Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes the Act inapplicable to units of local government with fewer than 2, rather than 35, employees.
Amends the Naprapathic Practice Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the necessity of a license.
Appropriates $4,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Teachers' Health Insurance Security Fund.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a sheriff's law enforcement employee (SLEP) to convert up to 10 years of non-SLEP service credit into SLEP credit by paying the difference in employee and employer contributions, plus interest. Increases the SLEP retirement formula to 2.5% of the final rate of earnings for each year of SLEP service. Increases the maximum pension payable to a SLEP from 75% to 80% of the final rate of earnings. Removes the 2-year service requirement for earning new benefits after a return to service as a SLEP. Increases the additional employee contribution paid by SLEPs to 2.5% of salary. Also eliminates the reduction in benefit imposed on a surviving spouse who is more than 5 years younger than the deceased member, for the surviving spouse of any member who dies on or after the effective date. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of Donna Kay Zippay of Mt. Olive.
Mourns the death of William Frederick Trapp of Springfield.
Mourns the death of Mia Ware.
Mourns the death of Richard V. Hopper.
Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula provisions, increases the foundation level of support from $4,810 to $5,060. Effective July 1, 2004.
Mourns the death of Mary Lou Behme of Carlinville.
