Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. Provides that a required survey and guidebook shall be made available on the homepage of a campus website or a veteran Internet link (instead of just the survey being made available on the homepage of the campus Internet link). Requires the survey to be sent to the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and State Comptroller. Requires each public college and university to make its best efforts to hire a veteran of the armed services as the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services.
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Appropriates $6,807,000 to the Auditor General to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the office of the Auditor General. Appropriates $28,540,611 from the Audit Expense Fund to the Auditor General for administrative and operations expenses and audits, studies, investigations, and expenses related to actuarial services. Effective July 1, 2018.
Mourns the death of Monte Siegrist of Taylorville.
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Provides that the $100,000 limit on an award of damages does not apply in any tort case involving the death of a resident at an Illinois Veterans Home operated by the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs if the case is pending or filed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
Designates IL-159 from Detour Road to IL-16 in Bunker Hill as the "Lance Cpl. Charles Heinemeier Memorial Highway".
Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the Illinois Investment Policy Board to make its best efforts to identify all major opioid manufacturers and include those companies in the list of restricted companies distributed to each retirement system and the Illinois State Board of Investment.
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Article and definitions.
States opposition to road user charges.
Makes appropriations from the School Infrastructure Fund to the State Board of Education for school district broadband expansion.
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community college districts in Illinois. Allows universities and community colleges to establish a digital discount program that complies with federal regulations. Effective immediately.