Creates a Task Force to study special education funding. Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2007. Provides that the task force shall be facilitated by the State Board of Education.
Makes appropriations to Illinois State University for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2006.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to develop a plan for establishing a program to: (1) provide for the private storage of cord blood for individuals who are unable to afford to store cord blood through a private cord blood bank; and (2) provide for the donation of stem cells at the time of an individual's death. Requires the Department to complete its development of the plan by January 1, 2006. Provides that upon developing the plan and subject to appropriation, the Department shall implement a pilot program for the private storage of cord blood and the donation of stem cells at the time of an individual's death in accordance with the plan. Provides that the Department may implement the pilot program in one or more regions of the State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful use of weapons.
Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall not acquire, and contract and enter into, any commitment to acquire a residential mortgage from a lending institution and shall not make any loan to a lending institution or individual if the residential mortgage is for any individual who is not a citizen or legal resident of the United States. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that counties and municipalities may adopt ordinances to regulate truants within their jurisdiction. These ordinances may include fines for violators and may provide for enforcement by citation. Effective immediately.
Amends the Airport Authorities Act. Provides, with respect to the appointment of boards of commissioners for airport authorities, that if an authority has 2 or more municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more within the authority, then each municipality shall appoint one commissioner and the county board president in the county in which the airport authority is located shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the county board, 3 (now, 2) commissioners at large (now, one commissioner is appointed from areas outside the municipalities). Deletes a requirement that a commissioner representing the area within an authority that is located outside of any municipality shall reside within the area. Effective immediately.
Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to encourage owners of land to make land and water areas available to any individual or, on State-owned or managed lands and waters, members of the public (rather than to the public) for recreational or conservation purposes by limiting their liability toward persons entering thereon for such purposes. Provides that residential buildings are not included in the definition of "land". Changes the definition of "recreational or conservation purpose" to include hunting, hiking, recreational shooting, operation of an off-highway vehicle, rock climbing, trapping, horseback riding of an entrant's own horse or horses, fishing, swimming, boating, camping, picnicking, water or snow skiing, sledding, and snowmobiling. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that only marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized in Illinois. Provides that the uniting of persons of the same sex in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other similar same sex relationship shall not be valid or recognized in Illinois. Effective immediately.
Creates the Illinois Consumer Choice of Benefits Health Insurance Plan Act. Provides that insurers may offer policies of accident and health insurance that do not provide state-mandated health benefits. Requires applications and policies to contain notice that the policy may not cover some or all of the state-mandated health benefits. Requires insurers to provide a disclaimer at the time the policy is issued that must be signed by the applicant or subscriber. Grants the Secretary the power to adopt rules necessary to implement the Act. Requires insurers to maintain a description of its rating practices and renewal underwriting practices. Provides for the applicability of certain Illinois Insurance Code provisions.
