Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act to January 1, 2014. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality with 25,000 (now 15,000) inhabitants must print a statement of receipts and expenses and a summary of its proceedings during the preceding months and that municipalities with fewer inhabitants must print the statement annually.
Amends the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act, the Public Funds Investment Act, and the Illinois Pension Code to prohibit investment in corporations formerly incorporated in the United States that have incorporated in a foreign country to avoid taxes. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to establish penalties for misconduct by a corporate official and fraud in insolvency and to create the Corporate Crime Fund, a special fund in the State treasury, to be used to provide restitution to victims of commercial bribery. Increases the penalties for commercial bribery.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State goals and assessment.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Authorizes the recipient of a prize that is payable in installments to assign part or all of that prize, subject to certain conditions.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that persons subject to conditions of probation, parole, or mandatory supervised release who seek transfers to another state subject to the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision must make provisions for the payment of any restitution awarded by the circuit court and must pay a fee of $125 to the proper administrative or judicial authorities before being granted the transfer or otherwise arrange for the payment. Provides that the fees shall be used to defray the cost of the Department of Corrections or county sheriff's departments who will be required to retrieve offenders who violated the terms of their transfers to other state. Provides that the offenders shall be responsible to reimburse the State or county for the actual costs of their return to Illinois.
Amends the Children and Family Services Act, the AIDS Confidentiality Act, the Communicable Disease Prevention Act, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Criminal Code of 1961, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a test for infection with HIV or any other identified causative agent of AIDS must be conducted in accordance with guidelines published by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in some cases, removes the specification of the ELISA test or another test approved by the Department of Public Health). Provides that a positive result must be confirmed (in some cases, removes the specification of the Western Blot Assay or a more reliable confirmatory test). Effective immediately.
Creates the Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act. Prohibits: the sale or purchase of personal information concerning children without parental consent; the processing of personal information concerning children by prisoners or convicted sex offenders; and the distribution or exchange of children's personal information that one has reason to believe will be used to harm or abuse a child. Provides that persons who broker, solicit, or facilitate the sale of personal information concerning children are required to disclose to parents, upon request, the source and content of personal information on file with regard to their children, and to disclose to parents, upon request, the names of persons or entities that have received or solicited personal information with regard to their children. Violation of this Act is a Class A misdemeanor.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that every person who qualifies for home-delivered meals under the federal Older Americans Act shall receive those services, subject to appropriation. Provides that by January 1 of each year, the Department on Aging shall provide the General Assembly and the Illinois Council on Aging estimates of the additional funds necessary to fund the program for the next fiscal year.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Changes the name of the Illinois Incentive for Access Grant Program to the Silas Purnell Illinois Incentive for Access Grant Program. For these grants, provides that the maximum amount paid per applicant per year is $1,000 for applicants with an expected family contribution of $0 and $500 for applicants with an expected family contribution of $500 or less but more than $0. Requires the Commission to give priority to applicants with an expected family contribution of $0. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that the circuit clerk may not charge a fee for amending, vacating, or photocopying petitions or orders and may not charge a fee for issuing alias summons or related filing service. Provides that after an order of protection is entered within which any children of the petitioner are protected persons, the clerk or issuing judge shall send notice of the order and a certified copy of the order to schools in which the protected children are enrolled. Also includes notice to State licensed day care facilities and State licensed before and after school program facilities.
