Amends the Illinois Drainage Code. Provides that the commissioners of a drainage district must advertise for bids whenever the cost of any work to be performed by the district or the cost of specified materials and equipment exceeds $20,000 (now, $5,000). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that in townships with a population of less than 15,000, a highway commissioner may have a pecuniary interest in lease contracts if the aggregate total of the contracts is less than $2,000 (rather than $1,000) in the same fiscal year with the approval of the town board of trustees or the highway board of auditors. Effective immediately.
Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that upon the State Registrar's establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations, the county clerk in the county in which a death occurred or the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall be authorized to issue certifications of death records from the system and the State Registrar shall cause the system to provide for such capability. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Forestry Development Act. Changes "forestry management" to "forest management". Makes other name changes and revisions. Makes changes concerning cost share amounts and eligibility. Makes other changes. Creates the Forestry Development Council. Specifies the Council's membership and duties. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act and the State Finance Act. Authorizes the Authority and the State Fire Marshal jointly to administer a revolving loan program for the construction, rehabilitation, remodeling, and expansion of fire stations and the acquisition of land for the construction or expansion of fire stations by fire departments (including township fire departments) and fire protection districts. Specifies terms of loans. Creates the necessary special fund in the State treasury. Effective July 1, 2009.
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the redevelopment project in the TIF district created by an ordinance that was adopted on December 16, 1986 by the City of Macomb must be completed by December 31 of the 35th year (now, the 23rd year) after the year in which the ordinance was adopted. Includes revisory changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a member who rendered full-time contractual services to an Illinois Veterans Home operated by the Department of Veterans' Affairs to establish service credit for up to 8 years of such services by making specified contributions, plus interest. Requires application no later than July 1, 2010. Effective immediately.
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides for licensure of stretcher van providers by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a stretcher van provider may provide transport of a passenger on a stretcher, provided the passenger needs no medical equipment, medical monitoring, or medical observation. Provides that a stretcher van provider may not provide transport of a passenger if the passenger is acutely ill, wounded, or medically unstable or meets certain other conditions. Sets forth the Department's responsibilities in connection with licensure of stretcher van providers. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Includes within the definition of "goods or services", prevention, intervention, or treatment services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities, mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, rehabilitation services, and early intervention services provided by a vendor, which includes but is not limited to a licensed community-based provider but does not include a licensed hospital, a unit of local government, or a university. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
