Amends the State Fire Marshal Act and the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act to allow arson investigators of the State Fire Marshal to exercise peace officer powers and carry weapons at all times, rather than only in the course of arson investigations. Effective immediately.
Amends the Southern Illinois University Management Act. Provides that the Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board shall establish and operate, subject to specific appropriation for the purpose of providing facility operating funds, the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville as a State Biorefining Center of Excellence. Sets forth the purposes and goals of the Center.
Creates the Medical Malpractice Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Creates the Human Cloning and Adult Stem Cell Research Act. Provides that a person shall not intentionally or knowingly do any of the following: (1) perform or attempt to perform human cloning; (2) transfer or receive a cloned human embryo for any purpose; (3) transfer or receive, in whole or in part, any oocyte, human embryo, fetus, or human somatic cell, for the purpose of human cloning; or (4) participate in performing or in an attempt to perform human cloning. Provides that a violation of these provisions is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides for civil penalties. Provides that research involving the derivation and use of human adult stem cells and stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood and from placenta shall be encouraged and permitted and that the ethical and medical implications of this research shall be given full consideration. Provides that research involving the derivation and use of human adult stem cells shall be reviewed by an approved institutional review board, as determined by the Department of Public Health. Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a violation of the Human Cloning and Adult Stem Cell Research Act is grounds for denial of an application for, denial of renewal of, or revocation of any license, permit, certification, or any other form of permission required to practice or engage in any trade, occupation, or profession regulated by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Makes conforming changes to the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act, and the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Effective immediately.
Amends the Radiation Protection Act of 1990. Authorizes the Agency to refuse to issue, suspend, or revoke (now, may suspend or revoke) a license or registration upon a finding of violation of the Act or rules. Modifies certain enforcement provisions to provide that Agency action under those provisions does not preclude the Agency from pursuing other authorized enforcement actions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Requires that construction contracts in excess of $1,000,000 (now, $250,000) must be separately bid in categories for plumbing, heating, ventilation, electrical, and general contract work. Provides that if a bid for one of the categories would be less than $250,000, that category's bid may be combined with the bid for one or more of the other categories of work. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Authorizes, except in Cook County, the personal service of the notice of the expiration of the period of redemption to be made by licensed or registered private detectives. Provides that the amount of redemption includes the costs incurred in causing notices to be served by a licensed or registered private detective, but those costs may not exceed the amount that the sheriff would be authorized by law to charge if those notices had been served by the sheriff.
Amends the Service Contract Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Creates the First 2006 General Revisory Act. Combines multiple versions of Sections amended by more than one Public Act. Renumbers Sections of various Acts to eliminate duplication. Corrects obsolete cross-references and technical errors. Makes stylistic changes. Effective immediately.
