Sen. Dave Sullivan

Amends the Currency Exchange Act. Provides that a community currency exchange licensed under the Currency Exchange Act may meet the bonding requirements of the Act by submitting evidence satisfactory to the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation that the licensee is covered by a blanket bond that covers multiple licensees. Requires the blanket bond to: (i) insure the licensee against loss by theft, robbery, or forgery; (ii) be issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in this State; and (iii) be in the principal sum of an amount equal to the maximum amount required for any one licensee covered by the bond.

Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the compilation of average daily attendance under the State aid formula, makes changes concerning the days when the Prairie State Achievement Examination is administered. Effective July 1, 2005.

Amends the Adoption Act. Provides for the establishment of an Adoption/Surrender Records File for adoptions filed according to the listed Section of the Vital Records Act under a Record of Foreign Birth that was not finalized by a court action in the State of Illinois. Provides that an established Adoption/Surrender Records File for an adoption filed in Illinois under a Record of Foreign Birth that was not finalized in a court action in the State of Illinois shall be limited to the following items submitted to the State Registrar of Vital Records under the listed Section of the Vital Records Act, to the extent that they are available: (1) evidence as to the child's birth date and birthplace (including the country of birth and, if available, the city and province of birth) provided by the original birth certificate, or by a certified copy, extract, or translation thereof or by other document essentially equivalent thereto (the records of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service or of the U.S. Department of State to be considered essentially equivalent thereto); (2) a certified copy, extract, or translation of the adoption decree or other document essentially equivalent thereto (the records of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service or of the U.S. Department of State to be considered essentially equivalent thereto); (3) a copy of the IR-3 visa; and (4) the name and address of the adoption agency that handled the adoption. Effective July 1, 2005.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, as part of proof of its financial responsibility, a contract carrier transporting employees in the course of their employment is required to verify hit and run and uninsured motor vehicle coverage and underinsured motor vehicle coverage in a total amount of not less than $250,000 per passenger.

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that, if a collective bargaining agreement that includes a fair share clause expires or continues in effect beyond its scheduled expiration date pending the negotiation of a successor agreement, then the employer shall continue to honor and abide by the fair share clause until a new agreement that includes a fair share clause is reached. Provides that failure to honor and abide by the fair share clause for the benefit of any exclusive representative shall be a violation of the duty to bargain and an unfair labor practice. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to provide steroid abuse prevention education to students who participate in interscholastic athletic programs.

Creates the Payday Loan Reform Act. Provides that the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall license and regulate entities that offer payday loans (loans under which a lender accepts a post-dated check, authorization to debit a consumer's bank account, or an interest in a consumer's wages as security for the loan). Establishes requirements and restrictions applicable to license applications and licensing. Contains provisions regarding: limitations, requirements, and disclosures applicable to loan agreements, terms of loans, finance charges, and renewal of loans; revocation, suspension, and surrender of licenses; information to be available to the public; complaint handling; hearings; books and records; reports; advertising; prohibited acts; bonding; administrative rules; and other matters. Amends the Financial Institutions Code to provide for the administration of the Payday Loan Reform Act. Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act to provide that the Act does not apply to payday loans. Provides that a violation of the Payday Loan Reform Act constitutes a violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Maureen K. McCambridge of Park Ridge.

Mourns the death of Mary Ellen McGrane Barry.

Mourns the death of Monsignor Ignatius D. McDermott of Chicago who died on December 31, 2004.