Sen. William E. Brady

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt resolutions regulating the political activities and the solicitation and acceptance of gifts by their officials and employees (now, classified as State agencies subject to the entire Act's regulation and enforcement by the Executive Ethics Commission and the Governor's Executive Inspector General). Effective immediately.

Disapproves the 2008 report of the Compensation Review Board.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that aggravated battery in which an inmate of a penal institution or a sexually dangerous person or a sexually violent person in the custody of the Department of Human Services causes or attempts to cause a correctional employee of the penal institution or an employee of the Department of Human Services to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, or feces, by throwing, tossing, or expelling that fluid or material is a Class 2 felony.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates, within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the New Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Council for the purpose of advocating, coordinating, and implementing policies to help manufacturers in the State compete in the global marketplace. Sets forth procedures for appointments and for the operation of the Council.

Designates Illinois Route 173 as the 173rd Airborne Brigade Highway in honor of the brave men and women of the United States Army 173rd Airborne Brigade.

Mourns the death of Edward A. Brennan of Burr Ridge.

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. In a Section concerning funding for children requiring special education services, provides that for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, individual school districts must not receive payments under that Section totaling less than they received for fiscal year 2007. Sets forth guidelines for the calculation, including making the calculation a separate calculation from any other in the Section. Effective immediately.

Creates the Disposable Lighter Surcharge Act. Requires each wholesaler of disposable cigarette lighters to be sold and delivered in Illinois to collect a surcharge of $0.25 per lighter and pay the collected surcharge to the Department of Revenue. Requires each wholesaler of disposable cigarette lighters to make a monthly return to the Department. Requires the Department to deposit the surcharge proceeds into the Fire Truck Revolving Loan Fund, the Ambulance Revolving Loan Fund, and the Fire Service and Small Equipment Fund. Sets forth procedures for the administration of the surcharge. Provides that any wholesaler that violates the Act is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that the Act is repealed on June 30, 2013. Amends the State Fire Marshal Act and the State Finance Act. Requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to establish and administer a program to award grants to fire departments and fire protection districts for the purchase of small fire-fighting equipment. Creates the Fire Service and Small Equipment Fund. Effective July 1, 2007.

Amends the Airport Authorities Act. Provides that one additional commissioner shall be appointed to the board of the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority from each municipality having a population of 5,000 or more within the Authority. Sets forth the terms of the additional commissioners.

Mourns the death of Bob Markowitz of Normal.