Congratulates Dr. M. Vali Siadat on winning the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2005 Illinois Professor of the Year Award.
Congratulates John Bouman on being named president of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes changes concerning the identification, evaluation, and placement of children; the impartial due process hearing procedure; the expedited hearing procedure; the selection, training, evaluation, and retention of hearing officers and other matters concerning hearing officers; and the evaluation of the impartial due process hearing system.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that relief from an order for a tax deed may be had under certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure concerning motions after judgment in nonjury cases. Provides that notice of the expiration of the period of redemption must be served upon certain owners and parties interested in the property in the manner set forth under certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (now, personal service). Requires the court to enter orders to place the tax-deed grantee's successor in interest in possession of the property and authorizes the court to grant other relief to maintain the successor in interest in possession. Provides that the notice of the expiration of the period of redemption may not be served more than 6 months (now, 5 months) before the expiration of the period of redemption. Provides that the changes concerning post-judgment motions and the changes concerning the possession by the tax-deed grantee's successor in interest must be construed as being declarative of existing law and not as a new enactment.
Creates the Purchase of Care and Grant Adjustment Act. Provides that purchase of care contracts and grant agreements (i) paid in fiscal year 2007 or thereafter and (ii) entered into between specified agencies and a private community-based contractual provider or grantee must provide for annual adjustments in accordance with the non-seasonally-adjusted Employment Cost Index for total compensation for civilian workers compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning who may adopt a child.
Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Provides that a home rule unit of local government or any municipality in this State may regulate smoking in public places. Provides that this regulation must be no less restrictive than the regulation in the Act. Changes the home rule limitation from an absolute preemption to a limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power. Maintains the exemption from home rule requirements for home rule units that passed ordinances regulating smoking before October 1, 1989. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a designated domestic partner to qualify as a surviving spouse for purposes of survivor and death benefits. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the Departments of Public Aid and Human Services.
Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
