Honors Carol Spizzirri on her accomplishments with the Save A Life Foundation as it celebrates its ten year anniversary of commitment to saving lives across the nation.
Urges the Governor, the State General Assembly, and the Illinois congressional delegation to make the effort of saving Scott Air Force Base a top priority.
Recognizes May 6, 2003 as National Nurses Day in Illinois.
Supports the men and women of the United States Armed Forces in their mission in Iraq.
Supports the University of Illinois at Chicago's application to the National Institutes of Health for a National Biocontainment Laboratory for the City of Chicago.
Directs the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to assess energy conservation measures taken at each of the State's public universities since 1995 and report its findings to the General Assembly.
Creates the House Task Force on Hispanic Teen Pregnancy to study the rate of pregnancy among Hispanic teenage girls.
Directs the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the State Board of Education, to conduct a sugar consumption study to determine the effects of sugar consumption as it relates to the overall health of school children.
Amends the School Code. Provides that after June 1, 2003 persons may not be nominated for General Assembly scholarships and that General Assembly scholarships may not be awarded after that date unless the nomination is made prior to that date. Prevents both second nominations for any lapsed General Assembly scholarship and nominating persons to the unused or unexpired parts of any vacated General Assembly scholarship after June 1, 2003. Effective immediately.
Urges the United States Congress and the Administration to support proposals to increase the level of funding for public transportation.
Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Provides that contracts for the construction, alteration, improvement, repair, enlargement, or demolition of buildings that are more than $25,000 (now, $5,000) must be let through competitive bidding.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the township or multi-township assessors in counties with 500,000 or more but no more than 700,000 inhabitants shall, on or before November 15 of the assessment year, but not before October 15 of the assessment year, return the assessment books or workbooks to the supervisor of assessments (now, counties with less than 600,000 inhabitants must return the books on or before April 15 and in no county is there a date before which books may not be returned). Provides that in counties with more than 500,000 but less than 700,000 inhabitants, complaints to the board of review may be filed with the assessor or chief county assessment officer who certified the assessment, who shall forward the complaint to the board of review upon receipt (now, must be filed with the board of review). Provides that when a board of review orders an assessment corrected upon appeal, the board shall transmit a printout of the results and (now, or) make or sign a written statement (now, a brief written statement) of the reason for the change and the manner in which the method used by the assessor in making the assessment was erroneous. Effective January 1, 2004.
