Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Grants quick-take authority to the City of Morris for the purpose of extending the airport runway. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State must examine every licensed driver at least once every 10 (rather than 8) years. Requires the Secretary to adopt rules providing for the renewal for a 10 year period of non-commercial driver's licenses for persons aged 25 through 64. Provides that persons aged 65 (rather than 69) through 80 are subject to their own schedule of fees for licenses and permits. Sets fees for renewal of a 10 year license. Effective July 1, 2004.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol for its FY05 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Adoption Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning who may be adopted.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to property and casualty insurers.
Amends the Vital Records Act. Requires the State Registrar to prescribe and distribute a form for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires a person who files a fetal death certificate to also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires that the certificate be filed as in the case of a certificate of live birth and be offered to the parent or parents of the stillborn child. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the administration of general anesthesia or parenteral conscious sedation.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Removes a provision that requires a taxpayer to add to federal adjusted gross income, to arrive at base income for Illinois income tax purposes, distributions from a qualified tuition program under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code other than distributions from the College Savings Pool or the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Program to the extent those distributions were excluded from income in arriving at federal adjusted gross income. Amends the State Treasurer Act and further amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to allow an income tax deduction for moneys contributed in the taxable year to the College Savings Pool, the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Program, or to any other qualified tuition program under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code (now, deduction limited to College Savings Pool contributions). Effective immediately.
Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to inform a victim at least 15 days before an executive clemency hearing of the date of hearing. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall make a written report outlining the sentence that would be in effect if a commutation is granted by a person sentenced to death. Provides that the Governor may not grant a reprieve, pardon, or commutation in the absence of a full hearing and report by the Board. Establishes factors that the Board must consider, in addition to other factors, in making its recommendations on petitions seeking executive clemency. Effective immediately.
Amends the Alternate Fuels Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2004, owners of vehicles using domestic renewable fuel are eligible to apply for a fuel cost differential rebate. Provides that biodiesel blended fuel facilities may be included in the Alternate Fuel Infrastructure Program administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Provides that "alternate fuel" includes, among other fuels, "80% bio-based methanol" (instead of "bio-based methanol"), fuels that are 80% (instead of 70%) derived from biomass, and hydrogen fuel. Provides that "domestic renewable fuel" includes, among other fuels, "80% bio-based methanol" (instead of "bio-based methanol") and 20% biodiesel fuel (instead of "fuels derived from bio mass"). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning county board duties.
