Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that in order to enable access to a 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired, disabled, or special needs persons, the installation or connection of any automatic alarm, automatic alerting device, or mechanical dialer shall be allowed. Provides that the device shall be used only in an emergency situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a missing person's report. Sets forth the requirements for the device.
Sen. Don Harmon
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Amends the Election Code. Removes provisions requiring the election authority to appoint as deputy registrars certain employees of the Secretary of State located at driver's license examination stations. Effective immediately.
Amends the Downstate Firefighters Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that any benefit to be received by or paid to a dependent beneficiary may be received by or paid to a trust established for such dependent beneficiary if the dependent beneficiary is living at the time such benefit would be received by or paid to such trust. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of Anne Bannor of Evanston.
Mourns the death of Ronald Chew of Oak Park.
Mourns the death of Suzanne Kunkel.
Mourns the death of James Eitrheim of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, formerly of Oak Park.
Mourns the death of Pearl Malk.
Designates March of 2011 as Illinois Poison Prevention Month in the State of Illinois.
Creates the Senate Committee on Procurement to study all aspects of the State's procurement system.