Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall conduct a study regarding the recruitment and training of masters-prepared nurses to serve as nursing school faculty. Effective immediately.
Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Provides that the requirements of certain provisions concerning applicants for nursing licensure who are graduates of nursing educational programs in a country other than the United States or its territories or who are licensed in another state or territory and have received their education in a country other than the United States or its territories may be satisfied by the showing of proof of a certificate from the Certificate Program or the VisaScreen Program of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools.
Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991. Provides that the Sections in the Act that authorize the annexation of territory are each an independent authorization for the annexation of contiguous territory. Provides that a library district may annex territory by ordinance if that territory is located within the boundaries of a municipality or school district that is included within the district (now, the district may annex the territory if the municipality or school district has annexed or otherwise includes the territory within its boundaries). Deletes a provision that the annexation ordinance must recite the prior annexation or other inclusion of the territory by the municipality or school district. Provides that if, before the effective date of this amendatory Act, a district has annexed territory and that annexation complies with the statutory requirements, as changed by this amendatory Act, then, for all purposes, that annexation is validated, ratified, and declared to be in full force and effect from the date on which the district completed its annexation of the territory. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the designee of the mayor or president of the board of trustees of a city, village, or incorporated town or the designee of the president or chairman of a county board may be the local liquor control commissioner. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately.
Proclaims June 6, 2006, as "National Hunger Awareness Day" in Illinois to help secure additional resources to help end child hunger.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a person's accountability for another person's conduct.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the rules and regulations for the early release of a prisoner on account of good conduct shall also provide that an additional 60 days of good conduct credit shall be awarded to any prisoner who earns a high school diploma or passes the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receives a GED certificate while the prisoner is incarcerated. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall develop and establish a program designed to increase the number of committed persons enrolled in programs to obtain a high school diploma or to pass the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receive GED certificates by at least 100% over the 4-year period following the effective date of this amendatory Act. Provides that pursuant to the program, each institution and facility shall report annually to the Director of Corrections on the number of committed persons enrolled in high school education programs and those who pass the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and receive GED certificates, and the number of committed persons who are on waiting lists for those educational programs. Effective immediately.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who is not a federally licensed firearm dealer and who desires to purchase a firearm while that person is on the grounds of a gun show must, before obtaining that firearm, request the Department of State Police to conduct a background check to verify the validity of his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Provides that if the receipt of a firearm does not violate federal or State law, the Department of State Police shall (1) assign a unique number to the transfer; (2) provide the licensee with the number; if the background check is being conducted at a gun show, the State Police shall provide that unique number to the person and that person shall use it for any purchases made at the gun show; and (3) destroy all records of the system with respect to the call or request, other than the identifying number and the date the number was assigned, and all records of the system relating to the person or the transfer within 24 hours. Provides that the Department of State Police may not retain, copy, or distribute any such information previously collected. Provides that if the transfer of a firearm is denied by the Department of State Police, the Department may keep the records of a denial until the denial is appealed and overturned, or as long as necessary for a criminal prosecution. Provides that approvals issued by the Department of State Police for the purchase of a firearm from a federal firearms licensee are valid for 30 days from the date of issue. Provides that approvals issued by the Department of State Police for the purchase of a firearm from a non-licensed individual at a gun show shall be good for that calendar day. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the waiting period for obtaining a firearm after its purchase does not apply to the sale of a firearm at a gun show. Effective immediately.
Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Allows the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board to establish conditions and procedures under which the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan may discount or subsidize premiums for unemployed or retired coal miners who are federally eligible and whose employer-provided health insurance coverage was terminated on September 28, 2004, and to accept funds appropriated for this purpose. Allows unemployed or retired coal miners who are federally eligible and whose employer-provided health insurance coverage was terminated on September 28, 2004 to be eligible for the Plan even though their premiums may be discounted or subsidized. Requires federally eligible unemployed or retired coal miners whose employer-provided health insurance coverage was terminated on September 28, 2004 to pay the discounted or subsidized premiums established by the Board. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Computer Equipment Disposal and Recycling Commission. Sets forth certain provisions relating to the composition and objectives of the Commission. Requires that the Commission (i) issue a report of its findings and recommendations related to the disposal and recycling of computer equipment on or before May 31, 2006, (ii) beginning on May 31, 2007, evaluate the implementation of programs by the State relating to computer equipment disposal and recycling, and (iii) issue a report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2008. Effective immediately.
