Appropriates $10,000,000 to the Department of Transportation for the addition by AMTRAK of 2 daily round trips between Chicago and St. Louis, with stops in Joliet, Springfield, and other cities. Effective July 1, 2005.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Community College Board for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Department of Labor for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995. Reinstates the Safe to Learn Program, a grant program operated by the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority to support and fund school-based safety and violence prevention programs that was repealed on July 1, 2005. Effective immediately.
Amends the Electricity Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning franchise contracts.
Supports Taiwan's admission as an observer to the World Health Organization and expresses the belief that the Republic of China (Taiwan) should be permitted to participate in a meaningful and appropriate way in the World Health Organization.
Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Adds police officers for the Secretary of State to the alternative formula. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Adds police officers for the Secretary of State to the alternative formula. Effective immediately.
Creates the Innocence Commission Act. Contains only a short title Section.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to Western Illinois University for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
