Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the month of November of each year as Alzheimer's Awareness Month.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that any territory to be annexed to a municipality shall be considered contiguous notwithstanding that the territory is separated from the municipality by a former railroad right-of-way that has been converted to a recreational trail, but upon annexation the area included in the right-of-way shall not be considered to be annexed to the municipality.
Amends the School Employee Benefit Act. Includes in the definition of "school district" a vocational education district, a special education district, a program operated by an educational service region, and a joint agreement.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a peace officer may take a person into custody and transport him to a mental health facility when the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is subject to involuntary admission and in need of immediate hospitalization (removes a requirement that the "reasonable grounds" be a result of the peace officer's personal observation). Provides that nothing in these provisions shall be interpreted to prevent (i) the filing of a petition for involuntary admission completed by the facility director or any other person or (ii) a decision by the petitioner or his or her counsel or the State's Attorney to proceed with a hearing on a petition for involuntary admission completed by someone other than the peace officer who transported the respondent to the facility. Effective immediately.
Amends provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act providing that an employer is not chargeable for benefit charges resulting from the payment of benefits to an individual if the employer's business is closed solely because of the entrance of the employer or a partner, officer, or majority stockholder of the employer into active duty in the Illinois National Guard or the Armed Forces. Provides that those provisions apply notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, including those affecting finality of benefit charges or rates. Also provides that those provisions apply to benefit charges that result from the payment of benefits to an individual for any week of unemployment after January 1, 2003. Effective immediately.
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.
Names October 15, 2005, as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Tuesday, May 31, 2005, the Senate stands adjourned until Wednesday, October 19, 2005, in perfunctory session; and when it adjourns on that day, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at 12:00 o'clock noon; and the House of Representatives stands adjourned until Wednesday, October 19, 2005, in perfunctory session; and when it adjourns on that day, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at 12:00 o'clock noon.
Mourns the death of Wilma Hyatt of Pekin.
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that when the two Houses adjourn on Thursday, May 12, 2005, the Senate stands adjourned until Monday, May 16, 2005 at 3:00 o'clock p.m.; and the House of Representatives stands adjourned until Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at 12:00 o'clock noon.
