Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Adds a caption to a Section relating to coverage of adopted children.
Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Adds a caption to the definitions Section.
Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Creates a Section concerning tracking firearm injuries. Contains only a caption.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a sheriff's law enforcement employee (SLEP) to convert up to 10 years of non-SLEP service credit into SLEP credit by paying the difference in employee and employer contributions, plus interest. Increases the SLEP retirement formula to 2.5% of the final rate of earnings for each year of SLEP service. Increases the maximum pension payable to a SLEP from 75% to 80% of the final rate of earnings. Removes the 2-year service requirement for earning new benefits after a return to service as a SLEP. Increases the additional employee contribution paid by SLEPs to 2.5% of salary. Also eliminates the reduction in benefit imposed on a surviving spouse who is more than 5 years younger than the deceased member, for the surviving spouse of any member who dies on or after the effective date. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State reimbursement for transportation.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the Department of Transportation, at the request of friends or relatives of a person killed in a traffic accident on a highway in this State, shall erect and maintain a traffic accident memorial, adjacent to the portion of the highway where the accident occurred, in memory of the decedent. Provides that a memorial may not be erected within the boundaries of a municipality. Establishes requirements regarding the location, size, shape, installation, and maintenance of the memorial.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning bringing an action of ejectment.
Creates the Parental Rights Termination Investigation Agency Act and amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Creates the Parental Rights Termination Investigation Agency in the Executive Branch of State Government, to investigate the circumstances of terminations of parental rights if certain criteria are met, including that a person's parental rights were allegedly terminated for a reason or reasons due in substantial part to the person's financial difficulties. Provides that the Agency is entitled to access to records generated under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and to juvenile court records. Authorizes a person whose parental rights have been terminated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to petition for restoration of those rights, based on the Agency's investigation.
Creates the FY2005 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2005 budget recommendations.
Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Election Code, the Secretary of State Act, and the Property Tax Code. Requires the State Board of Elections and the Secretary of State to post certain voter registration information on their World Wide Web sites. In counties of 3,000,000 or more population, provides that, in a political party with an "Alternative A" type State central committee composition, a county central committee chairman taking office after the bill's effective date need not be a member of the committee. Provides that additional election judges may not be appointed from the supplemental election judge list more than 45 (now, 28) days before the election. Provides for the establishment in each political party of a committee for each board of review election district in counties of 3,000,000 or more population. Establishes minimum and maximum signature requirements for nominating petitions for candidates for board of review commissioners from election districts in counties of 3,000,000 or more population. Establishes a 2-year election district residency requirement for a board of review candidate or appointee in counties of 3,000,000 or more population, with alternate residency requirements applicable to the first election after redistricting. Authorizes the county to provide additional offices for board of review commissioners in counties of 3,000,000 or more population. Effective immediately.
