Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payment under the Medicaid program for obligations incurred but not paid for at the time of a recipient's death.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding maintenance.
Amends the Attorney General Act. Requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain a public corruption telephone hotline and a web site through which public corruption may be reported. Requires Assistant Attorneys General to screen reports and in appropriate cases make referrals for investigation and possible prosecution to the responsible law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities. Provides for confidentiality of reporters. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an employee can establish service credit for a period of up to 8 years during which he or she was employed by the Visually Handicapped Managers of Illinois in a vending program operated under a contractual agreement with the Department of Rehabilitation Services. Effective immediately.
Condemns U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman for his ruling allowing John Hinckley, Jr. unsupervised visits with his parents.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility may not disconnect gas or electric service that is the primary source of space heating or that is used to control the primary source of space heating by a residential customer or mastermetered apartment building for nonpayment during the period of time from December 1 through March 31 of the next year. Effective immediately.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Enlarges the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Effective January 1, 2005.
Makes appropriations to the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the State Fair Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning rules and regulations.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. With respect to the apportionment of business income for persons other than residents, provides that for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2003 and before December 31, 2008 the income shall be apportioned using the property factor, payroll factor, and sales factor. Provides that for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2008, the income shall again be apportioned using the sales factor only. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2004 and thereafter, of the amounts of income tax collected (other than personal property tax replacement income tax) from corporations, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department of Revenue shall deposit 14.6% (now, 7.3%) into the Education Assistance Fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Provides that units of local government may regulate smoking in public places; provides that this regulation must be no less restrictive than the Act. Changes the home rule limitation from an absolute preemption (with an exception for units having pre-existing ordinances) to a limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
