Makes appropriations to the Board of Higher Education for specified purposes, including its ordinary and contingent expenses. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Public Health for distribution of medical education scholarships. Makes appropriations to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for specified purposes, including its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that the rolling stock exemption reverts on July 1, 2006 to its form prior to July 1, 2003. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the transportation employee credit no longer applies for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2007. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the commercial distribution fee shall be reduced each registration year and eliminated beginning with the registration year that begins on July 1, 2006. Effective immediately.
Creates the Computer Lemon Act and amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Establishes rights for purchasers of defective computer devices, protecting them from warranty abuses and ineffective warranty repairs. Imposes certain record keeping requirements on manufacturers. Establishes a right of action and remedies for purchasers against manufacturers who do not comply with Act requirements. Adds the Computer Lemon Act to the other Acts listed in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act for which a knowing violation constitutes an unlawful practice under that Act.
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Provides that, during the 30-day period beginning with the date the loan is commenced, a short-term lender may not impose fees of more than 25% of the principal amount of a short-term or title-secured loan.
Creates the Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall establish a tax amnesty program for delinquent taxes required to be collected by the Department to run for a period from October 1, 2003 though November 30, 2003 and to cover any taxable period ending prior to July 1, 2002. The Department shall not collect any interest or penalties on those taxes or pursue the taxpayer either by civil suit or criminal prosecution for those taxes if amnesty is granted to the taxpayer. Excludes taxpayers who are a party to any criminal investigation or to any pending civil or criminal litigation concerning the tax liability. Requires the Department to adopt rules. Provides that the money collected under the amnesty program (except for personal property tax replacement income tax collected) shall be deposited as follows: (i) one-half into the Common School Fund; (ii) one-half into the General Revenue Fund. Amends the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act. Provides that, if a taxpayer eligible for the amnesty program fails to satisfy the tax liability during the amnesty period, then the interest or penalty or both imposed by the Department on that tax liability shall be imposed in an amount that is 200% of the amount that would otherwise be imposed. Effective immediately
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires a mandatory sentence of imprisonment for certain violations of the statutes concerning unlawful use of weapons, the unlawful use or possession of weapons by felons, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Provides that a period of probation, periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge may not be imposed for these violations.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning presumption of innocence and proof of guilt.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to property and casualty insurers.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Care Purchasing Group Act, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Provides that upon the written request of a sponsor of a group health plan, the health insurance issuer providing health insurance coverage under the plan must report to the sponsor information from the 12 months preceding the date of the report regarding: (1) the total amount of charges submitted to the health insurance issuer for persons covered under the plan; (2) the total amount of payments made by the health insurance issuer to health care providers for persons covered under the plan; (3) to the extent available, information on claims paid by type of health care provider; and (4) the diagnosis codes for payment of claims that exceed $25,000. Provides that the plan sponsor may use the information only for purposes relating to obtaining and maintaining health insurance coverage for the sponsor's employees (if the sponsor is an employer) or members (if the sponsor is an employee organization).
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to prohibit a law enforcement agency or school official, while on school grounds or at a school-sponsored activity, from recruiting or compelling a student to participate in a police line-up, mock police line-up, or mug photograph shoot. Also requires the school board to prohibit students from participating in a police line-up, mock police line-up, or mug photograph shoot on school grounds or at a school-sponsored activity. Effective July 1, 2004.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of State Police for its FY05 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2004.
