Amends the Elevator Safety and Regulation Act. Removes certain references to the design of elevators and related apparatuses. Provides that an applicant for an elevator mechanic's license who makes application by demonstrating to the Office of the State Fire Marshal acceptable proof that he or she has worked as an elevator constructor, maintenance, or repair person for the equipment that a licensee of the Act is authorized to install must make application to the Office by December 31, 2007 (rather than May 1, 2006), but that all licenses issued under those terms between May 1, 2006 and the effective date of the amendatory Act are deemed valid. Adds one representative of the senior citizen population who is appointed by the Governor to the Elevator Safety Review Board. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Veterans Preference Act. Increases the fine for a violation of the Act to a minimum of $75 (instead of $25) and a maximum of $300 (instead of $100). Effective immediately.
Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an employee who worked as a nurse under a contractual agreement for the Department of Public Aid or its successor agency, the Department of Human services, in the Client Assessment Unit and was subsequently determined to be a State employee by the United States Internal Revenue Service and Illinois Labor Relations Board may establish creditable service for those contractual services. Exempts the changes from new benefit increase provisions. Effective immediately.
Creates the Agency Energy Efficiency Act. Provides that all executive branch State agencies shall strive to reduce energy use in State facilities by 10% within 10 years after the effective date of this Act. Provides that State agencies shall work with the Department of Central Management Services in achieving the goal. Sets out duties of the Department. Provides that all requests for new construction or renovation to State facilities shall implement design criteria that exceeds contemporary standards for energy efficiency. Sets out duties of all executive branch State agencies under the Act. Provides that if the Department finds that implementation costs of the Act exceed energy savings, the Department shall request approval from the General Assembly to terminate implementation of the provisions under the Act.
Amends the Radiation Protection Act of 1990. Defines "identical in substance" regulations. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency is exempt from rulemaking procedures in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act in situations that consist of identical in substance regulations that are necessary to implement, secure, or maintain federal authorization for a program. Provides that the Agency may make changes that are necessary for compliance with the Illinois Administrative Code and other technical changes in certain situations. Provides alternative requirements for the Agency to follow in rulemakings exempt from the requirements of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Repeals Sections in relation to the examination of a school treasurer's books, accounts, and vouchers; furnishing a township treasurer with a list of school districts; the posting of maps of congressional townships and educational service regions at polling places; the report of certain employment information by a teacher to the regional superintendent; and State reimbursement for the installation of passenger seat backs of a certain height in school buses. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act and the Good Samaritan Act. Under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, provides for civil immunity for an agency, organization, or individual who sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, or supervises the training of persons in the use of automated external defibrillators, first aid, or aquatic skills (in addition to cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in a course which complies with generally recognized standards of the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or the National Safety Council. Provides for similar immunity for an individual who teaches such a course of instruction. Under the Good Samaritan Act, provides for civil immunity for a person who is certified in aquatic skills by the American Red Cross, or the American Heart Association, or the National Safety Council and who in good faith uses aquatic skills to provide aid without fee to any person. Also changes "automatic external defibrillator" to "automated external defibrillator". Effective immediately.
Amends the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. In the definition of "children with disabilities", provides that an eligible student who requires continued public school educational experience to facilitate his or her successful transition and integration into adult life is eligible for special education services through age 21, inclusive, which, for purposes of the Article, means the day before the student's 22nd birthday. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Accounting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.