Appropriation Legislation - Illinois

FINANCE-TECH Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 30 ILCS 105/6z-43Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 105/8.46 new Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2008 and through June 30, 2009, the Governor may direct the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer to transfer moneys from certain [...]

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$DCFS Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Children and Family Services for its FY 08 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2007. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Makes FY09 appropriations and reappropriations to various agencies. Effective July 1, 2008. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds appropriations and reappropriations to various agencies. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Changes the amounts of certain appropriations. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Makes a technical correction and changes the amount of an appropriation. House Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for its FY09 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2008. House Amendment No. 7 Replaces everything after the enacting [...]

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DPH-CORD STEM CELL BANKS Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Subject to appropriation, directs the Department to establish a statewide network of cord blood stem cell banks. Sets forth requirements and duties of donor banks. Creates an advisory committee to advise the Department concerning administration of the network. Effective immediately. House Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law with respect to the network of cord blood stem cell banks. Removes the requirement that the network be "statewide". Provides that members of the advisory committee are subject to conflict of interest restrictions and are required to make disclosures of income and financial interests. Requires donor banks to have policies and procedures in place for procurement, including voluntary, informed, and confidential [...]

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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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GAMING BD-SEPARATE FRM REVENUE Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Riverboat Gambling Act. Separates the Illinois Gaming Board from the Department of Revenue for the purposes of enforcing and administering the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes conforming changes. Prohibits members of the Board from holding any other public office (rather than any other public office for which he or she shall receive compensation). Prohibits members of the Board from engaging in any political activity. Provides for an annual salary for Board members. Makes changes regarding disclosure of equity interests of the Board members and their spouses and children. In provisions concerning the powers and duties of the Board, removes language allowing the Director of Revenue to delegate responsibility for the administration and enforcement of certain Acts concerning gaming to the Board and adds language concerning appointing investigators and contracting [...]

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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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DPT VET AFF-VET ORGANIZATIONS Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Subject to appropriations, requires the Department to pay veterans service organizations for services provided by veterans service officers in processing claims and other benefits for veterans and their spouses or other beneficiaries residing in Illinois. Requires payment at the rate of $0.010 for each dollar of benefits obtained for veterans or their spouses or other beneficiaries. Sets forth criteria that a veterans service organization must meet. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds an immediate effective date to the bill. House Amendment No. 3 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 105/5.675

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CHILD NEGLECT-NO RETURN HOME Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a "neglected child" includes a child who has been provided with interim crisis intervention services under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and whose parent, guardian, or custodian refuses to permit the child to return home. Requires the DCFS Child Protective Service Unit to begin an investigation of a report concerning such a child within 24 hours after receiving the report and determine whether to take the child into temporary protective custody and whether to file a petition alleging neglect or abuse. Provides that no minor shall be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement for more than 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and court-designated holidays, when the agency has reported the minor as neglected or abused because the parent, guardian, or custodian refuses to permit the child to return home, provided that in all other instances the [...]

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ST PARKS-VERMILION COUNTY Amends the State Parks Act, the State Finance Act, and the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to lease to the Vermilion county Conservation District, for one dollar, Kickapoo State Park, Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area, and Middlefork State Fish and Wildlife Area for their operation and management for 2 years. Requires a specified level of State appropriations for the District's use, and authorizes the District to retain revenues generated by the parks. Permits lease renewals. Creates a special fund in the State treasury for appropriations for the parks, and exempts the fund from fund sweeps. Provides that a Department employee assigned to Kickapoo State Park who then works for the Vermilion county Conservation District during the lease and subsequently returns to employment with the Department (i) retains his or her prior seniority within the Department and (ii) may apply for transfer of retirement fund creditable [...]

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