Urges the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to examine the way it distributes Emergency Management Agency grant funds to insure equitable distribution of the funds.
Congratulates Dr. Robert Easter on his retirement from the University of Illinois.
Congratulates Timothy D. McCollum on his retirement from teaching.
Congratulates Judy Farney on her retirement.
Mourns the death of Clinton Craig Atkins of Naples, Florida, formerly of Champaign.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, following notification to and a period of consultation with the appropriate board of control, the Board of Higher Education is authorized to take action on the dissolution or reduce in scope any and all existing programs of instruction, research, or public service that the Board finds to lack educational or economical justification at the public universities and community colleges. Requires each public university and community college to submit its plan for capital improvements of non-instructional facilities to the Board for approval before final commitments are made only if the total cost of the project as approved by the institution's board of control is in excess of $2 million.
Congratulates Bill Lair, Managing Editor of the Mattoon Journal Gazette and the Charleston Times-Courier, on his retirement.
Recognizes Dr. Louis Grado and his years of service at Eastern Illinois University.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that when a court has before it a petition for the removal of a child to a location outside of Illinois, the court shall consider the economic cost to the noncustodial parent to visit the child at or to move to the proposed new location outside of Illinois.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Authorizes the Secretary of State to issue Boy Scout plates bearing the Eagle Scout badge to the owner of a vehicle whose authorized driver has attained Eagle Scout rank. Authorizes the Secretary of State to issue Girl Scout plates bearing the symbol of the Gold Award to the owner of a vehicle whose authorized driver has attained Gold Award status. Provides that upon registration renewal, the owner of the vehicle shall certify that the authorized driver of the vehicle remains the person who has attained Eagle Scout rank or Gold Award status.
