Amends the School Code. Creates a new Article concerning the conversion and formation of school districts. Contains provisions concerning school district conversions; combined school district formation; unit school district formation; partial elementary unit school district formation; petitions; the holding of an election; taxes, bonds, and working cash funds; the effective date of a change; a map showing the change; assets, liabilities, bonded indebtedness, and tax rates; teachers in contractual continued service; limitations on contesting boundary changes; a limitation on successive petitions; a school district's nonrecognition status; unit district formation and a joint agreement vocational education program; and incentives. Repeals provisions concerning unit school district conversion in districts with not more than 250 students in grades 9 through 12, unit school district formation, school district combination, school district conversion, and supplementary State aid for new, annexing, and resulting districts. Makes related changes in the School Code and Election Code. Effective July 1, 2006.
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Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a definitions Section.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that certain tax exemptions apply from the effective date of the legislation that created the exemptions through June 30, 2011. Amends the Property Tax Code. Extends the date of repeal of a Section concerning the assessment of vegetative filter strips from December 31, 2006 to March 1, 2007. Effective immediately.
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Prohibits drug product selection in refills of anti-epileptic drugs without notification and the documented consent of the prescriber and patient or the participating provider. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes a currency exchange in the definition of financial institution under the Illinois Financial Crime Law. In the statute concerning deceptive practices, provides that a person who, with the intent to defraud, makes or causes to be made any false statement in writing in order to obtain services from a currency exchange, knowing such writing to be false, and with the intent that it be relied upon, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.
Amends the Attorney General Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Attorney General's oath and bond.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning deceptive collection practices.
Urges the United States Department of Agriculture to (1) consider small producer and farm animal owner concerns in the development of the National Animal Identification System; (2) provide additional information to farm animal owners on the current status of the National Animal Identification System and what is being considered for the system; and (3) consider the diverse differences between different livestock industries and allow for flexibility for different types of livestock in the development of the National Animal Identification System.
Congratulates the Village of Savoy on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Congratulates the village of Colfax on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.