Sen. Dale E. Risinger

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the Illinois Family Case Management Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to make the maximization of umbilical cord blood donations a public health goal equivalent to the other goals listed in the Illinois Family Case Management Act. Requires the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board to discuss and make recommendations for expanding the number of prenatal mothers who agree to donate umbilical cord blood. Requires hospitals and birthing centers to cooperate with the Department and the Advisory Board in implementing recommendations to increase donations of umbilical cord blood. Effective immediately.

Urges the Department of Transportation and the appropriate local agencies to erect signs along the Galena Trail and Coach Road designating it as such.

Mourns the death of Donald F. Niebuhr of Williamsfield.

Mourns the death of Raymond Earl Zimmerman of Princeton.

Amends the School Code. Provides that for elementary school students who are in a State-approved transitional bilingual education program or transitional program of instruction, the time allotted to take State tests may be extended as determined by the State Board of Education by rule.

Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that the Treasurer may enter into written agreements with financial institutions for the provision of automatic teller machine services at any location under the control of a State agency (now, State office buildings, State parks, and State tourism centers). Prohibits any State agency from procuring these services without the approval of the Treasurer.

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 Juvenile Court Act of 1987. In the provision that the general public except for the news media and the victim shall be excluded from any hearing, changes the reference from "victim" to "crime victim" as defined in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Defines "crime victim" in proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to include both parents of a deceased minor who is a crime victim.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In municipalities of less than 500,000, provides that the municipal clerk, when authorized by the corporate authorities of the municipality, may appoint the number of deputy clerks necessary to discharge the functions and duties of the office of municipal clerk (now, the clerk may be authorized to appoint one deputy clerk). Provides that the corporate authorities of the municipality may limit the number of deputy clerks that the municipal clerk may appoint. Effective immediately.

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.