Grants Legislation - Illinois

STEM CELL INITIATIVE-TECH Creates the Illinois Stem Cell Initiative of 2007. Contains only a short title provision. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning Prohibition Act. Permits research involving the derivation and use of human embryonic stem cells, human embryonic germ cells, and human adult stem cells from any source, including somatic cell nuclear transplantation, and allows public funding for stem cell research programs. Requires the Department of Public Health to develop and administer the Illinois Regenerative Medicine Institute program to provide for the awarding of grants to Illinois medical research institutions. Creates the Illinois Regenerative Medicine Institute Oversight Committee. Provides that a Committee member with a conflict of interest shall not vote upon or participate in any Committee action with respect to that matter. Requires each Committee member [...]

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HEALTH CARE FOR ALL-TECH Creates the Illinois Health Care For All Act. Contains only the short title provision. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 5/917from Ch. 120, par. 9-917215 ILCS 106/40305 ILCS 5/1-11305 ILCS 5/5-2from Ch. 23,[...]

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VETERANS-TECH Creates the Veterans Assistance Act. Contains only a short title provision. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 2805/8 new20 ILCS 2805/9 new35 ILCS 200/15-16535 ILCS 200/15-167 new Deletes everything [...]

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GREEN GOVERNMENTS ILLINOIS Creates the Green Governments Illinois Act. Provides for the creation of the Green Governments Coordinating Council and sets out the composition and responsibilities of the Council. Gives the Council the authority to solicit and receive grants to fulfill the Council's functions and to solicit, use, and publish advice and information to assist in the Council's duties. Provides that participation in the Green Governments Illinois program by units of State and local government and educational institutions is voluntary. Sets out responsibilities of State agencies under the Act. Provides that a member of the Lieutenant Governor's staff shall be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a Green Governments Illinois website with specified content. Effective immediately. Governor Amendatory Veto Message Provides that the Governor shall appoint a chair or co-chairs of the Green Governments Coordinating Council (instead of providing [...]

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SCH CD-CONTRACTS Amends the School Code. With respect to school districts other than Chicago, requires that certain contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 or a lower amount as required by local policy (rather than $10,000) be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Makes changes concerning the exceptions to this requirement, including an exception for contracts for services of corporations possessing a high degree of professional skill where ability and fitness play an important part, contracts for food services, contracts for utilities and related services when the cost is less than that offered by a local distribution company, and contracts for repair, maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or construction involving an expenditure not to exceed $50,000 (rather than $20,000). Adds an exception for contracts for the provision of motor vehicle fuel. Effective immediately. House Amendment No. 1

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ADOPT-REQUIRE HEALTH INFO Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that individual health information summaries concerning the child and each birth parent shall be filed within 14 days of the petition filing in all adoptions of unrelated minors. Provides that each preadoption investigation shall review the health summaries. Provides that health summaries shall be without any information identifying either birth parent and shall summarize significant medical, dental, and mental health information including diseases, disabilities, alcohol or drug abuse, hereditary conditions or diseases, and drugs or medications used by the birth mother during the child's pregnancy. Provides that adoptive parents or the adopted child when he or she is an adult may petition the court for the release of the summaries. Provides that no liability shall attach to anyone who provides information for a health summary or to the adoption registry (at present, liability protections only apply to the adoption registry).[...]

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VEH CD-SHEET METAL WORKER PLT Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act. Creates the Sheet Metal Workers International Association of Illinois Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for the issuance of Sheet Metal Workers International Association license plates. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plate shall be charged a fee of $25 at original issuance and at renewal. Provides that $10 of the additional original issuance fee and $23 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Sheet Metal Workers International Association of Illinois Fund. Provides that $15 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary of State, the moneys in the Sheet Metal Workers International Association of Illinois Fund shall be paid as [...]

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