Sen. Dan Rutherford

Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that for assisted living or shared housing establishments granted a 2-year license, the Department of Public Health shall conduct an on-site review every 2 years (instead of annually). Requires revocation of a 2-year license and replacement with a one-year license if a licensee has admitted or retained a resident in violation of provisions of the Act concerning residency requirements in the preceding 24 months. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section requiring the Department of Corrections to designate those institutions and facilities that are maintained for persons assigned as adults and as juveniles.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for its FY09 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2008.

Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Increases the amount of certain grants from the State to public and school libraries. Effective immediately.

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions defining "eligible employment" for the purpose of allowing teachers to return to teaching in subject shortage areas without impairing his or her retirement status or retirement annuity, removes the June 30, 2008 ending date. Includes language exempting the changes from provisions concerning new benefit increases. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Roadside Memorial Act. Provides that an application for a DUI memorial marker may be submitted by a qualified relative with regard to any crash that occurred on or after January 1, 1990 (instead of on or after January 1, 2003). Effective immediately.

Disapproves the 2008 report of the Compensation Review Board.

Recognizes the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel and extends our congratulations and best wishes to its citizens.

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. In a Section concerning funding for children requiring special education services, provides that for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, individual school districts must not receive payments under that Section totaling less than they received for fiscal year 2007. Sets forth guidelines for the calculation, including making the calculation a separate calculation from any other in the Section. Effective immediately.

Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may renew a license under the Act for a 2-year period if a licensee has not committed a Type 1 or Type 2 violation within the preceding 24 months and has not had an inspection, review, or evaluation that resulted in a finding of 10 or more Type 3 violations in the preceding 24 months. Provides that if a licensee whose license has been renewed for 2 years fails to meet any of those conditions, then, in addition to any other sanctions that the Department may impose, the Department shall revoke the 2-year license and replace it with a one-year license until the licensee again meets all of those conditions. Effective immediately.