Mourns the death of Vincent C. Gregory of East St. Louis.
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Mourns the death of Percy Lee McGee, Jr.
Mourns the death of Willie Mae Walker.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Development Board for its FY12 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011.
Mourns the death of Gladys A. Griffin of Mascoutah.
Mourns the death of Emily Jean Hensley of Belleville.
Mourns the death of Leland Edwin "Smitty" Smith Sr. of Collinsville.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that older direct care workers who receive awards from the Department on Aging shall be honored in conjunction with the Senior Illinoisans Hall of Fame awards (rather than before their peers at the Governor's Conference on Aging or at a similar venue). Requires the Department to request nominations no later than July 1, 2011, and every May 1 thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.
Amends the Counties Code. Requires the imposition of a school facility occupation tax in a county if the electors of the county have approved a proposition for the tax. Provides that a school facility occupation tax imposed by approval of the electors may be reduced or discontinued if the electors have voted to reduce or discontinue the tax. Provides that the State will not limit or alter rights and powers so as to impair the rights and remedies of holders of bonds secured by proceeds of a school facility occupation tax. Amends the Local Government Debt Reform Act. Removes a sentence providing that a backdoor referendum is not required for alternate bonds if the proceeds backing the alternate bonds are realized from revenues obtained from a school facility occupation tax. Amends the School Code. Provides that a referendum shall not be required if the purchase, construction, or building of a school building is paid from funds received from the County School Facility Occupation Tax Law or from the proceeds of bonds secured by revenues obtained from that Law. Effective immediately.