Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Auditor General for its FY 08 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2007.
Amends "An Act making appropriations", Public Act 95-348. Increases certain appropriations for official court reporting to the Office of the State Comptroller. Effective immediately.
Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. In connection with the pharmaceutical assistance program, provides eligibility for persons who have a maximum household income at or below 225% of the Federal Poverty Level if they qualify under certain conditions. Eliminates an Eligibility Group consisting of persons who are disabled and under age 65, or age 65 or older with incomes related to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level, and who are eligible for Medicare Part D coverage. Provides that for persons who have a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS, "covered prescription drug" means those drugs covered by the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan in which the beneficiary is enrolled (eliminates a reference to drugs included in the formulary of the Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program operated by the Illinois Department of Public Health). Provides that in defining countable income for purposes of the pharmaceutical assistance program, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the Department on Aging must disregard the cost-of-living increase to any benefit administered by the Social Security Administration in any year that the percentage increase of the Social Security Administration cost-of-living adjustment is higher than the percentage increase in the Federal Poverty Level. Adds provisions concerning the effective date of eligibility for the pharmaceutical assistance program. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Until December 31, 2011, permits certain human service providers who receive funds from the State to opt for coverage of their employees as State employees. Effective January 1, 2008.
P.A. 94-798, Art. 34, Sec. 1Makes a supplemental appropriation to the Court of Claims to pay a claim for attorney fees against the State Board of Elections. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for its FY 08 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2007.
Creates the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Public-Private Partnership Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System for its FY 08 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2007.
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the definition of "recovered tax value" includes the equalized assessed values recovered upon the termination of a redevelopment project that was established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Act of 1995.
Appropriates $350,000 to the Juvenile Defender Resource Center for the employment of 3 attorneys, one responsible for training, and 2 other attorneys to travel the circuits to provide legal advice and to identify expert witnesses in serious felony cases and for training expenses, travel, and office expenses. Effective July 1, 2008.
