Amends the Land Trust Beneficial Interest Disclosure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning disclosure in applications.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of special license plates for vehicles owned by a fire department or fire protection district or by a chief officer of a fire department or fire protection district. Provides for the markings on these plates.
Amends the Department of Human Services Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, for purposes of the Department of Human Services' disability database, "developmental disabilities" include autism spectrum disorders. In connection with Medicaid, provides that a person diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder shall be considered a person with a "developmental disability" or a "person with a related condition" for purposes of determining eligibility for services under Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for persons with developmental disabilities, without regard to whether that person is also diagnosed with mental retardation and without regard to that person's IQ level, so long as the person otherwise meets applicable level-of-care criteria under those waivers. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Mike Kiefer on his retirement from the United States Department of Agriculture.
Creates the Clean Coal FutureGen for Illinois Act for the purpose of providing the FutureGen Alliance with adequate liability protection, land use rights, and permitting certainty to facilitate the siting of the FutureGen Project in Illinois. Contain provisions concerning transfer of title to sequestered gas and associated liabilities to the State; insurance and indemnification by the State for the Operator for certain liabilities; permits; land use, including condemnation powers; and economic incentives. Contains other provisions and a severability clause. Amends: the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law concerning financial assistance; the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act concerning high impact businesses; the Court of Claims Act and the State Lawsuit Immunity Act concerning jurisdiction; and the Eminent Domain Act concerning condemnation authority. Effective immediately.
Urges that the recommendations of the Joint Task Force on Rural Health and Medically Underserved Areas be supported and implemented without delay.
Mourns the death in Iraq of Lance Corporal Raymond James Holzhauer of Dwight.
Congratulates Gibson City Middle School on being designated an Illinois Horizon School: Schools to Watch.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person also commits robbery when he or she withdraws, takes, or transfers funds from the financial account of another or obtains the account number, personal identification number, or other information used to access the financial account of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force, by, or for the purpose of, accessing any financial account through the use of an automatic teller machine. Provides that a person convicted of such robbery is not eligible to receive a sentence of probation or conditional discharge. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2,000,000 for FY06 from the Fire Prevention Fund to the Illinois Fire Service Institute for providing first responders with the practical knowledge necessary to protect themselves when securing a site in which methamphetamine is being manufactured. Effective July 1, 2005.
