Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that if a dog is found to be a dangerous dog, the dog must be both muzzled and leashed whenever it is upon a street, sidewalk, or other public place or grounds. Includes an owner's house in the definition of "enclosure". Provides that if a vicious dog is impounded, it must be either spayed or neutered within 30 days after the impoundment. Provides that in all cases a vicious dog must be spayed or neutered before being returned to its owner. Provides that the owner is liable for the cost of spaying or neutering. Provides that if the owner of a dangerous dog fails to keep the dog muzzled and leashed as required, and the dog attacks another person unprovoked and inflicts great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, or permanent physical disability upon another person or causes death of another person, the owner is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, except that if the owner knowingly failed to maintain or keep the dog muzzled or leashed, the owner is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that if the owner of a dog subject to enclosure (that is, a vicious dog) fails to keep the dog enclosed or as otherwise required by law (instead of simply fails to keep the dog enclosed), and the dog attacks a person unprovoked and inflicts great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, or permanent physical disability upon another person or causes death of another person, the owner is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.
Amends the Driver Education Act of the School Code. Requires a driver education course to provide at least 30 minutes of classroom instruction relating to organ, tissue, and blood donation and organ, tissue, and blood donation procedures. Prohibits a student from being required to participate in this instruction if his or her parent or guardian objects. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the third Saturday in June of each year as Juneteenth National Freedom Day to commemorate the abolition of slavery throughout the United States and its territories in 1865. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the intent of the General Assembly is to encourage the highest quality design to ensure that Department of Transportation projects meet transportation needs, exist in harmony with their surroundings, and add lasting value to the communities they serve. Provides that, on or before December 31, 2004, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish new design criteria for use in developing transportation projects that involve the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or resurfacing of a highway, other than a maintenance resurfacing project. Provides that the new design criteria shall take specified factors into account. Provides that the Secretary shall solicit and consider the views of specified officials and organizations in establishing those design criteria. Provides that on or before December 31, 2004, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly stating the new design criteria, the names of the officials and organizations contacted, and any other pertinent information.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Chicago school district.
Amends the Transmitters of Money Act. Includes stored value cards within the scope of the Act. Requires license applicants to submit fingerprints. Increases application and other fees. Increases penalties. Provides that a person who is unlicensed and who engages in conduct for which a license is required shall be liable to a consumer in an amount equal to 4 times the amount accepted for transmission. Requires licensees to submit additional information regarding proposed authorized sellers to the Department of Financial Institutions before the proposed authorized seller may act on behalf of the licensee. Requires licensees to file with the Department Cash Transaction Reports and Suspicious Activity Reports that are required to be filed with the federal government. Creates the TOMA Consumer Protection Fund as a special Fund in the State treasury. Provides for an assessment of $0.01 per money transmission to be paid into the Fund. Provides for moneys in the Fund to be used to reimburse consumers who suffer losses arising out of regulated transactions. Amends the State Finance Act to add the TOMA Consumer Protection Fund to the list of special funds. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Cigarette Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "year".
Amends the Home Repair Fraud Act. In provisions relating to a victim who is 60 years of age or older or a disabled person, increases criminal penalties and lowers the monetary thresholds for enhanced penalties. In addition, provides that the offender's licenses and permits may be suspended or revoked.
Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Requires payment of State compensation and benefits to full-time State employees while on active duty with the Illinois National Guard, the United States Armed Forces reserves, or the Illinois State Militia reserves. Reduces the employee's State compensation by the amount of active duty pay. Requires the Department of Central Management Services and the State Comptroller to coordinate in the development of applicable procedures.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in the short title Section of the Act.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department may develop and provide to the public and health care patients information regarding the categories or types of health care services available and their appropriate use. Amends the Emergency Medical Treatment Act. Provides that no person, facility, or entity shall hold itself out to the public as an "urgent", "urgi-", "emergi-", or "emergent" care center or use any other term that would give the impression that emergency medical treatment is provided by the person or entity or at the facility unless the facility is the emergency room of a facility licensed as a hospital or a facility licensed as a freestanding emergency center. Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Requires health care plans to provide their enrollees with clear information about their rights and responsibilities in obtaining referrals to and making appropriate use of health care facilities when access to their primary care physician is not readily available. Effective immediately.
