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 Currency Exchange Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Labor Union license plates. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plates shall be charged a fee of $15 at original issuance and $2 at renewal. Provides that the additional original issuance fee and the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that any of the plates manufactured after January 1, 2006 must be manufactured in the United States and, if a suitable manufacturing facility is available in this State, must be manufactured in this State.
Amends the Illinois Trust and Trustees Act. Provides anti-lapse provisions for gifts to a deceased beneficiary of an inter vivos trust, unless the settlor expressly provides otherwise in his or her trust. Provides that the anti-lapse provisions do not apply to a future interest that is or becomes indefeasibly vested at the settlor's death or at any time thereafter before it takes effect in possession or enjoyment.
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code to allow certain current and former Department of Revenue investigators to transfer service credits from downstate police pension funds to the State Employees' Retirement System. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property valued as open space land must provide public access for educational, pleasure, and recreational purposes.
Amends the School Code. Provides that the territory of a high school district and all of the elementary school districts included within the high school district must be organized into a community unit school district within 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. If not, provides that these districts shall no longer be entitled to State reimbursement for categorical programs, except federally mandated categorical programs. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Chicago Park District.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning notices of cancellation.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires a railroad to ensure that, when one of its trains is parked at a station, the only highways that are blocked are those blocked by the train itself. Provides that other crossing gates must remain open, unless another train is present or approaching.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a notice of violation.
