Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning franchise taxes payable by domestic corporations.
Amends the Illinois Open Land Trust Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Open Land Trust Program.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Universities Civil Service Merit Board for its FY05 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code and the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Provides that coverage requirements regarding emotional disorders apply under the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Extends coverage requirements to individual policies. Requires coverage for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Increases from 35 to 60 the number of covered outpatient visits per year. Deletes a provision eliminating coverage requirements for serious mental disorders on January 1, 2006. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Horse Meat Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to (i) slaughter a horse, (ii) possess, import into or export from the State, or sell, buy, give away, hold, or accept any horse meat, or (iii) possess, import into or export from the State, or sell, buy, give away, hold, or accept any horse with the intent of slaughtering that horse if that person knows or should know that any of the horse meat will be used for human consumption. Amends the Animals Intended for Food Act and the Humane Slaughter of Livestock Act to make corresponding changes. Effective immediately.
Creates the College Student Voter Registration Act. Beginning July 1, 2006, requires public universities, colleges, and community colleges in Illinois to (i) provide voter registration to students as part of the school registration process, (ii) specifically ask eligible students if they wish to register to vote, and (iii) request appointment of a sufficient number of deputy voter registrars.
Creates the Illinois Opportunity Fund Act. Contains provisions intended to increase the availability and facilitate the delivery of institutional venture capital to emerging and expanding enterprises in the State of Illinois. Defines the role of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Creates the Illinois Opportunity Fund and provides for the creation of the Illinois Capital Investment Corporation. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Opportunity Special Projects Fund. Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act to authorize audits of the Corporation and the Fund. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Center for Minority Health Services shall promote awareness of the incidence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among minority populations and encourage, promote, and aid in the establishment of prevention and treatment programs and services relating to Alzheimer's disease.
Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act, the Security Deposit Return Act, and the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides that whenever a person leases residential real property (including a mobile home), the lessor must install a new lock on every entry door providing access to the leased premises and must give the lessee a key or keys that will operate each such lock. Makes a lessor's violation a business offense punishable by a fine of not less than $2,000. Provides that when a lessee vacates leased residential real property, the lessee must return to the lessor every key that operates a lock on an entry door providing access to the leased premises, and provides that the lessor may withhold the entire amount of a lessee's security deposit until the lessee complies with this requirement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code to make a technical change in a Section concerning municipal adoption by reference of the county subdivision code.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes technical changes in the statute concerning first degree murder.
Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
