires the Board of Higher Education to collaborate with the Community College Board to recommend to the General Assembly a revised, statewide articulation agreement that shall govern the articulation and transfer of credit between and among this State's secondary and postsecondary institutions; sets forth related requirements. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish limits on the number of credits that institutions are allowed to require transferring students to complete on campus for graduation in order to minimize the time needed to complete a transfer degree. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board is authorized and it shall be its duty to periodically review student records from students who, having formerly studied at a State community college, have since transferred to a 4-year institution that is authorized to receive Monetary Award Program funds in order to produce a course articulation report and shall also support the Board of Higher Education in convening a Statewide Articulation and Transfer Committee. Effective immediately.
Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
