Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Executive Ethics Commission for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Department of Transportation for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Deletes provisions requiring lists and publications of property assessments to separately state the value of improvements on the property and makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Central Management Services for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code and the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that all of the monies remaining after the local share is distributed that are received by the Board for the issuance of and conduct of gambling under any license issued under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Gaming Board on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act shall be transferred to the Pension Reserve Fund. Provides that the monies in the Pension Reserve Fund shall be paid to the 5 State-funded retirement systems to be used for funding the unfunded liabilities of the retirement systems and that the amount of the annual appropriation to each of the retirement systems shall constitute a portion of the total amount available for appropriation for that fiscal year that is the same as that retirement system's portion of the total actuarial reserve deficiency of the systems. Provides that these appropriations shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, State contributions required under the Illinois Pension Code. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Pension Reserve Fund as a special fund within the State Treasury. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Legislative Research Unit for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Changes the funding sources for deficits for both federally eligible individuals and all other eligible individuals to the Plan fund and assessments on insurance companies, including stop-loss insurers (now, assessments only for federally eligible individuals and General Assembly appropriation for other eligible individuals). Provides that assessments of stop-loss insurers shall be made on the basis of the number of covered lives. Requires the Comprehensive Health Insurance Board to develop baseline statistics for asthma, diabetes, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure as part of any disease management program instituted by the Board. Requires participation in a disease management program established by the Board by any covered person diagnosed with one or more of these diseases and provides penalties for refusal to participate. Requires the Board to contract with the Plan administrator to provide 24-hour telephone access to trained nurses in order to facilitate better patient self-care and to reduce avoidable care and emergency room visits. Requires an amount of money representing the total net receipt of moneys from health insurers by the State as unclaimed property to be deposited into the Plan fund as provided in the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act to require the State Treasurer to deposit 95% of the amount in the trust fund exceeding $2,500,000 into the State Pensions Fund, and to deposit 5% of that amount into the Plan fund. Effective immediately.
