Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that beginning January 1, 2007, the Department shall pay an additional $1.33 per hour of chore/housekeeping and homemaker service performed by a chore/housekeeping and homemaker service provider vendor to all vendors who certify that they will offer health insurance to all qualifying employees, and their dependents. Requires the amount of funding, for years after 2007, to be adjusted by the amount of which the medical component of the Consumer Price Index exceeds such component for the previous calendar year. Defines a qualifying employee as an employee that provides over 100 hours of chore/housekeeping and homemaker services per month for 3 consecutive months. Requires that chore/housekeeping and homemaker service provider vendors must certify that 50% of their workforce is eligible for coverage as a qualifying employee. Provides that the Department must set minimum standards for a qualifying health plan by rule. Sets forth that provider vendors who fail to offer coverage to all qualifying employees shall be subject to penalties up to and including the requirement to return all moneys paid under this paragraph by the State as prescribed by Department rule.
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Amends the Illinois Seed Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the labeling of coated agricultural seeds.
Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the findings of the General Assembly.
Amends the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section defining "livestock management facility".
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2006, the moneys collected from specified fees shall be deposited into the Road Fund in the State treasury, rather than being deposited into other funds. Effective immediately.
Amends the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act. Provides that any person who, in order to acquire a targeted methamphetamine precursor, knowingly uses or provides the driver's license or government-issued identification of another person, who knowingly uses or provides a fictitious or unlawfully altered driver's license or government-issued identification, or who otherwise knowingly provides false information, is guilty of a Class 4 felony for a first offense, a Class 3 felony for a second offense, and a Class 2 felony for a third or subsequent offense. Defines "fictitious driver's license", "unlawfully altered driver's license", and "false information".
Amends the Property Tax Code. Extends the date of repeal of a Section concerning the assessment of vegetative filter strips from December 31, 2006 to December 31, 2016. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the penalty for violations of the Act.
Amends the Food and Agriculture Research Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purposes of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Fertilizer Act of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.